Project Electrolife (Chapter 1)

Decided to upload this here as well, especially since I think some of you guys might like it. Project Electrolife is a 2nd Person POV involving a city that is DEFINITELY not what it looks like, some body horror and some commentary on Capitalism and Fear of the Unknown... and maybe some half-mechanical half-organic horrors thrown in for good measure. Despite this, it's not necessarily a horror novel, but more of an Action Adventure/ Sci-Fi novel.

It should be noticed that Project Electrolife is still in development, and I'm currently on the Second Chapter. I'm posting it here to get some criticism and other such help on making sure that the version of Project Electrolife that's released would be the best one out! So here we go:

Every single thing was a blur. 

With a disoriented sigh, you tried to open your eyes. Wherever you were, it was so bright, blindingly so. You winced a bit at the sudden brightness.

Everything was hazy, even your memories were dim, vague images of the past. You couldn't even remember your own name. 

"Okay, attempt number two," you thought to yourself, bracing for how bright this.. place was. With a few good blinks, the area you were in was a lot clearer (and less blinding! How nice!). It seemed to be... a large room? Strange... you couldn't remember being here when you blanked out (Blanked out? ). 

It was a rather dusty gray, with wooden floor and ceiling tiles with somewhat complicated patterns.

Still a bit curious, you tried to get up, and that's when you noticed it,

You have claws.

Granted, it looks more like bird talons, but it's still claws. Your... hands have five digits, two of those being "thumbs" and were mainly cloud burst blue, with onyx claws glittering in the dim lighting. You stared in shock for a little bit. Before shrugging it off. 

You have more important things to focus on, like figuring out where on... whatever this place is you are. You managed to get up, a tad bit awkwardly as if this is the first time you stood up. 

Your legs were also weird , to say the least. They seemed talon-like. They were the same shade of blue as your hands, with curved Onyx claws that can easily slice things into shreds. 

You also have a... tail? It was rather long and somewhat thick, almost kangaroo-like, with a fan of feathers at the tip. It was Danube blue, with darker tips and stripes. You attempted to wag it... for some reason, but it was rather stiff.

You also notice something that felt much more familiar: You were wearing a fuel yellow dress with black triangles near the tips, as well as Black long pants. Frankly, it's a lot more comforting than the off-putting traits you have... to your current knowledge. You can't remember anything, but this felt familiar. 

Maybe you could try to find a mirror to look at yourself?

After a few awkward steps, near-falls and fumbling in dark places, you managed to find the bathroom. Of course, it was run-down and dusky, but you wiped off the dust from the mirror and braced yourself for the potential nightmare that would be your face. 

Half-expecting something horrifying, you opened your eyes, and was greeted by... a plain Aqua blue hexagon, with two pairs of small diamonds hovering above it. That's it? That's your face? You leaned forward, staring at yourself in shock. Your... ears flicked back a bit. 

 No, this isn't right, that's not how you're supposed to look.

You stepped back, somewhat confused yet horrified. No, no, no, that's not what you're supposed to look like.

You were so preoccupied with your face, that you haven't noticed the strange pair of glowing things on your shoulder. Wait, no...

 Those are wings.

A small, somewhat pathetic-looking pair of feathered wings, glowing a brilliant Aqua blue. They were... tiny, but they still shone like a star. 

 What am I? Who am I?

Questions relentlessly circled around your head, too many left unanswered. It felt... overwhelming. You just wanted to scream and shout, but you just can't. You... don't even know who you are.

Trying to stifle the thoughts, you need to find the exit. Maybe that's how you'll get answers. After what felt like eternity wandering around (And almost falling through a gaping hole in the floor), you managed to get outside. It was... night? Yet everything was so bright. 

Then you realize that it's in the middle of a city that seemingly stretches for miles on end. There was a lot of gray, yet many of the signs, billboards and other such objects were ablaze in neon glow. It was weirdly beautiful, yet there was something wrong about this place.

Was it the lack of plants? Or the fact that there's not even a single sound of any living things? Was it the fact that there's not even a single person in sight, and when there is someone, they act a bit too... robotic, oddly stiff and seemingly lifeless? You couldn't tell, but there's something incredibly wrong with this place.

Despite this, you must march on, figure out who you are and what this place is. And with that, you headed off into the night, not even the higher ones could know off to where.