Arrival

The Arrival
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[Screen Remains Black]

[Brief images of past backgrounds flash through the following text]

My first thoughts return to me as I regain consciousness, a feeling of grass against my face and hands. How'd I get outside? What happened to the collider? What about Dr. Kleiner? What about, well, everyone? I try to open my eyes, to see where I am. The sun is so bright, have I been out that long? The headache I have doesn't help much, but after picking myself up and adjusting to the sun, my headache is the last thing I'm worried about. I don't recognize this scenery at all. It's just grassland, and mountains all around. I don't remember any places like this near CERN…

Where am I?

[Cut in to a landscape matching description]

There's a forest in the distance it seems, a rather thick looking one. I can see a few houses as well, so that's a good thing. I might be able to get some help there, find out where I am and how I got out here. At least, I hope I can get help, wherever here is, I'm not even sure I'll be able to communicate with people effectively. I should probably be able to get in contact with someone though. Wait! That's right! My cellphone!

[Cellphone beeps]

[Image of cellphone screen, no connection] …

There's no reception. I'm already not liking this, not at all. No reception, I must be way out in the countryside. I have to be close to CERN though, there's no way I could have gotten way out into the middle of nowhere from… whatever it was that happened. I would have been killed by a fall for sure, but why would someone move me? Why isn't there anyone else here? My headache is getting the better of me now, I need to sit down and let the world stop spinning.

[Back to landscape scene]

What went wrong? Was it a problem with the collider? Someone said something was inside it, but that couldn't be right, how could something like that happen without anyone noticing? What the hell could have gotten in there in the first place? It was a success, wasn't it? Where did it all go wrong? This is something else though, my situation. I can't wait to get back to CERN, or even my home, find out what happened and how you got to this place. I need to get going, though I should make sure I didn't lose anything of mine.

I check my pockets…

[Inventory Here]

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