I don't know how long has passed since the explosion, it feels like hours. And nothing is happening so there is nothing to do. I also can't touch, hear, smell, taste or see anything. I just have me and my thoughts, is this all there is after death? Just having thought and experiencing nothing new for all eternity. But what can I do now? Other than thought, I can do absolutely nothing. Maybe if I think loudly I could get somewhere? That's if there is something that could here the thoughts of... well I guess soul would be the closest word to what I am now. So let's-

*GuHagSRTASsowKiUYERTfekViSKI*

...

What the fuck was that‽ It sounded like a horrible beast... Wait? Sound! I heard something! Or at least if felt like sound. But I shouldn't be able to hear, so maybe it was somethings thoughts? I guess that makes a bit of sense, after all, I should be dead. But now there is only silence,it's a little unnerving, knowing there is something out there. Unless it heard my thoughts and is closing in...

...

Or not, it's been silent for at least an hour now. And trying not to think is really hard.

"HEheHeLLORElloECENrelTcenLYoDEtOCElyrEAdeeSceaEcEDsEnedNtLy"

‽ Was that a voice? It sounded like one, I couldn't make out anything other than 'hello' though, but that could have meant something completely different. It could hae been the same thing that made the noise earlier.

"YODeUyoEARcEuEaSarAseLLaEdBEllYoOINGuGIArbeVENReingAgiASElvenCONaLDbECHAeEsecNCEiNondATchaaGLIncegIFEatiliVefeN"

There it is again! But all I hear is gibberish. Is the voice trying to communicate? Or it could be-

"a SeCoNd ChAnCe At LiFe"

-just... Did I hear that right? That was not what I was expecting. Am I missing something from what I heard earlier, all that gibberish could have meant anything. This could be a demon trying to tempt me to make a deal, with that gibberish being some kind of incantation or magical contract. Hmmmmm. Although it could be genuine, I should wait for more information instead of just jumping to conclusions with the little information I have, something which has resulted from all the puzzles Donovan forced upon me. Still, these long gaps of silence aren't helping.

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------------------------ > TIME PASSES < ------------------------

"AlL OF yoU havE a cHOice to mAKe, BetweeN ReIncarnaTING on Your owN WorlD wiTh youR MemOrieS wiPed oR YOu can gO to A new WorLD wiTH All yoUr memOries IN Tact."

Finally, the voice returned. That felt like an eternity. Wait, did he just say all? Does that mean there are others the voice is speaking to, is it other people who died on the bus? Is it just random people? What should I... No! I need to stop picking on the little details and focus on the big picture, I'm pretty sure I'm dead so there is no point in thinking of 'what if's or other things I have no control over.

So, from what the voice just said, this second life it is giving us would be putting us in a different world with the memories of our past life. I don't buy it, this has to be some kind of trick or something. For all I know, excepting this deal could have disastorous consequences. Besides, even if this choice wasn't so fishy, I don't think I want to live in another world. One where I won't meet my friends or family, one where I would remember the explosion, the pain I felt and the pain I dealt. I don't want to remember all of this at all. I think it would be better if i just forgot everything and went back to earth.

While I was deep in thought I hadn't noticed the changes around me. There are now many blue glowing lights in the vague shape of a human, so many I can't physically count them. Also, there is a giant white figure with six arms, four on his right and two on his left, his body towers over the blue lights, being five times larger than them. Although the arms and face are clearly visible, the rest of the body seems to be covered in a vague haze. The face, which I can't determine is male or female, has an extra left eye and ear. As for the colour, all I can see is different shades of white, and I don't mean white skin white, I mean pure white.

Whilst I gaze upon the giant being, it moves and speaks.

"If you wish To reincarnAte on your home woRld please will yourself To mE"

Will yourself? What does that even mean? Some of them must have understood how to do it as they moved forwards, towards the originally empty circle where the giant is. So I should just think it? Forward, forward, I want to go to the giant, forward. It looks like it worked as I am now in a cluster of blue. But even though blue is all around I can still make out the giant, which is only a few feet away. roughly five minutes pass before all the blue figures vanish, including the one I had. Nothing else happens for another few minutes. Am I supposed to wait for something now?

"NoW for thoSe oF you whO are going tO youR new liFe, I wilL give yoU #1@#6% ...... A guIde fOR yoU tO helP adaPT TO youR New worLD."

With a wave of its right arm all the remaining blue vanishes, leaving nothing but the white giant. With nothing else left, does that mean the rest have reincarnated. Was I left behind? Hello? Can you hear me?

"yEs!"

The voice enters me and I feel pain and despair rip through me. This is bad! What should I... do‽ The pain... is... un...bear...able...

"yOu ShAlL rEgReT wHaT yOu DiD!"

My... thoughts... are... fa.........