Genes’ Journal

July 7, 2510

It all started 5 years ago, just out of the blue 3 Celestial beings each the size of the sun or more surrounding our Earth and causing it to change into this apocalyptic hellscape we know today. I can recall exactly what I was doing on the day of the attack. My wife and I were on a vacation in New York City when suddenly, a blinding flash of light went off in the sky. We then hear tires screeching on the pavement outside, glass breaking and the echoes of countless car alarms going off around us like an orchestra of destruction throughout the entire city.

After the light dissipated my wife, being the nurse that she is, rushes outside from the Hotel lobby we were in and starts trying to look for survivors in all the wreckage. While she was doing that, I was just mesmerized by what I saw in the sky; 3 humanoid figures I can only imagine were the size of planets, surrounding Earth and appeared to be looking down on us. Everyone of those beings with a body that looked like an entire universe was just incased in human form. In that instance an otherworldly, beastly type roar trailed through the city and shook the very Earth beneath our feet, then it was later accompanied by a devastating shockwave that leveled the city and probably every other city around the world.

I was hurled into the bay and somehow survived with just a dislocated shoulder, once I made it back to the shore I frantically tried searching for my wife. Hours passed and before I knew it, a complete overcast covered the sky, clouds as black as lacquer and red lightning zipping through the sky like a stampede. Every where I looked, I saw destruction, the city was basically wiped off the planet in seconds and the destruction went as far as the eye could see. A loud baritone voice began to appear in my head as I walked listlessly along the demolished landscape.

The “Beings” stated that they are the Originators of Infinity. They claimed that they were here before light was even in this dimension. They have lost something extremely important and would do anything to get it back. It is a heart shaped locket with the letters L.I.S.A. etched into it. It stands for Locket of the Infinite and Sailor of the Astros, it was a gift their father had made for their current Leader and older sister, Lisa. Fast forward a few years and I’ve managed to gather a worthy 5-man team to help combat the Goblins, deformed beasts like animals the “Beings” created, and to help me track down the locket.

July 14, 2510

This past week we have found the locket and are on our way to return it. On the way to the Originators, we’ve been encountering waves upon waves of Goblins and other humans determined to take the locket from us. We fight the best we can, or we run away from anything that seems out of our league. It was roughly 2 days ago when we woke up realizing we slept in a Goblins Den. They’re afraid of fire so we had no idea it was their den until our fire burnt out. We fought with everything we had, exhausted all our ammo on hand and kept swinging our swords long after they were dull. After nearly 6 hours of fighting every last one of those Goblins was dead, but so was 2 of my men; fraternal twins named Lenny and Rose, both only 15 years old. We gave them a proper burial and then the last 4 of us headed to a neutral safe zone for survivors and refugees like us.

As soon as we enter the camp we are welcomed to join everyone at a bonfire in the center of the camp. We walk to the center and see a massive mound of wood and other flammable objects meant to make it burn for a long time. When it was lit we see massive flame sprout roughly 25 feet into the air and illuminate anything and everything for miles. It was a way to keep away the Goblins and a signal fire for any other wandering traveler. We began to regal everyone with the stories of our travels, especially the ones of Lenny and Rose. The leader of the camp let us have a vigil and carve out headstones for them afterwards as a sign of respect.

Once morning broke we restocked on food and ammo, sharpened our blades, and headed back out towards the “Beings” location. The leader of the camp said that towards the west was a much bigger and abnormal number of Goblins, so we started heading that way thinking it may lead us to the “Beings”. After fighting off small Goblin scouting parties we decided to rest slightly outside the visual range of the rest before launching an assault on whatever they were guarding.

July 28, 2510

We fought long and hard, for days upon days, but made it through with only minor injuries. We were able to figure out that they were guarding what seemed like an entrance to their “Eden”, the Originators magical floating utopia that could only be visited by either Goblins or anyone or group that may have the locket. Once inside Eden we see a wonderous forest filled with all sorts of beautiful creatures that can only be from another dimension. We climb a small hill and see miles upon miles of luscious greenery, mountains and valleys, and a spectacular blue sky. Far off into the distance we see the 3 Originators of Infinity sitting there, already aware of our presence. Immediately we were flung across Eden and in front of their gazes, hovering only a few feet away from their leaders’ face. As we presented the locket, we all heard that same loud voice in our heads saying, “with this we will restart”.

One of the “Beings” celestial bodies went completely dark, not a single star or planetary body in sight. The leader then shoved the locket into the others body, we could see the locket floating there in nothing but darkness. Suddenly, a massive explosion occurred in that same darkness and it all came from the locket. Stars and planets began to form inside its body again, it was like life began anew just from that locket alone. Once all of that was done the leader set us down into her hands and said we are to stay here in Eden. Distraught and confused I asked why; she began to explain that she just reset our dimension and currently it is too dangerous for us to return because it won’t be from where we came from. Some of us were excited to get out of that hellscape of a planet, but others just wanted to get back to our loved ones, I just wanted to be able to hold my wife one last time…