39 New Arrivals

Head racked by pulsing pain he looked around, the church was glowing with the cascading light piercing through the windows

He could not fully understand what the hell just happened to him , he arrived in an almost dreamscape which held memories it seemed like, it was peering into his mind as a third party and its feeling was alien,he could still feel the pain what the explosion inflicted,the water inside his lungs ,it was like a psychic echo effecting him

He breathed the air slowly savouring and thinking how it flowed in and as he did he exhaled clearing the trepidation in his mind, he quickly shot up from his sleeping position and picked up the straw and ran off to put it in the storeroom, As he did the old granny was carrying something.

"Lad help me get ready "

Caleb confused rushed to help and as he approached old granny she was holding up a massive cylinder of gruel, or that is what Caleb thought it was

Caleb quickly helped her and picked the massive weight off her hands

"Put it in the main hall for me will you"

Caleb waddled with the massive weight and put it on the inside

The old lady quickly met Caleb in the main building holding wooden bowls and spoons

"You may not understand, but some people cannot feed themselves, the old , the homeless and children "

Caleb smiled at that even in foreign world humanity still had its charitable soul but he knew this world is much harsher than his own

As the old lady set out the food a knock came from the door

"Lad can you get that I'm dealing with this "

Caleb with a quick acknowledgement opened the door and what he saw was a broad amount of people, Elderly, people wearing taters and almost to the bone, children who looked malnourished

As they sore the door open the old pushed the shy children forward and gave them words of encouragement and pushed the children to the front, it was an affectionate display and they funnelled in, with each passing person each thanked Caleb and said a thanks to the earth mother ,Caleb saw each of them form a bustling queue ,he watched them ,how they had little worries it seemed as they smiled ,it was like a community brought together and as they collected there gruel they lined up on the pews each and every one of them until there was one bowl left.

"Lad ,there is enough for one more , come here you need to eat"

Caleb was warmed again by the old lady's hospitality and he approached and grabbed his share and put himself at the back of the room leaning on the arch of the doorframe.

As everyone sat down the old lady walked to the podium at the top below the stainless depicting of the earth-mother she started to speak in a tone a reverence

"Thank the earth mother for the food she gives, thank her for giving the grounds we sow our crops, thank her for the bountiful harvest ......"

With a smirk the old lady said

"Now get to eating it before it gets cold"

A light chuckle covered the room as Caleb picked at his food but eating some of it to not be rude he looked at how this little community brought together through the necessity of food worked.

This continued for a while until most of the patrons put the bowl back and spoon and respectfully bowed the old lady with there gratification and as they did they funnelled out .

Caleb mind still roiling from what happened in the dreams liked this sort of calm but recognised something, being lazy will get him no answers.

"System set objective, Obtain Knowledge About Memory Manipulation Magic"

< Objective .Obtain Knowledge About Memory Manipulation Magic>

[Intresting objective, Do you suspect someone that these hallucinations are tampering ]

"I don't know and to be honest blissful ignorance would be better but I feel like I owe myself to know about what the hell has been happening"

As Caleb's conversation died down the doors opened with a creek and was followed by the noise of footsteps of 5 distinct footfalls.

Caleb now faces facing with a door nearly pummeling his face waited to it closed, as it slowly closed he heard someone talk.

" i was told that someone wholived in the forest was here, We would like to hire him as a guide"

Caleb interest piqued looked at the area where he heard the voice and as the door closed 5 people stood there in kit reminiscent of fantasy adventuring gear.