6 6 301 AniZhuanchangEnd The blurred colors slowly become concrete shapes. You blink, allowing a warm tear to drip down your cheek.
7 7 301 Your throat tightens as you groan unintelligibly.
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10 10 301 1 Medic You're awake. 1
11 11 301 You begin to register the loud noises around you as the world becomes comprehensible again.
12 12 302 Where am I...? 13
13 13 301 Medic The temporary hospital of a conservation area. How are you recovering? You don't seem to be that infected. 1
14 14 301 Medic We'll inject another serum in half an hour and see how that goes. If everything's fine, you should be able to leave in two days. 1
15 15 302 Wait... 16
16 16 302 What happened? 17
17 17 301 Medic What's wrong? Can't you remember? 1
18 18 301 Medic That's strange. Amnesia shouldn't be a symptom. 1
19 19 301 DialogDisable Medic That said, there are stories about some people's personalities completely changing after they were rescued from the Red Tide... 1
27 27 301 DialogEnable Something about that word seems to have triggered your memories.
28 28 302 I... came in contact with the Red Tide? 29
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30 30 301 1 Medic Oh? Are your memories coming back? 1
31 31 301 Medic I've heard that people can see some incredible stuff in the Red Tide. Perhaps you were just getting your memories mixed up after regaining consciousness. 1
32 32 301 Medic Everything should be fine after a while. 1
33 33 301 Medic Now, I didn't know why you came into contact with the Red Tide, but the Task Force that brought you here is still inside the conservation area. They can probably answer some of your questions. 1
34 34 301 Medic You should thank them as well. You're incredibly lucky to survive the Red Tide. 1
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36 36 301 The medic departs after that.
37 37 301 You hug your head, trying to calm yourself down.
38 38 301 A tattered sling bag sits next to the bed. It appears to be holding your things.
39 39 301 You go over them and find nothing useful—there are a few cans of moldy hardtacks, half a roll of bandages, an empty bottle of rubbing alcohol, a pen, a bottle of ink, and... a stack of paper.
40 40 301 That is an unfinished novel you have been writing on and off over the years.
41 41 301 A post-apocalyptic world, a calamity named "the sound of the tide," the lost wisdom of the ancients, a journey into the abyss...
42 42 301 The simple language and straightforward plot is a frequent issue, which is why no one but you has the patience to finish reading your manuscript.
43 43 301 As you flip through your story, you begin to remember more.
44 44 302 So... was that a dream? 45
45 45 301 Honestly, you have no memories of the journey itself anymore.
46 46 301 You have forgotten it like how you would forget your dream after you wake up.
47 47 302 At least the manuscript is fine. 48
48 48 301 You are not a writer—the world does not need a writer right now.
49 49 301 Writing has been your hobby for a very long time. Even though you are only writing for yourself, you should not give it up that easily.
