Episode I: "...To Die..."
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The idea of Life and Death, conceptually, has always fascienated me to no end.
What is Life? Is Life purely biological? Is it the mere existance of...something? Is it an aspect of reality or it's own seperate thing altogether?...Or is Life just a way to precieve the reality we live in...an explaination for something we may never truely understand...
Death? Is it Life's opposite? Life's end? Some incomprehensible cosmic transition that was never meant to be comprehensible in the first place?
I have absolutely NO idea what they truely are, I don't believe any sentient biological being will every know, but I still like to immerse myself in these jumbled philisophical thoughts of mine whenever possible. The reason? Well, humanity has scientifically advanced to the point where 'survival of the fitess' is an outdated way of Life we no longer need to live in.
Because of this, our entire mindset has changed from being that of simple minded, predatory animals...to the mindset that focuses on the social constructs of buisness and money.
Now, I don't truely know if this way of thinking is actually true, if I just have some delusional beliefs and/or perception of the world we live on, but...they're mine...probably not mine alone, but mine none the less.
So, because of how often I tend to stay in my head and constantly debate with myself about the most random of topics...with me usually winning said debates, might I add...I debate with myself automatically whenever even the smallest opportunity presents itself...the current opportunity?
An seemingly endless, white, and featureless expanse. How I came to be in this place...no idea...what I do know is that any and every step I take creates an echo, no matter how light the step even is.
This REALLY shouldn't be possible!? These echos require more than one flat surface and as far as I can tell, there is only ONE!?? I've been walking, running, and sprinting for who knows how long...I don't know who...and while I believe I have been moving in a straight line, I have no way to know for sure. If I have, then this expanse can't carry the echo I hear, it simple CAN'T! With only one surface that I can identify, there isn't anything else to carry this, somehow, amplified sound my steps make.
I can only guess that i've either been in some optical illusion for several hours...or i'm in a giant ball that somehow moves whenever I do...technically, keeping me in the same position no matter how fast I move...WHAT THE FUCK!!!
[Well, arn't you an odd one.]
...Excuse me...okay, nonsensical echo I can handle, but some gender-neutral voice in my head is too much to safely and sanely process!?! I'M TRIPPING BALLS!?!
[Hmmm...Well, seems like the Good Karma you've accumulated throughout you lifetime FAR outweighs the Bad...So, quick summary...If your Karma were pure neutral upon the time of your Death, you would become a eternal resident of what you would call 'Limbo' or 'Purgatory'. If your Karma were to be more Bad than Good, you would go straight to Hell for the eternal punishment that is just right for you. In this case, your Karma is more Good than Bad. What this means is you have a choice. You can decide between an eternal 'Heaven' that is just right for you...or rebirth with specifications, depending on your Good Karma.]
DID I JUST HAVE A FUCKING STROKE!?!
[Nope, you did not.]
WAIT! WAIT WAit wait...I...I am DEAD!?!
[Yeah, you are dead. But you commited many acts of kindness, intentional or otherwise, throughout your Life. These acts influenced those around you positively and because of this kindness, you indirectly saved the lifes of trillions.]
I...I...I...I...S-STROKE! I'M HAVING A FUCKING STROKE!!! THIS MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE! WHy...
[This doesn't have to or need to make sense, not for you anyway. All you need to know is that you HAVE to make a choice.]
Choice...right, c-choice...ummm...right, soo...Heaven or Rebirth with specifications...what specifications?...
[That can be determind after you make the BIG choice.]
I...I want to live...again...
[Then you shall be Reborn.]
U-Uhhhh...m'kay, sooo...s-specifications?...I'm f-feeling a bit twitchy...
[With Rebirth and your Good Karma, you are capable of narrowing down the...well, everything.]
E-Everything...thats...well, alot to think about...
[Think it over, you've got more than enough time.]
...huh...m'kay...don't think about it, Ned...just...just don't...
So, Rebirth...I've...I've read about stuff like this, but while I thought alot of them interesting...they weren't the canon material...so, they weren't the original creator's ideas. Original? Ohhh, that could be incredible! I could become an Original! Or something different? Ohhh, being reborn as a Mikaelson! I'd be able to learn Magic!? No no no...i've researched how Magic is supposed to function in that Reality, sooo...that means Laws, The Natural Laws and lines I can't cross...
I could become a Psychic? I could be a proper Psychic, one that is firmly Loyal to Nature?...No, the stress of being a Psychic...the potential Chaos I could cause, even unintentially, isn't worth it...
M'kay, sooo...not Psychic, but not True Immortality or Vampirism, cause that breaks the Laws. True Immortals have Eternal Life, breaking the Natural flow...Vampires are stuck between Life and Death, stopping the Natural flow halfway...so if I wanted to continue my existance on that Earth, I'd need to be Dead...like, the Dead Dead kinda Dead...
If I want that, then a deal must be made with Nature. A Pact with Life and Death. Lichdom, of sorts? Lichdom means lots of Dark, Corrupting, Evil shit though...what was a Good Lich?...It was...Called an Archlich! They are considered Good undead beings, ones with some noble cause...
The Norse Mythology has Draugr aswell too, so a cross between those two? One allowed through the Will of Nature? I can't be born like this, though...no, not possible...
Sooo...Automatically has an agreed-upon Pact with Nature itself, one that gifts onto me the Mystical Knowledge and Capability to use said Knowledge...to be capable of becoming Nature's Nordic Archlich...
Ahh, but while technically considerable if I account for that Realities neat little features, that pact...on my part, atleast...gifts me a means of 'Immortality' and possibly an innate ability, or easier use of, Mystical Necromantic Magics...the kind that Nature accepts my use of...it only gives me the potential chance to use those abilities and become 'Immortal'...
M'kay, well...there is no balance in snaping my fingers and POOF Demi-Dimension, like Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition...ummm, well...the Witches and Warlocks get their power through, mostly, Nature...and while other sources exist, they can all be compared with 5th Edition's Warlock...kinda...well, in my rushed opinion atleast...
And if every Magic-User funtions as, in some ways, low-level Warlocks from 5th Edition, The Natural Order of Life and Death in the Original's Reality act like a Patron. For others, Nature is probably not very open for chats...but what of me? With this opportunity, I could become The Herald of Nature!
What of the responsabilities, though? Make sure all is in balance? Would that mean The Originals HAD to die?...I could commune with Nature and request that I have no direct involvement in their TRUE Deaths?...Maybe...
Also, I get to learn MAGIC! I could develop my own stuff! Study Elder Futhark Runes and expand upon the wonders of Runic Magics! Yes! Maybe I could develop a means of flight? Or invisibility?
[Is this all specifications? You have the Karma for this, even a bit more.]
O-Oh...umm, well...with the Pact, Nature could gift my body with a blessing? Like...arn't people of that time shorter than modern day peoples...21st century peoples...so, I could be some genetic freak? Increased natural muscle mass, bone density, larger than average skeletal structure?
[Enjoy your new Life, don't waste these gifts]
WAIT!!! My memories, all of them...or atleast most...please?...
[Goodbye, Mister Mikaelson.]
Is that a ye-...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHH HAH HAAAAA!!! HURTS!!? SHIIIIIIIIT!!!
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