A figure is walking on corridors covered in blood. These corridors are where people with dreams have gave up everything, their lives that they hated in hope of a better life.
Their brains are inside weird mechanisms. The figure is inexperienced in these topics and only knew writing and basic math yet it wasn't that hard to imagine what these things can be.
Maybe the brains inside these weird things let the people to transfer their consciousness to another world. Maybe they had other purposes too but he wasn't knowledgeable enough of creative enough to find that out.
His body was covered in a black, thick substance which covered his body like silk yet didn't drip down even though it looked no more than regular ink.
In his arms was a fragile girl. Her body was covered in old scars and cuts, her limbs were thin and her spin was pale. She had soft features but not the type thay would make others turn back again after seeing her once. She had darker circles under her eyes and her eyebrows were thick in shape yet because of her habit of plucking them they looked almost weird.
"We are outside...I really expected more but the weather tastes the same! I expected some kind of flavor you know maybe a slight citrus would have been nice."
Her eyes were closed and breathe steady. She seemed to be unconscious in his arms. She should have been dead after the confrontation but it seemed like He was telling the truth
"We should go get some books. They must be cheaper now that people aren't copying them by hand....I still wonder how I was in that notebook of yours."
As he took a few more steps he felt something slime-like touching his feet and when he looked down he saw a light brown substance. It could have been anything but clotted blood seemed most likely. He continued walking and when he turned left he saw a weird person.
His existence was a source of instinctual fear, something higher almost holy. If it was just him he could have ignored and passed next to him yet whoever he had inside the weird bag on his bag seemed to be no less.
"Don't worry we have nothing with you. We just met someone we shouldn't have and accidentally killed one of them."
A muffled voice came from the bag on the figures back. The figure refused to turn back. He tried to focus on the figure yet no matter how much he tried he couldn't remember anything as if anything about him escaped his mind instantly.
"Are you another Xio?"
"Xio? Sorry never met someone with that name or anyone at all. Our world was doomed from the beginning without only us inside."
"I understand it is out fate after all...I hope a better life to both of you."
"See you later Diarmuid."
He walked past the weird figure with the fear in his head keeping him from even looking at the figure. After passing him he walked forward a few more minutes before reaching a huge gate.
It was hard to see with little light around yet there were weirdos engravings on the door but he had no knowledge of them so they were no more than decorations in his eyes. Weird cables were connected to the door and before he could even touch it the door opened with speed he couldn't even react.
"Access granted Diarmuid serial number 11"
A weird echo filled his head before a strong and warm wind hit him. Before his eyes was an endless desert. He couldn't see much from the sand in the air yet it felt as if there were nothing around him.
"Not so welcoming but...could have been worse. It feels familiar like the wasteland."
"Wha...Diar? Where are we?"
He looked down before smiling in an almost childish way.
"So you woke up huh princess? You did it! You saved me, and yourself from that hell hole. Outside doesn't seem any better for now but any place is heaven for me as long as you are here with me."
Xio looked at him before letting a small, weak smile.
"Yeah...wish you knew how happy I am feeling right now. For all this time...not even just me but all of us wanted one thing."
"I don't care about all of you or anyone left behind there. The only person I care about is you. My Xio is the only person that matters in my life."
"...I am happy."
Today is the happiest day of my life
Today I saved the person I love, fought for her and won like a hero
I am proud of myself I really am
I don't care if that world burns to the ground or becomes a heaven after I left
That world is worthless without the person I love
You are the only person that deserved my live in that hell
I loved looking at you from afar, being unable to look at your face yet still failing to keep my gaze away
You made me the happiest person ever even in this short life of mine
Today is my birthday
I want the day I saved my purpose in life to be my birthday
I want you to give me a new name, one to your liking
I want to live with you for the rest of my life
I want to be Xio's
I already ripped out that fake soul from my body with my bare hands
That whore is lucky I have more important things than killing what is left of him
The seed of that bastard will no longer taint my desires
I now know what I want and what I need
"I need you Xio."