《Guess I'm a God now》
I died, now what?
Darkness, pure and utter darkness, that is what greeted me after losing consciousness, no I wasn''t run over by a truck nor did I take my life, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and a juiced up robber decided that me slowly taking my wallet was deserving of two stabs in the stomach. It''s of some consolation that I screamed like a fucking banshee and he probably got caught but I''m pretty sure I''m dead, soo... bummer that, still pretty peaceful afterlife if somewhat boring, never was much of a believer in life, if anything I believed that after we die we reincarnate as a baby with our memories wiped, but I don''t feel like I''m in some stomach, there is no warmth whatsoever, and I feel like I can move about pretty easily, so that''s a negative to the reborn as a baby theory.
That still leaves me wondering where the hell I am, so let''s recapitulate, I can somewhat move, kind of hard to tell for sure with the absolute darkness and all, but I do feel like I can move. I also feel like I have some kind of body but when I try to touch some part of myself it feels like touching water, there is something there but way to soft. Man this would be so much easier if I had some light, just as I thought of that I could feel my body tensing up like every muscle in it was compressing at the same time, and I saw a flash of light..... well that is certainly new, so I can create a flash of light, neat, now let''s try something more permanent, I concentrate and think of making a permanent orb of light, again I feel the pressure and just like that I now have an orb that brings light to my un-life, no puff no dust explosion just one moment there is darkness and the next I have my own personal magic light bulb, now with the power of vision I look at my hands only to find, my old hand if somewhat ghostly and see-through.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.
So I am a ghost with magic powers, cool, but I''m trapped in a void where there is only darkness and my little light orb, not cool, what should I do now?
Sadness and the lack of it
And then it hit me, I''m dead, yes. I am a ghost with magic powers. This is not normal, at least as far as I know. Maybe this happens to everybody when they die, but still I AM DEAD!!! I should be freaking out, crying about my lost life, my parents and siblings. I should feel sad, but I don''t; and that should scare the ever loving crap out of me, but it doesn''t. I''m just okay with this, a little excited maybe. I mean, I have magic powers, dead or not, and that is cool, there is no denying that.
But back to the problem at hand, my emotions are not normal, and I don''t know if I care about it or if I should want to. From an objective point of view I should be happy that I''m not a crying mess right now. I think I''m going to continue not caring about the sad stuff and concentrate on the good side of things: MAGIC. I can make stuff but, is there a limit or am I all powerful now? Let''s start small first, I flex my whole body and concentrate in making a giant grid of light blobs, each one separated by a meter from the next ones. Man, this is way harder than creating a single one but even with my eyes closed I start to see the glow. With a final push I feel the pressure constricting my body lessen and open my eyes..... I should have thought of a limit, like a hundred or so blobs, but I didn''t, and now I''m surrounded by little lights as far as my eyes can see. Welp! What''s done is done, now that I have a point of reference I think some exploring is in order, I walk forward stepping on the nothingness that is the void. I can see there is nothing and not a dark floor because I made the lights appear under, above and to my sides basically everywhere around me, but I digress, I walk forward for about 20 minutes until I reach the border of lights, and then I keep walking some more.
I don''t know how long I have been walking but it feels like forever and there is no change beyond my lights growing dimmer in the distance. Looking at my lights high above me I just realize I can make this a lot more fun and faster, a quick summon of two blobs one next to me the next a hundred meters away, and I do something I should have done from the start, I will myself to fly. I expected this to take some effort from my part but this is easier than making a single blob.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.
Now to see how fast this new body can go, I flex my whole body and concentrate on going fast towards my second light, and in less than a second I reach it. Daaammmm I¡¯m fast! And it wasn¡¯t even that hard. I do wonder how fast I can go but there is something more important to do now, get to the border of this place, so flex, concentrate and zooming off I go. Kind of sad there is no wind or point of reference to see how fast I go but I can feel the g¡¯s against my body and I¡¯m pretty sure if I wasn¡¯t dead already I would be by now. I keep going for what feels like hours and there is no end in sight. I may have to accept that there is no end to this nothingness.
Well, nothing for now, I keep having this urge to create more than simple lights, and now that I see that there is truly nothing here I might as well make something to change that. So let¡¯s start with something big, so that I can have my point of reference. I¡¯m between making a star or a huge floor, but since I would have to make more lights to illuminate said floor I might as well go big and make myself a star. I concentrate and find this is easier said than done. It feels like I¡¯m trying to lift a house, I feel the strain but nothing moves, but I keep at it and after what feels like forever I start to feel the heat in my face, I open my eyes to see flames - angry red flames- liking my face since I didn¡¯t think to make the FUCKING SUN appear more than a meter from me. God! I could have died right there! Glad I already did, but in all seriousness I need to start thinking things through when I make stuff, especially if it can kill people¡. People! That¡¯s it! If I can make a sun, what about other people? I mean, it¡¯s not like I needed to know how a sun works to make one, I just thought sun and flexed, a person should be easy¡
I made a WHAT!!!!!
Now, how to go about this? I have read enough novels to know that if I''m careless I''m going to end up making a crazy psycho that will try to murder me as soon as I turn my back, so I need to think this through; first, let¡¯s make some pen and paper so I can write my ideas down.
He¡¯s gotta be honest and non violent.
Gotta like me as a person, no pervy stuff, just friendly.
Must be visually pleasing, don''t want him to resent me for making him ugly.
Gotta make him smart, for the same reason as the last one.
Has to be a genuinely nice guy.
And that''s it. I know it¡¯s kind of lackluster, but cut me some slack, this is the first time I''m doing this. So I concentrate, flex and repeat my list in my head over and over again, this time I''m doing this with my eyes open to try and fix any visible mistakes I could make, but the process seems to be going smoothly, and I watch as millions of shinny particles agglomerate into a single orb of light that slowly starts to take a human form. I feel myself weaken as it, no, he starts to gain color, and I see how a male of around 20 to 30 years old, kind of good looking, with a friendly and peaceful smile on his face starts to form. But he is naked! I''m not okay with this!!! So with a quick thought I make a suit appear on his body, a nice, nudity covering, black suit, don''t know why I went for a suit but it fits him, and as I feel the last of my strength leave me I see a blue screen.
Congratulations for making your first god! Please, chose his main domain.
.......God?.....GOD!!! I MADE A FUCKING GOD?!?!?!?! HOW IN THE BLOODY VOID DID I MAKE A GOD!!! I just wanted a friend to hang out with, not a FUCKING GOD!!!! What am I going to do? What if he starts demanding stuff of me? He is a god, he can do whatever he wants. I sneak a peek around the blue screen and look at him. A GOD! He looks just like a normal dude, but this screen says he is a god, and thankfully he is not moving, not even blinking, do gods blink? No, that''s not important now, what¡äs important is that I made a god and that he is not moving, so I have time to think, which is good because even with my unusually chill new personality, I''m freaking out.
Oookaaay Marco, try to calm down and think. You made a god (somehow). He probably will be thankful you made him. And you concentrated really hard to make him a cool nice dude, god or not he is meant to be friendly, so probably he will be a friendly god, and if he is friendly you have a god friend who can explain what happened to you. Yes, that sounds like a good plan. Now I just need to pick his domain and later gently ask him how in the black void I made a god, and why am I here. So a domain for a god¡ if I''m not mistaken a domain is something the god is especially good at or concerned about. So what, make him the god of friendliness, so he will be extra friendly. No, I think he will probably be pissed about that, friendly or not is like making him the god of ducks, useless, so the god of knowledge, so he has all the knowledge I need and can answer all my questions, I mean that sounds decent; it¡äs a cool domain and is useful to me, so I guess I will go for that.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!
Now, how to make the selection, I try to click the blank space in the blue screen but my hand just goes through, so that''s a no go. Next, I try to focus on the screen and will it to change that blank space to say knowledge, and it works, after a bit of effort and a sensation very similar to that of using my powers I see it change, and this new god is again surrounded by millions of particles of light that congregate into his body at an astounding level of speed. After what feels like an eternity but was probably just a few intense seconds the light show ends and the god blinks.
He looks at me, looks at his hands, flexes them and then goes to one knee and says
"Father, I thank you for this life" his voice deep and respectful.
"Wait a second, what do you mean by father?" I sired no sons or daughters in my life.
"Just what the world means father, you gave me my life and for that you are my father for all eternity. Now what do you need of me, for what purpose was I created"
"Wait just a second, I need time to think" and think I do, what he says is true, I did create him, but I didn''t expect for him to see me as a father, more like a friend, he is a god, how can I be the father of a god? It doesn''t make sense.
"Are you well father? You look distressed" he said with a worried tone.
Me distressed? no, no, no.... YES! Of fucking course I''m distressed! Not only have I made a GOD!!!! He thinks I''m his bloody father. I have every right to be distressed but I have a bad feeling that I shouldn''t say how I truly feel, so lying to a GOD time it is. "No, I¡¯m fine, just a bit surprised is all, you are my first god after all". I¡¯m spewing so much bullshit right now I am kind of impressed with myself, need to keep the act up
"I understand father, and I¡äm honored to be the first of your sons, but if I may be so brass I would like to know my purpose" his tone taking a serious turn.
"I see" what do I do, can''t say he''s an accident, even normal children don''t take that well and I can''t risk him being angry or depressed, who knows what he could do¡ Ok, play it cool, he¡äs a god and he wants a job, sooo¡
"Your purpose is to guide the future gods and mortals I will make. Don''t give them all the answers just a soft push in the right direction if they are working hard to gain new knowledge." Oh, god! I¡¯ve just promised I will make more like him and a world full of mortals, I am royally screwed! And I was just praising my bullshiting skills, I suck at this
At that he gives a serious nod before smiling and saying "I knew father had great plans, and I will play my role to the best of my abilities. Now father I will take some time to think of how to best play my part."