CHAPTER 1: A NEW WORLD - GAME START

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It was supposed to be so simple...It was just a colorful children's game, wasn't it...?

"Please free us all..." and she heeded the call.


Dolce was at her desk being overtaken by the blinding FLASH that emanated from the wide CSMPC (Cinema Screen Monitor Portable Computer) screen now glitching out like crazy. Lightning and shadows shot out from the screen, controlled by some dark unknown force she had no explanation for that swirled and latched onto to her. Though she couldn't see it due to the fluctuating lights in her face, Dolce certainly felt it—First her fingers, then her elbow, then her arms, and then the rest of her body—her skin peeling and blood vessels bursting as she felt her form being broken down, disintegrating until...

...Total Darkness.

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Oddly enough, for a void of emptiness, she felt a light breeze blowing over her. But that was strange...There shouldn't be a breeze anywhere. After all, it was a void...right...?

"Oh my goodness! Are-Are you alright?! Please wake up!" a frantic male voice cried out from the darkness.

"Wh-What...? Who's voice is that...? I...I don't..." Dolce faintly tried to recall.

Light then returned to her vision as Dolce slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed after her vision cleared, was a large tree above her, thick with leaves providing shade overhead. As the wind blew and ruffled the tree's leaves, bits of sunlight shown through shining over her.

As relaxing as it was, she knew she couldn't lay around forever, she had things to do! What were they again...? Regaining enough strength now, she propped herself up but immediately reached for her head as the lightheadedness returned and her vision blurred.

 "Thank goodness you're awake! I was shocked to find someone passed out so far in these parts!" the male voice exclaimed.

"Oh that's lovely to know..." she dizzily replied still clutching her head. "Too bad I don't even know 'What or Where these parts' are..."

"Just take it easy...Here, maybe this will help."

The next thing Dolce knew, a water canister was offered out to her. Without even thinking what could've been inside its contents, she took the canister and took several big gulps before exhaling in relief, holding the canister back out to its original owner.

"Feeling better?" he asked.

"Yeah...Thanks..." Dolce nodded feeling strength returning to her once more. She blink several times to clear the blurriness out of her vision. Once it passed, she soon found herself face-to-face with a humanoid man (Andy) with a red apple for a head dressed in a green turtle neck, white overalls, and bright red boots. 

Shocked at the strange figure before her, Dolce SCREAMED and frantically backed away from the apple man, not realizing she had backed up against the tree.

"Wh-Why are you screaming?! Don't worry! I'm not going to hurt you!" Andy insisted, raising his arms to show he meant no harm.

Dolce was really panicking now. "W-Who...or What are you...?" she shakily asked.

"I'm 'Andy the Apple~!'" Andy gestured to himself with a friendly smile. "This is my apple farm~."

"This can't be real...This must all be some sort of twisted dream...!" Dolce feverishly thought to herself.

Andy stared at her with a puzzled expression. This one had been silent for a good while now. Also why would she react so fearfully to a simple, standard introduction? "Are you unwell? You've been very quiet for some time just staring at me." he noted.

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