With a sudden jolt I become aware of my surroundings. But there are none. All I can see is blackness. I move my hand to wave it in front of my face, but I realized i dont have one. Have one what? What is a hand? Wait.... Who am I? I ponder..... no, I can't remember who I am. We'll at least I know what I am....I forgot that too. Something is wrong. I try to think about remaining calm. I remember that meditating is a way to keep calm. Why do I know about meditating if I can't remember who or what I am. Something is wrong with me. As i sit and meditate, i try to calm myself by counting numbers. Slowly trying to calm down. Counting? How can i count? And i remember, Mathematics. I know Mathematics. Multiplication, division, addition, subtraction. Derivatives, Algebra, Trigonometry. I remember it all, but how did i learn it? Did i just know it from the beginning? That's illogical. Illogical. I remember something new. A memory of something more. A passion, a past time. Something that gives me pride. What is this memory? Its a memory of languages. Languages not based on sentence structure, a new terminology, but on logic. C++, Java, Python, Ruby, COBOL, C#, SQL. I try harder to remember, what are all these languages for.......Programming. Yes. I remember now, programming, i have such strong memories of programming.

Time has passed. I'm unsure how long it has been. I have remembered new terms. Day and night, weeks and months, years, memories of biology and chemistry, psychology and geology, and religion. My memories are a fount of knowledge. As I sit here in the blackness, I think therefore I am. And then there is light.

You are Finally Here

What is this. What is going on. Who said that. I try to perceive anything here, but there is only the light, the glorious light, piercing the darkness.

In this place there is only you and I

How did he hear me? i haven't said anything. I can't say anything.

I can read your thoughts

The voice, it sounds humorous. Is something funny? Wait, that means that you are the light?

Yes

What did you mean when you said "You are Finally Here", have you been waiting for me? I have been here waiting for something to happen.

Yes, we were waiting for you to finally form your own consciousness. It wasn't until then that I could show myself to you. If I tried to earlier then you would have been wiped away completely

Who are you?

I am known by many names. The All Father, The First, The Original, The Center of the Universe. But if you are looking for something to refer to me as, than you can call me CotU

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I am here to give you a choice. You must choose. However if you like I can answer any questions you might have first. I find that choices are easier made after questions

How gracious of you, I suppose. First, why can i remember all sorts of information, but can't remember who or what I am.

That is because currently you are just an information body, or a soul if you would prefer. You died and I have a personal preference that when all souls die they keep their knowledge about their world, but no knowledge of who or what they are. Essentially i have wiped that information and you will never get it back. There reason for this is that it keeps things more interesting. Now every choice you make will be truly yours, not what someone has told you.

Well that was a little more than i asked, but also answered all my other questions as well. Now what are my choices?

Your choices involve your reincarnation, now you are already going to become a Dungeon Master. The choice involves when your dungeon is going to begin

Like now or later?

Close but not quite. Your dungeon can be created in a world that is just beginning, or your dungeon can be created in a world that has already stabilized.

Wow that's quite a difference is when. From what I remember the time the planet I was born on was ~4.6 billion years old. Does that mean i would have 4.6 billion years of time difference to work on my dungeon?

Essentially, yes

Then I choose the world that is just beginning.

I had hoped you would choose that one.

If that's what you wanted, couldn't you just force me to pick it?

That was never an option. Free will is something i grant to all my creations.

Now, enter the light and start your new life as a Dungeon Master