Those words were like breath of life. Finally someone with whom he could communicate and get an idea about his situation."You can speak my language",asked buoyant Aryaman.
"Yes , indeed"
"I need your help. I don't recognize this place."said Aryaman hastily.
"Calm down",said old man. You look weak and hungry. Have some food. We have enough time for talk.
Aryaman was indeed hungry, so he nodded. Old man clapped and entered women with fine looking cuisine. Wherever he looked all that was served was meat. Aryaman ate like a beast that devours flesh of its prey.
"You don't appear to be from here",asked old man. Everything about you seems different.
"I am Aryaman",he replied. I am from India. I was in middle of a competition when my parachute malfunctioned and somehow end up on a deserted beach. I came across scenery i couldn't recognize.
Old man's interest peaked.
"More importantly, I saw duplet of moon. Isn't there supposed to be a single moon?" Then i was hit hard on head by someone and brought here by people outside.
"I am Yazir"replied old man. I am chief of the people who brought you here. Apologies for their behavior but they don't know how to handle strangers.
"Apologies accepted but could you tell me more about where we are right now?"
Yazir took out a scroll from his wardrobe and showed it to Aryaman. "Open it". It looked like a map but made no sense."This is a map of Mithos. Right now we are in the outskirts of the ruined city of Rahh",explained Yazir.
Baffled at what he saw,".......You are kidding right?" What about seven continents and four oceans that Earth has?
"Young Man, I don't know about the Earth and continents you speak of."
"hahahaha......."Aryaman kept laughing as it made no sense."If we are not on Earth then where are we?"
"We are on Mithos"spoke Yazir.
".......I don't believe you......"
"What about duplet of Moon and a wall of fog?"asked Yazir sarcastically.
Those words changed the whole atmosphere. He realized Yazir wan't lying...
"I need to know more...?"
"Ask me anything?"
"What is that dense fog which surrounds this place?"
"Its some sort a barrier. No one knows what lie beyond."
"Duplet of Moon?"
"They are there since my birth"
".....If I am really on Mithos then how did I come here?"
"That i don't know."
"How to go back home?"
"Don't know.......wait! There is something that might be of your interest."
"......"
"Follow me."
"To where?"
"To the ruins not far from here."
He agreed. They made their way to the ruins and reached there in no time. Aryaman was amazed by the sheer size of carvings. "These are the ruins of an ancient civilization that once dominated theses lands. But one day catastrophe came through a gate and destroyed their civilization."
"Gate....What kind of Gate?"
"I don't know but legend speaks of a book they left behind. If you can find it you may be able to find a way back home."
"........"
"Worth trying don't you think"
"Fine. So where to look?"
"Right here"
Yazir pulls a lever on wall that opens a trap door, "The hell....."
"Best of luck finding that book"
Aryaman is flushed through the underground veins into a dark room. "Son of a.......Where is this place?" He walks through the narrow corridor into a room unaware of the dangers ahead.
"Yes , indeed"
"I need your help. I don't recognize this place."said Aryaman hastily.
"Calm down",said old man. You look weak and hungry. Have some food. We have enough time for talk.
Aryaman was indeed hungry, so he nodded. Old man clapped and entered women with fine looking cuisine. Wherever he looked all that was served was meat. Aryaman ate like a beast that devours flesh of its prey.
"You don't appear to be from here",asked old man. Everything about you seems different.
"I am Aryaman",he replied. I am from India. I was in middle of a competition when my parachute malfunctioned and somehow end up on a deserted beach. I came across scenery i couldn't recognize.
Old man's interest peaked.
"More importantly, I saw duplet of moon. Isn't there supposed to be a single moon?" Then i was hit hard on head by someone and brought here by people outside.
"I am Yazir"replied old man. I am chief of the people who brought you here. Apologies for their behavior but they don't know how to handle strangers.
"Apologies accepted but could you tell me more about where we are right now?"
Yazir took out a scroll from his wardrobe and showed it to Aryaman. "Open it". It looked like a map but made no sense."This is a map of Mithos. Right now we are in the outskirts of the ruined city of Rahh",explained Yazir.
Baffled at what he saw,".......You are kidding right?" What about seven continents and four oceans that Earth has?
"Young Man, I don't know about the Earth and continents you speak of."
"hahahaha......."Aryaman kept laughing as it made no sense."If we are not on Earth then where are we?"
"We are on Mithos"spoke Yazir.
".......I don't believe you......"
"What about duplet of Moon and a wall of fog?"asked Yazir sarcastically.
Those words changed the whole atmosphere. He realized Yazir wan't lying...
"I need to know more...?"
"Ask me anything?"
"What is that dense fog which surrounds this place?"
"Its some sort a barrier. No one knows what lie beyond."
"Duplet of Moon?"
"They are there since my birth"
".....If I am really on Mithos then how did I come here?"
"That i don't know."
"How to go back home?"
"Don't know.......wait! There is something that might be of your interest."
"......"
"Follow me."
"To where?"
"To the ruins not far from here."
He agreed. They made their way to the ruins and reached there in no time. Aryaman was amazed by the sheer size of carvings. "These are the ruins of an ancient civilization that once dominated theses lands. But one day catastrophe came through a gate and destroyed their civilization."
"Gate....What kind of Gate?"
"I don't know but legend speaks of a book they left behind. If you can find it you may be able to find a way back home."
"........"
"Worth trying don't you think"
"Fine. So where to look?"
"Right here"
Yazir pulls a lever on wall that opens a trap door, "The hell....."
"Best of luck finding that book"
Aryaman is flushed through the underground veins into a dark room. "Son of a.......Where is this place?" He walks through the narrow corridor into a room unaware of the dangers ahead.
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