In the turbulence of time and space where all realities and none existed at the same time a new straggler appeared. It happened too fast for Arthur to react. One moment he was standing in the streets of Sydney protecting people, now he was in a place that was all black, there was nothing just darkness. Worst of all was the pain. An indescribable pain assaulted his senses as his body was assaulted by dissonant waves of space and time. Any other living being should have had a mental breakdown by all pain by now and yet by a miracle and his strong willpower he was still sane.
The colors were blinding and suffocating. His body demanded air but there was none in this place if it could be called as such. Unknown objects would smash against his body, ripping it to pieces only for a wave of temporal inconsistency to fix it.
Time went on, or back as he continued to suffer the worst hell imaginable. A millennium experienced in a microsecond. A microsecond experienced in a millenium. In a place where time and space lose all coherence, how is the feeble human mind expected to keep sane. Finally his body was torn, shredded to nothingness and yet something remained. The soul, a concept all living things know exists and yet none comprehend. That remnant was finally freed from the chaos of space and time .
Arthur POV
Ugh!... Aah!'
My head hurts so badly. Arthur clutches his forehead as a sudden pain in his forehead startled him awake.
"Where am I?"
I look around only to be greeted by a completely white room.
"Am I kidnapped?" These are my first thoughts.
I slowly stand up and looks for an exit. After seemingly walking for fifteen minutes, I am unable to figure out the dimensions of the room, much less an exit. The room is white as far as I could see.
Ugh!...
I groan in pain as my head hurts and some memories flood in, the memories of the darkness and all the pain. That was the worst pain I have felt even when I was shot twice on my back and my arm, I didn't feel such pain but this was insane.
"Looks like I died and this place is hell or king Yama's palace. Atleast I managed to save the woman from those terrorists. Another kid won't have to grow up without his mother."
I was getting restless after staying in this white room for days without any way to get out.
"Ughh... This boredom is going to kill me again, Yama San if you are out somewhere please forgive me for my crimes if I committed any and please end this boredom."
I started my breathing…
Breathing was a good way to calm yourself down… or in my case escape reality, and the boredom that came along with it. But yeah, it really calmed my nerves. Really, who would use Jujitsu breathing technique to calm's one nerves down. But it was my type of meditating.
* A while later*
'Where the hell is this place? I have been here for what it felt like months… years… and nothing happens, It feels like a dream but when we are dreaming the last thing we think is that we are… well.. dreaming.. its so odd..'
He waited and waited, his sanity slowly crumbling until he heard voices, not one, not two, but several, almost talking at the same time, the exact same words, in his 'head' it felt like it was the voice of the world communicating with him.
[We finally meet, welcome to the room of reincarnation my young soldier]
Looking around and finding nothing but just the pure white room he just gives up on trying to understand the situation
'Well at least I have the voices in my head to talk to now.. I wont be as lonely anymore..'
[Well, it seems I made you wait a bit young anomaly, why don't we have a chat? I can assure you that I am no voice in your head]
Shrugging and knowing that he is complete powerless and exhausted after who knows how long of waiting, all he wanted to do is get it over with, is he dead? Alive? Drugged? At this point after who knows how long he simply doesn't care anymore.
"Very well .. voice.. let's talk, how are you today? Do you hang around these parts very often?" he asked back with a chuckle, if he is dead at least he is going out with some dignity… even if it's just a shitty lame joke.
[Yes actually, I hang around here all the time, for a very, very long time. How about you? Do you often hang around here?]
He chuckles and answers "Well for the past .. God knows how long.. so yeah… I've been hanging around here for quite a bit"
[You are right, I know exactly how long you have been here. I would say 379 days, I could say the exact hours, minutes and seconds, but considering the number of days would a few hours actually matter?]
"Well, I hope you could come here Mr.Voice, it's getting boring here all alone."
A transparent apparition starts to form behind Arthur . He coughs slightly and approaches Arthur.
The sudden cough startles Arthur, and he turns around to locate the source of that cough. He is stunned to see an apparition walking towards him.
"Is that you Mr. Voice?"
The apparition smiles at him and releases a soothing aura .
"Yes, Don't worry, child! I am not a ghost or spirit. I am what humans call a GOD."
I kneel and say "I pay my respects to you God, please now send me to the afterlife."
God looks at me and says "Whats the hurry child, I will take just an hour from you. What is just an hour in all this boredom and I will answer all your questions. So why don't you introduce yourself"
'Is he not a God, he should know everything about me. Why is he still asking me to introduce myself. Oh well, We mortals can never understand these Gods so let's get on with it.'
"My name is Arthur Pendragon and I died at the age of 45 performing my duties as a soldier."
God chuckles and says "Tell me the introduction that you had on your Tinder profile when you were 16 , Um, is it even legal to have a tinder account at the age of 16?"
I blush that profile was one of my most embarassing moments of my life.
"I'm actually a hardcore otaku who likes maids more than having three meals in a day. And I only read books related to maids. Also, I only visit maid cafes. Of course I also collect maid figurines. I play games which feature maids and it turns me on so much that I'll wear the maid uniform and jump for joy."
"Hahahahahaha" God laughs hearing this.
My cheeks start getting redder, I feel like I will die again of embarrassment.
"You are a funny one young one. If it helps I also like maids with big booty."
"Are there any other gods out there?" I asked
"No young one, there is only one God me . All other Gods are my Avatars . I can't do all the work myself."
"Any other question you want to ask?"