Jessie's POV:

When I first awoke in this world I did so very slowly. Each sence coming into focus one at a time. The first things I noticed was through touch. I could feel the rough and uneven surface I lay upon and many thin oblong object scattered across it. But more prevalent was the physical discomfort my skin was alerting me to, my first contact with pain. It was shooting all across my body. If I had had any knowledge I had arms and legs or how to use them, I would have been gone then and there. The air around me felt too hyperactive. I had the distinct impression that it was not safe here. Touch was quickly followed by hearing. I heard crackling and snapping all around me and a similar roaring sound quite close by. This seamed wrong to. My instincts doubly told me that there was danger neer. Then together came my senses of smell and taste. I took a deep breath, my first breath, and immediately regretted it. The things inside me which seemed to be responsible for processing air told me that this air was un-breathable. Then my tongue registered that there was strange fluid of some sort pressing against it. Through the pain I could feel that the sensitive membrane covering me was covered in the same fluid. It did not taste particularly good, but it did feel familiar. Then, finally, my mind realised my sense of sight and I opened my eyes for the first time.

My fist glimpse of this world was different than most. I am told that the first things newborns see are the faces of their mother and father. The first thing I saw was a shining, flickering energy which seemed to be everywhere at once. It glowed brightly, orange, red and gold all at once. Then I took in the grey surface I was laying on which was covered in wafer thin shards, each one unique and sparking with light reflected from the energy. It all looked very pretty. I located the nearest source of energy, just beyond my line of sight above my head. Much too close for comfort. My senses told me that this was the source of the crackling and snapping, the un-breathable air, and the sensations of pain running across my body. Then my mind, which was racing with each new sensation, reasoned that these sensations would only get worse if I were to touch the energy.

I wanted to get away from this painful sensation and my body reacted instinctively. The two limbs I had only just realised existed on either side of my body pressed themselves against the surface I was laying on and pressed, levering me up. From there I could see my surroundings only a little better. The energy seemed to be emitting a cloud which clouded my vision. I did however, get a better look at myself. I could see, just below my torso, there were two other stilt like limbs that had endings that looked a little like the endings of my upper limbs. My mind told me that they were designed to support my weight and carry me were I wanted to go. I decided to make use of them and see what there was to see.

Bracing myself against the surface below with my upper limbs, I got my lower limbs under me and tried to stand. The first time I tried the joints of these limbs buckled and I fell back towards the surface. I had to use my upper limbs to prevent bodily harm. The second time however, I did manage to keep upright. My initial failure to stand bothered me though. Hadn't I ever used these limbs before?

From my new vantage point I had a better view of the space I was in. The energy was even more widespread than I had though before. It engulfed almost everything, dancing and shining everywhere. Even the surface above shone with it. Also I saw that there was a way out of here into a new space and I could smell fresh, untainted air beyond. Even though my instincts told me it was dangerous to stay here, I could not bear to stop watching the energy shine. How could something so beautiful be dangerous. Then there was a loud cracking sound behind me, the distinct sound of something large breaking. Then a large piece of the surface above broke away from the whole it had been before and, still wreathed in energy, crashed down to my level. It was black and charred and still being consumed by the energy. Terrific fear coursed through me then. My instincts had been right, this energy was dangerous. I will remember that moment for the rest of my life. Even now as I sit before a warm hearth, drinking delicious hot chocolate, I still fear untamed fire. At that moment however, I know I had to get out of there.

My lower limbs took me quickly to the way out. I only distantly noticed that they seemed to operating with no conscious effort from me. I came through the exit, following that scent of fresh air. After endless twists and turns I finally came to the end and I could see a space were the energy did not shine. It seemed to be big, much bigger than this place. Suddenly I felt trapped and the need to get out grew even greater. I rushed into the cool air and breathed it in deeply. The cool against my body felt refreshing, easily the best thing I had felt since I woke up. To my left and far in the distance I could see a cluster of bright white lights shining brightly in the dark. The rest of the world seemed to be covered in tall structures crowned with delicate, oddly shaped vanes covered in a thin membrane. At the base of my lower limbs I could feel the new, uneven surface which was covered in tiny tendrils not unlike the long fur at the top of my head. Above me a great orb of light shone down upon the world. It was absolutely lovely. All around me I could hear a pleasant chirping sound coming from hundreds of different sources. It was very nice to just stand there and look and listen

Now that I was out I had the leisure to examine myself. I had no idea who or what I was let alone where I was so this examination was doubly important to me. I felt the fur on my head and pulled. I then knew that it was attached to me in a binding way. The membrane covering my body was smooth and pale in the light. I also discovered that my body naturally curved just below my collar bone and just above my lower limbs. I examined my upper and lower limbs and took a long look at their ends. Both limbs made curved shapes with 5 digits presumably for grasping objects. The skin on these seemed to have been made to describe objects in the sence of touch so I used them to further examine myself. I felt the smoothness of my skin, the curve of my figure, up to my thin neck and finally to my face. I seemed to have very strong features. I felt the curve of delicate flesh which covered an opening in my head. It housed my tongue and 32 sharp bones of different sizes and shaped. What they were for I did not know but was shure it would become clear in time. I felt the openings just above where it seemed I could discern different scents in the air. I felt the odd shapes on either side of my head where sounds were picked up and analysed by my mind. When I tried to touch my eyes the lids above promptly shut. I then thought there had to be a reason for that and decided not to try it again.

Now I knew myself and had a rough idea what I was I had to decide what I was going to do now. With the energy behind me and my most pressing questions answered there were other pains to address. I settled on finding an answer to the one in my lower belly. A feeling that I would later come to know as hunger. I sniffed the air hoping I would find something and I did. The scent was unfamiliar but instinct told me that its source would ease this pain of hunger.

I followed the scent around the tall structures and down un-even slopes. I then saw something that made my heart skip a few beats. I could see more of that flickering, glowing energy. But this time my instincts were not warning me as to anything being wrong. More over the smell that promised to ease my hunger seemed to be coming from it. There were lots of other odd looking objects strewn around the clearing, but my focus was on the smell. I walked twords the energy with trepidation. I could seen now that the scent was not coming from the energy itself but from three oddly shaped things stuck hanging over the energy. I reached for them, not knowing how else to get them. My stomach was getting instant that something be done.

A sharp sound from behind made me stop and turn. There was a creature there, a very odd looking thing. But from my earlier examination I could tell that this creature looked roughly like me. Perhaps this was another member of my species. Maybe it could help me. I continued to stare as it made noise at me with it's tongue hole. Perhaps it was trying to communicate. What struck me most about this thing was that it was covered in fabric of some kind. almost none of its skin was visible. I suddenly wondered if I should have something like it. I could not see if it had fur on its head. It was covered by some strange object that stuck straight out over its face. In one of its upper limbs, it held a container with liquid of some sort sloshing around as it moved. The scent of that mixed with the scent of the creature. The smell was sharp and the creature seemed to be sending out some sort of chemical signature. I felt the some sort of discomfort as I had when I stood too close to the energy, but this time there was not source for such discomfort besides my self. All the while it made odd sounds at me in a strangely husky tone

Then there was another harsh sound, though some how this one sounded much more pleasant. I turned and the creature looked passed me to were someone new had entered the clearing. This one was much different that the first being I had met. It had thick dark fur on its head and brightly shining eyes. It was smaller than the first one to, only a little taller that me. It too had cloth coverings, reenforcing my opinion that I should have something similar on myself. The two creatures made noises at each other, clear communicating. I could not understand anything at all and resolved to work on that.

Apparently the first creature did not like what the second creature was communication and changed its stance into an aggressive form. It gripped something in its upper limb, soothing jagged that glinted in the energy light. It had a black handle of some kind which the creature was holding on by. Then the first creature charged the second but was promptly stopped. The second creature had attacked it with one of its lower limbs and sent it to the ground. The jagged object few through the air only to be caught by the creature still standing. When the first creature tired got up again it charged at the second. The second creature darted forward than and struck it in the side of the head with the handle of the jagged thing. The first creature slumped to the ground and did not move. Only the rhythmic rise and fall of its chest revealed it was still alive at all.

I turned my attention back to the new creature who had just moved twords me. It was making sounds at me. I longed to understand and to talk with it, but I could not. I was saddened by this because this creature seamed to be concerned. I could sence nothing wrong and I wished to comfort it but had no Idea how. It was sad also because this creature was quite pleasing to look at. I wondered if it though the same about me. The moment this idea came into my head it seemed almost a necessity that it be true. Suddenly the creature looked down at my body below my face and began acting very odd. Its skin, which had been as pale as mine had taken on a shade of red and it was averting its eyes. Its voice had changed to a shackyer tone.

It then slipped some of the cloth off of its upper body and showed me how to put it on. It felt soft and nice and it smelled of the creature who had been wearing it. Placing 5 of its didgets on my it guided me out of that place and into the place thick with tall structures and soft tendrils. I went with him quite agreeably. This turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made


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