"Okay, so I'm dead." Thought a spirit form. He was dead, one moment he was walking down the street listening to music, and the next, a flash of light, followed by indescribable pain, and then he was here, staring at this... thing.
"Yes, struck by divine lightning." Although the being seemed otherworldly, it had the clearest voice one could imagine.
"How?" he asked, curious, angry, sad, wondering how he had been struck by divine lightning. At that, the being vibrated, and suddenly a wheel appeared, which wouldn't seem out of place on a game show, and then it spoke in a tone that could only be described as childish excitement.
"Well, first I spun this wheel that has all the universes, then I picked at random, and the name that came up was yours. I killed you, I brought you here, and this conversation began." Even though he couldn't begin to comprehend this being, the man could hear the smile in its voice.
The man was puzzled for a moment before speaking.
"Why go to all this effort… just to kill me?"
"Why go to all this effort?" everything quieted down for a moment.
"To tell you the truth, I was unbearably bored, so I thought about it." He pointed at the steering wheel, then sighed and shook his head before adopting his jovial tone again.
"But enough about me, let's reincarnate you!" As soon as the being said that…
"Why me?" he questioned the indifference of the being—no, the GOD before him.
"Because you had a good life, you lived in a small town where everyone knew each other, so it was hard to have crimes. Your family wasn't rich or poor; you lived well with your parents and siblings. You were going to get married, have a happy life, and die with a big, loving family… and that would be so BORING. So, I did you a favor and killed you in an accident, and now you're here, and we're having this conversation, like I said!" The god explained cheerfully and nonchalantly.
"But… my family? They'll worry about me!"
"What about them? Oh, relax… I killed them all."
"What?" I… couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"What? If I sent you where I wanted you to go, you'd try to come back, which I don't want. I want you to entertain me, so after you died, I made sure to kill you with an earthquake and sunk your city. Also, just to be sure, I had an asteroid hit your planet. So, zero survivors, and I also erased your souls, so you can't even try to find them in the afterlife. You're welcome." The being finished, raising his hands gleefully, as if he had done me a favor.
"Y-YOU!" I had never felt so much anger in my soul as I did for the being before me.
"What are you going to do, KID? I'M A GOD, FOR GOD'S SAKE! You're just a human! And why shouldn't I do that, huh? Because you're human? Please, you judge and oppress animals, killing them for pure pleasure or because you want to, just because you think they are less intelligent than you. So tell me, why shouldn't I do the same? After all, you don't know even 0.001% of what I know. If we were to compare, I would be a human and you would be an ant! I am conscious and omniscient of everything in the Omniverse, while you barely understand your own mind and world! So why should I feel sorry for killing monkeys who are less evolved and intelligent than me? After all, don't you do the same with animals?"
"..." I couldn't answer because... he was right... we humans judge other species as inferior and below us, and he was a god, he had every reason to consider himself superior.
Ignoring my mental breakdown, he summoned countless roulette wheels, though four were placed directly in front of the dead man, labeled "POWERS," "APPEARENESS," "VERSE," "TIMELINE," and "UNIVERSE VERSION."
"So… everything will be decided by these wheels?" I was still affected by it all, but numb, as if my emotions had been stripped away, probably by that damned god.
"Exactly," he said, agreeing with my thoughts and what I had said. For the first time since the conversation began, he looked serious before becoming cheerful again. "Now!" he shouted dramatically, "Spin the wheels!" Although he was open, I knew the being wanted me to do this in order, and he wasn't about to get hurt again.
So, controlling my numb emotions, I walked over to the "POWER AND APPEARANCE" wheel and, with all the strength of a man whose entire existence depended on its turning, I turned the wheel.
And as the wheel turned and turned, the sound it made only seemed to increase my nerves and the god's joy.
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
Each click was terrifying, a thousand different scenarios of how bad this could get flashed through my mind, until it happened…
TYPHOON
Soon after, I felt a change in my being.
Pain, as if my organs and bones were breaking and reforming to adapt to my new form!
And suddenly, I found myself able to see my own body and my... head?
I didn't know how to define my new form.
At first glance, I wore old and dirty clothes, had long red hair and had an ancient amulet attached to my earthy skin as if it covered my entire body, and an eye visible from the gap between the amulet and my head.
But I felt that this form was just the TIP of the iceberg. like you're trying to fit a body into a small box of chocolates.
After a few minutes of screaming and confusion. I, now Typhon, stood there for a few moments, my entire body shaking with fear and excitement before saying:
"this is scary...." Staggering to the wheel of the "Universe", it turned once more.
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
The wheel landed...
GREEK MYTHOLOGY/FUSION MYTHOLOGIES.
Immediately, thoughts of the ultra-powerful and corrupt gods of that world filled my mind.
Not to mention the fact that at any moment, I could be cursed for something I unknowingly did to piss off some random, narcissistic god, or simply be raped or have my partners stolen by the gods, and if I was attractive, I would be at risk of being kidnapped or worse. But of course.
I AM THE DAMNED TYPHOON! HAHAHA THE STRONGEST LIVING BEING IN THE PANTHEON, CONDEMNED TO LOSE BY THE MISTRESSES OF DESTINY!!! HahahahahaHAHAHHAHA I WILL DIE, I WILL DIE!!!
As Now Typhon continued to waver between sanity and insanity, the god was looking at a clock and soon let out a small hum before speaking over Typhon's screams.
"You see, the fear and madness took a lot longer to set in than I thought. Now, what do I do while he's like this?"
After an unknown amount of time,
The being is seen playing with what looks like a globe, but this is no simple globe. No, it is a universe unto itself, and playing with it means unleashing countless horrors upon the world before destroying it with a finger, obliterating that universe. A sigh of discontent followed before the feeling of boredom spread through existence once again.
Just as he was about to summon another universe to play with, he heard the sound he had longed to hear.
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
Looking grim but determined, Typhon spun the "POSITION OF POWER IN THE UNIVERSE" wheel.
CLICK
CLICK
CLICK
It stopped on "GOD". Although Typhon didn't smile, you could feel his happiness at not being completely fooled by the wheels. He would be born as a god, probably the son of Gaia and Tartarus, since it was Gaia's plan for revenge that created the King of Giants. With that done, he began walking towards the "DATA" wheel, but in the middle of his steps, he stopped and turned to the being that brought him here and just stared at him and everything went silent until he laughed.
TYPHON WAS LAUGHING!
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Madness set in, he was going crazy, going completely blind for a moment.
The being that killed him
Stole his destiny
Killed his family
His world
His hope
His EVERYTHING.
But all of this was useless.
He felt like he was being skinned alive!
Soon, he felt forced to sleep.
"Sorry, man, but whether you like it or not, you WILL entertain me..."
"God... I HATE YOU! I'LL KILL YOU! FUCK YOU!"
"HEHEHE good luck...mortal!"
And just like that, his inner vision was blinded, and he soon fell asleep. His soul was thrown into the chaotic Greek world, as the new Monster, or rather, Typhon.
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