"Welcome young man."
A warm voice was heard in Noah´s head. Whaat is going on here?
Ohohhoho, you have to excuse me, I will explain everything to you and afterwards you can ask your questons. Is that acceptable for you? Now taking a look closer to the source of the voice, Noah could see an old man with a big beard and and white robes. He was in a room that entirely consisted of light. In fact you cant even see the end of the room. Or the top. Wait a second... did he just read my mind?
"Ohh thats right. I apologize, that was rude of me. Hohohoho just a little habit of mine." The old man replying in a bright manner replied a second later. "Oops I did it again. Hohhohoo." In spite of his anoying way, Noah could not feel the slightest bit annoyed at this old man, in fact, he felt a fatherly aura coming from the old man. Noah having a really bad promotion, couldn´t help but ask "Just who are you?"
"I am God´, of course." "Of course..." "Hohohohoho" Ok maybe Noah felt slightly annoyed at the old man. "That can´t be true, that means, I´m de" "Yes, you are dead." Not letting Noah complete his question more to himself then to God, his annoyance turned into fear. Nonono, that can´t be true. I was a second ago in my apartment watching a movie. How yould I have died? Did I have a stroke? No, I´m only 22, I can´t possibly be having a stroke. Wait, there was this light..." Noah´s mind raced trying to digest the new information.
Seeing, Noah lost in thought, God saw this as sign to start his explanation. "Ok, now I will explain everything to you. First of all, you are dead right now. Your soul wanders afer the death of the body to heaven. Normally this would be the case of you, but because of the particullar case of death, your soul wanders to me. I look youst how your mind sees God as a figure, so everyone sees me different."
Having piqued his interest, Noah couldn´t help but ask: "So you are the christian God?" "In a case, yes, I am. In fact, I am everyone. I am God, Buddah, Alah,..." Huh, who would have thought.
"Seeing that you understand, let me continue. You still remember the white light?" "Yeah, it was everywhere. Is that the reason I died?" "Yes, thats the reason everyone died." "Everyone?" Believing he heard wrong, Noah asked out of reflex. "Yes, everyone on earth died just a moment ago like you. The light you saw engulfed everyone´s body and dissolved it. Don´t worry, it was all painless and quick, like in your case."
"..." Still needing time to get the grasp of what what God just said, Noah was again lost in thought. This time God let him think as long as he wanted before continuing. Noah´s face became pale as he stuttered "S...So, d..d...did my family and friends die also?" "I am afraid it is so. I am talking to them at the moment, as I talk to you?" Seeing Noah´s astronished espression, God smiled "Well I am God, I can be everywhere, at any time I want."
After about 10 minutes Noah finally organized his thoughts. "So you say, everyone on earth died by tahat light?... Waht on earth was that?" "That, my young friend, was the Light of Judgement" "But why did everyone have to die?" Gods smiling face disappeared without a trace and he put on a serious, for Noah frightening face. "Because death is coming." "Death?" "Yes, you see I am God of this dimension, with all it inabitans. Beside me are yountless dimensions, eatch having their own God protectiong and overseeing them. Some dimensions have Planets with humen like this one, some inhabit monsters and animals. There are so many dimensions and worlds, there is anything you can imagine. Now comes the tricky part. Some Gods are stronger that others, some are friendly to their collegues, and then there are some with evil intent. These twistet beings are the reason you and your world had to die."
"Because I am more of a weaker God, with a relatively small dimension, I can´t protect you from these evil Gods. Normally that wouldn´t be a problem, because the dimensions are so far away that each God minds their own business. But now a few of the evil Gods are moving with their dimensions to invade other dimensions to gain more power. They grew so strong over the time, that only a few Gods can hold their ground against them. Unfortunately I can´t..."
"Even if I can´t stop them, I can at least save my children. You see, when the evil Gods invade, all of you would die painfully in face of the sick creatures. If you die then, your soul dies as well. And if soul dies, you will not go to heaven... So I made the decition for you. I am sorry for that."
"Huh, it means I really died. Will I now see my family again?" "Yes, if you wish so, you can see them again. But if you still have the desire to live, I can give you another life." "Wait what? I mean how?" "I made a deal with a few Gods I know, so I can send you to their dimensions. They are a long way to this dimension and the invading Dimensions do not move that way. I leave you to the decition."
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"What are the other dimensions like? I mean are there other humans just like me, is there magic and stuff?" Completely forgetting the seriousness of the situation, Noah graw exited. Seeing this, Gods mood brighted instantly. " Ohhohohho this is refeshing. You yunglings have so much energy and drive. The dimensions are in a place where magic exists in place of tecnology." "But will I meet my family and friends if I go to the other dimension?" "Unfortunately that is not so. If they decide to live a gain in another dimension, there would be so many planets that it is highly unlikely to meet someone you know." Noah´s bright mood damped somewhat as he was in thought. "But when I die, I can meet them again?" "Yes when you die, your soul wanders to these, you crave for the most."
"Ok with that it´s decided. I want to go to another world!"
"Hohohoho Now then let me explain everything to you. you will be sent to another dimension with the God Shea. She is harsh, but a fair God, so you should be in good hands. As I already told you, there exists magic in the world, as well as monsters. I´m afraid I can´t give you too many details because I know only of what little she told me. But because the inhabitans of this dimension are not used to magic, I am allowed to give you some gifts to the new world."
"Here is a list of items and skills you can bring with you to the new world."
Items
Skills
Spear of Thunder (1) Fire Mastery (1) Book of the Forgotten (2) Shadowhunt (1) Sword of the Colossus (1) Cry of the Forsaken (2) Helmet of Valkyria (3) Hunters Eye (2) ... ...
This is just awesome. Threre are so many items and skills. I can´t even begin to decide what to pick. "Whar are the numbers after the skills and items?" "Right! I totally forgott. You can only take a limited number of things to your new world. I would be unfair to the other races. And I only have a limited power I can spend." "Wait. Other races?" "I didn´t tell you? Your dimension isn´t the only one moving to the far away dimensions."
"The numbers behind the skills ans items refers to how many points you have to spend to take it with you?" "I understand. So how many points do I have?" "It´s just great how fast you understand. You can spend up to 3 points." "WHAT? Why do I only have 3 points?" "You misunderstand, 3 points is quite a lot. I had to bargain quite a lot with God Shea to get that many. In comparison humans are a relatively weak rave. Most dimensions only have one or two points." God steched his chst out with a proud expression. "Fine, then I need some time. And pen and paper." Intantly a pen and paper on a table appears out of bright light. "You don´t have to hurry, time flows a lot slower here." "Ohh so how much time passed since I died?" "In your understanding, about 4 seconds." Noahs had an astonished expression. Seeing that made God laugh again. "Hohohoho Take your time and call me when you are done." With that, Gods figure started fading in the light.
Sooo, lets get started...
"Hey God, I´m done!" "Great, then lets get started." God appeared right behind Noah and looked at his sheet. Around him were several hundred crumbled peices of paper lying around. With a wave of his hand the balls of paper, as well as the pen and table diappeared.
"I don´t know where you will spawn in your new world, but I imagine you dont want to arrive like this?" Lokking down himself, he saw sweatpants and a dirty shirt. I totally forgot, I was about to go to bed, when I died. Huh, kinda weird saying that.
"Yes, I would like some other clothes!" "Great. Just think of the clothes you want to wear and it will be equpped to your body. The clophes are limited to what existed in your dimension." Ohhh so no super battle armor for me...
Noah equipped himself with the best survival clothes he could think of. He wore now layers over layers of clothes. Hmm I wonder how I look like?
Just like waiting for the keyword, a big mirror appeared in front of him. Wow I look like a crossover from a wanderer with an adventurer. With his 1.81 m and slightly muscular body, Noah looked a little bit better than you average man. These clothes fit perfectly.
"I think I´m ready." "Yes, you certainly are, young man. I will send you now on your way to the other dimension. Take care and be careful." Looking proud and a hint of sorrow, God sent Noah on his way.
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"This took more power than I thought. I guess this is the end for me." Having sent his children either to heaven or the far away dimension took every bit of Gods strength. He could only wait for the inevitable end.
Ready for his end, God turned his attention to the arriving invaders "Might as well go out in a bang. Hohohoho"