"Yes. Though you'll have to kiss the person, directly in the lips to take their soul. If you do that, you'll get everything they own, their face, their body, their wealth, their family, and of course their life span! So you'll be able to live for how long you like!" He proposes to me. It seems pleasing to hear but I know there's a catch to this. Kindness doesn't come for free and not exactly from a demon.
"And what do you stand to gain from this exactly? I don't see a demon, like you being in make a wish foundation so spill what you're getting from this." I let my guard up.
"Oh my. You are pretty smart aren't you?" He snickered. "Though you are right. Of course, there's a catch. Nothing is free in the real world after all."
Knew it. Of course, everything has a price. What did I expect? It is the world after all...
"And what would be the price of this? Also, you didn't exactly answer my question regarding what you will gain from this." I continued to interrogate the demon who was just nonchalantly prancing around the hospital room.
"Nothing really. I don't have anything to gain from this. Call it a donation, a good-natured thing to do to someone that is hopeless and has no chance for redemption in life." He chuckled.
"Is that suppose to make me feel better or is that just an insult?" I rolled my eyes on him, making him smirk and reply. "Both. I'm not exactly good with motivating people, it's not a skill I have."
"Go to hell!" I brashly exclaimed, making him laugh out loud like it wasn't a serious thing. I'm visibly mad and frustrated and all he is doing has just been teasing and mocking me because of my situation. Doesn't this demon ever take a hint in his pathetic demon life?
"As for your question about the price of this power. It's simple really, you just need to trade their soul." He then goes onto explaining it. "You see, in order for you to get their life, of course, you'll have to take it. So they'll lose something and you'll gain it."
"So you mean, the people that I kiss, I will take their life and everything they own? Meaning I'll be literally THEM." I asked once again for reassurance.
"Yup. All their fears, their problems, their memories, their talents, their family members. Everything about them, you'll own it. It's as if you are living their life. You'll actually switch bodies with them." He elaborates to me.
"So what you want me to do with this power, is to kiss someone and then take their life so I can expand my life? Is that what you're trying to get out of this?" I raised an eyebrow at his intentions for me to do.
He nodded in agreement. "Yup! Bingo! Just kiss someone that you see fit that you want to get the life off and once you do, you'll be able to fulfill any wish you want, if you want to be a singer or actor, like you wanted then just kiss one of those and you'll get their talent and their job!"
At first, before the demon entered this room. I always hated living and I thought of myself as some sort of lost cause without anymore meaning in living but knowing all of this. I feel like I have a reason to live but something inside me whispered to me.
"What will happen to the people I switched lives with? Where would they end up?" I turn to him to ask since my curiosity got the better of me.
"They will be in your possession of course. After all, you are taking their soul and putting it in this pendant so everyone that you kiss will be in here." He smiled innocently but I can sense a hint of malice in this. I feel like he's not exactly telling me all the details.
"If I kiss someone and I own their body. What would happen to my old body? What would happen to my identity as Meghan Hastings?" I inquired him another question.
"You have so many questions, don't you? Are you really this curious?" He smirked.
"JUST ANSWER THE GODDAMN QUESTION, you pleb!" I shouted, demanding him to answer it.
"They'll die of course." He answered it, making my heart drop from my stomach. "Since I'll be moving your soul over to the other person's body. Your own body will lack a soul which will result in it dying, of course. Meghan Hastings will forever be forgotten and you'll take on the identity of the new person you took the life of."
I took a deep breath, processing all of the things I just heard. Should I really do this? Is it even worth it to get rid of my name, my identity, and all I am just so I can really live what I want, also what about the people that I take the lives of? Wouldn't it be disrespectful of me to just casually claim their life like that? Wouldn't that just be an insult to them as a person? Everything is just giving me mixed signals. I don't know what to decide still...
"I.. I'm just not sure yet. This is just too much. Can you give me some time to decide first?" I kindly told the demon to be patient.
"Of course. I'll give you all the time you need. You have plenty of time till your death day." He smiled widely, ruining my mood once again.
"THANK FOR REMINDING ME OF MY IMPENDING DOOM YOU DEMONIC HOE!" I shouted, throwing my pillow onto him. Making it hit his leg.
"No problem! By the way! Before you strategize or something. I still have something to tell you. This power has its limitations of course so you'll have to listen to me." He tells me about it even more.