e on... The good news is that I'm not in a coffin or in a hospital bed. The bad news, oher hand, is that... I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I AM!

  I look around and all I see is a totally unusual se, nothing you'd expe Tokyo... Argh! My hearing seems to have suddenly returo normal, with my ears popping, as if they were being pressed somehow.

  Shuuush!

  I hear the sound of running water all around... Of course, that makes perfect sense. After all, I AM IN A CAVE!

  All I see around me are rocks covered in moss and grass. The vegetation has takehe pce, and even the ceiling, which I expected to be formed only by stactites, is invaded by these pnts.

  I am indeed in a cave, for some reason. But it definitely doesn't seem like a dream...

  - Hm?

  Now that I've stopped to realize it, ieral sense, I feel my fad my whole body more clearly. Looking down, I realize that I'm in a slightly lower position than before. I don't usually wear heels because of my height, but now I seem to have slimmed down siderably, just like the rest of me.

  I'm visibly thihan before. My legs and arms are thinner, and my belly is much less obvious. But the most noticeable thing is that something has been drastically reduced: my breasts. Even though I've beei and drinking milk since childhood, I o longer see the fruits of good nutrition aics. Damn!

  I know, I'm rambling on about my body, but it's impossible to ighe fact that I'm pletely naked. Nothing is c me, I'm totally exposed. It couldn't be more humiliating!

  I've had simir dreams before, and they're usually pleasant, but now that I'm living them, I realize how difficult and shameful it is. Even with no one around, it's still an embarrassing sight.

  - Hm?

  That's strahe vegetation around me seems to have been damaged, as if everything has been burned. Wait, does it form a circle? No, it's several circles!

  It looks like the vegetation has been burned in a radius of at least teers. This made me even more frightened, but also curious. Ihese circles, there are strange inscriptions and symbols. What the hell is that?

  This pce gives me a bad feeling, so I decide to take a step back. Even though they are circles, they have a peculiar shape: they are round, but with other circles around them, arranged randomly, with inscriptions that I 't uand. Almost all the surroundiation has beeroyed.

  Speaking of vegetation, I detect a peculiar smell. The moss that predominates on the floor of the cave has a strange aroma. It grows betweeones, almost like grass, with some even having leaves. However, the smell is unpleasant, like something that is rotting. It took a while for my sense of smell to return, but now that I'm calmer, I see that the smell has takehe air.

  As I breathe, the smell softens, as if the air is being purified, but soon it's as strong as before. That's stra seems that this pnt is being affected by some pest or something is eating away at its roots, causing it to rot like this. Of course, I'm just speg, as I'm not an expert in botany. Even though I've attended a few lectures on the subject, my knowledge is very basic.

  But there's no point in just watg. I decide to satisfy my curiosity right then and there.

  One of these pnts is very close to my foot. I end up toug it without realizing it. e to think of it, as I'm barefoot, that could have been a big problem. If these pnts are like les, I could be experieng a very severe allergic rea right now.

  The moment I touched the pnt with my foot, I didn't feel anything. So I imagi's safe for the skin. With that in mind, I pulled it out of the ground. When I pulled it out, the root came with it, which was great, because that could firm my theory about the roots there.

  But why am I so curious about pnts now? Well, maybe it's because there's not much to do. I've just woken up in a cave, and the options are limited. What else could I do here? Sure, I could try to find a way out, but who knows what's oher side? I'd have to get out somehow before huhirst or suffocation killed me. The options are few and far between. Dying again... If I did die... it would be a waste of a sed ce.

  Now that the pnt was in my hands, I could observe it better. When I exami closely, I realized that its hue was more purple, as if it were really toxic. However, at least for my skin, it didn't do me any harm. Its smell... Ugh, it was really bad. Even though it wasn't edible, the smell reminded me a bit of rotte. So, is this the type of vegetation that predominates here? That's not good. Maybe it's an iive for me to look for a way out, because if I stay here, I could end up dying of poisoning.

  Shinin~~

  - Hmm? Uagh!

  My hand started glowing! Did that pnt cause it? A green light took over my right palm. As a precaution, I put it down immediately and threw it away. I knew I shouldn't touch it just like that.

  I rubbed my hand frantically over my legs, trying to clear the sensation, but the glow wouldn't go away. Does this have some halluogenic effeo... The sensation is very real. It's fortable, like wearing a velvet glove. It's very warm, but the glow only sted a short time and soon dissipated.

  - But what?

  Wait... There's something strange about this pnt. I looked at it, not uanding what had happened. Uhe others, the moment I threw it on the ground, its color suddenly ged.

  It ged color little by little, as if a high-quality puter graphics effect was at work. The purple hue turo a radiant green. Its roots, once bck, were now white, as if it were revitalizing itself.

  Driven by curiosity, I approached it once again, but more cautiously this time. After cheg it out by toug it with the tip of my foot, I realized that it still didn't cause any damage. So I picked it up again, wanting to uand this process better.

  Vaku