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Chapter 1 - The Lobby

So I died , and it seems this is where you go when you die. Everybody was wrong about what happens when you die because nobody would have guessed it would look like this. I was in a place called the "After life lobby" , It seems this is where people go when they die , It's an all white place that's basically cloudy , and we were all on white for some reason. You'd think this is heaven if you were on Earth , but the signs said different , It said "Afterlife lobby" , and I'm not no genius or anything but I think lobby is where you stay before you go some place. we were in lines of three , Divided by how you lived your life , and how you ended up,

There was the Good line , the bad line , but also the loser line , I'm guessing the Good line are the good people , the bad line are evil people that thought nothing happens when you die , and the "losers" are people who didn't live a life at all , they were just barely existing , and there I was , in the loser line , I mean who even works here , why would they allow anyone to subtly insult the dead , like couldn't you have used like neutral or something ? The lines were pretty slow but I could see that the people in the bad line were seriously panicking , and by the way isn't that Mrs Smith , My history teacher , what's she doing in the bad line , damn I thought she was so nice , oh well , it seems that she's praying to God or something , but I'm not sure that's how that works though , and I think she knows that , she looked to the her left and when she saw me through the clear glass that was used to divide the lines and the escalators taking us to our date ,It looked like she had seen a ghost , I mean she is though , because I am dead , but you get the point , I think she felt more pain knowing that I'd know her for who she truly was than actually dying , she looked away , her eyes on the front facing her inevitable doom.

The people who had gotten to the end of the bad line had fallen to the ground in pain , the floor used to hold them in the checking point is removed and they fall down , usually with screams of "PLEASE" and "HELP ME" , before they are dropped they call out all their sins and evil deeds on a piece of paper , alongside they're good deeds , and do some sort of math to how much "suffering" they're gonna get. A particular man halted the whole movement of the line , They were calling all his sins , and it was so long , this man had live one hell of a life , I'll tell ya.

The Good line was faster than the bad line , that's because they didn't even bother counting or calculating their deeds , It seems like if you made it to the Good line everybody is automatically equal , they all seemed happy , but why wouldn't they I mean this is what they've been waiting for they're whole life. When they had Gotten there they would all ascend up , a classic opposite to the bad line.

My line the neutral line was the fastest , but it had so many people that It seemed slow, I was nowhere near the end of the line and Mrs Smith had already moved past me at this point.

[Many Many hours of waiting for people to move]

"Ah I finally Got to the front of the line"

"MR Joe chew ?" A official asked me , he looked very "un-fit" for this Job , I mean he didn't look like anyone special , hell I'd even argue he looked like me.

"So I went through your profile and....."

"What ?"

He looked over to the other officials who were holding the banners up , so you'd now the name of the particular line you're supposed to be in , honestly they should've just hanged it up , It looks cooler though I'm not gonna lie. I was waiting for him to explain my fate but he seemed like he had more on his plate , he kept looking at my profile looking at me and adjusting his glasses , he looked like his mouth was about the burst out of laughter which I didn't understand , aren't these professionals ? Like what's so important about what says on my life profile ?

He could'nt hold it anymore , he looked at the other officials holding the banner , they had the same face like they were trying to hold they're laughter or something.

[Too late]

"AHAHA-HAHAHA" they started laughing

I was getting furious , are these the slackers that God or something put on the front lines ?

"What's so funny ?" I asked.

"Pardon me for that , um what was your name again."

"Uh - Joe ?"

"AHAHAHAH-HAHAHA" they started laughing again.

"Joe ? How cliche is it that he's in the loser line ??" He said has he laughed to his two friends holding the banner.

"Yeah like who ever gave him that name must have foreshadowed his existence" said the one on the right hand of the banner, laughing his eyes out.

"Are y'all done ?"

"Okay , Okay , I'm sorry ,I'm sorry."

He gave them that look again

"AHAHAHAHA-HAHA"

"mmmm, okay let's get back the work." He said recollecting himself

"Considering your profile" They chuckled.

"Mmm" he cleared his throat.

"This is where you're supposed to go." He gave me a black card that said "Mr Sweinstin"

I went forward and immediately vanished from that scene almost like I teleported , next thing I know , I'm in a hallway with doors, the doors had multiple names , so I guess that I'm supposed to find the one that matches my card. It was ironically at the back of me , It said "MR SWEINSTIN" with a gold label on top , I wonder why the hallway is empty though

[Knocks on the door]

[Gets teleported into another place]

"Huh"

"Greetings Joe chin"

"You , you're um-"

"Yes Mr sweinstein."

"I'm supposed to deal with you"

"Deal with me ?"

"Chill , I mean help you."

"Your life Joe , was I'd say a wee bit unremarkable, don't you say." He said looking at me.

"I know you want to laugh" I said looking at him

"No , No , No , why would I , come on now."

[Uncomfortable pause]

[Uncontrollable laughter]

[Five minutes of uncontrollable laughter]

"Ooh that was a good one."

"yeah, yeah , so what were you gonna tell me ?"

[He coughs]

He adjusted his black suit and removed his glasses so he could wipe them , he had grey hair but not too grey, I couldn't tell you his height he looked about 6ft and 7ft at the same time , He had teleported me to this white space that we were in while he was floating in the air.

"So Joe this right here is nothing , complete nothingness".

"So why is it white "

"Because white is the color of nothingness" he said this as if he made it up.

"Wait so I'm gonna spend my entire life here ? With you ???"

"Yes."

"What ? Then why don't you just take me to fucking hell."

"Chill I'm just joking."

He brings out a 15 screens in the air , all having different beautiful photographs.

"Woah how'd you do that ?"

"Woah is that a taco ??? How'd you do that ?"

"I just imagined it" He said

"No way"

"Yup"

"Give it a shot."

"Alright"

I imagined a taco and a small blue aura was swirling in front of me and Voila , the taco was there.

"No way"

"Yes way bro." He said , I know he probably thinks he's cool after this , well he is not gonna lie.

"Damn can you just Imagine anything like that ?"

"Pretty much." He said.

"Woah , that's awesome , sorry for judging this place earlier"

"No it's okay , you won't be staying here."

"Come on now , you can't be serious"

"I'm serious - Joe."he said chuckling probably at my name.

"These screens here these are potential places you can go to."

"What are these ? Video games."

"Something like that." He said sipping tea, I had no idea when he imagined that.

"You see Joe , your life is not remarkable."

"Yeah , Yeah , I know."

"Like really bad."

"I said I know."

"Like terrible even."

"I Know , what's your problem man ?"

"Okay I just wanted to tell you." He said

"This 15 screens right here Joe, these are a chance at another life man."

"You get a do over at life before you go into actual nothingness, and that's not here that's nothingness , like nothing."

"Woah."

"Yeah so this is your chance to do something in another world, maybe live the life you never got to."

"They are all adventure based games for that reason , so you won't live another mundane life."

"Could you not subtly insult me ?"

There was one that was looking particularly interesting to me, It was called "Expelia" , I liked the way the background looked, It looked like a European inspired fantasy world I've always been dreaming about.

"I pick that one."

"Expelia huh , not bad , not bad."

"Go on and tap it."

As I went on to tap it , the white clothes that I was wearing changed to like a black adventurer inspired cloth

"Woah this is so fresh."

"This looks great on you ,and on your blond hair too"

"Thanks , how do I start ?"

"Chill out little brother."

"You have to spin the wheel."

"What wheel ?"

"This wheel."

"At this point you're flexing on me with this ability."

"He-he."

"This wheel contains all your weaknesses, and it's divided into two, your weaknesses , or your weakness with additional handicap.".

"if you get the weakness like that you'll have to face it anytime before you level up."

"Level up ? Like a game ?"

"Exactly, like a game."

"Okay hear goes" I spun the wheel , hoping it lands on something favorable like my inability to eat much or sleep.

"Oh, it's done." He said

"And it landed on girls , and curse×2"

"Oh you can't talk to girls right ?"

"Ahh crap."

"So what's my level up criteria ?"

"Wait let me draw out the paper ."

"It says , you have to steal people's girlfriends to level up."

"What ?"

"I can't even talk to single girls, that's wack , spin it again."

"How many lives have you had ?"

"One"

"That's correct, so you can only spin the wheel once and that's it."

"Wait there's gotta be another way we can do this."

"Nope." He said.

"Wait let's talk about this."

[Transported again]

So I landed here already , It seems Mr Sweinstein , teleported me here , such a jerk , It looked exactly how it looks like on the screen but with more realism. I guess this is my new life now and I have to work out how to navigate it.

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