Sumdud

Hey, have you heard of a rumour floating around recently?

I heard that there’s this girl walking around, weird, right? She walks and just goes around the place, no one knows who she is, no one knows where she came from. Hell, I don’t think even she knows the answers.

But oddly enough, she never seems to age, does she? Of all the dragons, dwarves, elves everywhere, there’s a simple tale passed down from generation to generation.

Of a girl that does not age.

But...

How did it all start? In this fantasy world, how did this person come to be?

A world where humans isolate themselves within their walls, wary of the monsters that lie outside. A world of magic, a world of fantasy, but nothing seems carefree nor fun.

Dating back to one of the greatest disasters known to humanity, the disaster where many deaths were witnessed, life was made.

Living eternally, forever wandering about the world. Monsters do not attack her, no sickness plagues her, and time becomes irrelevant. Wandering from village to village, eventually, she comes across a group of excited people.

'Hey, take us out to the unknown, we want to see the world!'

This is a tale of finding the meaning of life in a world where nothing seems to go anyone's way.

*(Notice: The first part of the story is a backstory. If you don't really like the theme of the backstory, I understand if you just don't read it.)

Immortal Wanderer

It had taken them four years to sail across the sea and finally reach their destination. When they arrived at the shore, it broke when Letha stepped out of the boat.

In the four years, it had taken them to travel by boat, Slyk had grown considerably. It had gone from an infant to a youngster. Slyk was the size of a dog.

"Have you grown again?" Letha asked Slyk when they started walking.

Slyk wondered how it had taken Letha so long to figure out that it had grown. Slyk simply nodded as it walked with Letha. Letha swung her arms as she walked. Slyk could hear sounds and voices coming from the forest but saw nothing around them.

The forest was rather dark, especially since the trees grew high, blocking out the sun. Despite the darkness, Slyk found no problem seeing. It saw occasional Nymphs and Dryads chatting with each other.

"The human place is called 'Ether'," Letha informed Slyk. "I dunno why it's called that."

S1-114: Edge of Ether