Awake (2)

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by NotHyperion

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I opened my eyes...
Was it all a dream? No, no way. my life has never been THAT cliche. What is this room anyway...? I sit up, I'm in a very...vintage-like room. The bed I'm in is quite big and thick, There's windows blocked by dark red courtains.... It's about the size of a regular hotel room, but the dark red carpet floor and all the decorations make it seem like quite an expensive one. huh, weird. I stand up. I'm still wearing the same clothes as always, all black, cargo pants, all the stuff.
I open the courtains and look down. My heart halts for just a second, I'm a very calm person, but this does surprise me. I see no bottom. Below me, thousands of other floors, and then, and endless sea of clouds taht covers everything below. Just how up above am I? And what kind of building is this, to stand so high. I'm confused.
I walk towards the fancy wooden door that I'm guessing is the only way out of this room. I open it and come out to a long hall, all the floor is covered in dark red carpet. Yup, definately some sort of hotel.
I begin coming up with explanations in my head. Maybe I reencarnated in a parallel dimension? maybe I didn't die and was teleported? Every memory seems so vivid, I'm sure I'm not dead...
exactly HOW LUCID is one in the afterlife? is this afterlife?
again, I'm confused.
Is this when I see other people coming out of the doors. And yes, they look just as confused as I am. We all look at each other, almost shocked. There's about 7 or 8 of us now in the hall. Our eyes tell us everything, I know exactly what we are all saying. "you were in the end of the world too, right?", and we all know our mutual answers are "indeed". Good, I'm not alone in this, at least.
A person comes from another hall. He holds his hands behind his back. He is wearing a suit, fancy, probably the hotel staff? huh.
He smiles at us and asks us to follow him. We look at each other and just do so. As we walk, I ask him what is this all about. As we start climbing a huge staircase upwards, he explains that we are indeed, dead. He says that our dimension ended, and everything is gone. I begin thinking of my girl... She was there too. She is now dead... but if this is some sort of heaven, she must be here, in one of the millions of floors in this place. The man shakes his head, as if he just read my mind. He tells us that we are the only ones 'left'. we all look shocked as we seem to see an exit up ahead, where we're heading. I asked if that meant that literally everyone is dead, for real. He nods and tells me that's the case, but not to worry, because there are millions of dimensions. and in all of those, there are more of my love. with different lives, different partners, different paths. I stop to think. this actually makes me really happy. I imagine my girl, being really happy and cheerful, not knowing that I exist. I imagine her in other dimensions, enjoying life as I feel I didn't let her. I sigh happily and feel extremely peaceful and...happy. Just thinking about her, just living. A life without me, a probably happier life than the one I gave her. I hate myself so much.
But it's ok, she's happy.
We reach the light and exit. we are in the top of the building. So, so high, yet I can't feel wind. This is by far the most beautiful sight I've ever seen. Above us, and endless sky, white, lots of clouds. below us, and endless sea of clouds. It's like we're everywhere, or nowhere, or somewhere else. I love this, I feel so peaceful.
I counted right this time, there's 15 of us in total. We all stand there, and the man in the suit stands in front of us, like a tour guide. He welcomes us, and repeats basically all the exposition he said in the staircase. He then confessed, that we were there because out of all of our dimension, we were the ones whose life was unfair. just like that, quite bold. Huh, and I always thought that I was a drama queen when I told everyone life was not fair. Turns out that my life actually WAS unfair! hah! But who's saying that? is this guy god or something? welp, might as well roll with it.
He says that we were the few whose lives were filled with bad, with evil, but not only that, but we were the ones who endured that, always with a smiled and keeping our principles, being kind to others, etc etc.
Damn do I feel good about myself now. But its kind of ironic. I can sense that the peace I long waited for may actually be coming, and to think that back when I was alive I thought I'd never rest, I could've promised I'd go to hell when I die. but hey here I am!
The guy then said that all the unfairness was about to turn. That it was the tie for god, or the universe, or whatever, to pay us for the mysery we endured. He decided to point out again that there was a lot of mysery in our dimension, but that we were the only ones who decided to live respectful lives despite the hardness. Odd, only 15 out of like, what, 7 billion? This starts to feel like a scam, but hey, who am I to question this suited guy.
He told us that our reward would be eternal peace, that would come in the form of us turning into gods.
Wow, this is something I can get behind. Really though? Turns out I was quite a good one.
To clarify, the guy told us that with an infinite number of dimensions, being 'gods' wasn't quite te big deal. alright, cool. Where do I sign?
He told us the very best part. We would be the gods of the world we create. A few circles appeared in the floor in front of us. He told us to stand in them, and create. Be the gods of our dimensions. Incredible... Do I really have the power to create ANYTHING, for being a nice person on earth? That world was more rotten than I gave it credit for. I begin imagining what to do. what are my limits? None. I will be creating the perfect world. My heart is rushing, this is way too real to be a dream.
I stood in the circle, and it expanded. it had weird shapes and emblems, and it beamed with light. as I stood there, it was like I suddenly got high. I began seeing universes, lifeforms...truths. I was still consious though, I looked a round a bit anxious, I saw the others going through the same thing. infinity, right there. A voice, the one from the man, told us to focus, to create. to take control.
And so I did.

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