A woman wakes up in a forest, naked, alone, and injured.

She has nothing but a strange, black dagger and mysterious, floating, blue boxes to aid her.

Can she find food and water? Survive the deadly animals? Escape the forest? Learn about the life-altering magic the boxes provide her? She has to use her wits, her knowledge, and maths to do so.

But first, baby steps. She doesn't even understand the language, yet.

If you see any maths mistakes or strange story decisions, leave a comment and I will either fix it or consider changing it.

This is also, essentially, a first draft. That means I will edit older chapters and nothing is final, including numbers. Any major changes are listed in the changelog below each chapter.

Since this is a first draft, the start is noticably bad and inconsistent compared to the more recent chapters so you will have to endure that to get to the good stuff.

Rewritten version of Ortus (Old Version)