Silence. Silence is all I can hear as I walked around the deserted city of Pripyat. It was a nice to see the rusting Ferris Wheel and rotting apartments that surrounded me but it all changed when I heard some yelling before some gunshots rang out. Pure instinct took me over which cause me to dive behind a rusted car and peeked around as I raised the Tar-21 (equipped with a Holosight) that was strapped around my shoulder and aimed in the approximate area of where the gunshots were heard.
I waited around 2 or 3 minutes before I saw a figure hop onto one of the cars that littered the streets and start to look around so I dipped down behind cover, hoping not to be seen but my hope soon died as I heard some shouting and a couple bullets hitting my cover. I pop out of cover and fire at the man who was shouting, I hit his chest causing him to fly backward and onto the ground. I look around to see more bandits coming around the corners of buildings but the downside is that there were too many to take on my own so I start making a mad dash the way I came.
The bandits were hot on my heels while shouting profanity at me in Russian as I shot at them with my CZ-75. I turn the corner into a building and went up the first flite of stairs I saw but could only make it to the second floor because of the debris blocking the 3rd flite of stairs so I entered the first room on the left which was a rundown apartment and was about to enter the bedroom but my Geiger counter starts ticking like crazy so I enter the room opposite of it and enter the closet.
I waited in the room for what felt like hours, hoping they have lost me but luck wasn't on my side and was cornered by two of them. They aim their weapons at me so I close my eyes and wait for the end but It did not come so I open my eyes to see the two bandits staring out the window. I stand up and look out the window to see the clouds have a reddish tint and weird forms of lighting followed by very loud thunder that shook the ground. The two bandits suddenly run away leaving me in the apartment alone.
A red beam of cloud and lightning shot down into the ground causing a shockwave of red clouds and lightning bolts to expand from the point of impact. My instincts kicked in and I started to block the one window with some debris and furniture before crouching down in the closet waiting for it to end. My head suddenly began to swirl as my Geiger counter began to tick rapidly as the building was enveloped in the red fog. I began to lose consciousness as the fog leaked into the room, my head began to pound from a force pushing it in till I finally passed out.
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Everything felt cold.
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Is this what death feels like?
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If this is death then how can I produce thoughts?
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"It is not your time"
The voice sounded familiar but I can't put my finger on it.
"They are heartless, brutal, without harmony. But you. You will be worse"
The voice seemed to distort as it said the words of the sentence but I paid no mind as I continue to float in the abyss.
"You can change your ways but it will take time"
I was confused by what it meant.
"Prepare for a new life, a new start... A new world"
The dark abyss started to fade from black to white, blinding my vision.
I fell on something somewhat hard but not like concrete hard, like grass hard. I reached out and felt blades of grass along my hand, I tried to grab it but my fingers felt numb. I open my eyes to see blue skies with a few birds flying around 'What happened to all the grey clouds?' I questioned my self in thought. I flipped over onto my stomach and push myself off the ground but I soon fell onto my back after I tried to stand up on my legs.
I look at my hands to see nothing but light grey stumps that looked like hooves so I look down to my feet to see that my legs were that of a quadruped and my feet were also stumps. "W-What... The ... FUCK?!" I began to have a little panic as I realized my fingers were gone. After I was done with the breakdown I took note of my surroundings: A couple trees, a lake, a city around 700 meters away- wait... What? Civilization?
I ran over to the lake to get a better look at my self but had some trouble in standing, I soon got the hang of it though. I looked at my reflection on the water's surface and to see that I'm covered in a light grey fur but the weird parts were that I had a horn protruding from my forehead and my hair which was spikey and white and lime green stripes. I looked backward to inspect my new body. I still had my worn-out green hood with the body armor underneath but I had no pants, I see a black colored anarchy symbol on both of my hips which I don't think horse- wait, I'm too small for a horse so a pony? fuck it.
I step away from the lake and look back to where I woke up to see both of my weapons laying there so I ran back over to see the condition. After inspecting the guns, I concluded that they were alright. I saw my holster for the CZ so I try to pick it up with my hooves but failed to do so. I remembered the horn so that must mean I'm a unicorn which can use magic, I began to focus on the holster and pretend I was grabbing it with my hands, I open my eyes to see the holster floating with a dark purple aura glowing around it.
I strap the holster to my leg which surprisingly worked so I use my telekinesis to pick up the handgun and place it in the holster. I pick up my assault rifle and hang it around my neck so the weapon is just resting at my side. After I had everything in order, I began walking towards the town in search of some answers
