"Ughh…"

Robin slowly rises from the ground to check what just happened. He remembers the bright flash of light and after remembering, he jolts full awake.

"Where am I? W-what happened?"

He tries to stand up, and it takes him awhile to just assume a proper standing position. The car he was riding was nowhere in sight. He tries to make speculations as to what happened, but decided to push the thought back first.

"Haah… I need to find some help first."

Observing the surroundings, he noticed he was in some sort of forest. Further out, he could see a clearing of grass. He decides to find some high ground first to get a vantage point and look out for the nearest city. He exits the forest, and notices that the clearing had no trees in sight whatsoever, which he found weird, since the ones he saw so far had at least some. All it was was an inclining grassland. He walks to the end of the grassland, and he finds himself facing a cliff. He looks all over the place in hopes to find a city to ask for help from.

"All water down below…" Over on the other side of the cliff he was on, he could make out some sort of landform, but gives up on it since there was no way he could get there. His eyes trace through the water and he sees a beachside. He continues to look further out and just in the distance, he finds what he's looking for.

"Is that… a city!"

He looks over for passages he could go through to get there, but he finds nothing but a steep drop to the beachside. He decides it would be best to go back and find another way through the edges of the forest.

"When I get to the beaches, I should just follow along it, and soon enough, I should see the city."

He puts his plan into action and begins his climb back down the cliffside. He enters the forest, and walks along the forest's edge for a few minutes, he realizes that he probably needs to bring along some food for this trip.

"Alright, let's get some fruits here quick."

He finds a conveniently short tree with seemingly edible fruits, which had a healthy yellow color and rounded shape, so he just settles for that. He tries a small bite, ready to spit out whatever it is just in case it was poisonous, but when nothing happened, he continued to eat. Without any backpack to put it in, he just decides to carry some fruits by hand. Before leaving however, he notices something moving. He approaches it, but not close enough that he would be noticed.

"What… is that…"

What he's looking at, the only way he could describe it, was a bluish slime with a cartoony dog face on it. It is bouncing around "happily", but Robin immediately throws the thought away when he sees it body slam a tree, leaving a noticeable damage.

"That's bad… We don't exactly know if my protector is working right now… And now is not the time to test it out."

He leaves the area as quietly as he can, and is relieved when the animal doesn't notice. He continues his trek towards the city.

About an hour of walking and observing the surroundings has passed, and he finally sees the sandy beaches.

"Alright, now to just follow this path, and I should end up in the city."

Walking along the shores was uneventful, but after awhile, he saw something which made him think about everything he's learned so far. He searches his brain for any answers, or perhaps, explanations, but finds none.

"Ooo-kay… a flying whale… Just go around it. Should be fine. Yeah. Just ignore it."

He tries his hardest to keep his steps light, and fails to notice something else sneaking behind him. As that thing got closer to him, the steps got louder and louder and when he turned around he saw,

"A f-flower…" A walking yellow tulip half his size had crept up behind him while he was distracted by the whale.

Robin sprints away from it as fast as he could. The flower behind him kept chase, and started an attack.

"I-It's gonna-!"

The flower attacked him with a body slam like the slime did awhile ago. He felt its attack, and he was sure it was a heavy one, but he didn't feel any pain. There was only a bluish hue that appeared at the area he was attacked at, which faded and disappeared a few seconds later.

"Haaha! The [Field Emitter] must be active again!"

He used this chance to get away. Sprinting away towards his original destination, he looked back and saw that the flower monster had stopped chasing him.

"Whew! What is this, some kind of weird horror game?! Is this VR?! What the hell is happening!?" He continues running, exhausting his lungs, his only thought getting away from the monster.

He distances himself from the coast for now, and enters the grasslands just a few ways from the beach. Inspecting the area and confirming there to be no weird creatures in the vicinity, he relaxes himself. He finds a tree and rests under it, trying to catch his breath for awhile.

"Just where the hell am I!?"

The sun was already setting, and just in time too. Robin had just arrived at the outskirts of the city. Looking back at where he had come from, he could no longer even see the cliff, because of the limited light. When he entered, he noticed very few people were on the outskirts of the city, mostly wearing some weird clothing, like they were cosplaying or something. This went on for a while, and Robin was scared if he'd be fine in this city, because as it stands, he is literally standing out with his plain clothing, but as he traversed the city deeper and deeper, more and more people appeared with similar clothing as him, which gave him a sense of relief.

He asks some passersby, in his exhausted and hungry voice, what the name of the city is. "Excuse me, could you tell me where I am right now?"

"Oh, you're in Planeptune."

"W-what?" Before he could ask anything else, the passerby left, and he had to find another person to ask.

(Planeptune? Is that the name of the city?) Another person passes by him, and he calls their attention.

"Excuse me, could you tell me the name of this country, and the continent?"

"Huh? You're in Planeptune, kid. It's a country here in Gamindustri. I can tell you're not from here, and if you're lost, go to the Guild, or maybe even the Basilicom."

"A-and where is that?"

"Just take a right at the next turn. You should find it easily, as it has the letters literally shining outside the building."

"O-oh. Okay. Thanks."

"No problem." The man leaves, and Robin hears a slight chuckle coming from him. He ignores this, and continues his way, thankful to the man who had told him the way.

Robin, who was very tired from walking the whole day dragged his feet, to try and find the Guild or Basilicom.

"Tired... and hungry..."

While speaking to himself, he turns at the next corner and bumps into someone else.

"Ow, oh I'm sorry." the person said.

Robin however, tilted backwards and fell on his back. A loud thud was heard from him falling, which made the person he bumped into grimace.

"What the goodness?! A-are you okay?"

Robin doesn't answer first, and after a few seconds, he opens his eyes and clutches his stomach, which grumbled like a wild animal.

"Not… Not good. Passed out for a bit there…"

The person who he bumped to gave a mixture of a confused and pitiful look. She started to grab something inside the plastic bag she had on her.

"H-here, you look like you haven't eaten something in a long while."

Robin hesitates, and considers his situation. "O-oh really? Thanks!"

He heartily accepts the generosity of this person and gulps the food down, which was pudding. The sugar from the dessert had given Robin the tiny boost he had needed to last a few more hours. He now had the luxury of observe the person who helped him, the person he most likely owed his life to.

The person was a girl, with long purple hair, purple eyes, a cross on her hair that acts like a pin, and is wearing some sort of uniform. She had worn pink and white striped socks, and had some sort of white purse that was attached to her right thigh via a belt. Robin also noticed a peculiar looking hairpin she wore, which he thought seemed familiar, but couldn't quite put his finger on.

"Well then, I'll be on my-"

"Wait! Uhm, can you tell me where I am right now?"

The girl looks at him questioningly. "Hm? You're in Planeptune right now."

Robin, not satisfied with the answer, drops a bead of sweat and decides to inquire further. "P-Planeptune? I-is that like a new country?"

"Yes, and no. Planeptune is the country you're in right now, but it's not a new country by any means."

Robin thinks to himself (Was there a country that was constructed that I wasn't aware of?)

"Okay, so where are we?"

"I already said that we were in Planeptune, did you not hear me the first time?"

"Ah, no no, I meant which continent are we in?"

"Ohhh! I see. We're in Gamindustri."

At that Robin's heart drops. He was currently in a place where he didn't know anything about. He had no idea what these names of countries were or where they were located, and that terrified him.

"G-Gamindustri…?"

"Hm."

He gives a short moment of silence, thinking to himself before saying two simple words. "...I'm lost."

"...Really?"

Robin covered his mouth with his hand as a gesture that he hadn't intended those words to come out.

"Huh? I said that out loud… Anyways, thanks for the food, but you wouldn't happen to know where the… Basilicom… is located would you?" Robin says with hesitation, wondering if that was actually a thing, or if the person from before was just screwing with him.

"Oh, you're headed there I see. I can take you there, if you want."

Robin breathes a sigh of relief, and stands up to dust himself off. "That'd save me, thanks… By the way, I'm Robin." He holds out a hand.

The girl looks at the hand and smiles. She takes the handshake offer. "I'm Nepgear. Nice to meet you."

They walk for a few minutes, with Robin not saying a word, observing the city more closely, now that he has had a bite. He had concluded that this city wasn't exactly different from his home, so he finds a little bit of comfort there. The buildings looked more or less the same in his world, and the environment gave a 'cool' feeling, because of the often used colors blue and purple of the buildings.

Entering the Basilicom, Robin sees a person clad in a white and purplish robe, covering his whole body, only leaving the face exposed. "Hello, Miss Nepgear. It seems you've brought a friend.", says the man.

"Yes, it seems like he was lost, so we were just hoping to help him find his way back home."

"Oh, really? Then come with me, we'll help you out."

"Ok." Robin follows both of them into an office, with mostly purple as the dominant color. There was a rectangular table where they sat in, and across them, Robin sat in. Before both of them ask him anything, the door once again opens, revealing a tiny girl above a book, floating freely in the air.

"Hahh, I heard someone was lost here, so I came to help. That's quite surprising actually, since everyone kind of knows how to get around even at a young age."

"Ahaha... Sorry." Robin laughs at the prospect that the people here thought he knew less than a child. He shakes off this thought, trying to think positive thoughts and not make the stress affect this conversation. This was important for finding out more about this world after all, and if he was lucky, these people could be friends and help him get back. However, he notices something unusual.

Robin looks at the newly entered character for a few seconds before impulsively standing up roughly from his chair. He lowly backs away from the book fairy, his heart pounding like nothing before.

(What? What is going on? A little girl is riding a book and is floating freely above the air!)

"Is there something wrong, Robin?"

"A-a-a-a floating little girl, o-o-on a book!"

The man in the robes furrows his brows and raises his voice towards Robin. "That's rude to Miss Histoire! Apologize right now to her!"

Histoire, as they call her, just sighs, and gives a forced smile. "It's okay, people usually react this way the first time they see me."

"Hm? But me and my sister didn't react like that though…" Nepgear adds as a comment.

"You both aren't regular people, for one. Oh, please, calm down, I'm here to help you find your way back to where you live. My name is Histoire."

"I-I'm Robin… S-sorry for reacting like that." Sighing, he sits down back on his seat, and the tension subsides, but not completely. Histoire flies to the table, floating just above the surface of it, disturbing Robin a bit.

"It's just not so often- or rather, I haven't seen a small person float freely while riding on a book. It's not exactly a common sight."

A slight vein appears in Histoire's forehead, though no one notices. "Please drop it with the little. *cough* Anyways, do you remember where you were from?"

"Yes, I live in Prim."

Histoire's brows furrowed and Nepgear's and the Basilicom employee's face showed confusion. The three of them said "Prim?"

"Yes." Robin said in a confident, 'matter of fact' way.

"Where is this located?" Histoire asks him.

"Do you have a map? I could point it to you."

The Basilicom employee stands up and approaches a shelf, opens it and pulls out a moderately sized map. He puts it in the table, and Robin reaches for the map. He raises his hand to prepare to point, but when he sees it, he gets confused and puts down his hand.

"Um… do you have a world map?"

"What do you mean? This is the world map, the map of Gamindustri."

"No, no, Im talking about what's outside the country waters…"

"Outside?" Histoire tilts her head, obviously confused at what Robin was saying.

"Yes, like further off from the border of this map." He gestures, making a circle around the edges of the map he held.

"Everything outside Gamindustri are bodies of water. No one can live anywhere else except here."

"What? That can't be! Is this "Gamindustri" located on the Pacific?"

"The Pacific? I don't understand… In any case, please calm down." Histoire adds, noticing hints of panic in Robin's voice.

"*Sigh*, it's like I'm not in Earth anymore…"

"Earth?"

"Eh, you guys really don't know where Earth is?" At this point, Robin speculates what could have happened to him. (These people don't know Earth? Am I even still on Earth? If not...) The idea of being in an unknown location was trashed in Robin's head, replaced with another suspicion that causes a bigger problem if it actually was true.

"Do you people really not know of Earth?"

The three looked at each other and shook their heads. Histoire spoke up first. "I'll try to read back my records, but I'm pretty sure that I did not hear anything about this "earth" you speak of."

"Then... Maybe this isn't Earth? Since you don't know anything about it."

"W-what do you mean, Robin?" Nepgear asks.

"In my world, my world called Earth, there were so much landmasses, and countries, and even continents, seven in fact. It seems like here there is only one. I could tell you about it, but I don't have my phone with me right now... Oh, I also almost forgot, if it helps, I could tell you where I regained consciousness."

"Regained consciousness? Did you pass out or something?" the Basilicom employee asks.

"Yeah, I think it was right around…. here." Robin points to a forest southwest of Planeptune. "I hiked this small cliff here, and there I saw the city. I then went back to the forest and followed along the beach until I reached this place." His hand stopping above Planeptune, releasing his touch and returning back to his seat.

"That's… a long walk." said the Basilicom employee.

"Yeah, took me the whole day."

Histoire shuts her eyes and thinks for a second.

"Um… Histoire?" Robin reluctanly asks what she's doing.

"Hmmmmmmggggghhhh…."

They spend a few moments in silence, waiting for Histoire to say what was on her mind.

"Ah! Perhaps you're from a different dimension!"

"!" Robin's attention is grabbed when Histoire said this. "You can travel through different dimensions?!"

"Yes, it's no easy feat, but it's definitely possible. Nepgear here even traveled to another dimension herself."

"REALLY?!" Robin turns and looks at her with hope, that this might be the answer to his current problems.

"Ahaha… I think I can see your eyes sparkling… and don't remind me Histy…"

Robin coughs to break his excitement, and assesses the possibility of him being in another dimension.

(I'm sure I'm not in Earth. That should have been proven when those weird monsters attacked me, what was I thinking! I'm not using my head... Anyway, I still cannot push off the probability that I might be in another world...) He remembers something, and asks Nepgear something which might confirm his suspicions.

"Say, Nepgear. Is there... magic in this world?"

"Hm? Yes, there is... Why?"

"As I thought... Back in my world, or rather in my universe, magic is practically impossible to do, so maybe the only probable explanation for this is that... I'm in a different dimension."

Everyone keeps silent for a few moments, letting his deductions sink in.

"In any case, let me contact my other dimension self and ask about it. The Basilicom employee will assist you to your room in the meantime, as the connection probably won't be established for… three hours, and I cannot move whilst this is happening." Histoire says.

"Okay, thank you very much, you guys!"

"O-oh, you're welcome."

Robin follows the Basilicom employee as they exit the building and enter another one, a smaller building that gave of a residential vibe.

"This is a public building the Guild has created to help people like you, no wait... People that need help, is what I'm trying to say. Though, you can't stay here forever, so you'll need to make good use of your time.

"Woah, it's a nice building."

"Anyway, it sounds like you have it rough… When I heard your story, I thought that there hasn't been anyone that had given that kind of story before."

"Yeah, this might take more time to resolve than what I had originally predicted…"

They enter the building, and approach the counter, where a woman was standing.

"Okay, so we'll just get the keycard to your room first and we should be good to go." Robin nods in agreement, and waits patiently as the employee opens what seems to be a tablet to check on something before grabbing a key below the desk.

"Lucky you, there was one room left. Here's your key, first floor, furthest room from the entrance. Shouldn't be too hard to find."

"Thanks."

"Take care of yourself kid. Oh, and don't break any stuff, because if you will, you'll have to pay for it." The employee's eyes darkened at that last statement, and looked as serious as can be. Robin doesn't know if he did that just to add an effect, or if he was just joking around, or if it actually was that serious of a 'crime'.

Robin gulps and just gives a grunt of agreement.

"By the way, there's food in the canteen, so you should go and help yourself. That stomach has been growling this whole time."

"Oh, haha, I didn't even realize… Man that's embarassing…" Scratching his head, he could only laugh awkwardly.

"Well, it's time to take my leave, take care."

Robin looks on as the employee walks away. "Crap, I forgot to ask his name." Robin readies his keycard and swipes it cleanly on the door.

Nothing happens.

"Huh? What?"

He tries again and nothing happens. He gets anxious, and thoughts of sleeping outside fills his mind. He flips the card around and swipes it.

*Click* "There we go." The thoughts vanish as quick as they had appeared. Turning the knob, he enters the room, and finds it to be a small, but not uncomfortably small, just enough to make it cozy. "I think a bath would be awesome."

Robin enters the canteen, letting his hunger override his thinking. At this point, any food would have tasted good for Robin.

After picking his meals (or rather, taking one of everything) he sat down and began eating. As he was, his mind began to drift back to his home country. The things he has left behind there, his family, his friends, his job, his games…

"Wait, why am I thinking of video games? I'm literally the only Earthling here, lost in this crazy world inhabited by crazy monsters, and I'm thinking about that? I must be salty as heck. Welp, there goes my progress. And my money."

He continues to eat his food, albeit now with a little bit of distress, caused by his series of thoughts. After that, he headed back to his room to prepare for sleep.

"Histoire said 3 hours right? She'd probably finish at midnight by then. It'd be better for both of us if I came back tomorrow morning."

His mind still was swirling with thoughts, but soon enough, with nothing to do, he fell asleep.

Well, Betelgeiser here again! Who knows what'll happen to Robin in the next chapter? Ooooh hope you're excited, because things are going to get more action from here on out, now that I've done the basic backstory and all that jazz.

Anyways, look forward to the next one!

(Also drop me some of them reviews, appreciate ya'll!)