I don't really know how long it's been, and I certainly don't know where I am any more than I did last time, but…
I don't feel hungry, or thirsty, or even that tired, but my internal clock is freaking out, it feels like I've been here for a long time…
What ever, this 'water' has long lost its mystery, i held my breath and turned around to see what was down there, regardless of the salt water in my eyes, only for there to be no sting, only a mild ache.
Down there was another endless void, just this time, this void exhibited the behaviors of some kinda liquid, but it wasn't necessarily translucent, only a bit opaque…
What I was seemingly endless not a bit of land in sight,
To put it simply, this place was like a poorly 3D render of the ocean and sky produced by memory, by a person who hasn't seen either in five years…
No fish not seaweed, not even a bottom by what I could see.
Of course it was when I turned back around to look back at the sky box that I realized that what I was looking at was not, infact the infinitely grey sky I had grown accustomed to,
Instead what greeted me was a person wearing an odd mask and a three piece suit,
The mask was ebony black on the left side with a white circle where the eye would be and the right side was an ivory white with a black dot where the eye would be,
I would have looked empty if it weren't for the fact that where the mouth would have been on a person's face, there was an ear to ear cartoonishly shark like grin.
… did I mention that this guy's three piece had the same aesthetic? Because all the way down to the shoes, was half white, half black.
He did not have a top hat, even though it would have really completed the look.
But just as I internally monologued that the beings neck twitches a bit and when it went back to the position it was at originally, there was a stylish top hat with the same pattern on their head, it was also then I realized that this fella could probably read my thoughts…
Then the being spoke "greetings to you, new arrival, not many find themselves spawning here of all places, though I do believe I prefer this to the other… places I have been forced to visit." The being then took it's hat off again and gave a showman's bow.
It then continued with an introduction, "my name is Atrophy, I am the Judge of Limbo, and you, just so happen to be one of the 'lucky' souls that managed to do so little in his existence that he was not worthy of the pearly gates or the gatey pearls, Limbo is sort of like a tightrope, and I am the being meant to judge wether you fall, or rise when you take a step off that rope." As it spoke I wondered what exactly that accent was, it was an odd one, but I suppose being an almighty judge for probably an entire realm, I think you'd pick up an accent…
The Judge then continued in his speech "Limbo is supposed to be a grey void filled only by the mumbling and grumbling of almost eternally bored souls, but as you can see, things have changed." It might have managed to keep its tone cool but the subtle tightening of it's glove covered hands into fists implied a deep frustration.
"See, limbo isn't only the way for mortals to ascend or desecend, but also used to be a trial for true god hood, that's right, most gods don't start out all mighty and powerful, we have to under go a few trials, but that isn't why I bring it up, see, the two most recent aspirants for godhood." It crossed its arms at the end.
"They go by 'the Brothers Grimm' or some bullshit like that, see they,- they turned my trial realm into a fucking play ground!" It seemed that it was very upset about this
"Of course I'm upset! They ruined the whole program! Practically broke the damned code, and completely shattered thousands of eons of work, in mere decades!"
"Do you want to know what's so wrong with what they did? They brought physical concepts, laws, and worst of all, they actually brought life!"
"Now souls, are being produced, outside, of the physical realm! And that's really bad for the system we have in place, you know? So here's the deal." Uh oh…
"It's nothing too crazy, see, since they're still technically god aspirants, due to the laws made by the big guy, we can't actually interfere with them, can't talk or anything, but souls can."
"So, if you, while your in limbo, specifically the small bit they call 'remnant', and try your best to hinder in which ever way you can, or better yet, kill off, these godliness, then I guarantee a spot up stairs for you, ok? Ok I'm sending you there in the count of three" wait, wait wait, I haven't agr-
"Oh and, by the way, few last things: one, they're little sandpit is that way" the god(?) points off in a direction below me "two there are other limboians that I've given this deal to, try to play nice with each other, ok?" It crosses its arms again "and three, since I'm the absolute power of this realm, I'll know if you try and side with the fools, so, be careful who you side with"
And before I could even try to react, I was already falling…