Somewhere in-between life and death, Noen Vale, a man in his early thirties just sat there in a chair staring at his worn ceiling, everything was dark, only one faint shade of light was coming from his window. His whole room was filled with trash and their unpleasant scent was enough to fill it whole.
The time felt still as if it never moved, and outside his house two men moved wearing black coats with few large gallons, it was suspicious but what was about to happen didn't seem to bother him as if he was just tired— tired of everything, tired of his life.
Those men, in the withering rain, poured the gasoline down, spreading it all across his house even though it was raining, but they still poured it and sparked the whole power supply.
A giant wildfire caught on the rusty box, gasoline lit up and just like that, the seemingly quiet and timeless room caught on fire, everything crumbled in the devouring flames and Noen vale just sat there motionless, No light nor soul was in his eyes, and soon the flames devoured him whole, burning him down in agony.
The rain kept falling; the sound of tiny droplets echoed in the air, yet the scorching heat and cries only brightened the burning flames.
Noen Vale who died sitting in his old worn chair, was now about to meet a new fate..,
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Vshhhhh—
A senseless body; not afflicted by time, floated in-between the recurring void, the space seemed to be brightened with the cosmic beauty, was now crying in the ashes of dawn.
Noen Vale who just woke up was confused, his eyes were hollow as darkness, but those eyes seemed as if he didn't bother much, though a sense of curiosity and confusion still beamed on his emotionless face, many questions were on his mind, his fate was sealed to be dead but he was standing alive, moving; still breathing.
"Is this the afterlife, or the end of the world...?"
"where am I?"
Then, a voice rang out, mysterious like a deep sea siren, no face nor a body, a man glowing with a celestial glow bestowed in front of Noen Vale who neither questioned nor looked as if he cared.
The silence grew intense and the intentions of the entity still seemed unclear.
But looking at the silence the entity spoke with calm,
"Welcome Human, to the world of the afterlife."
"Are you curious... of what resides behind this space, or worried about the deeds of your life."
"Hey... Can you Shut up you're damn noisy."
The entity was bewildered at the response; though there was no expression on his empty face, he looked at Noen vale who seemed like a new toy worth of his attention but still calming his composure he spoke, his voice resonated in the empty void.
"You are quite interesting human, it seems like you—"
"Arghh—"
"Shut up!"
"I said, quit with your sugar talks, I'm tired!"
Noen Vale scrubbed his hair, stretching them back with his palm as he looked at the entity with his soulless eyes, his gaze landed on his empty face while he still floated in the empty void; he spoke.
"Now, tell me why are you here?"
"What you want from me and don't bother me to reply."
"Or if nothing else, just end it all here as it don't even matter, you are a god."
"Ohh..."
Yeheehaha—
A crazy laughter echoed in the empty space as entity's face became more twisted and then a vibrating sound resonated from the abyss, everything stopped, it felt as if space itself was tearing apart, the pressure grew larger as a voice vibrated between the distortions.
"Ohhh... you are interesting, very interesting—"
"I— I have never met an existence ever as lifeless and fearless as you."
"You have no light in your penny eyes nor any hope left in you..."
"You are like an empty shell."
"I LIKE IT"
"Ohh...?"
"Heheh, you like me, I guess even the gods have feeling nowadays but looking at you it don't look like you are mere higher than your petty pride."
Noen Vale said mockingly but on the other hand as if something had struck the entity; his pride, he looked at him with beastly gaze, his anger grew larger, his face became more twisted, a hollow eye emerged on his faceless face, he spoke with immense rage.
"Don't test my patience, human!! "
The entity voice echoed as if warning the whole seven dimensions, his gaze was bloodlust but still—
Noen vale showed no fear, his face remained expressionless; a person who has nothing to lose, but then...
He smiled, as this situation seemed quite funny to him; not in that way, but whereas the entity seemed rather displeased, gaining his composure back he soon spoke again.
"Well I lost it a bit, but listen human."
"I don't possess any emotion or any physical body, I'm just a form of energy surpassing every concept, even the laws of physics—"
"And yet you are still pitying over your pride"
"Well whatever, I'm now tired, why are you here?"
"Are you a guide or a supreme deity guiding me to a path?"
"And can you end this quickly?"
". . ."
Eeehehehe—
"Ohh... well you seem smart, very smart"
A malicious smile suddenly rose on his face, the place where there was no visage was now covered in an eerie smile stretching across his lips, his eyes were shallow, as hollow as a fog, a white dot glowed in between the dark as a deep resonating voice followed the empty space.
"Yes, I'm a guide, guiding you to a path."
"Well I shall grant your wish. Human—"
Snap
The sound echoed in the dark, everything seemed to turn red, the surrounding became distorted, each and every particle twisted into surreal pressure, the space crumbled; time fractured but he didn't stop, continuing further.
"You will beg for your freedom, every moment will feel like crawling to you, every breath will remind you, Why you wished for nothing...!"
"You will be an undead, forever."
Yahahaha—
Krrrzzzhhhhk—
An immense black hole appeared behind Noen Vale, his soul disrupted into an afterimage, each light got devoured into the darkness; it swallowed everything as the entity stood further and he kept falling into a pit, The point of life and death merged into one existence, and he vanished into that, one single point...
"We will meet again. Human—"
"Enjoy your never ending despair..."
Yahahaha...
Vshhhhh—
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