It is still late at night for most people and since I had died in the ga I could not go back into the ga until tomorrow. I didn't feel tired so what can I do during this ti? For the past month and a bit, this was the ti I was in the ga experiencing a different world alongside characters' who I have established a bond with but now I don't even know what is happening in the ga.
I poured myself a cup of water and sat at my table, pondering on what I should be doing with my ti. I had no work tomorrow so I was free to do anything and since I can't schedule anything with Evan and Sabrina since they were still in the ga and won't see the ssage until after 0600.
Sleep? No...Not with how awake I am right now. After experiencing the monster completely massacring everything around I just didn't feel like sleeping. I had an odd feeling around my neck, like a noose slowly getting tighter and tighter.
I boot up my computer and sip on my water while thinking about what just happened in the past couple of days of playing Settlent. I found players nearby, got ambushed by an extrely stronger group of monsters than I was used too and died for the first ti in the ga. What have I learned?
Absolutely nothing!
My location felt so isolated from other potential players due to the towering walls of the canyon as well as the steep mountainous terrain and the dark creepy forest. I almost didn't think I was going to see another player until a couple more months into the ga when players beco more adventurous.
Then there were the monsters. The previous safe copper mine had been overrun and overtaken by them but why now? During Balta's 'reign' of the copper mines they weren't seen or ntioned. Usually, when a bag guy is about to die they would ntion a higher power seeking revenge but now nothing like that ca from Balta which leads to think that they had only recently discovered the mine as well and from a different entrance.
This ans that could have just been a scouting force or their real nest or ho is in a location not too far away from the copper mine. This worries since they are just so much stronger and I didn't have a way to defeat them yet.
Lastly was death. It felt terrifying. The feeling of my head leaving my body and then reattaching it again after so ti while I was still 'alive' was completely unreal. Like an out-of-body experience except I was experiencing it every step of the way.
I shiver slightly and look at my screen since the computer has booted up. I go to the ga forum to find out so information on other players that have experienced death. Scrolling through the forum I see a lot of similar posts.
"Dying by a goblin stabbing in the chest. Not the best feeling by the way" - 5lay3r
"A goblin ambushed from behind. Embarrassing right?" - LighterOfHell
"ORCS! ORCS! ORCS! I HATE THEM!!!" - HateOrcs2021
"Can't believe I died like this…" - WiZARDo
"Yet another death." - Constant
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"Dying by strangulation and going to a physiatrist." - Therapy101
A post near the release of the ga attracted my attention. Much like the player had more or less died from trauma to the neck. In this player's case, it was strangulation and in my case it was decapitation. Both are pretty bad ways to die.
I look through the post and the player describes his death in great detail. From prior to his death to after his death the player had described everything and post-death we were the sa. After dying, the player felt 'alive' while in a dark space. Clearly feeling the fact that his throat had been squeezed and air could not flow inside them but being able to see the dark space around for a while until he was transported back to his room.
After the event, he tried to sleep however was incapable of doing so as his throat kept feeling like it was being squeezed. Breathing beca difficult and with the increasing lack of sleep, he resorted to going to the hospital where he was referred to a physiatrist.
As explained in his post, he spent multiple days with said physiatrist as well as being in the hospital where they would force him to sleep allowing his body to recover slowly. After many etings, he explained that the feeling of death in the ga will vary from player to player and the more extre or violent the death was the more likely the brain would believe it was a real event.
Once the brain is tricked into believing it has happened then the brain would try to recreate the event slowly making the body do things that would harm itself. For example, if the brain believed that the player died from being stabbed then around the area that was stabbed causing the death of the player would be a scar. A kind of stigma the brain creates to resemble death.
After reading the post, I subconsciously touched my neck to see if there were any bumps or cuts and luckily there were none. I was fine for now.
I close the forum and take a deep breath before shaking my head.
"I'm fine. Just a ga. Just a ga."
I bring out my phone and texted the group chats with Evan and Sabrina.
"Hey, I just died in the ga and I want to talk about it with soone. Is anyone free during the day to have lunch or sothing?" - Ian
Knowing that the ssage would not be seen by anyone for a while I turn off my phone and turn the lights off before climbing into bed and under my covers. I looked at my ceiling and for so reason, it just felt off.
I felt uncomfortable like sothing was wrong with this scenario. being in bed under my covers in the dead of night trying to sleep but it felt weird. I brought my hand to my neck again and once again confird it was still there. I sat up and just looked around my eyes, slowly adjusting to the darkness.
Nothing was out of the ordinary around nor did my body feel weird but this atmosphere...It didn't feel right. Unable to pinpoint the reason I stood up and turned the lights back on and put a movie on the TV and watched in silence until my phone buzzed at 0610.
"Brunch 1000!" - Sabrina
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