Chapter 6 Change Comes with A Choice
The next day Dante was scrolling through the library for any material of interest. Although, he found himself constantly reading only the books aged like a fine wine. Environmental studies across the globe were of particular value, over everything else. The changes the environment went through had a pattern and it almost always related to time. Time, something Dante seemed to get lost in these days. His mind was becoming a complex maze of time that slowly winded down and around like a crazy meadow kids seem to be fond of. Rather, nothing was connecting in his mind like a terribly difficult and intriguing puzzle. For now, he could accept anything as a sign or twist of fate; even if it meant a moments bliss.
Finally, Dante arrived at his terminal and awaited for the window to appear again. Yet, nothing appeared and nothing happened. The lights dimmed and all around him people were moving about checking their emails as they quietly read about the latest gossip. Dante's mind was cluttered from the massive energy of thought that surrounded him and no doubt stressed in his current situation. In an attempt to concentrate he closed his eyes as his mind opened. Everything slowly drifted further away as he went deeper inside himself. He could hear the voice of the mysterious man calling him, and it felt like a warning. "Dante, Dan-te, a choice must be..." the mysterious man's voice vanished. Dante opened his eyes and noticed the power to his terminal was gone. In fact, like a bulb had blown out, the light all-around him was fairly dimmer than normal. He looked up and the lights were fine, but something was different. Something had changed as he looked around; but like always, nobody seemed to notice. "What's going on, a choice must be what?" Dante said abruptly.
Suddenly, in front of the computer screen, a warped window appeared with a wrangling sound of an electrical misfire. "What the," Dante said towards the activity which gave his heart an alarming beat. As his eyes slowly pulled into the fascination before him a completely thin and black window appeared. He looked into this new window, which was opposite from his usual electrically clean and clear one. The window was so purely black he could see his very own reflection mutter an unknown expression. Dante peered in for a closer look and then the window began to ripple... something was slowly oozing out. He fell back as a strange dark shaded blob of a thin two-dimensional and very simplistic geometric shape popped out. This thing waved and flapped around like a new body getting use to the world. This blob had a creamy dark texture, similar to the window, and as it grew into full form seven feet of glory was to behold. The blob slithered out of the window and glared at the only thing of interest while a white strip appeared like a flat half crescent symbol straight on its now oval shaped body. Dante was laying directly in front of this beings presence which had now fully matured to its surroundings. He stood up firmly and faced this being with a calm grin, "What are you? What, what do you want? Do you have a test for me? Wait... this is the test!" Dante thought to himself for a moment, but he was ready for the challenge. He calmed his thoughts and said the first thing that came to mind, "Hey you! Give it to me, whatever the challenge is, lets do this! Hello stupid?" Dante shouted. Not the smartest collection of statements, but he needed to get the dark figure's attention.
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