Chapter 7 - He Who Fell From The stars

(why i'm i not dead?)

that was the first taught in Alice's head after regaining consciousness, she could tell that she were laying on something soft and sunlight was hitting her face, and she could hear birds singing their morning song. she didn't open her eyes immediately however, as her most recent memories lead her to believe that she might have been captured.

(was it all a dream? no, there's no way that was all a dream, the pain was all too real for that, thinking about it now i don't feel any pain anymore? maybe i did die and this is heaven?)

opening her eyes she however found her expansions betrayed, the first thing she saw was a unknown ceiling, made of some sort of black metal.

(shit! so i was captured! i need to find a way to report back i need to move now, huh i can't move? what the f.u.c.k happened? even i can't escape i need to avenge Viktor)

concluding that she somehow needed to make that demon pay, she started to think up several plans, until she picked up the sound of someone walking towards her from outside

(shit someone's coming… a single person, could it be another recon unit looking for us? no it wouldn't be a single person, it might be the demon i need to act like i'm still sleeping)

hearing steps closing in on her, and stopping about a meter from her.

(f.u.c.k f.u.c.k calm down, i'm just sleeping don't come near me, why did i accept this job again? i should just have resigned a while ago, ahhhh i never got to eat at that new place near the inner gate and why didn't i just get married instead of this career-)

instead of calming down, Alice started contemplating her life choices, wondering about everything from her lack of romance to all the exciting food she didn't eat.

(aahhh there was also that place in the capital, what was it they made? brisket? what even is that? shit now i'm hungry)

having completely forgotten her original situation, Alice almost started drooling thinking about all the stuff she didn't have time for. she was finally snapped out of it when she noticed a hand being placed on her forehead and after about 5 seconds the hand was removed and she was picked up in a gentle princess carry and placed in some sort of cair.

"come on i know you're awake, open your eyes i won't hurt you"

"..."

"can she even understand me? hey ICI?"

[AFFIRMATIVE. LANGUE BASIS ANALYSIS COMPLETE]

"huh, okay, so she ignoring me? how rude. well i guess i kinda do deserve it"

"..."

"i'll tell you this just in case, i only acted in self defence and i even rep- i mean, healed you and that boy after. i'm sorry for utterly destroying you in self defence, i didn't know you were so weak"

"WHAT THE F.U.C.K DO MEAN SELF DEFENCE!? THAT WAS CLEARLY OVER THE LINE!"

"oho, good morning to you"

what greeted Alice when she opened her eyes in fury was the demon sitting across from her on the ground cross legged and without its mask on and looked at her single green eye along with a teasing smile and wearing some sort of black improvised t shirt revealing several white marks on his exposed arms along with what looked like some sort of strange bodysuit that was pulled down and tied around its waist. releasing she had been tricked, Alice's face flared red in a mix of rage and embarrassment.

"my name is Dax, i'm not from around here, what's your name?"

"f.u.c.k you!"

"huh that's a strange name, so 'f.u.c.k you' where are you from? you also look like some sort of soldier, what's your rank?"

"are you gonna keep calling me that? don't f.u.c.k around!"

"what? 'f.u.c.k you' is not your name? ICI i don't think it's her name"

[UNCERTAIN. SUBJEKT DESIGNATED HERSELF AS, QUOTE: 'F.U.C.K YOU' I SUGGEST KEEPING THAT DESIGNATION]

"okay, so 'f.u.c.k you' i'm not gonna hurt you so just calm down, are you hungry? i found your supplies"

"aaahg! okay okay stop calling me that! my name is Alice, so stop calling me that!"

"okay Alice, could you stop shouting?"

"fine! so you said your name is Dax? what does a demon want from me? are you aware you're currently breaking the peace treaty?"

"me? a demon? what's a demon is that a insult or something?"

"huh!? are you playing stupid or were you just born that way? what else would you be than a demon? with that tall stature and those marking on your arm what else could you be?"

"what marks? oh these, these are just scars, also i'm a Qiton not a demon, how rude."

rolling up his sleeve, Dax revealed several white scars of different sizes tracing all along his brown skin.

"that's impossible those have to be tribal markings! not even a beastman could survive that meny injuries! and what the f.u.c.k is a Qiton? i've never heard of that race"

"it's like i told you, i'm not from around here, i come from a world far from here, i arrived here to this world about a week ago"

"you must really think i'm stupid, typical demon"

"like. i. said. i'm not a demon, i'm a Qiton. ICI can you explain it?"

[AFFIRMATIVE. PREPARING FOR DIRECT NEURAL INTERFACING….. COMPLETE]

"hey what the hell is that voice? also what the hell is that 'interfacing'? don't you dare touch me!"

sensing the danger from the strange voice that spoke from Dax's mask, Alice tried to back away before realizing that she still couldn't move and started to panic.

"don't worry this won't hurt a bit, i just want to show you something"

"don't you f.u.c.k.i.n.g touch me! wait, stop please i believe you, you're a Qiton or whatever i get it!"

"well that was easy, so you understand that i'm not a demon?"

"yeah i do so please don't touch me!"

"okay then. but we'll still need to do this"

"huh? do wha-"

before Alice realised what Dax was planning to do, he grabbed her head with right hand and her vision turned black. when Alice woke up she was in a completely white room, and after a second she remembered what had happened earlier. quickly standing up, she tried to grab her sword, but found that not only didn't she have her sword but she wore a strange white robe.

"what the f.u.c.k is this? did he kill me?"

(INTERFACE ESTABLISHED. LOADING PROGRAM)

"hiii! what the f.u.c.k was that? the voice from before? hey! where are you? and what even are you?"

suddenly a cold voice spoke to Alice directly in her head, freaking her out

(DESIGNATION: INTEGRATED COMBAT INTELLIGENCE V20.5 OMEGA)

"that doesn't help me at all"

(YOU CAN CALL ME ICI)

"now was that so hard to say? now where am i? what is this?"

(UNIMPORTANT. STARTING MEMORY TRANSFER.)

all of a sudden strange scenes started appearing in her head, megacities like she had never seen before, stange black sh.i.p.s traveling between the stars and warfare on a scale like she had never seen before, huge mechanical swans of soldiers rushing to kill their enemies with brutal efficiency, supported by strange flying machines that spread destruction on a unprecedented level she had never seen before.

"what is all this…?"

completely stunned by the inflow of new information, Alice was completely stunned while her head was filled with scenes that invoked terror and wonder at the same time.

"this is the world i came from. about 7 days ago i crash landed here, in your world, as i told you: i'm not from around here."