I made a thing for fun :/ Main Character gets reincarnated as a rock, have fun reading it I guess. Also none of the images belong to me, only the story.
"Judas: Yo, you there? You know it's rude to ignore somebody when they're talking to you.." "Protagonist: I can't talk dumbass, how did you even hear my plea for help if you couldn't hear me in the first place?" "Judas: Heh, just kidding I can hear you just fine. Whenever you think, there are ripples in the Aethyr and I can translate those ripples into words pretty easily." Then you were just messing with me? It wasn't a very good joke you know.. "Judas: Yeah, I know. Just wanted to spring some sort of conversation..! I can already tell from a glance, your a 'Voyager' am I right?" "Protagonist: Voyager? What the hell is that? Don't just throw these foreign concepts at me, I'm a rock, dude." "Judas: Huh? Strange, most people who reincarnate from another world are instantly informed of the concept by the world.." "Protagonist: You're doing it again, I have no idea what you're talking about! Can I get some exposition, or what?" "Judas: Fuck, do I really have to explain basic shit? Haven't you figured that out yet?" Judas scoffed at me, but I could easily tell he didn't mean it from his tone and facial expression.. "Judas: Don't worry, I'm fucking with you. Come on, I set up a small camp not to far from this position and I'll start explaining stuff there."
I followed Judas to his camp. The terrain that permeated the route we took was impossible for me to traverse with him, since I couldn't jump, didn't even know if I could to be honest. So, I asked Judas to carry me about half of the way due to the impossibly bumpy terrain. "Judas: Dude, didn't you unlock a jumping skill or something?" Judas teased me, chuckling a bit.. God, I hate pretty boys so much.. "Protagonist: No, I didn't unlock a god damn jumping skill. Usually people are able to just jump naturally, but as you can see I don't exactly have a normal body do I dipshit?" To this, we both started laughing a bit. It was a mutual insulting that only people who had known each other for at least 15 minutes in a cave filled with dangerous monsters could hope to form. Both of us obviously weren't that well. Judas seemed off.. He felt nonchalant about almost everything despite the grim atmosphere in this cave. He was either powerful enough that the dangers of the cave didn't matter, or he was just used to this sort of environment and had been lucky enough not to get obliterated immediately. Or he was insane, but that's for later..
I myself was probably more sane than whatever this guy might have been, but I could at least admit that if push came to shove I'd get a little crazy myself. Let's not refer to my previous life though, that doesn't count at this point, I'm already a day into this new life so I'd have to leave my past behind now... Yeah.
"Judas: Alright, here we are." It was a forest section of the cave. Why in the hell was there a forest section of a freaking cave? I was about to question why this was here, but before I could Judas simply flashed me a devilish smile as he held his finger over his lips. "Judas: Shhh.. Don't worry bout' it, alright?~" This guy was a fucking twink.. Whatever.
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Judas sat me down on the ground, and he did the same as well, crossing his legs. "Protagonist: First question, what's Aethyr?" "Judas: Uh, energy." That was the most imprecise answer to a question I've ever been given in my fucking life.. "Judas: Was that unclear? Lemme elaborate more. It's the energy that composes life. Ethereal beasts, mystical plants, and even humans are at least 15% Aethyr in their genetic composition." You bet it was unclear my guy.. Like, for fucks sake quit it with the stupid joking already! Judas just chuckled again, the ripples in the Aethyr around me probably alerted him that I was annoyed from his shit. "Judas: Aethyr is everywhere, the air, the oceans, all around us. It's also the basis of [Skills] and stuff like that." Judas looked annoyingly smug as he explained this stuff to me.. What, did he think he was my Sensei or something? "Protagonist: Could you wipe that smug look off you're face right now? I'm losing my mind looking at it.." "Judas: Whatever could you mean, my rocky friend?" Judas rubs his upper lip, still looking as smug as ever.. God, he's an annoying guy and on top of that he's a retarded pretty boy.. But I just couldn't hate his antics all that much, it was way to annoying, so I decided to just drop the topic and allow him to continue his explanation.
"Judas: Now for Voyagers.. Those are pretty much just people who cross over from other worlds like you did. Pretty simple, right?" Finally a more straightforward and simple answer.. "Judas: Now for the world talking to you. It's like I said, the world is sentient." ....What the hell was he talking about now? "Judas: Fuck- Sorry, is it imprecise again..? Heh, I do that a lot let me elaborate.." Judas then stopped his childish teasing about his own impreciseness. Perhaps he was really feeling sort of shitty? No, he doesn't seem like that kind of guy.. Not the kind of guy who learns from being dumb. Well, whatever. "Protagonist: It's fine, just continue the explanation please." Judas scratched the back of his head before continuing. "Judas: Right, so yeah. The world kind of has well.. an artificial intelligence like system. Whenever progress is made or something very important needs to be told, it would usually just outright tell you as a sort of vision or random thought in you're head.. So you not knowing about Voyagers or the voice itself just surprised me is all."
