Starkk was an intern at a high profile tech company in West Sydney. Having clocked off his shift at around 10pm and receiving his final paycheck of the month, he grabbed his windbreaker and set off out the door, outside in the pouring rain.
'I wonder what Mama is cooking.' Starkk's stomach began to growl out of hungry and his pace home became slower due to inanition.
As his adjusted the volume of the music playing on his headphones, Starkk walked past a digital billboard that was playing a video. It was featuring a dance competition with Night&Gale playing in the background. 'Fools, who the hell dances at times like these?' Starkk commented inwardly. After plodding through the downpour Starrk had made it back to his house.
A single story house with yellow concrete at its exterior and a lush wet garden. With its dull grey roof and its red painted garage door, it looked like every other house in his neighborhood. Starrk approached his houses' front door and started to knock near the door knob. "Mama! I'm home Mama, is Ba home? I need to tell him my schedule for University that's starting next week." "Coming Ibnu!".
After eating a succulent meal of garlic bread, veal, and rice Starrk was beginning to feel a food coma creep up, and decided it was too late to complete any homework. With how tired he had been lately after work was unusual to Starkk, after some time the tiredness didn't subside and Starkk had determined the fact that.... he was infected with the Nightmare Spell.
After making this confirmation Starrk had planned that today.. or more so tonight, he was going to join the ranks of the Awakened. A group of people with extraordinary abilities who fight to protect humanity against Nightmare Creatures. The same Nightmare Creatures that he would fight tonight, was it going to be one, two, five? It didn't matter to Starkk. He was hell-bent on becoming an Awakened no matter what.
As he lays in bed it didn't take long for him to fall into a deep sleep.
In the darkness, Starkk could hear a voice that would soon haunt his mind for his entire life.
[Aspirant! Welcome to the Nightmare Spell. Prepare for your First Trial...]