Alternia

My name is Elliot Dunham. Three months ago, everyone I knew and loved died, except for three friends and myself. We had decided to play a game. A game that ended the world. Sburb. Needless to say, we failed, did not obtain the ultimate reward. Skaia fell. The white royalty died. My three friends…. They also died. I escaped into the time lotus, only to find myself somewhere else.

The sun here is bright. Bright and red. I cannot stare into it. Robots of some sort dot the landscape, killing and destroying abandoned buildings that the locals call hives. There are only a few small number of adults. They are absolutely lethal, far beyond anything I have ever seen. Every day is a fight for my own survival. Food, shelter, clothing, I must fight for everything.

At the very least, I was lucky enough to save my Alchemiter, and for some reason, the game constructs, grist, still seem to fall from creatures I defeat. I don't really understand, but it is what it is.

After alchemizing a few more shells for my shotgun, I load up, and head out. The sun has just fallen, and the moon shines bright, giving just enough light to see the white creatures I hunt. Lusi, I believe they are called. The area around the hive I call my own is heavily forested. There is a large tree with some dolls hanging from it a few days away, and closer, a cave with some weird paintings in it. Old hives or hideouts perhaps, but useless to me. They are long abandoned.

A roar sounds in the distance, then again, much closer behind me. A clawed hand smashes into my side, and I get sent flying, hitting into a tree. Grimacing I look up, only to see half my health vial gone. Stupid game abstractions. While not a true health vial, it does show stamina pretty accurately. My attacker, a large bear like lusus, roared again and charged me. Ready for it this time, I pull my shotgun out of my strife deck, and pop it in one of its front legs. The creature lets out a wail, and pitches forward. Swapping my strife specibus for something more fitting, I pull out the legendary weapon I found in the game, Harbinger of Doom, a large scythe that gives off a black aura.

With a downward stroke, I decapitated the beast, quickly putting the corpse into my sylladex to prevent blood from staining the ground, giving away the presence of a hunter. This was always a worry, but the bear thing would provide for three days or so, and allow me to finish installing the rest of the hardware in the base.

I smirked at the thought of installing new things. Back when Earth was still around, I was known as somewhat of a techie after all. Thank god for an engineer mother and a car mechanic father. Made for a very varied education.

I made it back to my hive after a little bit of exploration, and placed the bear lusus into the cooling unit in my hive. Nice and tidy. I yawned and sat down for a moment. In just an hour or two, the sun would rise, and I would have to sleep. The killbots were getting closer to this hive with their sweeps every night. I needed to finish the device to cloak this place from sensors tonight, or I might be dead in just a night or two. I hung up the light proof blinds that I made the other day in the blinds on the floor I would be working on, and began the final stage of the wiring for the cloaking.

Three hours later, the wiring was finished, and with all the trolls asleep, I pulled out power tools and began working on the large cloaking device. This required cutting metal and drilling holes, and would take a few hours. I finished none to seen either. As soon as I hooked up the device, shielding the hive from sensors, a large wave of robots came over the horizon. They paused over the hive, and I held my breath. A few moments later, they passed by. I let out my breath and headed to bed, quickly falling asleep, dreaming of cake.

The next day, I woke an hour after the sun went down, and heard a knock at the door.

My name is Elliot Dunham. I am the last human alive. And now, I'm royally fucked.

Anyways, that was chapter one, and a prelude to what I want to do…. Not really sure where this is going, so suggestions and such are cool! Anyways, I hope you like the start