The former man's unconscious, whose life ended in tragedy, was floating slowly in nothingness without any pullbacks. He did not protest. His consciousness already found peace and its place but its counterpart contrarily. There was still something to get done before the eternal rest that even its non-existent claws tried to cling to it desperately. The sparkling dots smiled at this inner fight while their charming beams of light gently caressed it and showed its way, in the form of a milky way.
He floated slowly. Slowly as an oldster who tried to climb the mountain of worlds. This never-ending journey has just only begun, yet it already felt like eons for him. He sees nor feels anything, yet he knows how the surrounding changes.
How stars are born from the masses of gasses, how they toss and attract each other as they were playing child games with such utter joy that the beings on earth couldn't, and how miserably they die with a blast, what shook the colorful gasses and planets than no one remembering them. How different matter kneaded into each other, forming planets that as soon as they get hot, they get cold and get disassembled by the attrition of time's cogs. How some worms gain their consciousness, to only lose it in a matter of seconds as they try to mark their existence.
It was everything, yet nothing in the masses of matter and anti-matter. It did not know how much time passed; it knew if it lost focus, its entire battle against caducity would be in vain... and become completely one with everything losing its remaining will to go on.
The stars, which formed the way, gradually decayed as their flames slowly died out. It did not give up its march. It hoped something was awaiting. Something big, something that will change this.
It was now absolute darkness. There were no flame balls around, not even dispersedly that would even light up an inch of the never-ending cosmos, ready to swallow the essence of the past man's.
However, his endless march was stopped by a strange orb, an orb not bigger than a mortal's fist, which was darker than the embracing delicate darkness surrounding it while emitting such a mysterious aura that no one could resist repressing their instinctual desire to investigate, so as the individual in front of it.
It somehow felt uneasy approaching. His non-existent heart was racing, he was excited at a level never before. It found something in its march, maybe the salvation that ends this infinite torture? It slowly approached as cautiously as a cyan blob possibly could. The blob gets closer and closer to this questionable individual that only floated in one place while its dark aura slowly circulates around it in every possible direction. The cyan blob's light reflected itself from the surface of the orb. The dark aura slowly began to mix with the blob's emitting light. It was only inches away from making contact with such a mysterious thing that never encountered or known from its life on Earth or in its endless march.
As soon as he touched he felt like its entire being began to slightly bend then merge with the black orb. If the blob had a mouth it would scream in such a frequency that would shatter some eardrums, of course...
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If this place wasn't space.
And in a moment, the blob vanished into the ball, leaving nothing, only darkness in the darkness.
Nonetheless, that cozy setting didn't last long.
Suddenly, lights from all across the cosmos began to light up, recreating how this universe once looked like. Colorful gasses rush across the while the heat coming from the lights bussed the unforgiving coldness' lips.
In the eternal matter and infinite time, a huge humanoid mass of light appeared.
The mysterious one sits on His throne, surrounded with glory. A host of blinding lights kneeled before Him and the orb, unceasingly as unmatched statues. The three brightest stand by the throne, looking at the crowd of lights and the black sphere. There shines a great radiance that filled the infinite space and beyond.
The choir of light began to shine in different colors that were even not known to man while they floated in different directions as they were about to dance the waltz of creation.
"Glory and praise to God on high eternal, let you and heaven laud the majesty of Him Who hath called all things into being, and on Whose will depends their destiny. He the whole sum of might, and bliss and knowledge, our part but His great shadow on us thrown, l raise Him Who in His boundless mercy grants us a measure of that light which is His own. The everlasting thought issues incarnate, the high task of creation is complete, the Lord awaits from you, creature breathing a worthy tribute at His holy feet." - They sing those praises as they persisted in their waltz across the continuous universe. The orb did not understand a word; however, it understood their intentions and slightly alighted itself.
The right humanoid shone brighter as it finally dared to look upon the mighty one with humbleness described on its faceless head.
"Thou that infinite space hath measured, framing matter in void primeval, and the depth and the height hath called with Thy word poured into that being! Hail to Thee, Mind Eternal." - prostrates itself. The left one followed.
"Thou, uniting the ever-changing, with the changeless, hath time created, and eternity into one! Hail to Thee, Strength Eternal." - Prostrates itself. The middle one followed.
"Thou hast compassed all things with glory. Raised the body to conscious knowledge; Thou hast made that man a partaker of Thy wisdom divine, eternal! Hail to Thee ever, Goodness." - Prostrates itself.
The mysterious one nodded in satisfaction as He stood up from His throne, walked toward the black orb, and kneeled to it.
All the dancing lights were shocked as well as the brightest ones; however, they did not dare to look toward Him for more than a glimpse of a second.
Even without a face, it was clear He radiated joy.
"Thee, man who hast been chosen as the being, equal to mine own existence, mine own blessing shalt falleth upon and beest with thee till eternity, worthy one, who withstood my trial! Liveth, experience, and learneth! At which hour thee findeth yourself eft then thee shalt cometh and rest on mine own side!" - The orb slightly rotates itself, recreating a nod like agreement. "Now, depart!" - He slowly reached his hand toward him. He placed the black little orb in His loving hands, placing it near His mouth, which had formed seconds ago. The sphere was overwhelmed with a warmness that it couldn't explain. He then blew the black orb away at such a speed that almost matched with lights.
"Valorous luck, my creation!"