Chapter 2 - Tina – Total Distress
I never felt so much pain upon waking up before…but then again…I never remember waking up before. I don't remember a thing at all. I can barely move let alone stand. I don't know what's worse, not being able to move or remember or not being able to know why. It seems like I would be flirted with by nightmares but I wouldn't be able to recall my fears. sigh I must make a move eventually. It's time, I feel like I've been asleep forever, then again…what does that feel like?
I tried getting out of bed, miraculously it was a success and I was greeted by what seemed to be the nicest face I'd ever seen. Considering that any face would be comfort at this point I allowed myself to be comfortable with this man.
Although the pain swirling in my head was almost enough to knock me off my feet I managed to speak to the old man helping me. He didn't ask me for my name, but I felt inclined to tell enlighten him. Oddly, I quickly remembered my name and brought myself to conversation. We had a brief conversation that felt like forever but truly must have been only a few minutes. I learned that his name was Jun. He's such a nice man, but why did he help me? What danger was I in that I needed helping? What inclined him to find me and bring me to safety? These questions I didn't have time to learn the answers to. I did however learn that my current amnesia and pains were the cause of a slave circlet that formally rested around my head. Apparently it has the hypnotic ability to turn the wearer into a puppet, or perhaps a slave. Whatever purposes I was used for couldn't have been helpful and good because before Jun could explain the situation further there came the ever growing closer sounds of dogs and soldiers. They knocked on Jun's door with such fury that I thought they were coming to break it down and take no prisoners from whoever was inside. It would seem Jun has been in a tight situation before because without a moments hesitation he listened to the wall to hear exactly what's going on outside and then quickly hastened me out the back door. He says he had no time to explain that I was in danger and must run for my life. I don't know if this man is right or wrong, but he has such a kind, truthful face, I must find someway to repay this kindness one day.
I guess now I'm on my own for perhaps the first time in my life, at least, that's what it feels like. I can't remember anything at all except my name. I ran out the back passage of Jun's house, such a brilliant little town here, running on the most efficient of technologies. Unfortunately, I have no time to admire this town's view, I looked to either side of the bridge extending from Jun's house to a mine and I saw a group of guards on either side of me on the ground. They saw me and appear to be rushing to catch me. My this was a good shortcut, it seems they have a decent sprint ahead of them to catch up to me, and even if they did, with my sprinting I'll be sure to find a way out of this town beforehand.
Soon after I entered the mines I noticed they're not as scary as I thought, but nonetheless there are monsters about. A few appeared along the first cavern segment and I managed to deal with them effectively…as if I've done this before...perhaps even all my life. I am equipped with the barest of equipments. Maybe I wasn't meant to have powerful items, or maybe Jun stole them from me. Oh, what am I thinking, Jun is the only nice person I've seen, and all these other soldiers and creatures I've seen are definitely not nice. Perhaps, I have some special hidden abilities. I wonder if I'll ever remember.
I seem to be a decent ways through this cave. For a medium sized town the caves are pretty big. I guess they use these caves to help supply the town with goods and exports. But as soon as I thought I'd found a way out, the guards caught up to me. Oh no, where am I going to go? They have managed to trap me in the darkest regions of the cave, and I dare not attack them, they look so tough to me. So many of them are here too, am I really that dangerous? Oh what crimes have I committed? What horrible deeds have I soiled the name "Tina" with? Is this going to be my final judgment? Do I disserve whatever I'm about to get? ……………I hear a noise…my feet are falling from under me!
Author's Note: Ok, just gonna get right to the point...japanese version of names on the left, and american on the right...anything not mentioned is the same in both.
Japanese/American
Tina/Terra
Jun/Arvis (old guy that helped Tina at the very beginning)