I opened my eyes. Or at least I thought I did.
I looked around, and it wasn’t the parking spot I parked my car in. Nor was it resembling the morning I had left home to get medicine for my wife. I started to shake… but it wasn’t my body. My body was completely gone. As I looked down, I couldn't see my own hands, legs, or anything that was similar to a human. Through my naked eye, only soft dark particles were being seen. A feeling of shiver went through my head.
All around me, was a beautiful star-filled night sky. But it wasn’t similar to anything seen on Earth. It was blue, green and all cool colors converging to make a glorious view. The ‘ground’ underneath me was also filled with this view, but it was filled with reflective water. It was like a never ending, three-sixty degree space.
Just where the hell was I?
I looked down once more and saw my own reflection. I was a blob of black particles with only my dark blue eyes. I screamed out loud, until I heard fingers snap in the distance of this unknown dimension.
「 Your Trailbody is dissipating! 」
「 Your memories are being transferred directly into Soul! 」
Right after the glowing purplish-blue panel opened up, I started hearing thudding noises. My mind was moving as if I was getting sea sickness. Leading out a cry for help, I could see tears falling from my eyes. Why was this? What in the world was going on with me?
The pain was getting worse and worse as these dark particles started to leave my eyesight and into god knows where. I could hear a ringing of bells and sometype of celestial noises as a translucent body was emerging from the dark particles that were leaving my body. I closed my eyes, praying that all of this was just a dream.
Opening my eyes, I saw that my ‘body’ was returned. But it was translucent and white. I could properly see my hands, but I could see the waters of the beautiful dimension. I felt a moment of awe. However… This was oddly familiar to stories about the afterlife.
I’m dead…?
I tried to speak, but my mouth wasn’t allowing me to. Looking down at the water to see my face, I definitely had a mouth and all features of a human. Nevertheless, something was bounding me to not being able to speak.
In the far corner of my eye, I noticed a dark presence standing. He was filled with the dark particles I was filled with prior to them dissipating. The man in front of me was exuding an immense aura, when he started to speak.
[Hello, Han Jae-Shik.]
His voice was deep and it sounded like a Voice changer from earth.
[As you might’ve guessed, you are dead.]
Death was a concept that I’ve accepted a long time ago. My life was shit, my family was shit, my brain was shit everything was literally horrible in my life. The only thing that kept me alive all this time was my Wife, whom I’ve built a bridge with because of me not being able to spend more time with her because of my job.
Yet, accepting this fact, a swarm of emotions collided within me. There was a sound from the water underneath me that rippled with my tears that fell from my eyes. I didn’t want to die yet, I just wanted to spend more time with my wife and hear all her stories she had to tell me.
[Don’t worry, even though you’re ‘dead’ it doesn’t necessarily mean that you will cease to exist.]
I could finally hear my lips moving. I started to speak with this presence in front of me. Looking directly at his glowing royal blue eyes, I spoke.
“So this is like an afterlife? As in I will either go to a hell of a heaven?”
[No. You will be directly going into the Interface of the Universe.] His voice got louder as sparks filled his body. [The Interface of the Universe is where all those who have died can go to and continue their story. Obviously, they have to be guided. And for you, that guide will be me.]
“What if I don’t go to this Interface, where will I end up?”
[Your soul is going to go to nothingness and you will permanently die. But, if you want to, I can help you survive there. You may not know it, but most people like you end up dying because they don’t have a Support system.]
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The hell does he mean by support system… Is this some kind of fictional world or a web novel story my wife used to tell me about? This all just sounds like bull.
“Well how do I make you a support system? What even are you?”
[I am the Great Plotter, Theatrical Vision. The contents of our contract will be here.]
Great plotter…? From everything I’ve read and heard, I could remember everythiNG have never heard of an existence known as Theatrical Vision. This guy was a complete mystery. Even my photographic memory can’t figure out who this person is!
A bright purple panel had opened right next to us, and I viewed it as his shadowy body looked around the starry filled night.
Plotter Support Contract
Great Plotter Initiator: Theatrical Vision [THV]
Plotter: Han Jae-Shik
Signing Bonus: 10,000 Plotation Points and a Boarding Ticket
Contract Contents:
- Become a 8,322 generation plotter under Theatrical Vision and enter the Interface of the Universe.
- You can freely roam and partake in Plot Outlines assigned to you by Theatrical Vision until you have become a Novice Plotter.
- You must give Theatrical Vision partial control over your Soul.
- Additional Details will be further explained after the signing has been completed.
Signing Deadline: 1 day
Penalty: Plotter, Han Jae-Shik’s soul will head to nothingness.
I looked at the panel and read over the details. Many of the things didn’t make sense to me nor did Theatrical Vision explain anything to me. I was left at a complete confusion.
[Have you looked over the contents of the contract yet? Are you ready to sign?]
The damn Great Plotter was getting eager and eager as he got close to me and the panel. I batted an eye at him to make him stop as I kept thinking about the contents. I had a whole day to think about this. But is there anything better than this? What if he wasn’t lying and this was actually the only way for me to survive and keep on living.
I always knew contracts were one sided since the one I signed in my company made my life a living hell.
I had a rather odd question, but I decided to ask him. “You, Theatrical Vision-”
I tried speaking but sudden sparks started to surround my mouth. My translucent white body started to hurt and I screamed, but Theatrical Vision covered my mouth. His dark particle filled hands touched my face as the sparks disappeared. A sudden message popped up.
「Your Sparks of madness have attracted other Great Plotters! 」
[There isn’t much time left, we have to move your soul somewhere else or else they’ll appear. It’ll be a hassle if the other Great Plotters intervene in this location]
Theatrical Vision spoke as he held my mouth. He got up as my translucent hair touched the star filled waters of this area. I held my throat in pain as it was still hurting. Maybe saying their names might’ve triggered something to make these sparks appear. Nonetheless, it hurt like hell.
[I’ll fend off the first wave of these Great Plotters approaching. Stay safe until I’m done.]
The dark filled presence stood up and cracked his knuckles. He looked up at the sky as meteor-like stars fell from it. The meteors got closer and closer as my translucent body started to fade.
「The Great Plotters who are approaching are aggressive against Theatrical Vision! 」
Theatrical Vision jumped from the waters, and it created a large ripple effect. Even though I couldn’t see exactly what he was doing, he clenched his arms and got closer and closer to one of the meteors. From the light the meteors created, his dark figure stood strong and contrasted with it.
Theatrical Vision punched one of the meteors and it had created a large sonic boom. I covered my ears because the noise was too loud.
「Due to your low level, you cannot see the true appearances of the Great Plotters. 」
My vision suddenly got blurred and blurred. I could see Theatrical Vision approaching my fading body. His eyes still glowed ominously as the meteors began to get destroyed one after another.
「Your TrailBody has been fully reconstructed! 」
「You are going to head to your Trailbody momentarily!」
[We’ll meet once you’ve signed that contract-] Theatrical Vision said as his voice got slower and slowed. I could hear large booms and explosions which I couldn't identify. This was some otherworldly war of some sorts. [Farewell, Han Jae-Shik.]
However, Slowly I felt like I was flying or something of sorts. I couldn’t hear anything but it was cool like an ocean breeze. I was going fast, but at a calm pace. Through all the things that have happened, this was a nice one. This made the afterlife feel like heaven.
I was definitely going through some portal.
「You have arrived at Terminal #H34 」
「Your Soul has reached your fully constructed Trailbody! 」
My eyes were still closed, as was my mouth. However, I could hear a bunch of voices- some sounded human and some did not. As my mind regained its consciousness I opened my eyes.
What the hell was I doing in an Airport terminal?