Deep Thoughts EDITED

"What type of game is this?" Asked Xenon.

"It's no child's play, it's for you to understand yourself better." Responded the old man, then said in a lower voice, "plus this is for my amusement."

Xenon felt convinced, "what should I start with?" He started rolling up his sleeves.

"First we will clear your mind of these bubbles."

"How will I do that?"

"Step on that platform."

Xenon looked around for a platform and couldn't find it. That's when something was falling from the sky, as soon as it landed on the ground, mist covered the entire place. Xenon swallowed his saliva, he didn't know what was gonna happen next. Instinctively Xenon closed his eyes and opened them straight away as he felt something was. He was right, Xenon was on top of the platform.

"Well that made my job much more easier." Said the old man.

"What?" Replied Xenon.

"Keeps your eyes forward."

Xenon looked forward like a solider listening to his commander. A bright light was shining towards him, Xenon got scared but was more curious.

"Your thoughts will soon be shot at you and you will get to decide whether they are good or bad."

Xenon didn't know what to expect.

"When the bubbles fly at you, if its good you push it up but if its bad you will push it down." Added the old man.

"I thought you weren't supposed to touch them?" Asked Xenon.

"This is different."

Soon enough a bubble started going towards Xenon and it so happened that it stopped right infront of him. Xenon looked around the bubble, how was he supposed to know if it was a good or a bad thought?

From the distance the old man said, "Use your heart to feel it, but also think of the consequences."

Xenon didn't really understand what this man was saying, Xenon is a vampire he doesn't have a heart, or at least that's what he thinks. He put his hand where the heart would be and stared at the bubble, he couldn't feel anything. Randomly he pushed the bubble up, Xenon guessed where this bubble belonged. As soon as the bubble disappeared in the above, something that looked like a fire was charging towards Xenon. It was very fast, Xenon kept staring at it and it looked like it was about to hit him, no, it was going to hit him. Before Xenon could doge the fire, he was surrounded by it, he panicked, what someone do in a situation like this?

"What's happening to me, old man?" Said Xenon. He felt like something was off, the fire wasn't hurting. That's when something started sparking in the fire. Xenon felt it was getting hot. The fire suddenly exploded! Xenon fell to the floor and was trying to process what just happened. He then stood up and looked up, Xenon put his hands in a fist and pointed above, "HOW DARE YOU ATTACK ME, WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?" He was really angry.

"Oh my bad, I forgot to tell you that if you don't give your full heart, you will anger the above and will get punished."

Xenon lowered his fist and head. You could feel the heat coming from him, "You stupid old man, you should've said that earlier!"

The old man laughed, "You just reminded me of Gloriosa."

Xenon lifted his head, "Do you know Gloriosa."

"Clean your ears out, child, I don't know any Gloriosa."

To be honest, Xenon couldn't care less about the old man. all he wanted to know is how to clear the bubbles without dying.

"Can I try again?"

"Only if you give me meat and wine."

"Okay, I'll do anything." Xenon didn't hear what the old man had said all he was focused on was knowing how to tell whether a bubble is good or bad. Another bubble was going forward and Xenon stepped forward, he closed his eyes and hovered his hands on the bubble, trying to feel its emotion. He was trying very hard, his faced was all scrunched up. Xenon was deep in thought, but there was only one thing he saw, the time he was being chased out of his home. During that time he had lost everything and had to move to a small town, and in that town he got lost and wandered into ghost territory, the place he almost died in. Xenon knew where this bubble had belonged, he walked to the bubble and was about to push it down. The old man had cleared his throat.

"Every decision has an outcome."

Xenon had to think about this carefully. He really didn't get what this man was saying. What could the outcome possibly be? Maybe he didn't think about it enough, does his mind need to be at ease? Maybe that's what. The memory is bad and Xenon would never forget about it. So he pushed it down without hesitation.