After The Collapse

The sleeper’s dreams were disturbed. One moment imagining their future lover, the next imagining multiple future lovers. Everything was finally working out. Life had lost its uncertainty. The sleeper felt true happiness, then realization and fear that it might not be true.

The dream began to blur, stretching out those happy moments unreasonably long, replaying them as long as sleep would allow. Something began to change then, the figures losing what few distinctions they had, shifting slightly as the sleeping mind searched for who they could be. Moments passed, perhaps minutes or hours as the dream would hold little connection to living time.

Unease arose as everything in this dream world remained indistinct, then panic. This was too much thought for sleep, and too much uncertainty for memory. There was a moment of transition, then a body shifted as the mind awoke.

Something was missing as the fog of sleep lifted. No bed, strange surroundings, fractured memories, and a message across their vision.

Evermore has Changed
The world turned dreary, boring. Everything was being manipulated and there was no more danger. Humanity was not meant to rule the world as it was. Certainty had poisoned the world and left its inhabitants without purpose.
This was no way to live. We have had enough. We have instituted a reset. All inhabitants have been relocated out of their certain lives, and measures have been enacted to prevent any easy return to the way things were. The world is back to what it was meant to be, and new influences have been added to keep it that way.
This is Evermore, and it shall be a place of adventures, dreams, hardship, reward, and uncertainty forevermore!

They read it and it vanished upon completion. Following that was another message, dominating their vision and mind like the one before it.

Stats
Health - How close or far you are from imminent .
Stamina - How much physical exertion you can handle in a short amount of time.
Mana - How much magical exertion you can handle in a short amount of time.
Nutrition - How much health, stamina, and mana you can regenerate long-term.
Attributes
Endurance - Increases Health, Nutrition, and health regeneration.
Strength - Increases Stamina, physical power, and stamina regeneration.
Coordination - Increases physical accuracy and aids complex physical actions.
Focus - Increases Mana, magical power, and mana regeneration.
Intelligence - Increases mental accuracy and aids complex mental actions.
Notes
Stats are hidden to others but can be shared or deduced to some degree.
Attributes’ effects are non-linear and form-dependent.

This message gave some small comfort. At least the rules were the same, but the rest, the world?