Arc 1

I woke up in a cold room, bound to a metal white wall. In an immediate reaction of panic I tried to break free, but failed to do so. I couldn't remember why I was here, I couldn't remember anything from yesterday. I was a 17 year old boy, a senior in highschool, my name is Lancer but my friends call me Lance. I was normal for the most part, brown hair with sky blue eyes that shined brighter than the ocean. My siblings were my emotional support for when I needed it. So why was I here? I desperately tried to remember. But I just couldn't. Then, the metal door locked by 3 bars opened; the room suddenly got much colder.

3 men entered the room, with white coats and safety goggles. They whispered something to each other then walked up to me, "Come with us, you're getting a room change." they said. It's not like I could do anything after all. I reluctantly agreed and followed them out the room. Stepping in the hallway made me realize how huge this place is, flights of stairs were to the left of me, it seemed to go up forever. The security is crazy too, cameras everywhere. They pushed me a little as I wasn't moving. We seemed to be walking for hours when I finally reached the new room, there were about 7 people strapped to walls. Each with different clothing, they looked very strange. One of them didn't even have a visible face, his hood covered it in darkness even though the room was light with several lights. His purple robes were very noticeable too, he felt dangerous. One of them to my far left looked at me, with a excited look. What was so exciting about my appearance? I was pushed in the room, then immediately shoved on to the wall, being trapped with the rest. A girl next to me looked at me with a bright smile, her silver hair with a bright purple right eye; her left eye was closed though. She looked at me with a reassurances in her eye "Don't worry, I persuaded one of the guards with a deal. We'll be out of here in no time." I didn't know her, but I couldn't help but believe her. The guy who looked at me all excited earlier started explaining everything to me. Apparently we all were chosen by a guy named Zariel. Apparently he's the heavenly ruler of this world, but he knew he would die soon from something? His story was confusing, but basically we are supposed to fill his place, as the demon's in the depths of hell have gotten significantly stronger. I was supposedly chosen to be Zariels successor, inheriting his power. It was all quite confusing though, I don't understand what most of that means, but I'll figure it out soon. He didn't explain why we were taken here though, he doesn't seem to know that. Oh well, I guess we'll know soon enough.

It's been a few days. They feed us once a day with very small portions. Everyone is starving. Everyone is tired and look depressed, maybe we aren't leaving.

The lights cut out a few hours later, some of the people were asleep still, a green portal had appeared in front of us and a guy steeped out, he had lime stripes on him, it was quite bright. I could barely see him starting to count and suddenly we were somewhere else. It was the afternoon and we were next to a hotel. The guy who came out the portal had very odd clothes, it was a black jacket with lime stripes, his hair was dark black covered with a hoodie. He didn't explain much but everyone seemed to be awake. He said that we would stay here for now in pairs, the pair was random and would share a room. My roommate was the girl with silver hair I saw earlier, she looked really happy for some reason. It took me a bit to notice that her right eye was closed from a breeze that moved her hair away from her right eye. It was strange, everyone was weird, I don't understand anything.

We went into the hotel and entered our rooms, it was a nice room with hardwood floors and two beds, a tv, a bathroom, but shockingly no windows. A speaker turned on with an unfamiliar voice, they said in order to replace the vanquished god, you must pass his trial. There were people suddenly behind us, and it all went dark.