I have no idea why I'm doing this…but I am. I am writing an SI, the world will now end. Not really, but I might as well give it a shot.

Just a short note: These first couple chapters will be a small section from the story that was mentioned only a couple times in the story itself. But it will fall into the story eventually.

Note #2: Abysmal Liquidity may sound weird for a title but there's a small meaning to it. Abysmal means unfathomable and Liquidity is like a measure of the ability of an individual to convert assets to cash. In other words, an unfathomable way to pay someone back!

Disclaimer: I do not own ToA.

Prologue: Stuck in the Game

'There was a time and place for everything' goes a saying I wasn't able to name who or what had said that.

Where I was right now...was not the right place nor was it the right time.

Hey, there. Name's Anh. Age: 18. Current educational status: a university student studying to become a teacher. I rarely had the time to play games during my study times (as if I study, I would chose games over studying but I do study every now and then), but when I do, it was really hard for me to stop playing it. Yes, I was one of those gamer girls out there. I always loved a good RPG game. However…as of right now, instead of playing the game…

I was currently in the game.

No joke. It happened one day when I got home…

I arrived home, tired and weary since I had been walking around all day. I took off my shoes and walked past the living room towards the kitchen. After grabbing a cup of water, I head back to my living room and propped myself on the couch. There was a dark object laying there at my feet. After I got a good look at it, I realized that it was a PlayStation 2 console. Not only the PS2, but a Tales of the Abyss game with a note right beside it. I picked up the note and read its contents.

Kappy just happened to drop by with the PS2 and ToA. Knock yourself out.

I smiled to myself. Kappy was the nickname of a friend of my younger brother, since I liked using that name very often, it was kind of stuck onto me. Anyway, I had been dying to play Tales of the Abyss again and here it was, right here in my living room. All plugged into the TV, heck, even the memory card came with the game.

Good old brother and Kappy.

I was thinking about borrowing it again and not return it until I properly finished the play-through, which took roughly about two weeks the last time I remember. Maybe less since I was grinding and getting those AD skills for about the majority of the game.

And now it was right here, in my hands.

"I guess I can start that second play-through I've been dying to play," I mumbled to myself as I turned on the TV and the PS2 after I insert the disk and memory card into the PS2. The second play-through felt more accomplishing and I didn't have to worry about the hard core grinding during the first one. Once I got past the opening, I loaded the memory card.

Turns out it was empty.

"Figures," I muttered to myself. Gah, playing through it from scratch was a pain in the butt but I guess it can't be helped. Better to play it from scratch than trying to play the entire game without a memory card. I sighed and started a new game.

Before I knew it, it was night time. And I was up to the point where Luke and Tear met up with Ion in the Cheagle Woods. As much as I wanted to continue playing it, I couldn't. I was tired and I wake up early in the morning to do daily chores. I might as well get some sleep now before I wake up snapping at everything I see first thing in the morning. I pouted at the game, and decided to save and turn off the console.

Well, at least it was some progress.

I got into bed and sighed. I wished there was a way for me to just keep playing the game non-stop. Not that it was ever going to happen but it was just wishful thinking. I fell asleep instantly after thinking about that.

I seriously didn't know what happened after that since I was out like a little baby. Next thing I knew, I woke up in an Inn. Not only I was oblivious for the first five minutes but I fell back into the bed I was sleeping in. It wasn't until someone shouted outside of the window that I got out of bed to shout at them to 'Shut up'. It was then that I noticed that it wasn't my backyard. There were buildings. Like...Actual buildings. Not the condos I usually see from my backyard but buildings buildings. It took me a while before I shut the window and sat on my bed.

This had to be a dream.

My hand immediately flew up to my face and pinched my cheek. I instantly flinched when I felt a burning sensation from my right cheek. I frowned at myself, rubbing my sore cheek.

Okay...so I wasn't dreaming... I took a good look around the room I was in.

Stone floors with a wooden ceiling. There was a small wooden counter with a vase filled with flowers. What the heck? What happened to my large white counters with all my Mokona dolls? And why were there no electric plugs anywhere? I opened the window one more time as I looked out from it. To the left, I made out what looked like a tall stone pillar as well as what appeared to be the exit; to my right was...a Cathedral? I most definitely do not live near a Cathedral.

People were staring at me since I was poking my head out a couple times looking like an absolute lunatic squinting. I noticed that those people were so not wearing similar clothing like I was. It was like I was the person that was standing out the most because of my clothes. I sat back on the bed cross legged, trying to figure out where the hell I was.

And then it hit me.

"Oh...you have got to be kidding me." I whispered under my breath.

So.

That was my lovely morning. Woke up in what apparently looked like Daath just by looking out of my window, and now I had no flipping idea what to do! I had my clothes, but I sure don't have money to pay for the room service. How did I get in the Inn anyway?

That aside, I was so screwed. Luckily my room was on the first floor so I can just sneak out of the window. I opened the window and jumped out of it. I hit the ground while scraping my feet and winced in pain as I felt the raw impact.

Great. Not only do not have money, I had no freaking shoes!

Oh, this was a total fml.

"What have we here?" A deep masculine voice said that was obviously directed at me. I looked up to see someone dressed in blue and had brown hair.

By the way, I couldn't see properly. I set aside my glasses on my counter before I jumped into bed. What person sleeps with their glasses on anyway? I was not that blind but it was hard to make out the person if they are at least five feet away from you. Anyway, it was hard to make out who that person but after a long minute of squinting, I pointed a finger at that man and shouted at him.

"Jade Curtiss?" I asked that man. "What are you doing here?"

I swear this was the longest awkward silence I ever had. Scratch that, I had been through worse. But this one was just as unbearable because one, I was partially blind and two, I had no clue what Jade was doing. He certainly hadn't left my line of view so what was he waiting for?

"Hey you!" Someone shouted. I jumped and turned around to see someone from the Inn poking their head out of the window I jumped out of. I squeaked a little bit. Crap! I had been caught. "You haven't paid for your stay yet!"

"Oh mother eff," I swore. I felt a rough hand grab my shoulder and drag me towards the entrance of the Inn. I think…

I was lead inside where I met up with the person that was in my 'room'. The hand released my shoulder and walked up to the other person. They were discussing something that I was not familiar with, but I do know one thing: my ass was getting saved. By Jade, no less. After a bit of talking, he returned to me. Jade then guided me to a table where he ordered food and the aroma from the kitchen wafted all around the entire Inn. It was delicious and I even heard my stomach growl.

Man, I was pretty hungry. But I get this weird suspicion that I was not going to be let free that easily.

This was, after all, Jade the Necromancer.

It wasn't too long before Jade placed an order for the both of us. While we were waiting for both of our meals to be brought for us, I felt like I was watched like a hawk and it was unbearable to get those crimson eyes staring at every movement you were doing. Almost like a predator ready to strike at the prey if there was any sudden movement.

Oh, someone save me right now, his stare was more than I can bear. It felt extremely uncomfortable.

When the food was delivered to the table, I was more than happy to divert my attention to something else. Like the food in front of me. Creamy soup served with bread. Yum!

"I wanted to know something," he started as he broke a piece of bread. "Have we met before?"

I nearly choked on the soup I had in my mouth. Oh, for the love of- I was doomed. I just know I was.

"Uh...well...I...uh..." I tried to think of something to lie to him. Argh, but then he would know it was a lie. Telling him the truth wasn't an option since he wouldn't believe that I came from another dimension and appeared in a video game. Could I worm my way past it? No, I sucked at lying. Man...Why do I always have to be honest when I gave a reply? And if I wasn't being honest, it was already evident that I was planning to lie.

Fudge.

Trying to change the subject, I cleared my throat, "Thanks for getting me out of that situation. I didn't know what to do when I suddenly woke up in a room I wasn't familiar with."

"Suddenly woke up in a room you weren't familiar with?" Jade asked.

Double fudge. Said too much.

"D-Don't get me wrong!" I stuttered while waving my hands in front of me. "I just didn't know how I got there in the first place. One minute I was sleeping in my bed and the next thing I knew, I was in another one. It's just…I don't remember."

"You don't remember? As in you don't remember what happened the night before or you don't remember the reason why you were there?" Jade asked. What's with all the questions lately? Oh, right. Some random girl jumped out of the window and was able to recognize Jade who in turn didn't recognize her. Like that was totally not suspicious.

"I don't remember how I got there." I mumbled as I scratched my jaw. "I don't have money, and this is the only pair of clothes I have right now. So…I'm kind of in a fix right now."

"In any case, you only have financial issues. I can provide you money and supplies, if you like." Jade told me.

I literally beamed. No seriously. Literally. Then my bright smile turned into a frown and I fell back to my chair.

It was too good to be true. Way too good. Something was up, I couldn't put my finger down on it. I looked up at Jade to see what he was up to. It was hard to see but I think he was smiling. That smile of his…It was not a nice kind of smile but the devious kind. Something was up. Knowing Jade, he was always up to something.

"But…?" I asked.

"But what?" he asked back. Jade was feigning innocence, that tone of his said it all.

"There's a condition under all of that, isn't there?" I asked. "No one, not even a completely sane person, just goes and gives me money and clothes out of the blue since I told them that I have nothing on me and expect nothing in return. What's your condition?"

"Oh, nothing much," Jade shrugged. He returned a smile to me as the next line completely put me in pure shock. "It's just that you will have to work for me. That's all."

I sat there in complete silence as I blinked once. No. Twice. When the last line he had just said soaked in my head, the first thing that came into my mind was...Whaaat?

Does that mean I was in debt? I was in debt? Oh, I knew this was all too good to be true. The Necromancer put me in a debt. I had to work for the Necromancer. Well, it's a dream come true for a Jade-fangirl. But a debt? I hated debts! Of all people I have to repay, it just had to be Jade!

Someone shoot me in the head.

Aha. Prologue: Done. See what Jade has in store for Anh in the next chapter!

What does these first few chapters have to do with the story line? Keep on reading and find out!