"Hello!!, is anybody there?" Asked Fin in a spacious, empty room, and no one answered.
"Fuck, what is this?" Cursed Fin as he confusedly wandered around the space.
"What the hell is going on?"
Fin looks around the spacious room that looks like a warehouse, but he cannot see any way out whatsoever.
How this happened is something he is still confused about.
He was at home reading a book when suddenly a thunderous sound exploded, and a bright light covered his vision.
And when he realized, he was already in this spacious room with no door or window.
"A thunder happened, and suddenly I was here…"
"Did I die from being struck by lightning or something?" muttered Fin.
Fin thought he was dead because his home was struck by lightning, which happened to hit his house and maybe his room where he was reading.
But if that truly happens, what shit luck he has.
And if this place was the afterlife, how freaking boring is this?
He was stuck at this place for approximately 3 hours already.
If he were here for eternity, he would be bored to madness; there's nothing here except him and white space.
"Ufh let me just lie down, "muttered Fin as he lay his body on the floor.
Fin tried to calm his breath and emotions. Did someone kidnap him and place him here, or did something supernatural happen?
Believe it or not, he believed that shit.
If he was kidnapped, how come that be?
If he can remember correctly, he doesn't seem to have any enemies in his life.
He was just a normal office worker who tried his best to make somebody richer, that's it.
"Ugh, maybe liking those evil theme books is finally catching up to me, hahaha."
Said Fin as he thought he was being punished by the gods or someone in this boring ass room.
As he was about to close his eyes and catch some rest, he heard a footstep coming towards him.
Fin looks towards the sound and sees an old man wearing a white tuxedo and a cane walking towards him.
Fin sits right up and looks as the old man approaches him.
"Ugh..alright, who are you and what is going on?"
"What is this place?"
"Did you kidnap me here?" Fin asked one after another.
The old man doesn't answer and only looks at Fin with a smirk on his face.
'This creepy old man is staring at me. What does he want to do?' Thought Fin.
The old man keeps staring at him, and Fin stares back at him like they are a long-distance couple who find each other cheating.
Or like Batman and Robin, who just had intercourse, but anyway.
The old man suddenly pulls out a chair from nowhere and sits in front of Fin, which surprises him.
"Did you just pull that out of your ass or ??" Fin asked in surprise.
The old man suddenly spoke.
"You have a very-very interesting mouth, you know that?" said the old man with a smirk.
The old man pulled out another chair and told Fin to sit.
Fin wearily stood up from his position and looked at the old man strangely.
"Sit… we have a lot to talk about," The old man said.
Fin reluctantly sits on the chair provided by the old man.
"Oh shit, did I just put my ass on the chair that comes out of his ass?"
Well never mind, just hope it doesn't smell," Fin thought as he sat.
As he sat, Fin looked at the old man and waited for him to speak, and he didn't wait long.
"Fin Archibald, a 25-year-old man who is a normal worker at Government Technology Industry, is a promising young man who is knowledgeable in both technological prowess and invention."
"Fin Archibald, son of David Archibald and Sonya Archibald nee' Thompstone, born in 2003, graduated from Humong University…"
Speak to the old man before he is cut off by Fin.
"Wait, okay, okay!"
"What is this? Are you a stalker or something?"
"I don't know who you are, you just laid out my life just like that, that's creepy, you know," Fin said with a weird face.
"First of all, can you tell me who you are?"
"How did you know all of this?"
"Have we met before? Fin asked.
The old man just looked at him with a smile and said
"Have we met before?"
"Hmm, you can say that."
"In fact, I've known everything about you, Fin."
"Even the things that you keep to yourself or the things that even you don't know," answered the old man.
"Well, let's start from the beginning. You want to know who I am?"
You can call me 'Adam, to start this off," the old man said.
"Adam?...as in?" muttered Fin in confusion.
"No… let's not go into too much detail, you know my name, and I know yours, that's all that matters for now," the old man said.
Fin sat dejectedly on his chair, looking at the old man's eyes, so that he could see a mischievous image just like depicted by the evil theme novel that he liked to read.
"Do you know where you are right now, Fin?"
"This is purgatory or some sort… to your question, yes…you are dead struck by lightning that hits your house," the old man said.
Fin widens his eyes, hearing his words.
'Well, that answers some things, I guess…." thought Fin.
"You have a unique way of dying, you know that," giggled the old man, making Fin shudder in creepiness overload.
"So.. if I'm dead, what's gonna happen? Am I going to heaven or…?" asked Fin.
"Not really, you know those two places are something reserved for those who are already meeting their time both in bad or good ways," says the old man.
"Wait, what do you mean? Asked Fin in confusion.
"What I'm trying to say is, Fin, it is not your time to die yet," answered the old man.
"You are indeed dead now, but your death is not met or happens in the way it should; that's why it was so strange how you did it, isn't it?
I mean, come on, struck by lightning in your own home? Under the shades of your roof? If it's not God's will, then what else?" said the old man.
Fin starts to think about this. It's true, his death is very funny, like, how the hell does it happen that way if it's not set up, like, is there no better way?
"So… what is going on then? How do you know this? And what's gonna happen?" asked Fin.
"Hmm… well, what's gonna happen is they are going to resurrect you back" answered the old man.
"They?" asked Fin
"The gods, of course… but, there is a premise to this story," answered the old man.
"Premise? What do you mean… how do you know all this…are you.. You know, gods? Fin asked.
"No… I'm not, I'm just their messenger thats all," answered the old man.
"Fair and just, your time is not yet to come, Fin."
"I hope what's gonna happen will make you realize that not everything is as it seems, you live by your own imagination and also make how you wanna do it."
"Good and bad are just two sides of a story, and what's interesting is in the middle," said the old man.
Fin stares in confusion at those words. So many confusing things happen today, like…come on.
'What a senile old man, what is he blabbering about?' thought Fin
"We need entertainment. They need entertainment."
"So… Fin allowed me to ask, if given a chance, what would you choose?" asked the old man
"Huh, choose what?" asked Fin.
"If you are going to be given a second chance, but you have to choose between good and bad, what is your choice?" asked the old man.
"Well, it depends…" Fin thought while answering.
The good and the bad, it's just two sides of the story. If you choose one side, then you can't by any means play the other because it would be boring.
But if you can be the middleman between those two stories, as in becoming the third party, then you can control how the two are interacting with each other.
But…. just like the old man said, everything is not as it seems. What the hell is he talking about here?
This stuff makes him remember those stories that he read from a bunch of novels about how the good people are actually the bad people,
Or the story about the good people who are in the darkness and don't know that they are being controlled by the bad people.
But in all of this, one thing stood out in his mind, and that is that those stories are entertaining.
All those stories were made just to provide some entertainment for the people.
Fin finally understood that the gods were trying to use him to make the story more interesting, but the question is… which story?
"Well, it depends on which story…. But one thing is for sure, which one is more entertaining?" asked Fin.
The old man laughed out loud at his answer. The old man is glad that he understood his means.
Suddenly, the old man stood up with a smirk and said
"The story, that's right, which one is more entertaining between the good and the bad, it all depends on which story is being told," says the old man.
"Now, we are going to send you back, but not to the place you are from,... but to a story where everything is filled with lies and deceit,"
"So use the power bestowed upon you to make that story more interesting for us, if you do well… "
"We for sure are going to reward you generously," says the old man.
"Wait, send me somewhere?"
"What do you mean, you senile old man?"
"Where am I going?" Fin panicked.
"It all depends on your imagination and the help of the power that is bestowed upon you. Good luck, we hope you can make it more fun."
The old man did not answer Fin's question.
Suddenly, the world around Fin is being distorted before….
Blank.
End of the Chapter
English is not my first language, so pardon me.