The City of Stairs

Entrance: The Garden of Fragments[Fixed]

After having repeating nightmares every night enduring it was not easy, having to be awaken by every jolt and waking every morning soaking from cold sweat. Suddenly being dropped to that place that was supposed to wake me with a jolt but instead I was there seating on dirt next to some unknown tree or tall shrub whatever those plants were, they emit a dim azure glow.

Nothing in particular since I already know that I was still in my dream though everything felt so real that I could actually feel my tiny hairs on my arms stand as I felt the heat of the blinding sun while the breeze enveloped me with it's chilling air even smelling the salty scent of it describing that I'm near the ocean.

A few steps heading south east, I was greeted by some sort of giant golden cube nearby a cliff and below it is where you can witness strong waves crashing against the cliff though after examining around the place I found some wild animals, sadly they suddenly run away to the far vegetation of the place as fast as they can like they're lives were at steak. As for me I was disappointed since I would love to see them up close though every time I have the chance to come near them, they stare at me like I was their living nightmare. After a few attempts I stopped and went back to the said cube where I saw an entrance just enough for me to fit. Feeling uncertain I stayed away from it in case of whatever weird would happened so I started to make camp near it. I hut made of sticks and leaves, surprisingly I was able to make a campfire with just wood like those in survival training guides that I read in the internet randomly. While taking a break, felt hunger like it's already lunch time so I head to the forest to look for some fruits and berries to eat which were all over the place, so I just went on and take as much as I can carry back to the camp.

As I was about to take my first bite I was stopped as I felt a large furry hand with nails that can easily dig in to my skin with less effort on my shoulder making me jumped away from it as quickly as I can while turning around to face it. A huge humanoid bear 10 feet tall was what I saw. Being scared for my life I fell to my knees as I begged for my life and apologized for taking from the forest. Doing all that the creature laughed so loud and placed it's hand on my shoulder and said

"Everything you see here, specially the ones that looks edible and delicious are the most dangerous. They are poisonous that even just a drop of their juice can kill you. Also I do not live here, but inside there"

The creature pointing at the cube. I was confused on how it could fit there in the entrance but I was more confused on how I could understand the creature despite it speaking in an unknown language. As soon as I was able to build up some courage, I ask it with questions that I want to be answered.

"How could you fit in there? What do you meant by getting me killed? how am I able to understand what you are saying? What are you? And what is this place?"

After hearing all my questions the creature answered then quickly with seems like a smile in it's face.

"First of all let me introduce myself. I am Qwyruk a Zirugim, the language I am speaking in is Zhelim, the entrance over there can adjust just to fit enough whoever to pass it. This place is called the garden of fragments, everything you eat here can get you into a coma and on how our languages can interact with each other is still a mystery to everyone here. "

After hearing everything he told me, he offered me to go inside the cube and told me that his willing to accompany me on the first floor. Confused about the word *floor* I shrugged it off and entered the cube after him. I saw a forest so vast that it's vicinity of the place exceeds the size of the cube and when I look up there were a lot of stairs heading up and piercing the orange sky. On the stairs were different Creatures walking on opposite sides of the stairs while looking at the creatures on the stairs , flying animals resembles a flying dinosaur emerged from above that looks like they were greeting me that got me excited that I accidentally fell off the ridge where the entrance is giving me a jolt and waking me back to reality.