Chapter 1:
Reborn as a Kimberella, and I Have No Idea How These Things Work!
So… I'm dead. As of, like, two minutes ago. I'm not sure how to feel about that…
Right now, I'm just a floating blobby thing… just floating in what I can only assume is the afterlife. Or, at least I think I'm just a blob right now. Honestly, being dead isn't quite how I expected. Feels oddly peaceful. Almost… perfect…
Don't ask me my name because I've already forgotten it, as well as everything else about my life. Turns out that happens as soon as you die. Oh, you know what they say about not going towards the light? Please listen to them. If you don't, you'll after-live to regret it afterwards.
I'm not even sure how I died… It was like one moment I was there, and then the next moment, now I'm here. I think…? I'm floating, or maybe flying? I'm not sure because I can't see where I'm going! Nothing but dark here, lots and lots of dark. Or maybe souls don't have eyes. I'm not sure. I've never been dead before, that I know of.
There's an unusually warm and fuzzy feeling coming from my left. Okay. Good, I still have a sense of feeling and direction as a disembodied spirit. Maybe I should head over there… Can souls actually control what direction they're going? I spin myself around a couple of times to get an idea of my bearings. I think I'm flying forwards. The warmth gets stronger as I get closer to it. Feels nice.
I try to figure out which end of me is the head and which end is the tail. Wait… tail? Do all souls have tails or is that dependent on the species? I really need to stop asking so many questions.
I try to float towards the warm place… Ooo, that feels so good, but my memory is totally kaput, so I can't think of anything to compare this wonderful feeling to.
Closer and closer…
Oh, what a wonderful feeling that is. It's almost like being wrapped up in a fluffy blanket! Wait… how do I remember that but I can't even remember what happened just a few minutes ago? Maybe warmth and fluff are universal feelings experienced by all living things (or in my case, post-living things).
Here we go! I'm not sure where this will take me, but I'm sure it can't be that bad.
I hope…
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