I wonder what lies after death.
I mean everyone's been trying to find an answer to that for hundreds of years.
It's a common thing in religion to have some kind of afterlife. Sometimes even reincarnation.
I wasn't really a religious person per say, it's just, I always followed grandma to church so I learned some things here and there. Even schools teach such things.
In the end up until my death I never got the answer. I mean it's not like you can ask someone who's died.
There's no afterlife. Thats what I convinced myself. Yet faced with my current situation I can't help but disagree with my past self.
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White, all white
Actually, that's not true
There is some grey here and there after all.
But, that's all that I saw once I awoke. White ceiling(or is that the sky?), gray mountain-shaped shadows lingering in the back and various collums that reach farther than I can see.
Ah
I totally died didn't I?
I slowly looked around me as I proccesed everything and couldn't help but ask in my mind whether I was in the afterlife.
No, that seems unlikely, atleast according to my knowledge there is no afterlife like this. Who knows, maybe I reincarnated or something.
I mean, you always see it happen in novels so why can't it happen now? After all going to an afterlife is just as absurd.
And who is to say I dont deserve a second life? I mean after everything I've been through it's only fair right? Being abandoned, becoming and orfan, and having that stupid dissese thanks to who I never heard my name. A second life is the least I can get! I even lost my Schnitzel!
As I was thinking things along those lines, I happened to look down at my body, and....
Tree stumps
That's the first thing that came to my mind when I looked down upon my body, if you can call it that.
Two things, thats all that I could see. A deepish gray cloak and two deathly pale, almost transparent, looking tree stumps that functioned like legs.
'Why?' I didn't expect to look the same, but this a major difference. 'What did I become; A kind of vampire? A ghost? Or is this just what everyone turns into before they have their soul purged? I can't think of anything else, I mean who can in my situation? Suddenly dying and being forced into this bizzare setting?'
I wanted to ponder more into the truth of what happened but something caught my attention. It was a group of tiny, me-looking creatures. 'Is this what I look like? It's weird.'
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Back to the group, they suddenly stopped and looked my way, which creeped me out to say the least seeing dozens of small flame-like eyes turning towards me. Yet as if something was pushing me, I felt compelled to join them.
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"Twenty five, twenty six, twent-"
It's been some time since I joined the figures, and I've gotten really bored. I mean there is nothing in this colorless landscape except pillars! I even resorted to counting them since I had nothing better to do! At one point I got so engrossed with the sky that I almost got seperated from the group.
Speaking about these guys, they-are-boringggg. They don't talk, they refuse to to even look at me when I go in front of them! Ahhhh, you know what? I don't care they can just do whatever they want I can't bother with them anymore.
I wonder what our purpose is though; When I tried asking the others nobody responded! So I'm probably getting ignored. One thing is for sure though, and it's that staying as a group is safer. Thats what I feel. Who knows what might pop up after all.
"Hmm?" As I was thinking, for some reason we stopped. For the first time since joining the group, I saw the front where the "leaders" were and I could instantly spot the differences between them and us. They, unlike the rest of the group, were larger sized with different characteristics such as being more pale instead of transparent or having arms and such. And while I was thinking these things, a voiced reverbrated through the air.
"STOP"
And as if obeying it's words, everything stopped and for the first time since arriving in this strange place,
I felt fear.
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Am I going to die? Even though I just pottentialy reincarnated!
I couldn't help but think along these lines, I mean aren't I supposed to be op immediatly? I mean, I mean-
Just as I was starting to have a mental breakdown, he-Im sure he's a he after speaking-started talking again.
"Though unfortunate, for the sake of my evolution, everyone here will have to die, but it can't be helped so don't blame me."
The strange creature said with a deep commanding voice.Huh? Is he hearing what he's saying? how can someone say something like that with a straight face? But,but the tone he said it in, as if mocking us for being weak, I-I cant accept that! It's-It's-It-
"Unforgiveable, how can you say that like that?"
Ah, I couldn't help but say it. Now everyone Is looking at me as If I'm the insane one!
"You, you can speak?" He said curiously. Is it really that weird?
"Um, yes?" No, seriously why is he looking at me like that?
Anyway, what's his problem? saying that he'll kill us for his evolution or something. Is he nu-
"YOU" Huh?
"HOW DARE YOU SHOUT AT LORD BAKK" A raspy feminine like voice shouted and, before I knew it a figure with jagged teeth and a wild air-like transparent mane, appeared before and swung at me.
"wha-" I could do nothing but watch, watch in terror as she bit my left side clean off and a wave of pain washed over me.
Why? Did she attack me for talking back? To THAT guy? even if he just said he'll murder all of us for his own benefit!
"Ah, now you've done it. He could have been usefull" What's with him? I'm dying and he brushes me off as "usefull".
I won't accept it
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"I'm deeply sorry Lord Bakk, but I couldn't keep still when this trash disrespected you like that!"
"Mell, I know you are loyal, but someday you will die if you keep up with that attitude you know?"
"I-I know but I-"
'klack'
"huh-"
'Plop' with that sound her head dropped. I had bitten her back, though I didn't actually expect to kill her since she destroyed me two seconds ago. I guess she was a glass cannon.
Yet, even if I killed her, my own head was sent flying immediately by the boss.
'sigh' he sighed? even though he just killed me?
Well, it couldn't be helped. Yes, it truly couldn't be helped that I died again....
AS IF YOU FUCKERS!
"I even went out of my way to warn her. Yet that idiot went and got herself killed. That stupid woman." He said before going back to finish his business.
SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP COME BACK YOU FUCKER, DON'T LEAVE!
AS IF I'LL JUST DIE AND FORGIVE YOU. YOU BETTER BE PREPARED TO BE HAUNTED FOR LIFE IF I DIE!
AND DON-
And with that, I died again.