Thousands of people standing together lifelessly swaying slowly on a vast platform. If seen from the aerial view, anyone can see that it is as big as a soccer stadium. These people keep swaying like a zombie before hearing a sound just like in the movies.
Only a simple breeze can be felt on the skin, while the platform itself has low fog that moves around because of the breeze. The ambiance is kind of cold because other than the sound of slow breathing or rustling clothes, no other sound is produced…
While the light in the platform itself is coming from the sky, the source itself is hovering like a normal sun in a galaxy, but the odd thing that can be felt is there is no source of warmth or heat whatsoever. This occurrence defies the natural phenomenon itself. Time itself is unknown, is it reversing or forwarding no one knows.
This completely stagnant situation is very weird, like eons of lightyears or just a minute has passed. It's just like time stops completely but also can be seen ticking just by seeing the zombie-like people swaying left and right. A familiar stoned face was slowly cracking and shedding its outer layer, and Xion Tillmitt's body is present.
Suddenly, the sound of fingers snapped and the people jolted awake!
These people were awakened from their slumbering stillness but one can notice that the zombie likenesses are still intact. there is no light in their eyes just like a programmed robot, the only thing that changed is their posture becomes straight. If other people can see them now, they will be surprised because mostly, these people almost can't be differentiated between male and female, just genderless mannequin-like.
"Move to the Heightened Platform in order now!", a voice so majestic and awe-filled the entire soccer-like platform, and one by one the person moves to a location where there is a row of stairs presented upwards. If someone's counting the stairs, there are only 24 steps in it. but with each step on the stairs, light comes to the eyes of every robot-like person.
If regular humans see this magical situation happens, they will be shocked and entranced to life!! How a transformation from a zombie-like state turned into an oriented robot-like and finally human-like happened like it is just a daily routine.
The voice then again spoke, " you all right now are just a bunch of consciousness stuck together with no prior knowledge about what, who, where, when, why, or any kinds of reasoning in this world". It then continues " all your memories and abilities have been erased. In the past, all you could do is be plain, mediocre with no clear achievement at all for once.
You can't be counted as a failure but you all are far from successful. you are not bad, but also not good either… As the Creator that gave you your previous life, I AM NOT SATISFIED!!
Immediately the sound of thunder and flashes of lightning reverberated around the whole field following the anger in the voice, The Creator then continued "but I still believe in you all and I am eager to give you your second chance to redeem yourself. you will be given something new. something to help you achieve whatever you wished for in your new life.
The things that hindered you in the past will still be there because that makes you shine the most. toward being the best on your version of the future".
The Creator continues to rant out like a father scolding his children to His heart's content and finishing with these lines " whatever you do, be something cold or hot, as I will spit you out and there's no in-between." " But if you fail me once again, and all you can be is just a stone in the road where you can be kicked out, pissed on, and be shitting on by various creatures over and over again with your consciousness intact, trapped forever in an endless cycle. These statements jolted the people awake!
Feelings started to bloom in their consciousness and mind. Each one of them started looking around and figuring things... they can feel anger, compassion, love, sadness, jealousy, contempt, and various kinds of feelings they hadn't felt in an eternity state. Confusion and disorder started happening around the people, fear and doubt filled every inch of their bodies and some of them started to break from the inside.
Ease!
This powerful word was spoken with so much love and passion that suddenly covered every person in the field and they calmed down...
One by one they started to close their eyes and feel the calm and soothing atmosphere around them. they felt wrapped in warm love and compassion and their bodies reacted to it like being hugged.
The Creator once again says, " now in front of you are the bowl of talent. you can come forward one by one and choose 2 words to define yourself before me and I will grant a Name for you in the new world you will choose on your own too.'' excitement and eagerness are shown in the eyes of every person present at that moment. The chance to redeem everything is right in front of them.
What they don't understand is that this choice is also a trial, a trial that will shape them into anything they desire from a beggar to Multimillionaires, from crippler to godlike, from small-time robber to the great villain, the options are endless as long as they didn't stay mediocre, they can rise to the highest heaven and higher realm or fall into the deepest and farthest galaxy to battle for food.
The Creator then conjures a screen-like wall where the stories of Heroes and Villains are shown with one thing in common - a sense of achievement in their eyes. None of the Heroes or Villains are mediocre as their names are written in the book of histories of the Lord of Ages. This one book makes the eyes of every person on the spot widen their eyes and their heartbeats faster with anticipation.
Can you see your new future?? The Creator Speaks. These words contain a deeper meaning in it.
The Creator then smiles and says "you can start stepping forward orderly now! " But remember this: whatever word you choose, keep it for yourself. as it can either be weakness or strength, or both at the same time.
From the outside, people can be seen one by one every person starts to pick from the bowl... but in reality, every person is having a different trial at the moment they first step forward before reaching for words that they wanted to grab. This process happened like a fast-forwarding movie being played with a certain outcome already written before the ending.
Have you picked your new traits?? The Creator Speaks again eagerly.
No one realizes how things happen and affect them at the same time... everything is just like some queue moving forward until in front of The Creator.
The Creator started to open a portal and the people started to move into the portal. Nobody understands why everyone has names but turned into existence that isn't human, some are like beasts, some look like demon spawn, some are plant-like, and some become variants of elves but certain people still become human, until one of the last batches of people came in front of The Creator.
It was Xion Tillmitt's turn as he walks forward. The Creator then asked the first question, do you want to be a male or female this time? This question then makes the consciousness of Xion return but not his memory. He then answered back meekly, I wanted to be a male. instantly then a certain body part is formed into the former body.
The Creator transformed into a man and swiped his hand to summon two chairs with a table and two cups of glass on the table then asked the second question while sitting: what race do you want to be?
The Creator then shows Various Races across the Galaxy that He created. He then asked Xion to sit down while the latter was still picking his choice scrolling the screen-like display in front of him. After a certain period, The Creator said: have you made up your mind?
timidly Xion then nodded and said 'I wanted to become human…
The Creator smiled and moved his hands and the feeling of being touched and molded can be felt like a transformation is happening in the male's body inside out.
The Creator then asked, do you want something else on your body? as He conjures a Mini version of the male in front of Him so he can check everything in his body. After checking everything, he said " can you change the color of the eyes? Can you turn it into light green?
Without saying anything, the changes happened in the eyes that at first is black, they turned into light green.
I want the hair to be light silver, Xion continued and the hair color turned into light silver, he then said, lighter the color more and the color adjust to his taste. "I wanted pale skin", and then his skin turned pale. Xion then personally changes his body contour from a western-like build into an eastern-like build. He became new.
The Creator then asked, "now, can you show me which 2 words that you've taken from the bowl of trial?".
Xion then opened his hand and 2 papers folded in the palm of his hand appears. he then opened the first paper and uttered the word "Knowledge", The Creator then took the first word and put it in the glass on the table. In the second paper, than being spoken as the word "Creativity" appears. The Creator took the paper and put it in the same glass also.
Do you need something else? The Creator speaks patiently while staring at Xion. Xion then asked, can I get a system? Just like the others?
The Creator then smiled, I can give you a system... but that will hinder your growth since I've seen so many people relying on the system to achieve things and being stuck with slow growth because of it. A System is like a double-edged sword, it either consumes others or consumes you. Are you sure you want one too?
Can I modify a personal System for myself? asked Xion.
Surely you can, as I've said I just want you to be Hot or Cold and not in-between as easy as that, and then a super complex system spawned in the mind of the man.
Xion checks around all the functions of the system and how to upgrade or get the requirements to upgrade the system fully, but then something unexpected happens. He feels discontent with the system.