The day went about the same as every other day did. You woke up in an empty house, your parents off on a business trip, a vacation, or a "Business" trip which left you basically all on your own. They left you a large enough fund to buy food and pay rent, but not much else beyond that. It had taken only once to learn that you needed to tightly budget, a lesson you learned at the cost of nearly going three weeks without food, but your parents never found out. You made yourself food, all the lights and electronics off so you could save just a little more on bills.

You went to school, leaving early in the morning so you could arrive first and not get hounded by any of your fellow students along the main road. You spent what time you had between classes either on the roof or in the library, and you managed to slide by without any of your bullies finding a chance to target you. Instead some other kid got to be the lucky one. You offered a silent prayer in apology as you slipped out of the school grounds.

All that had been left for you to do was head home, see how much you had saved up budget wise to see if maybe you could treat yourself. Then you heard screeching tires, a deep thunderous horn, and then a brief fraction of a second of agony.

The release of oblivion didn't come soon enough. You wondered if everyone got a chance to think after they died, maybe to reflect on their life or go over their regrets? You didn't have much of either to really think on, so you mostly enjoyed the feeling of non-existence as your waited for whatever neurons that were left firing to fizzle out and die.

"Get up! Get your ass up already, lazy shit!" yelled a voice from beyond your senses, the void now dark, and the feeling of stone on your back, the sound of metal clashing surrounding you accompanied by screams, and the feeling of water on your face.

You opened your eyes, and saw a man,

A man with White Hair and Elven ear stood, no, towered over you.

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