Death, And Walking Through The Sky?

Many people ask themselves, 'what would be the worst way to die?'.

You might think it would be the way you feel the most pain or the way that in the end makes you realize that your life was shit, full of disappointments. But I must tell you that none of these are the worst ways to die.

What ? Do you think I can't decide this? Ohh my friend I can, why did this shit happen to me, but that's history for when we got to know each other better.

-Strongest Runemaster.

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In the infinite, empty space out there, beyond the comfort of a planet, what appeared to be a small gray cloud drifted aimlessly as if it didn't need an atmosphere to exist.

Then the small cloud for no apparent reason began to writhe as if someone was stretching and kneading it repeatedly, when it suddenly stopped, and stood in the same place while, on its surface, what appeared to be the outlines of two humanoid eyes and a mouth formed. , resembled 3 more holes with similar contours.

The cloud strangely stirred and surveyed its surroundings in a very human way.

"Where am I? Looks like space, wait, am I in space?"

Gradually a deformed and half-fragmented ironic smile appeared on the cloud.

"So this is what comes after death. How disappointing... In the end, after being randomly killed by unknown causes, what awaits me is floating through space aimlessly, alone and in the dark..."

The cloud sighed. The sounds made by the cloud were strange to human perspective but resembled echoes, sometimes very far away and other times very close.

...

After who knows how long of following its aimless path, the vast void received the voice of the small cloud again.

"A lot of things don't add up to my death... Who was that man in black with that weird inverted smile on his face? Why was he running away from me? And where the hell did that knife thrown at my throat come from?"

The 'space' in front of the small cloud seemed to ripple, small cloud didn't seem to notice this small occurrence, as he pondered his death catching his attention, the ripple became stronger and stronger to the point that space rotated and twisted in the same place , until a black dot formed in it, a small blue ray shot out at an indescribable speed to the means of any being that was in that vast void, maybe some could perceive this ray if it was inside their senses, but all of them were far from that First, the lightning entered the cloud causing little blue sparks upon impact where soon after they disappeared along with any remnants of what happened, space returned to normal as if nothing had ever happened.

"Hmm? It's possible that a cloud or whatever I'm on right now feels itchy... How strange... Well, never mind, I don't feel strange despite my current condition."

Small cloud continued to ponder without arriving at any conclusive answer, but something strange happened as she spoke, in her body there were what appeared to be several neural connections of a brain communicating, in a blue color.

"There's no way I can investigate things that have already happened without me not even being there, I mean I don't even have hands or feet... I hope at least I don't have to stay in this situation forever"

Realizing that there was no point in thinking about what had already happened, the little cloud sighed and continued on its way.

Suddenly the space rippled again, but this time more slowly and without twisting it to the point of creating the black dot, startling a small cloud that this time seemed to be able to see it, the space looked like a piece of cloth being shaken, until a hand transparent like glass, with a mist inside, came out of that ripple, as if the space had been expanded to make room for the arm, in the perception of the cloud, then a leg came out until the whole being came out, the space then returned to normal, the creature has no facial features, its head resembled a spoon in shape and while it was flat, without hair, mouth and other features, only the strange white mist inside, the being straightened what appeared to be a suit he was wearing, as if brushing off the excess dust, he started to look around as if looking for someone, until he spotted the small cloud and then enthusiastically walked towards it, while putting a sticker of a smile on his flat face. The mysterious being seemed to be able to walk in space as if on solid ground, surprising the small cloud that just floated aimlessly, then stopped in front of it in a trained way and started talking.

"You must be Mr. Edward Smith right? Can I call you Edward?"

"Y-Yes, I'm Edward Smith, but who am I talking to?"

"Well Edward, I'm the 4371 Cosmos Trader and I'm here to offer you a chance like no other, but first I must ask you another question, do you happen to like chocolate? What kind is your favorite?"

"..."

Edward waved at the unexpected question as the transparent being continued to 'smile' with its back straight.

"Yes... But what does that mean?"

"It's just the standard questions, don't bother. So which one is your favorite?"

Edward found this very strange, but as he had unlimited time now and nowhere to go, he saw no harm in getting into the rhythm of being.

"White chocolate with milk."

The mysterious being stood still for a few seconds after the answer as the fog inside him rippled faster, leaving Edward confused by this situation.

"Am... Are you okay?"

Edward asked in case the being was in trouble, although he couldn't do much without his cloud state.

Suddenly the being returned to normal, and in a more relaxed and friendly way he said.

"I have an opportunity you must love Edward, how would you like to be reincarnated in a post-apocalyptic world with regular alien invasions and a galaxy with planar wars? But wait, I know you're excited but that's not all, let me get something of your interest"

The figure opened his suitcase, which slowly, as if it were water, reformed itself into a wooden table with glass containers, weapons, relics and strange objects... Heavens even had an eye with what looked like an endless tangle of tentacles inside its pupil.