{"id":19622,"date":"2023-09-06T10:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/novel-chapter\/101-void\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:42:17","slug":"101-void","status":"publish","type":"novel-chapter","link":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/novel-chapter\/101-void\/","title":{"rendered":"Void"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;POV Kyle&gt;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; what just happened? &#8211; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>I found myself in an empty void. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Around me was only dark space, a deep dark space. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>I don&#8217;t even know where up and where down is. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Or rather, what am I?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I can&#8217;t feel my body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t even feel any pain or warmth either.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But it doesn&#8217;t feel so bad yet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So free&#8230; weightless&#8230; relaxed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No light that blinds you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No details to distract you. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just relaxed silence&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>-I died, didn&#8217;t I? &#8211; &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Yes, I can remember vaguely. I got hit by a truck, am i right? &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>No&#8230; somehow that&#8217;s not quite right&#8230;. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Did I fall? &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Or am I not dead and I&#8217;m just in one of those awake comas? &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>I mean you can still survive a fall somehow, right? &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Falling&#8230; &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Now I remember. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>I fell over a railing on the fourth floor. Or rather Max pushed me over the railing. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>But why? &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what dad is doing right now. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Dad&#8230; &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Even though he wasn&#8217;t my biological father, he was the best one you could wish for. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Does he already know that I am gone? &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>He will surely be heartbroken when he finds out. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Yesterday he checked my math homework, and today we were supposed to go to the bookstore together and get me a new book.<\/p>\n<p>I already read the second volume of &#8220;Dwarf Clan&#8221; and now I only needed the last one. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>I will probably not be able to read that anymore&#8230; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>That is strange have I suddenly become emotionless or why does this not depress me as much as I thought? &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>How long have I actually been here? It feels like a short moment but something tells me I&#8217;ve been here much longer. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>And this slightly pulsating pain that gets stronger and stronger and becomes slowly stabbing.&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>And all at once there was&#8230; &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>*Ding*&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>[Divine presence offers you a sacred contract to merge your soul, would you like to accept?] &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>[Yes]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[No] &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; this text. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Yes, in the middle of the space in front of me appears suddenly a text with a simple question and I already know exactly what I will choose, there is not much to think about.<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>But there is one problem&#8230; &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>I mean here is suddenly this text with two buttons, which I obviously should click. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Well, try that without a body to press a button with your finger! &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Exactly how can I please press this YES button!&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>*Ding* &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Oh&#8230;. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>[Confirmed] &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>[initialize &#8230;.] &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>[soul is compatible] &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>[add system&#8230;] &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>[Success] &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>Huh.. Did I just confirm that with my thoughts? &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>[connect souls&#8230;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The empty space in which I find myself, seems to be brightened all at once by many lights which fly past me, and that at a terrific speed. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>There are more and more lights and everything seems to turn brighter in itself, almost too bright. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>No scratch that it is too bright I can recognize nothing more it is only white. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Oh God it gives you quite a headache. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Really nobody can withstand this!&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>-aaaaaaaAHHHHh&#8230;.- the pain got worse and worse and at some point the pain overcame me and made my vision turn black. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At a later time&#8230; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<br \/>The first thing I noticed when I came to is an overwhelming sickness, as if I had just been thrown through the whole galaxy and that after eating! &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Probably that is exactly what happened, only that I had nothing to eat. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>My whole body and head hurt like hell. &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>My&#8230; Body&#8230; &nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>I have a body again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1055,"featured_media":11795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-19622","novel-chapter","type-novel-chapter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novel-chapter\/19622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novel-chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/novel-chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novel-chapter\/19622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fore-lore.org\/wpforelore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}