"𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚"
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-Jungkook-
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
The beating organ situated inside the cages of my bony ribs knocked in agony against it. Wanting to be let free. Wanting to be away from the feeling of anxiety; of umcomfortability. The heart is a wild organ hence it's caged like a bird whose liberty to spread its wings is shattered, it is played through strings of anguish yearning for nothing but rest. The heart is one of the organs believed to situate the soul as humans say- if only they knew, just like the everyday tales, the soul lives within like a neglected shadow waiting to be deciphered but intellectual scientists refuse to accept unless there is proof that is until they die. For some scientists like Carl Sagan and Nikola Tesla, tho being involved with the science of logical texts and equations, a part of their great minds convinced them there was a soul, translucent energy like a bolt star. And of course, they have already experienced this all.
Tick. Tick. Tick. Time echoed in my mind once again. Moments until my destiny is decided. Moments until I descend to any world. To the sandy ground. Many people had already been reincarnated and I knew I could be next.
And then the thundering voice of Raphel called out my name. His voice was like a lightning bolt cutting through a tranquil sky. Vees was beside me as I walked up over to the Great Dominus. And I shivered like a wryly Earth leaf.
-2 hours ago-
I sit with a distressed mind, heaving breaths now and then. Where will I go? How will I be? Who is Dominus? Why am I scared? I'm feeling numb with fear. Raphael came by a bit before and told us a huge sound would be made and that would be our cue to get up and go towards him, wherever he'll be.
"You are going! You'll be going! Ay! Ay! I won't miss you! Maybe I will....but hooray!"
"Shut it vees" I glared at her, "I won't even remember you, so I'll be the one not missing you the most!" I snickered.
"Ha! Um. You better shut it before I curse you in all the languages" "Do you even know all the languages?"
"What?! Do you think only Koreans come here? The whole world comes here, so yes I know all of it!"
"Ok ok, now both of you shut up!" Mingyu shouted. I don't know how, somehow both mine and Vees's heads turned in unison and glared at him.
Gong.
Like a giant bell chimed in churches gonged through the place, so loud I felt the cold floor beneath me shudder slightly. It was so deafening I'm sure. But the human reflex of covering my ears didn't occur to me. Maybe because I'm a soul? Well, the irony is that I'm not a human. Human remains in me melted away as time unravelled before me, only hoping I'd get it back once I returned into the embrace of my mother Earth or another planet, whatever. The sound was obviously the cue Raphael was talking about, and I stood up straight while looking around. He said we had to just follow him, again, wherever he was.
Souls swarmed around and started walking, while we followed behind them. I didn't see the dominating figure of Raphael nor that smug smile that was plastered on his face. But after a while of peering through the gap I saw him leading everyone, and yes that smile too.
"Yes! This way, just saunter after me!"
We all kept walking for about 10-15 minutes if I'm not wrong and then stopped before- oh my heavens. Is that a ginormous, mega-big, infinite gate!?
There stood an entrance of golden-crusted colour illuminating light enough through its brightness, studded with unknown gems and rocks. The gate was designed with magnificence as snowy clouds grouped over the sides. Keenly gazing above I couldn't capture at what height it ended, it just kept on going and going. Even at the sides, it kept going. Like it was a whole different world out there separated by a portal. And I stood there with lips apart and widened lids. I wondered if when I was human I had looked above the skies closely I would've seen this gate.
The gates opened inwardly even tho it was endless. I'm not sure how. It opened anyway and we walked in. The moment I stepped after the line between my 7-month soul life and into this place where I'd no longer be soul. I felt a chill rolling through the veins of my spine, almost snapping all of the tendons sticking together and breaking the magnificent staircase towards the mind. I shivered, not at the coldness but at the feeling.
With stumbling legs, I walked in as vees helped me close my agape mouth. However, there are no flies here.
We all walked again for some minutes, the mist was really dense in this part and the more I walked forward the more my eyes became clouded. No one questioned. We ambled more, then abruptly out of no reason the haziness subsided, the kind of feeling that arises within you while walking back down from the mountains after a handful of rain, holding on to your limps closely for heat as you trod down to the clearness and dryness of feeble branches. The exact euphoria was felt here but the thing was that we were not descending but rather just walking, and no rain had poured down, it was just how this world was. Mystical. Enormous pillars started appearing in my visions and I had to rub my eyes that had long forgotten what tiredness or sleep seemed like anymore. My eyes were not playing tricks, there were indeed pillars, haphazardly kept in a deliberate manner. Like the woods, of lanky trees scattered unblemished. I wondered if I tried to inhale harder, I'd breathe in the essences of the wet drought after rain and the dense smell of the air and the freshness of the lush and I could go on and on. Oh, I miss my mother.
We all abruptly stopped, snapping out of my thoughts I wondered where we were. Then gazing in front I missed noticing a staircase that was once again endless. It was plain white with not a spot of dirt, of ruggedness, just purity. I guess The Dominus is there, sitting atop like the ruler he is. Like the creator he is.
I stood baffled.
"You will be called by me, only then must you ascend the stigi" Raphael commanded. But how does he know our names? Do they just know? As if it was basic general knowledge.
Raphael flew up the stairs or stigi as he calls it. Time after time. Soul after soul. They ascended. Not once could the people outside glimpse what was happening or see Domius. Just an endless stair. And clouds.
And now we are back to the beginning. As panic embraces me wickedly with a smile. Twisting through my bones like a monster let free from the cages and as if my heart had actually eluded the thrones of veins circling through it, stiff bones of spikes concealing it, and flesh like the beast unforgotten. All of it had been deceived. And I felt deluged drowning through the stagnated flow of my blood that maybe sizzled 6 feet below, of the rotten corpse being enlightened as I arise. My translucent self of no life, numbed by the taste of death returning back to me like a moth finally reaching its fire. I know I felt fear, I know even the colour of translucency was muddling up with panic.
The heart that was left free suddenly snapped back to reality and realized its liberty to evade would never be granted. Out from the delusions by the sound of Raphael thunder in through the skies. And I whimpered, wondering if people on Earth could hear that sound as thunder. I wobbled on my feet, gazing at Mingyu and earning assurance. As I walked up the endless stairs with vees beside me. With an unexpected seriousness.
I think I presumed it was endless since after a hundred steps. And once my body was hidden by the clouds. I was there atop the place. And I froze. Not because what was beneath my eyelids was horrifying but rather out of fear and amazement.
The Great Dominus sits on his throne; ruler of the Galaxy. His head was atop with a marvellous crown with golden strokes gently kissed and white puffs of clouds sticking against it. Studded with unknown gems. His eyes had an unknown shade of colour, which held power. Almost nine feet tall, and the figure of Thor; God of the skies and thunder. I felt like a small peck of space dust standing before a black hole. He meant no harm I know yet I shivered internally as I stood in front of Him. Two levitating spheres that glowed were at his side, and they illuminated a strong power that I could feel from here.
"Align thy hands atop these spheres, fellow" I was startled, then walked over and glanced once at Rahapel and then at Vees, she nodded in encouragement.
My shivering hands placed themselves on top of the two spheres and I felt a sudden bolt of energy skiing through me.
After a moment I pulled it back from the request of Raphael. Dominus just gazed at me with cold and vast eyes.
"Once heareth the words from me, thy shalt be gone by the accompaniment of my fellow into the portal of your reincarnation," His voice said with strength, I nodded.
"Thee shalt be sent to—"
"——-Midgard"
I trembled with joy. My head spun. I wanted to cry, but I kept my posture and walked in a daze towards the way Vees led. I shook mentally. Oh heavens; They stood by me this time. They embraced me this time.
"This has to be done in haste- I'm sorry- you can't stay here for long-" she said. My lips wobbled.
"Vees I'll miss you, you'll always remain in the depths of my memory. Please remember me" and I embraced her small body against me somehow, like I was hugging a petal.
The portal was opened, and a bright light came from it. Haste.
"Go get your woman you devil" she said and I stepped into the blindness.
To be a human again. To be again.
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Authors Note:
Idk why I feel so excited. Vote if you love Chase Atlantic. 💞