"The world needs you to come back!"
Words that rang throughout his room, forcing Rune awake.
"What? Who is there? If you are here to rob me go ahead, I don't have much anyway."
He looked around in the darkness of his bedroom, finding nothing or more importantly, no one.
'Did I leave a video on autoplay or something on my computer?'
Rune got out of bed and started walking towards his desk. He heard it again, this time behind him.
"Please, we need you to return. What you did is coming undone, and only you can stop it."
Rune jumped as he turned around, hands up ready punch the first thing that moved.
"What…..what are you?"
In front of Rune was the outline of a figure, blurred on all the edges. He was unable to make out any distinguishing features, but somehow she felt familiar to him.
"Aurea…even though I can not see you, I know your name is Aurea."
The figure perked up, almost sounding excited and relieved at the same time. "I really found you, I have been searching for you for hundreds of years, my sweet sweet $%#@.."
As she said that last word, a loud buzz pierced Rune's head. Pain seared throughout him, it was a name he could not hear.
"AHH! Stop stop, what was that?" He grabbed both sides of his head, reeling in pain. "How do I know your name? What are you doing here? Searching for me? I must be going crazy."
"Yes, that is it I have finally lost it."
The figure took a more serious tone. "I see, causation will not allow me to tell you everything. I am the last remnant of a fallen god from a world that is without a pantheon."
She pauses, hints of sadness fill her words. "One remaining god seeks to twist the world to his own ends, invites humans to the world and gives them power to reach his goal. Like baiting mice with cheese."
"So wait, you want me? Me? To come to some other world, and take on a god. This has to be a joke. I am no one, just your standard 20 something office worker who lives in a crappy apartment."
"You are so much more than that," The god spoke with respect and reverence. "That is exactly what I need you to do. I need you to come to this world and remember who you were, who you are. Only then can things be made right."
"Not to be rude, but you are trying to bring a human to your world, promising things as well..."
Even though he had said that, her words spiraled through Rune's head. The idea that he could be something more, the questions about how he knows this gods name and why he trusts her.
This was a god from another world, asking him to come save it. What person would let this opportunity pass by?
"I assume you can't tell me much more given what happened earlier. But what do I need to do if I went to this world?"
"You must get stronger and awaken your memories. It will be a struggle though. In this world, the Unnamed God has made it so people no longer age, revive in his temples when they die." She stopped wondering how to word the next part. "You will be the exception to this. Since I am bringing you there, you will be outside of his influence. You will be the only being in the whole world whose death is final."
"So, let's get this straight. I need to remember, get stronger, stop the grand plans of some all powerful god, and I will be the only mortal in a world filled with immortals."
Something stirred within Rune, an ancient sense of wonder and excitement. This whole proposition was absurd. His life now wasn't great, but it also wasn't as crazy as what lay before him. However, there really was only one answer.
"Lets do this. Take me to your world."
"HAHA! That really is just like you to jump into things that sound impossible. Good, I will take you there. Know this, my power is weak, I won't be able to speak with you again for a while. Seek the dungeons, at their end, you will earn the qualification and be closer to the truth."
Particles began to form around Rune, he felt his body starting to get lighter as he started to fade out.
"Wait?! Wait! Let me put clothes o…"
His bare feet landed on a rough wooden floor. Torch light flickering on the walls around him.
"On! Let me put some clothes on!"
His sentence finished, but he was no longer on earth.
"Oh hohoho, the ghost said she'd bring me a guest for my inn, but she never said he would come half naked!"
Rune turned around to see a man in his 50's standing behind him at a counter staring at him.
"Inn? I am in an inn? I apologize, I do not have any money on me, but I do need a place to stay and maybe some information too."
The old man just smiled, a half crazy smile. "Do not worry traveler! For that ghost was one of the nice ones! It paid for your stay for a week. Food included! Isn't that great? Most ghosts round here don't pay. And you will be my first living guest in a long while, most folks don't want to stay here."
Rune just shrugged. 'I am not even going to ask him why, I think I can guess. This man is a bit…off.'
As Rune thought those words, the old man reacted, turning his head with an almost sad look on his face.
'There is no way he can read minds, right? Get yourself together Rune.'
"Um, you have any spare clothes around? Seems your ghost brought me here while I was sleeping, and if you could point me in the direction of the dungeon tomorrow, that would be great.
"Clothes are easy, I can give you a spare set of mine!"
Rune winced at the idea of wearing this old man's clothes.
"As for the dungeon I can send you there, it isn't that far outside of this city. Oh! You know nothing she told me you were a summoned thing from another world, like so many others. This city is called Precipice."
The old man paused for a moment, his thoughts trailing around sporadically.
"Um, the dungeon? You were going to tell me where it was."
"Oh yes yes! It's about an hours walk outside of town. Not many people go there. Due to them reviving after death, no one wants to remember being eaten alive! But hey you can make a good profit there with monster bits because of that!"