Prologue

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I woke up today.
I don't know what kind of place is this.
I woke up in the forest, naked.
I have no food, no water, no tools, no clothes, no shelter.
I don't know where I am.
Why am I here? How did I get here?
I don't know.
I noticed strange marks on my hand. Looks like a triangle.
Only thing I know is... I have to keep going. I have to survive.
I am alone here, someone... please help me.
Now I'm helplessly stumbling around the forest.
Hoping for something... anything...
Is this some kind of prank? Is someone playing jokes on me?
I don't know...
Wait a second... why do I keep saying "I"
Is this really all about me? What If? No...
This is about me. I have to figure out the way out of this forest. I have to get back home.
My name is Mason.
I woke up today.
I don't know what kind of place is this.
I woke up in the forest, naked.
I have no food, no water, no tools, no clothes, no shelter.
I don't know where I am... am I repeating myself now?
Maybe. I'm alone here in the dark, alone with my fear.
How long have I been here? Time feels strange in this place. Darkness came upon me, I can't see anything. I have to get out of this place.
I am lost.
I woke up today.
I don't know what kind of place is this.
I woke up in the forest, naked.
I have no food, no water, no tools, no clothes, no shelter.
I don't know where I am... wait... have... have I said this already? I don't know, I'm lost.
How long it has been? Feels like eternity.
All trees look the same... dawn is here, I'm still lost and scared.
Is there way out of here? How... what... I... what the hell is going on here? Who did this to me?!
I feel like I lost my voice, like I haven't talked to anyone for years... what kind of place is this?!
I started running.
I woke up today.
I... no! It's time to get the hell out of here!
I'm running, faster than I ever did. I'm running towards the sun. Feels like I'm not moving at all and my feet are already sore.
Everything looks the same here. I'm going crazy.
Only thing I can do is run...
And I will run, endlessly, until I find my way out of here.
Which might be never. How long it has been? An hour or two? A day or two? A month? A year? A decade? Who knows. I just keep running.
Where is the end of this forest? Of this hell...
Endless lines of massive oaks are all around me, how could I ever find my way out of here?
I am Mason and I am alone here, someone please help me.
And so the time passed and I was still running.
There is no a single living creature in this forest.
I am here all alone...
I can't stop now, I have to keep going, I am running faster and faster... light is ahead of me!
Is it possible? The end of Forest?! My feet are already bleeding but I'm not stopping! This could be the end! And so I ran into the light...
I found myself blinded by the sun, I couldn't see anything.
After few short moments I was finally able to see.
So I looked around, I was out of the forest, in the field...
I looked around and I saw... I saw...
Behind me was the forest I came from.
Left to me was another forest with tallest trees I've ever seen.
Right from me, mountains, but not usual montains, they were grey, but weird thing is, they were kinda glowing
...almost shining, they were shaped like giant waves of the sea.
And ahead of me... endless view of tall grass fields, with sun coming down behind the horizon.
I asked myself...
"Where am I?"

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