THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY (neutral route)

ACT 1, PAGE 1: The VOID in SPACE

You woke up, feeling that your head pounding out of your head- wait, speaking of your head, you feel around it and realized that it is currently bleeding, oh boy. You look around, hoping that something indicates something. How did you get here? Did you die? A lot of questions pile up in your mind. Seems like you are going to find out sooner or later. Oh right, your device is still with you, but it is in fact, broken.

Great. But fortunately, you still know sign language.

You stood up. and walked around for a bit before seeing a dim light up ahead. You followed it and the light just gets brighter and brighter until you see a flower in front of a doorway. It looked peaceful for the most part. You are indifferent about stepping forward or staying put, so you crouch and leaned forward. The flower moved and looked at you.

Oh no.

" Hiya pal! I'm Echo. Echo the flower! "

Echo seems to be a green daylily with the long things coming from the top like hair and one of the long things act as a light source. It looked friendly enough so you waved.

" Not much of a talker, aren't you? " It cocks its head to the side in curiosity.

" I can't talk in general. " You tried to sign with the most 'I-don't-know-what's-sign-language' sign language you've ever did. Just in case it doesn't know.

" You're... Mute? " You nodded. " Oh, that's fine! It's not even a problem at all. I was confused, is all! " You looked around, in case you missed anything. Nope. Just grass, rocks, and darkness. Oh, and the doorway behind Echo. Looks ratter... familiar in a way.

" You're new, right? You might be scared. Thinking about all sorts of questions awaiting to be answered like, 'am I dead?' or 'why am I here?' am I correct? " Uh, those were your exact questions. Freaky. You nodded, just because it's true.

" Hahahehe... Well, one. You're not dead, and two. It's not bad here, if you know how the system works! Would you like me to teach you? It's quite easy~ " That... laugh. It scares you. But you're quite curious to what the 'system' may be, though. You accepted. " Great! Let me show you! "

The area suddenly became only black and white, including you and Echo. Something is hovering close in front of your chest. It looks like a heart. A green-ish yellow.

" Ah, that? That's your soul! A culmination of every being. Pretty cool, right? ... Well, do you what it can do? Well let me show ya! " A couple of leaves spawned around it. " You're hurt, right? Well, if you let these HEALING LEAVES touch you, you'll be healed instantly! Here, catch some! " The leaves flew towards you.

You, of course, let the leaves touch you and- OH S*** THIS HURTS. THIS HURTS. You are bleeding SO MUCH.

" YOU F****** MORON. YOU ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOU'D GET HELPED- BY ME?! HEHEHAHA!!- JUST. DIE...! " Leaves circle you, turned into thorns, making them more dangerous. You cannot move, that means you can't escape. Your vision gets blurry bit by bit. Welp, this is how you die, you guess.

Suddenly-

ping!-

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

What was that? " Oh, that flower- What have they done now... " A voice and footsteps are heard in front of you. A figure stands before you he seemed surprised to see you.

" Oh, why hello there. "