[ WP ] You 're an explorer ordered to find the edge of the Earth by your King.Months after you begin your journey , your ship hits a transparent wall in the middle of nowhere.Suddenly red lights flash and a robotic voice screams '' WARNING : SIMULATION COMPROMISED '' .

It felt like the silence went on for hours, everyone stood motionless. The only movement coming from the cold vapour emitted with each breath, it is cold here, at night the temperatures drop as low as -20 degrees. 
 
 Our wooden vessel has not fared well, the freezing temperatures at night followed by the boiling temperatures in the day have caused the wooden hull to crack and break. We have spent most of our time over the last two months bailing water out of the lower decks, only one sail remains meaning progress has been painfully slow. The further we sailed the more bizarre the climate became, people started hearing things, some even threw themselves overboard with insanity. When we set off on our voyage we had no idea how long it would take to cross the ocean, no one had ever attempted it before. After the first 8 months it was decided to ration food, 3 months later and we were down to one small meal a day with only a half cup of water. The starvation must have driven half the crew crazy. It had reached a point at which I counted it as a blessing when another decided they could not take it anymore. One less person to share our precious resources with, one less person I would have to compete with to survive. 
 
 This trip was effectively capital punishment, no one was expected to survive so they sent criminals, people who would not be missed to go out into the unknown to see here the endless ocean leads. I was given a choice by the judge, spend the rest of my life encaged or join this voyage, I guessed even the slim chance of the voyage finding anything was a better choice than rotting away in a cell. The outcome would be the same either way. I didn ’ t expect to survive, not this long at least. 
 
 The bellowing sounds reached my ears again, a screech like nothing I had ever heard in my life. Three words repeated over and over; the first ‘ warning ’ the last ‘ compromised ’. I do not recognise the third word, I have never heard it before. I shield my eyes, a demon like red glow has engulfed the deck of the ship. I throw myself to the floor and roll onto my back, then I see the truly unbelievable. The sky is breaking apart, a vicious white light busts through the crack. 
 
 We sailed to the edge of the Earth to see what we could find and we found hell. 
 
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 This is my first attempt at a writing prompt and I haven ’ t written anything in years so it won ’ t be be very good but I definitely welcome feedback, I want to try writing again.
