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Chapter 2 - Stagnate soul

After a unknown amount of time I noticed a disturbance in the surrounding area, suddenly two people appear.

"Is this it?" one asks.

"Yes sir" the other replies.

'Wait isn't that the one from before?' I think.

"Yes it is" the new one replies, "Leave us!" that last part seems to be directed towards the first person.

"Yes sir" he replies before vanishing.

"So... you're the stagnate soul?" the 'man?' muses.

'I guess' I think.

"well no matter" the 'man' seems to come to a conclusion, "How would you like to be a god?" he continues.

'Wait, what kind of question is that?'

"The kind that will decide your future, little soul" the man replies.

'So you want me to become a god?' I ask disbelievingly.

"Not just any god." the man replies "I want you to become me."

'Wait how does that work. Are you going to eat me or something?!?'

"ha" he laughs "no I wont eat you, I am asking if you want to replace me."

'Why do you want me to replace you? better yet who are you?'

"Me? I'm the god of life and death also known as reincarnation" he says. "And I would like to retire, but in order to do that I need someone to take over for me."

'So you want me to look at the lives of a bunch of dead people? no thanks'

"Hmm, no I want you to reincarnate with my blessing and prove you are worthy of my position."

'I just said I don't want it' feeling irritated.

"Oh... You know most would jump at the opportunity to become a god." he said "And being a god is better than you might think."

'Why are you trying to make me take your position then?'

"Because I'm tired of politics" he replies "In any case you can decide latter on whether or not to replace me, just know you will have my blessing"

'...'

"Ok next order of business, do you want me to mend your soul?" he asks "now before you answer just know that if I mend your soul you will loose out on a lot."

'That sounds counter intuitive'

"It's not because if you mend your own soul you will be far more powerful, and in the world you are going you need power."

'what's the difference'

"If I mend your soul you will be average at best." he says "however if you mend your soul you will have greater capabilities and potential."

'Why does it seem like you're trying to trick me?'

"sigh, if you chose to mend your own soul you will be below average at first, but latter have shocking potential and growth."

'Ok? so its a give and take.'

"yes exactly" he replies. "So will you?"

'Sure I guess'

"great, now before you go there are a few things you should know.

First as you have my blessing you will have certain advantages compared to others, do not let others find out it will cause you more grief than is worth it.

Second I will be imparting a system to you to help you adjust.

Lastly Life is not fair and karma does not exist.

Goodbye."

Suddenly I feel myself getting compressed and stretched before disappearing from the dark space I was in. suddenly I was hurtling down a dark tunnel.

An unknown amount of time passed before any changes occurred. At first I didn't notice because I was so used to the darkness but the tunnel was starting to light up. faster and faster I approached a light at the 'end?' of the tunnel before everything goes black...