Death is something feared by some, yet loved and embraced by others. Vitriol always was undecided upon this, in the high of his life he feared it and sought every chance he could take to stray further from its clutches. At the worst, he debated stepping over the edge but ultimately fear won out.
I don't regret much for that would condemn the me who came before but despite this life of mine, I made it to the end, missing an arm, a lover. Yet for all, it's worth the cash is endless. Oh, who am I kidding about the philosophy of death, I don't have time to ponder it as I lay here in an alley bleeding out with the corpse of my old boss still fresh next to me. Dying at the ripe old age of forty-eight but I. STILL. WANT. TO. LIVE!
I hate it but I don't have any say in the matter, fate dictates all these things and when your end has come... not even an entire world working in unison can change that. Once again, I am procrastinating with the short few minutes I...
Before he finishes his thought a siren sound and he hears footsteps as someone rushes towards him just in time for Vitriol to have that familiar taste of blood form from the back of his mouth. Vomiting up blood he faintly perceives the person touching him but unable to hear anything that he is saying. Now all he can do is put his faith into his rescuer.
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'Seems like he failed'. I awake lying in a bed of blue, well lying isn’t a good term here it's more like I'm a red rock onto a pile of blue rocks all glowing in pitch-black water. Trying to move is useless and I can picture my sanity slipping within the next five minutes. I was never claustrophobic, even when I was stuffed into a fridge and thrown into a lake.
Despite my lack of a body, as you can guess, I can still see. It's not like our vision but something like omniscience except only from the point of view of 'me' the red rock. Time passes and I start to notice that occasionally blue rocks fall from the sky except that upon landing on the bed they crackle and pop eventually exploding into thousands of bits until dissolving and merging with the bed.
Time, of course, passes. With nothing to do and no real motive forcing me to I simply watch and wait, do a little complex math in the meanwhile. In my distraction, it took me too long to notice that gravity stopped working right.
Those rocks falling eventually slowed their descent, first, it was like the gravity back on home. It changed slowly or is it quickly? Time has no real relevance here. Besides that, the rocks eventually changed from falling from sight into the bed from 5 seconds to three minutes. Then the rocks simply stopped coming, and I started floating.
Slowly at first, I merely balanced perfectly on the bed, then a couple millimeters to inches and I took to the skies. Below me, a couple light blue rocks formed from the bed and filled up my vision instantly. Trailing behind me the higher I flew light soon started appearing, not much but before I could see clearly the light-filled up the entirety of my vision and the consciousness I had vanished.
Error Resolved
View Log?
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'Erm, yes?' Why is it so dark now? I cannot see anything at all in here, I thought I flew into the light.
Error, unable to find a designated host
Locating nearest direct substitute
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No viable substitutes located, locating any viable vessel
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Substitute found! Possession in progress
Possession Complete
Goal accomplished, shutting down
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Error unable to detach from the soul
Returning to Default Admin
So, it put my soul into a new vessel, so I supposedly have a new body. Hopefully, my eyes just aren’t developed and I'm currently living inside some woman's womb. It also stuck to me, 'what does Default Admin mean?'
Default Administration Panel
- Waiting for commands in Default Administration Panel Mode includes the following functions:
- Absorbing information
- Analyzing and relaying status
- Loop first directive: Disconnect from Soul
'Stop trying to disconnect from the soul' This thing is too useful to lose so quickly. 'Show me current status'
Command accepted.
Current Status:
Stage 4 Growth Body Sapling Species Blue Leaf Lilly Tree Variant White Striped
Individual Stats Energy Inf/Inf Vitality 3(+5) Current Nutrients 43/100
I'm a plant.
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So I'm guessing that the light in the sky that I feel is the sun. Yea I refuse to live like this at best I die, at worst I can move around using my roots.
Forcing my body out of the ground I grunt against the mental strain of this but soon I feel my body lighten and then the position of the sun changes.
Through your will and desire to resist the fate of a tree you have evolved into a :
Dryad
Beginning Growth Process
As soon as I awake into this new body I fall asleep into a new one. A strong sense of exhaustion covers me as soon as I fall to the ground the light fades from my view and a rush of energy flows towards me.