Before this certain someone told me my story was way too summary like, the "Monotone" chapters were supposed to span over 2 chapters, but now that I try to be much more expressive about everything around, it almost triples everything in size, I have 'Monotone' finished but it is way too summary-like, every time my rewriting reaches 900~ words, I'm posting a part, trying to master the art of cliffhanging xD

I'll try to finish 'Monotone' in 2 more parts or even less...

If you have any comments about things I should improve in my writing please do tell.

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“I have many question regarding this place, and so far, not a single answer.”

Behind the neatly placed signpost there were 5 stones with numbers on them, each marking a different route. Considering what I need right now is to know what my location is and what the hell is wrong with this world, I should either find someone to ask questions or head to the library.

“The most important thing is to find a map that shows where I am now.”

I decided I should head towards the library, maybe there will be some clues about this place.

Asking random people will probably raise suspicions about me since most of the things I want to know, should be common knowledge for any person in this world. Things I would have known have had I was simply born into this world, or whatever it may be.

Going towards the rock that marks route three, I double check that this is the proper route to make sure I won’t make any stupid mistakes like getting lost in this place. The last thing I want is to be lost in a place I don’t know, and have no idea what lurks in it.

Stepping on the trail, marked as route three, I start heading towards the library. On my way I look around in hopes of gathering some basic information about the lifestyle in this place.

Many men are working the land, making sure their crops and plants are growing well.

Other man are hauling products towards the market route or away from it, and some men are simply sitting on benches or chairs placed randomly in the nearby area, talking to each other and drinking to their fill.

“I wonder where did they get all those materials from…”

“The land on the way to this town had no trees or stone quarries at all… Just grass…”

Every time I passed some people, they all stop doing whatever they were doing and stared at me as if I’m some kind of an alien. Now that I think about it, they all look almost identical to each other other, only their faces are different, yet have a similar feeling to them…

“Maybe they are staring at me because I look so different from them...”

I haven’t seen my own face in a long time, but the features I’m sure about are that I had short wavy black hair, green eyes and slightly pale pink skin, on the other hand the men on this land all were black haired, brown eyed and their skin was light brown, not to mention their height which towered two heads above me and their body build that made them look like brown bears.

I passed many unique buildings on my way, but all of them had a Victorian architecture style with some unique elements like pillars and decorated by sculptures carved out of what seemed like simple stone. It was truly a nice sight to behold as I haven’t seen much art in my life.

Some of the sculptures were of a certain man posing in martial art stances, others like the same man fencing with a rapier, but most of the sculptures were of this certain man doing everyday things like farming, cleaning or cooking, they were all of the same man and were positioned everywhere around the town.

“So far I haven’t seen a single female in this city, or outside of it…“

“This place gives me an ever worse feeling than the endless grassland hills outside…”

“I really hope the library is not too far away from where I am now.”

Many thoughts overflowed my head. I tried not to think about it too much, and relax.

Continuing down the marked route as fast as I could without standing out much more than I already do, I suddenly noticed a person who finally looked quite unique compared to the others, he was even shorter than me and had a childish face, but his body build wasn’t that different from the others…

“He looks like a child of this place, maybe there are women after all…”

I come close to the child, in hopes he wouldn’t be too wary of me , and ask him,

“Hello! mind telling me if this is the right way towards the library?”.

The kid looks at me with a weird gaze, but then answers.

“Y… yes… continue down this route for around five minutes and you’ll reach it…“

The kids voice trembled and had fear in it. “Thank you very much!”, I answered and then hurried to continue walking. Hearing the kid behind me sigh in relief as soon as I start walking.

“I wonder why was he so tense while talking to me… Was he afraid of me?”

Now thinking about it, even when I was trespassing in the "mud" farm, the farm owner didn’t cause me any trouble, he simply asked me to leave, and his remarks seemed as if he was worried about the consequences of me being there, rather than me trespassing.

“I really hope they don’t think I’m some kind of a demon or something…”

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