Fading Existence

A strange light began messing with my eyelids, I began to open my eyes only to realize where I was. I was in the room of that strange man again, I was laying on his bed. It appeared that the man was watching something on his television. I couldn’t tell what was going on, but based on the music I heard, something momentous must’ve happened. I listened for a while to find out what was going on.

“He was laughing, we all did! We laughed so hard we cried!”

…Huh? Someone was laughing? Why is that important, is it supposed to mean something? For some reason the strange man was trembling. With a voice strained by his sobs, he spoke.

“Master O! You’ve done it again Master, you’ve gotten tears outta me!”

He began crying over something that should’ve seemed meaningless, then he picked up his remote and paused the program.

“See that Opal, that’s pure soul right there. Right now, you’re at risk of losing yours.”

He turned to face me, I was silent for a moment. After collecting my breath, I responded to him.

“My name isn’t Opal, it’s Ophelia! If you wish to talk to someone please get their name right!”

“Is that anyway to speak to the person whose bed you stole?”

Oh right, when I came back to this realm I was in his bed.

“Sorry, I haven’t been myself lately.”

“I kinda noticed, which is why I’ll explain a couple things to you. Firstly, I’m the author of this story! My name is JW-Actually just call me Creator! Yeah that sounds way cooler! Anyhoo, I guess you could consider me the god of your world!”

I found myself taken aback, the man sitting close to me is the god of our world, our creator! I found myself bowing deeply as I sat on his bed.

“...What’s this all about?”

“My apologies sir! I didn’t know you were someone of such high renown!”

“Don’t sweat it, anyway take a look at this.”

He showed me his laptop and that’s when I saw it, it was a character sheet. My character sheet! What’s even stranger was that it seemed to be missing some things.

“Opal, I don’t know where it came from but that mirror was like a bugged video game item. What’s worse, the moment you came in contact with it I lost my connection to you.”

“Pardon?”

“As the creator of this world, I have knowledge over all of its inhabitants. However, when members of the world like yourself realize there’s something lurking beyond veil, things start getting complicated.”

The creator immediately picked up his trash can, and shook it around.

“This was you before you noticed what was beyond the confines of your realm. You were one dimensional, and your existence was stuck on one plane. However, when you were exposed to the mirror…”

He then dumped the contents of the trash bin onto the floor

“...Your being became fragmented. To put it simply, your existence is spilling out of you. The fact that your bio information is disappearing means I can no longer manage it, if nothing changes you’ll seize to exist in your world.”

Wait, I’ll seize to exist? What is he talking about!?!

“Wait, what do you mean? Am I gonna die!?!”

“Well, it’s worse, you’ll never exist.”

“Meaning what!?!”

“Meaning Ophelia Beryl Alexander was never born, You’re in a race against time, and sadly you’re losing.”

I’m in a race against time, is there no way to save me? So after that terrible run in with Heckler, after I was saved, I’m still going to die? No, this isn’t fair, I don’t want to die!

“Please, do something! Anything! I know you could rewrite me into the story, yeah! You can keep me alive right!?!”

“That is true, but-”

“But what, is there a complication?”

“Nah, I’m just too lazy.”

…Huh?

“...So you’re going to let me lose my very being, because you’re too busy being lazy?”

“Yeppers! Also another thing, besides the senses you already lost, be ready to lose a lot more.”

A lot more, what do you mean a lot more! What am I about to lose now! I can’t taste anything and I can barely feel anything! What else is there to take from me, my sanity! Please tell me, what is there left to take! Before I could lash out, my body started becoming transparent. I guess this means I’m returning back to my world. As I disappeared, the creator waved at me and told me one last thing.

“Since I’m not budging on the whole existence erasure thing, I guess you don’t need to worry about the peanut butter.”

****

My eyes slowly began to open, as they did my vision felt strange. I noticed there were two figures in my room, noticing I was awake they decided to come near me.

“Princess you’re awake!”

“When your mother found out about your fall she sent over these get well flowers.”

I looked next to me to see a pot of chrysanthemums sitting there, and that’s when it hit me.

“It’s gone…”

“My lady, is everything alright?”

“*Sniff* Someone help me, I can’t see colors anymore! I can only see black and white!”

The maids became terrified hearing my words and rushed to get a doctor, that’s when I noticed something else. I had trouble hearing the maids, and I couldn’t smell the herb scent of the chrysanthemums. First my taste, then my touch, followed by sight, hearing, and smell. I’m losing my senses! Don’t tell me, am I doomed to live in a world of complete darkness?

****

“Okay, everything is all set!”

Just another day for good ol’ me, Bertha Mellvill! I was worried when I heard Princess Ophelia began to lose her senses, but based on what the doctor said she should make a full recovery soon. I decided to make her favorite tea and crumpets to celebrate, I’m sure a light snack wouldn’t hurt. I began walking up the stairs with a tray of my lady’s favorites in hand, humming the song she loved to sing to the birds. Princess Ophelia, she’s truly the highlight of my day! I hope she gets well soon so she can keep illuminating our kingdom. As I thought that, I finally reached the infirmary where Princess Ophelia was. It was a trial, but I managed to open the door. As I did, I saw Princess Ophelia lying down on her bed with her eyes open.

“Hello, your highness!”

“Oh, hi Bertha, I apologize for my lack of energy.”

My dear lady, get well soon.