Sometimes, you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.
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Congratulations, you have died
'Heh, it seems even god, or whatever this thing is, is congratulating me for dying. Can't blame them, it was pretty lame death, but if we are to be honest, statistically 99% of people would have died. The unfortunate 1% would have been left crippled, deformed, or who knows what.' I thought.
But back to reality, this screen, window, or whatever this thing is, reminds me slightly of UI from some of old RPG games I have played when I was young. That may be what this is, but still doesn't explain why this thing exists in this dimension, or as I personally named it, "The Great Nothingness".
Well, I am not complaining, if I atleast have a game-like screen here, it may not be so boring for a few years, since I definitely think I will remain here forever.
'Heh, I have died, or killed to be exact, appeared in The Great Nothingness, and I got a fucking game-like screen floating here, in my mind, or whatevee the fuck is the definition of a human mind here. I don't know how I am not crazy by now. I should be screaming, crying, thinking about my life, or to be exact, what a normal human should do. And yet, I do not feel anything, as if I was deprived of feeling, and yet again, I can think...'
'Fucking crazy...'
In any case, since there is literally nothing around me, I started looking at the floating screen. And I did it for a very long time, looking at every, single, detail, it had. For example, I like those yellow lines around the box. It adds some estetic to it. It may be even beautiful.
'Everything becomes beautiful when you are here it seems.'
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It's...
It's been...
'It's been 3 fucking days, and nothing changed in this box, or screen. It can techincally be both? But the diameter... and it's dimensions...'
Well, you may ask, how do I know it has been 3 days, since I am now inside literal definition of nothingness? I counted. I counted every, single, second. If you are wondering, 3 days has 259.000 seconds in it. Yes, that is right, that much seconds.
Aaaaand, I forgot to count these couple of seconds...
Aaaanyway, along with that, I observed the floating screen and came to this deduction.
I couldn't deduce anything. Yes, since I have no sense of touch, or anything, except my ability to think somehow, I couldn't deduce how it feels upon touch, nor anything. I have a few theories, like that this screen or box may be a holograph, a creation of my mind, or I am outright having an illusion and I am wasting my fucking time right now.
'Urgh, you know what, I wish it can just go away !' I thought, but I really shouldn't have done that, considering what happened next.
Yes, you guessed it, the floating screen dissapeared. It dissapeared.
'No no no no no no no, don't you dare to go away from me ! Come fucking back !' I shouted inwardly, which of course had no fucking effect. After about 30 or so minutes of me calling myself a moron, an idiot, a demented bastard and among many other things that should not be said, I calmed down.
'Okay so, it seems to react on voice commands, or in this case mental commands?' I came to that deduction immediately. Now, thr only logical thing to do bow was to try and see to which words this thing reacts right? Not so easy.
'React, status, game, inventory, settings?' Were just one of many things I said in my mind trying to force the screen to come back, which didn't work. 'Isn't that screen game-like? How does it not react to these commands/words?'
'Ummmm... Maybe this word...'
'...Next...?' And that is when, I heard the same robotic voice in my mind again.
Cause of Death
Due to very loud sound being released over the phone (around 230 dB) which resulted in the shattering of your eardrums, and subsequently, death.
Fun fact : The loudest sound ever recorded was during Krakatoa Volcanic Eruption (310 dB) back in 1883 !
'Oh dear god... I have finally found it... the one, the only voice... And the first thing it tells me after it dissapeared was the cause of my fucking death, in slightly more detail. And what's with the Fun Fact? It this a instagram page about facts for gods sake !'
'Urgh, calm down, at least now you know that you can trigger this thing to appear again by saying the 'word'. It still looks the same, it even informed me about my death in a little more detail. 230 decibels is certanly loud, no wonder I died. And even though I knew that Krakatoa Volcanic Eruption happened (due to me being a history nerd) it even was much, much louder than with whatever that bitch released upon Earth.'
I was also very carefull to not say the 'word' because I wanted to analyze everything that I can from this floating screen. Can't have another screen dissapear without getting every single detail from it.
And just like that, I spent about 2 hours or so carefully analyzing the screen, much shorter than the last time, because there wasn't that much to even discover. So I decided to continue with my great adventure.
'Why am I even wasting time observing a screen... Next...'
You died !
You have unfortunately, died. Due to that, your soul was naturally pulled out of your living vessel/body, and has appeared in the Great Abyss, to some the eternal resting place, to others, another chance to prove themselves.
Which will you choose?
1. Rest in peace for all eternity in the Great Abyss, the place where the souls of the dead reside until the end of time as a concept, or forever. Other souls may never meet each other, due to very nature of the Great Abyss, and due to it being very vast dimension.
2. Request for another chance in life, which will result in you either reincarnating in another world/universe, as an entirely different lifeform from when you were alive, or you may be denied of the privilege, which automatically selects the 1st option, since there would be no other choise.
'... Holy shit... I...' What was flowing through my mind was hope, happiness, and most importantly, the will for life. To live, to be among the living beings again. Naturally, I did the only logical thing.
'I choose the second option, whoever you are !" I partically shouted, atleast in my mind, due to hope overwhelming my entire being. I wpuld rather have a chance at reincarmating as anyone or anything, in any world, just so I don't be left behind in this "Great Abyss"
Yes, I am being honest, I would literally reincarnate into a slug if I had to, just so I don't remain here. And I would do it.
At all costs.
As I was thinking that, another floating screen, along with the usual robotic voice.
Reincarnation
You have chosen the 2nd option, the one many choose, but ultimately they don't make it, being left behind in the "Great Abyss". But don't fear, because you may be the one who makes it out !
You will be getting your answer regarding the final decision soon. The time when you receive the notification can be between 10 minutes or 100 years !
Fun fact : According to some statistics, only about 0.0001% of those who choose the 2nd option will get reincarnated. This is due to the fact that if every soul after death was reincarnated, the entire (∞) Multiverses would be flooded with countless amount of souls, which would result in even more deaths, repeating the process. That is why the "Great Abyss" came to be.
...
I was literally speachless. I mean, this was what was commonly known as knowledge dump, and it was fucking huge ! I mean... is this what people call an life changing event?
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Anyway, first of all, I may potentially wait for up to 100 years, which is highly concerning, since in some cases, I am not known as a patient person. 'Hmph, tells himself that, but has stared into a screen for 3 days nonstop.'
Second of all, my chances are... astoundingly low, to reincarnate that is... This may be a problem. Although I can definitely wait for 100 years , I would go insane if I was rejected after all this time 'I highly doubt I can be sane for 100 years straight. If I don't go insane I will consider that a fucking achievement of my life.'
Third, although this system or whatever this is, is the closest thing to a god I have known, I highly doubt it that there is infinite amount of multiverses. Personally, the only thing I believe is infinite is time itself, or the concept of it at least. I believe that, whoever made this thing, delibaretly set it as infinite so that other souls may not think too much about it. I mean, you are dead and you get a chance to reincarnate again? Who would care for this slight inconsistency, right?
I mean, I could be wrong of course, but in my opinion, there are no infinite amounts of multiverses in existence. I absolutely believe that multiple multiverses exist, hovewer. I believed in that even before I died, so it didn't suprise me that much.
And to even add to the fact the multiverse is not infinite, if it was, why would they or it, for that matter, not be able to reincarnate everyone that died. I mean, you have infinite amounts of space available right?
Anyway, with that being cleared out of the way, I attempted to again continue towards the next window/screen, and I got what I expected.
Reincarnation
Time left before the decision
??? : ??? : ?? : ?? Remaining
'Great...' Although it showed that there is hundred years before the decision, it may be that the three questiong marks for years may be only zero's, and I potentially have between 0 to 365 days before I get my answer. Although I am not known for my overwhelming luck, reason why I lost alot of money by gambling in a fucking game.
'I hope, and I hope that I won't need to gamble after this. Me choosing the second option is already a gamble anyway...' I thought that, praying to whatever the force is behind the floating windows is hearing him.
If I want to be honest, I was an atheist, but now I prayed, because my life is on the line, and I prayed to the ones who are making the decision about my life, whoever that may be. And the only thing I said continuosyl in my mind for next 5 minutes was...
'I just want to live...'
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1st day
'Okay so, if I divide that by that, and this with this... If my calculations are correct, then there is about 315.360.000 seconds in 10 years total... and 1 day has passed, meaning 86.400 seconds passed... that is 315.273.600 seconds are remaining... incouding those few seconds that passed...'
2nd day
'Alright so, 315.187.200 seconds are remaining if I am highly pessimistic, which means 99 years and 363 days remain... I also died in 2020, so it would be 2320 when I reincarnate in worst case scenario...'
'Oh how I wish I could eat...' But let's be fair, even if I could, there wouldn't be anything to eat. And what did I wish to eat, anyway?
5th day
'Why didn't increase resistance to Magma Magic back then, I could've won that competition and win those fucking 1.000 $ rather than losing 250 $ because that was the fucking entry fee !!!!'
14th day
'So... 14th day if I am correct huh...? It is incredibly exciting, isn't it, Flo-man?' I asked the floating screen, which of course didn't change at all, still showing the question marks.
'...I always wanted to fly...'
30th day
'So... one month has passed, if I am correct in my calculations. If somebody is watching me and wondering what happened, then let me tell you.'
'Nothing happened'
66th day
'One sheep, two sheep, three sheep... five hundrer sheep...'
99th day
'So, how are you doing?' I asked the floating screen, which responded in silence.
'Why are you not alright, is something wrong' I asked it again, which again responded with silence.
'Oh, so you're thinking about it, huh? Well, not gonna lie, it's boring, but if there is one thing that is good in the "Great Abyss", it's that...
'...it's quiet...'
365 days
'HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM !' I shouted inwardly, since yes, it's my birthday, or you can say, deathday too. Yes, I have died on my 23rd birthday. Highly unfortunate, but that's how it is, as sad as it is.
'I hope she died along as well, that bitch...' I thought, still mad about the whole ordeal.
'Well, can't think about that now, can I? Anyway, how are doing, Flo?' I asked the floating screen, which I named as "Flo". It of course, didn't respond.
'Never asked you to be honest, but better late than never right? Haha, now, I wanted to ask, when is your birthday?'
...
'Ah... I see... so you don't have a date of your birth, if my assumption is correct...'
'Well, can't have that, can we? Your birthday will be today, the same day as mine. So happy birthday !' I told the floating screen, which it did it's best to respond, by being silent.
'Silence... is a bliss... and a curse...
Day 834
'Why... why...'
'Why do I... why do I... suffer...'
'...because of one's complaints... because of one's indecency... because of one's idiocy...'
'Idiocyidiocyidiocyidiocyidiocy...'
'I am a fucking idiot...'
Day 2020
'... hah... haha... hahaha...'
'...hahaha...hahahaha...hahahaha...'
'... HahahahahahahaahahHAHAHAh'
'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA'
'OH DOES IT FEEL GOOD TO BE ALIVE, AHAHAHAHAHAH, OR DEAD, HAHAHAHA...'
'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha...'
'...hahahaha...hahaha...haha...ha...'
Day 6570
'Heh, so it seems that this entire space, is the separate universe itself, or perhaps the entire complex of universes, but that is just speculation, according to all the info I have.'
During my... 18 years? Yes, 18 years of torture and insanity, I was a little productive, plus I have slightly calmed down. Just, slightly.
I have also discovered another one of those voice commands that are usable, and it is the word 'back', which allows me to see the other screens, or boxes, that have been presented to me in the past. Anyway, I have also came up with a theory, that the other voice commands that i tried to use are also usable, but due to either due to unique nature of the situation that I am in, or it is outright not allowed right now, I am not able to activate them. Otherwise, it would not make sense, to me at least.
Anyway, there are many other things I have thought about, many theories I have made, but most of them have either no evidence, or are outright stupid.
As I said, I will use this time I have left, however much that is, until the decision for my life is presented, and sadly I am not the one who chooses.
Day 6621
It resounded in my mind, the ding, and the same robotic voice that I have been waiting for for more than 18 years has appeared again.
'For the love of god, give me mercy, o great Flo, for I shall use my next to the fullest, without precautions, without regret, so please... please...'
Reincarnation
The decision has been chosen.
After approximately waiting 6621 days, 13 hours and 56 seconds, the decision has been chosen, and you have been granted the chance to live once again in the body of flesh and blood.
In approximately 15 minutes, you will be represented with a method of choise, where it will be chosen what you will be, where you will be and how will you be, reincarnated.
Do not fear, because you will have plenty of it after you live once again.
Fun fact : The method is entirely random, thus cannot be predicted.
"... haha.... hahahaha... HAHAHAHA!'
'I have gambled, I had ! And for the first time in my life, for the first, fucking, time, I won.'
'...hahahaha, I will use it, to the fullest. I have been given a second chance. The chance to give it all. The chance for use everything at my disposal...'
'Yes... I will... become strong, and then stronger, and then even more stronger. I will become strong so I...'
'... so I... don't return... here...'
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And just like that, 15 minutes passed, and in those 15 minutes, I was thinking of many scenarios in my mind. I was not particulary scared of the method, but I was slightly scared of what I would become in my next life. I even thought of options of me becoming a slug, a worm, or even becoming human, again.
I have plans for all of them, and more.
In any case, immediately after 15 minutes passed, I got two floating screens. One had a roulette with every section of it having a question mark. The second screen was the good ol' screen with bunch of text.
Roulette
The method has been chosen.
Through Roulette, it will be decided where you will Reincarnate, in what form you will Reincarnate, and how you will Reincarnate.
All you need to do is spin the Roulette !
May you have the best of luck.
SPIN THE ROULETTE
'Alright, alright, alright, calm down... calm down...' I was excited, like really excited, but I was also scared, scared of what I will become, but deep inside me, unknowlingly, I was scared... of what I have become.
'Spin the fucking roulette !!!!' I practically shouted in my mind, watching as the roulette began to spin very fast. There were hunders, and I mean hunders, if not thousands of options, thousands of chances, and only one will be chosen, and that one may be the deciding factor, of my whole life.
After a while, the roulette began to spin more slowly, until, after 2 minutes, it stopped right between two options, to which I got a third screen along with other two.
Reincarnation
Congratulations !
Due to the roulette stopping between the two options, you have an exclusive choise. The choise is to merge the two races/beings you have luckily got.
The Races :
1. Tenebris Draco (Dark Dragon)
2. Anguis ex Lumine (Snake of Light)
Fusion :
Draco ex Equilibrium
( Dragon of Equilibrium/Balance )
Do you wish to perform the fusion?
Yes/No
WARNING : Some characteristics and abilities may be lost during the fusion, while some may still be adapted into the new race. During the fusion, some affinities and body parts may also be lost.
You are warned.
'Hmmm... I see, this is very good hehe. I was actually fucking lucky with that roulette, which results in me getting a fusion. Although it's interesting that the name of the species is in latin, I am not complaining.' No, I am not a weirdo, I know biologists use latin while naming the species, I am just suprised that same is being done in, well I dunno, the fucking afterlife?
Anyway, when I picked Yes, I was told that all the details would be revealed when I reincarnate. Although I may lose some important things, it will be a sacrifice I would need to accept eventually.
After that, I rolled the roulette again, this time for the world or universe where I will reincarnate into.
The process was... dame as the last one, the roulette stopped, this time on only one question mark. Then the screen appeared along with the voice.
Reincarnation
Congratulations !
It has been chosen for you to reincarnate into the world of Mirari
Description of Mirari :
The world of Mirari, full of wonders, treasures, history and opportunities. But one must be careful, because there is also danger laying around every corner. Powerful beasts, the setient beings of Itsasoa Union, along with many other nations, but all of this, lies only in the surface.
Wonder what is below the ground? Go and find out.
Fun Fact : It is beautiful in Mirari, but also incredibly cold. Average temperature of the planet is -5°C (23°F)
'I see, very interesting name, and cool one too, it has a certain feel to it. And holy fuck is it cold there. If I am right, in equator it may be like 10°C or so? I am no scientist, so I am probably not right. Plus I do not know how large it is, the atmosphere composition and many, many other things.'
'Glad that they told me that there is some sentient creatures there, although they may be so different, my definition of a creature may entirely collapse.'
Anyway, I spinned the last roulette, that is about to determine the condition I will be reincarmated into, if I am correct in my assumptions?
The process is the same as always, and the roulette finally stopped. The screen appeared and the voice resounded in my mind. Along with the roulette screen dissapearing, once and for all.
Reincarnation
Congratulations !
It has been determined that you will reincarnate in a perfect, healthy condition.
You will also reincarnate in a body that is in it's early stages of development. In your case, since you will be a dragon, you will be reincarnated inside an egg.
Method of reincarnation has also been chosen.
The black hole suddenly forms under you and sucks you inside, bringing you towards your next chance in life.
Good luck !
P.S : We suggest you look under yourself.
'Huh?' i mentally said as i looked under me, finding a pure black, void like hole.
After that, everything became black, and the screens dissapeared.