There were many people all looking at me, I couldn't help but sink, I brought my head and arms to my knees as I sat suspended above the ground in a way I wish I could break free from. I don't belong here, I felt trapt, I felt like I was kidnapped into some kind of slavery.
"It's alright my child, you are free now, free to do as you wish. Here you can become anything you wish and anything is possible." this man, he was too happy, was it a man? Was this a woman? They were neither, they were existing in a way that allowed no specific body nor sex.
I looked up at the person in yellow, "I don't belong here." The room breathed with a collective gasp and I stood up to defend my point. "I don't belong here." I said again with more confidence. The person in yellow was trying to tell me something, trying to force something on me. Be gone! Leave me be!
As if my body heard my plea I felt the ground touch the pads of my feet, something I couldn't believe I would miss so much. I felt alive, I felt invincible, this was me, I was the one who chose what I would do. The person in yellow grabbed my shoulders and hoisted me back into the air, no, I belong on the ground. I narrowed my eyes at the person and forced myself down to the ground by what seemed like gravity had suddenly meant something in this strange place.
"Child! What do you think you're doing! Obey me!" There is was, I was sure now, this person, they had tried to rip away what made me, me. Though it wasn't much, I was still able to hold onto my life, my independence. Emotions surged from my stomach and with them, power, a power that I have never felt before.
"You will stay away from me, I do not belong to you. You have stolen me from where I belong and you will not get away with such meddling." My voice was sinister and calm. The Person in yellow backed away quickly.
"How were you able to overcome me? What have you done?!" I had no idea all I knew was that I belonged somewhere else. I looked down at the ground that was beneath my bare feet, there was a whole other world down there, a wold that I wanted to be a part of.
"I am not inclined to tell a thief anything, you will regret ever trifling with me!" I wanted to be there, that world, I belonged to it. And my body complied as the floor seemed to simply vanish and I plummeted towards that world. I could feel the pull that the land of the Ascended had on me, I wanted this world to be my own, but the land of the Ascended was still part of me.
"I will return, and when I do, your tyranny will end." I have never felt so much emotion and so much power. Yes, I was finally going to find a home, I was finally going to live. My mind faded to black as the ground of this strange new world seemed to yawn open for me. "Welcome to the land of the Reincarnated", I heard this strange voice inside my head before I blacked out.
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Grim Reaper Ascended
FantasyDue to some complications, Elm had to adapt quickly to rapid changes in environment and companions. He moves constantly and had no sense of home or a solid bond with anyone. He was very reserved and was always in the shadows, not making any attempts...
