'R' Lone Prayer

Chapter 1

Journal Entry #1

Novena... Dale... yes... Novena Dale is my name... I don't know why... but for some reason I felt like I was told to keep a journal entry of all of my past experience... I can't seem to remember who asked me to do it but it was a familiar feeling... How long has it been since I last woke up...? How long have I been here...? Writing this journal at this moment won't give me that answer thought, so I'll just have to go out there and find out myself. Wherever this place is.

- Date : Unknown

Novena closes the journal as he looks around his surroundings. He concluded that he's inside what appears to be some sort of room, a very small one. He also spotted what appears to be his belongings. Upon closer inspection, there are some papers, a small white and red striped backpack, a small disk-shaped object, a small wallet and of course the journal with a special pen that appears to be able to write and erase words without potentially damaging the journal pages. Novena thought that it was quite convenient to have such a pen.

He first picks up the papers as to see the contents of it. The papers were in fact School transfer papers but the part where he finds it surprising the most is the name of the school and one certain word, "Seishou Elementary School". "Elementary", this confirms that Novena is in fact just a child. But that raises another more set of questions; what does a child like him doing inside here and where are his parents?

It appears he doesn't recall having any parents before... But instead of pondering around a question he can't answer, he puts aside as he continues to look through the school transfer papers. "Novena Dale, Age 9, Male/Female, Born in Japan in the year 0056". He now knows that he's a nine year old and that he'll be going to this school but doesn't even know when and where though. The year however was a rather strange one. He doesn't recall being born in the year 0056 before and that he never heard of such a year before.

Taking the year into account, it would mean that the current year of this place is the year 0065. But the one that he's most concern is the fact that he has two genders. Is it even possible for one person to two genders at the same time? He'll have to look at that 'certain' to confirm his suspicion. With that thought set aside, he glances at the other items.

As for the disk-shaped object, he somehow managed to "activate" it since the disk projects a holographic screen containing a lot of archive folders. "Spacecraft Tech Tree", "Nevada Noel Project" and "Space Corps Development History". He tries to open the Nevada Noel Project folder but said folder won't open. He then saw that the folder will be open in due time, including the other two folders.

But then he also spotted a fourth folder which is listed as "Strictly and Highly Confidential" and attempts to open. Like the other folders, it doesn't open. However the particular folder has a very high level security firewall that prevents anyone from accessing it and must be hacked in order to access it.

It can't be helped.... so he deactivated the disk along with his journal and papers inside the white backpack. The bag has just about enough space to carry all the items in. He looks towards the small hatch just in front of him. Without a hint of a second thought, he slowly opens the hatch and is greeted by the sight of a green environment. Trees are everywhere and he could also see what appears to be a paved out walking road. As he takes a few steps forward, he turns around to look at where he just came out from. It looked to be an escape pod of sort and that it's still somewhat operational.

When he takes a few more steps away from the escape pod, it suddenly starts disappearing from view. He moves closer again and he can see it. He really doesn't know how it does that but it's just another curious question for another day. Before setting off, he takes a quick look inside the wallet that he found. To his surprise, the wallet contains five thousand yen. This much money would allow him to at least survive for the next few weeks or perhaps a month at best. With his backpack strapped on, he slowly starts venturing out in this unknown unfamiliar yet familiar world.