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"Ohhh, gods have mercy!"

When the lid popped open, Zell sat up slowly, eyes squint from the light.  For a second, he didn't register the cries of anguish coming the old man nearby.  He shook his head, trying to shake the cobwebs from his mind, placing a hand on his forehead for comfort.  "Ugh.  What happened?"

The last thing he could remember was leaving campus to head to the shops.  He remembered Alex, his friend, offering to come along.  He refused, said it was fine.  Then... nothing.  Just a complete blank.

[i]Odd.[/i]

Palm still on his forehead, he suddenly became aware of his surroundings, his eyes darting left and right.  then slowly but surely he turned his head to lock eyes with an old man, naked as the day he was born, staring right back.

"!!!"

"Agh, don't hurt me!" the old man yelled.

"Huh? No, I'm not gonna..."  He started to get up, and the old man mirrored him.  "Agh! No, don't get up!" he blurted out, not eager to see the junk of an elderly gentlemen.  "I errr... you just stay... in there.  I'm not going to hurt you, just err... you stay right there, kay."

Stood up, he looked over his shoulder to see the outside world, looked down to see he was stood in some sort of stone coffin, and also realised he waas dressed strangely and even had a sword on him.  Before he could even process all of this new information, an old woman appeared in the doorway and started hollering all manner of curse words.

"Why you...! You see what you did to my house, you thrice-cursed adventurer bastard!" she thundered.  "You better have gold to pay for this!"

"Lilian, be careful..."

"Shut up, Edric, you big coward," she shot back the man who had to be her husband.

A one sided grin grew on Zell's face as he appraised the spirited old woman, but it disappeared when she brandished a broomstick and charged him.  "What the..."

"You self-absorbed, negligent, think-you're-so-special piece of..." she swung at Zell who backed up and fell backwards over and out of the coffin.  The old woman did not halt her advance, or her swinging.  "I see that source crystal in your hand, think you're so special because you have the gift..."

Zell's agility had him instantly back on his feet, and he backed up further, through the broken wall of the house and out into the square, still having to avoid the attacks.  "I don't know what's going on... jeez, lady chill... don't you see a have a fucking sword."

Zell was caught between chuckling, indignation and straight-up confusion, all topped with the heavy dose of what-the-fuck.  Finally she stopped, a heavy breath of resignation and a sneer at Zell before she turned about and threw her hands up at her destroyed house.  "How in Mytheria do I fix this!?"  then she shot a look at the gathering crowd in the square.  "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!?" she screamed, then stormed back through the brand new door of her house to the flustered moaning of her husband.  "Shut up Edric!" was the last thing anyone heard.

Zell watched them disappear further into the house.  He was left with a tonne of questions, but decided to put them away for now.  Then he turned around to see a host of other people next to another half-dozen coffins.  He smiled awkwardly, scratching the the back of his head, his other hand gave a wave.  "Hi," he greeted.  "Ummm, anyone have any idea of what the fuck is going on?"