A Girl's Consciousness

Within the perpetual darkness lay a girl's consciousness, which was still and unmoving.

'Who am I?' was one of the many questions she thought to herself.

'What am I?' was a question she really wanted to know.

'What do I do?' She was very bored, after asking herself so many questions she thought to herself that all she can do isn't just asking questions is it? She wants to know if she can do anything else rather ask these questions.

The girl's consciousness which was still and unmoving only asked questions as that was the only thing they could do, however they never got any answers. She knew things for sure, but she is not sure why. The only thing she can remember is darkness but she also has a lot of other information to rely upon. She could do mathematics or even think of new poems, but why should she do that? She sees no purpose in it as she cannot actually do anything with it, it's only a thing she can look at when she is bored and is tired of asking questions for the day.

After an amount of time that seemed like forever, a blinding white light enveloped this girl's consciousness which would send her to a place that would answer all her questions if she was brave enough.

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The consciousness that was originally still and unmoving opened her eyes to be greeted by something other than darkness. It contrasted sharply with the darkness she was so used to, she found it very pretty.

Looking around she noticed a shiny floating orb which started floating towards her and it spoke in a voice that sounded somewhat mechanical.

[Welcome to the World of Niva]

"Niva? What is Niva?"

[Niva is a world where players can fulfill their fantastical dreams. Ranging from perilous adventures all the way to experiencing the rise and fall of kingdoms, you players are thrown into this world and can make a difference to the story]

"So I am a player? But what is a player?"

The AI Orb ignored her questions as usually people who play this game already know everything that there is needed to know.

[We will process your information and then start the process of creating your character, please wait a moment]

"..."

[Downloading player information.... ERROR]

"What's error? Can I eat it?"

[Cause of ERROR, player has memory loss]

"Memory loss?"

[Enforcing necessary procedures..]

[ERROR, unable to forcefully logout player]

Usually people who enter the game do not have memory loss, and if they do then necessary procedures are taken into action, which is forcefully logging the player out. However due to the consciousness being in a coma, they cannot be forcefully logged out and the system just has to proceed with the next steps.

"What is this error?"

[Welcome to the World of Niva, please enter a name]

"I do not know my name"

[Please enter a name or it will be randomised in 30 seconds]

"But I do not know"

After 30 seconds the AI ORB started it's algorithm to choose a suitable name for this idiot in front of it.

[Name choosing.. DONE]

[Welcome to the World of Niva, Minerva, please create your character!]

"What is a character? Can I also eat that?"

[A character is the body a player will act as within the World of Niva and is the basis of a player's creativity. You can see other player's creativity when you connect to the World of Niva, as they will have a unique appearance which is unlike what is seen within reality.]

"Okay, I guess that makes some sense... only if you told me what a player was?"

[Please select a race otherwise you will automatically be selected as the default, the default race is human]

"I'm rea- uehh?"

A transparent window popped up right in front of Minerva's face. It was filled with options on the different type of playable races available in the world of Niva. Although only 12 races appeared, but within these races there were plenty of variants. There were the classic humans, the unkempt dwarfs and the noble elves all the way down to the tricky gnomes and the bloodthirsty demons. Each race had their advantages and disadvantages, like the giant race had high vitality and strength but slow speed and dexterity. The playable beastmen consisted of three separate races: the kaithe (cat-beastmen), dorgre (dog-beastmen) and anith (avian-beastmen). The final three races are the naga, lizardmen and the elusive mermaids. The lizardmen are loosely related to the draconians, and could be evolved into a draconian eventually.

With all of these new things appearing in front of her, Minerva was at a total loss for words. She was originally just full of questions, but now she felt like she would burst with all the new ones appearing in her mind. After reading through the list for a while, she was prepared to choose the kaithe because they look the cutest out of the choices available. Unfortunately, it took her so long to even read through all of that, that the default was automatically chosen.

[Times Up! You have selected a human]

"Human? But I was going to pick kaithe because they look cute..."

[Please enter your preferences to select the looks of your character]

Seeing a bunch of lines everywhere that she could drag and turn on and off it felt like her brain was melting. Which it actually was, very slowly. She just stood there, or floated, she doesn't even know what she was doing and had a dazed expression. Very soon, the AI ORB definitely seemed agitated as there was smoke coming out of its sides, metaphorically of course.

[Times Up! You character appearance shall resemble your Earthly self but have a 30% increase in your looks so that you match closer to the statistics of a 'perfect' human]

Soon a blurry image appeared in front of Minerva, by blurry it was literally just a human-shaped blur. But of course Minerva had no clue about that, she was just fascinated by this look of her character, it certainly seemed interesting. After the blurry image of 'herself' appeared, the window containing the different lines and other clicky things disappeared.

[You have successfully created your character Minerva, please enjoy your time in the world of Niva]

"..seems like an inconvenient char-wheu"

The familiar blinding white light enveloped her body this time, however a stinging pain came along with it. One that felt like it came from the soul itself, it was excruciatingly painful.

[ERROR, player Minerva has encountered unknown phenomenon, implementing emergency features]

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Within the 'reality' a commotion broke out in the hospital room. Isabella's mother was on her knees crying whilst her father held a doctor up by the collar and was shouting at him furiously with tears at the corners of his eyes. Not long after Isabella connected to the Niva technology, her life signs started to become unstable and eventually faded away altogether.

Elsewhere a Royal celebration was taking place in the Faerie Kingdom as the Royal Family gave birth to a Royal Princess.