Noveria: brink beyond two worlds

Chapter 1: Jake Manx

"Bing" a noise emitted from Jake's black and slick laptop,,a young man with long dark hair reaching to his back that resembled a crystal flowing river walked toward the laptop. He had blue eyes that was as blue as the endless sky, he had oriental skin with clear complexion like a crystal clear mirror, wearing a black slim shirt with a futuristic design, he wore a unique crystal necklace ball of an enchanting world that if you looked at it enough; it seemed to create an illusion of the water moving, he wore a long fingerless black glove; which had blue streamlines and looked like little blue tears in the material. He wore pitched black and fiery red shoes which had a very balanced colour to it. 

He glanced towards the laptop and saw an e-mail blinking on the screen prompting him to open it. He reached to a glass ball next to his keyboard, he hovered his hand over the ball which activated a holographic display around it making a somewhat like shield. He moved the mouse to the direction of the message, he clicked it and the message-design was party themed with smiley faces on the background wearing party hats and throwing confetti. The message read "Yo, Jake am inviting people to come to my party and I thought you might be interested into coming as well bro, your best friend Azuma hatake"

Jake sighed as he hovered his hand over his keyboard ready to reply to the message he had just received from his best friend.

Suddenly, blue letters appeared on his keyboard like magic, he placed his fingers on it and started typing, each letter made quiet ping noises as he type on it "Am sorry, but I can't come to your party because I have things to do this weekend; sorry to disappoint you" As soon he finished typing he went over his mouse and sent back the reply to Azuma. The mail interface suddenly disappeared and went back to his desktop which had an image of him and Azuma standing together in front of a university building.

Azuma had brown spiky hair that resembled fire spitting out uncontrollably , he wore a blue buttoned blazer and orange trousers, he had oriental skin which was not as clear as Jake's; his face was a bit spotty. He had his hand over Jake's shoulder and he had beaming smile unlike Jake who had a more serious face than his over excited friend.

The building was huge as a medieval castle just more contemporary and filled with advanced technology; it had two huge long towers on either side. It was made of hard but smooth concrete surface which was coloured white. On the building had a motto saying "Technology is the only way forward"

Jake moved away from the laptop as the screen turned to black. The history between Azuma and Jake is very vast and very strongly bonded.

Jake was raised in an orphanage, he didn't cause any attention to him at all, as people came in and out of the place but didn't even take a single glance at him. He was constantly bullied by the other orphans and the owner was even worse towards him. Sometimes he wouldn't give him any food or water for days. His room was very congested as he only had a single bed, his bed was very dirty and stinky and his duvet was torn like rats had come and totally decimated it, which seemed highly likely what happened. The wallpaper was torn apart and there was no colour to the design of the room which made it dull and scary. There was no window at all to let fresh oxygen into the room.

However, one day, two adults came into the orphanage and looked around to adopt new kids. The parents looked very posh as they wore elegant jackets and dresses. Each kid was preparing themselves to look cute as they could be to the parents to gain their attention and interest. However, they seemed to show no other interest apart from one kid sitting by himself in solitude.

That kid was Jake. He became adopted and went to their grand house. Its interior had stunning technology and design with digital chandelier's and elegant cups and plates and a series of beds which were well kept and warm by and an AI controlling the heating of the house and the bed. As he explored around the house his new parents called him to come and meet someone; He eagerly rushed to their call. He stopped as he saw a boy a bit older than him smiling at him and waving his hand. After his introduction with his new brother, Jake started to gradually like Azuma and they played together for ages; they were like conjoined twins. They went to the same school, college and eventually same university. However, as they got older, Jake became more distant from his family and now he lives away from them in his apartment.