Blinding lights and ringing sounds, everything moves ridiculously fast, like watching a film a hundred times faster, sometimes time slows down, it happens in events which could perhaps be considered special, the day I was exploring the sky with a telescope my dad brought me for my 4th birthday, my first day at middle school...after my 6th year in life...after a certain event...everything speeds up a lot, the scenery, the smell, the tastes, the sounds, for the following 10 years this damn hospital room is all I get to experience

How could I spend 10 years in a bed with the only thing working in my body being my head?...books, movies,...and books

I was really lucky to have my uncle take care of me, he... he is rich and apparently has too much time to spend with me, he gives me recommendations and talks to me about experiences he had

While he made it a lot easier for me to not go insane and the books worked like a drug on me...hmmm... well lets just say that I wasn't the most happy person those years...

Who the fuck am I kidding...every time my mind started thinking outside of the books despair kicked in

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When is this gonna fucking end though?!

I died so what is this? I hopped that my death would at least end my suffering! having to experience everything again and again is the last thing I would wish for

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Just how long has it been since my death...a year? a century? More? Perhaps less? There is not really a point in counting since time doesn't work naturally here

As this process repeats itself I keep on thinking...about various things, what is happening right now, am I in hell or heaven?

If i am where is the god or devil to greet me?

Though one question stood above others, one which I already had for more than half my life, why me? Was there a reason behind me being crippled? I didn't had a chance to do anything...I read thousands of books, each with unique characters and adventures...I immersed myself in them and through all of them I was filled with ambitions, I understood it was just wishful thinking but I couldn't do otherwise

...I just can't accept this...

I thought I had accepted my "fate" before I died but that's just a bad joke...as if anyone could accept their death when they didn't even had the chance to accomplish a single thing

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The cycle of thoughts and memories swirling through me continues

And I start to notice something...my memories...they become more distant, not fading away, my memories are still full intact but they feel like less and less mine, like it's purely information...like it's just a short book that I have been reading a "little" too much

But even though the distance becomes greater something else grows inside me...not sadness...not anger...not desperation... I am eager! For an actual life! A lot more than ever before, even if I know it won't ever come I just can't stop this feeling from overwhelming me

And that emotion only gets bigger...

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Suddenly the loudest sound I would ever hear sprang out from all directions

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| ¡ERROR! |

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Agh...my head feels like it's going to burst open!....even if I don't have one

... the cycle of memories stopped and what replaced them was a view of a huge screen

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error occurred while executing "soul cleansing" to subject oddiF7008300

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Searching for errors origin...

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Origin found: error caused due to process"soul cleansing" reaching set time limit

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Attempting to troubleshoot error...

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System failed

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errors case has been updated to "high alert"

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searching for high judge available...

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High judge found: co2_003

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Subject "oddiF7008300" is being transported under high permission to "O^co2_003"

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Time till transport: 00:00:03:00

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What is going on?! I didn't even have the opportunity to react!

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00:00:01:21

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...ow well

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00:00:00:04

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Prepare for nausea to kick in little one...

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After a weirdly placed note on the screen, space started to bend, and together with it so did I...it wasn't physical but it was just as disorienting as it was messing with my senses...

But it didn't last long, soon enough space bent back in place but the once black void with a screen was replaced by an immense amount of light...floors of crystallized white marble, on one end of this realm something could be seen...a grey gate stretching in the endless sky through the clouds and on the other end was something similar...but I can't be sure...for the sheer brightness it emits is hiding its form

In the middle of the two stood a tall fountain with water flowing in directions that gravity wouldn't normally allow it to, beautiful carvings and gold patterns covered the fountain...but they weren't representing anything...they seem random yet beautiful, a lot like trees

...as I was moving my eyes upwards to the top of this piece of art a huge ball of water suddenly gathered at the point where my eyes were already set on, and on its core a faint flickering light flashed off and on...till a huge wave of it came off and blinded my eyes!

My eyes burn! The pain starts from the outer area of the eyelids and moves inward till it reaches my brain!

*ghhhhaaaaaaaaah!*

This time a scream came out of my mouth and I instinctively pushed my head towards the ground and bite my lips trying to distract the pain with pain...my head once again feels like it's going to burst!

*aaagh...ghh...mphhh*

*I'm sorry**khh** for that little one**agh** let me help you rest*

A voice?! Through my grunts I'm sure I heard one, coming from the fountain...

Through all the pain I struggle to raise my head towards it...but wait a second...since when do I have a bod...?

Before I could even finish my thought, I was taken aback by what I saw, the water was moving all around me, as if trying to grasp me with its hand...I didn't really have the the time to react, it enveloped me and came together to drown me...

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Waiting to drown I was...but this water...it feels nice?...I try to taste it and I find it tasteless, as if it's air I try to let it go through my nose...to my surprise it felt like breathing, no this felt more refreshing!, the more I breathed in the more my pain lessened and it filled me with energy, I felt like I could ran a marathon across the whole world right now and still have energy left!

I'm not sure as to what I should be thinking about right now, I have a body which I can control? What is this place? What is happening? Am I not dead?

In the midst of my brainstorm of thoughts the same voice as before sounded again while the water started to flow back into the fountain

*I hope this is enough to cover up my recklessness*

Right now I ignore the voice and try to focus on my body, I'm laying down "kissing"the ground, I test each of my muscles and find them all to be functional...my excitement has just surpassed 1000%, in a quick move I try to get up...and fall miserably

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...after a continues *thud* sound I finally stand on my own two feet, clumsily but it can still be considered standing...

*good it looks like you can finally stand*

The voice I previously ignored spoke once again, this time I try to look towards it and I find that at the place that the light came from the is a female figure...made from water?

Should I even be surprised now?

Is it just another carving randomly made from the water?...

This idea didn't last long though, as the voice started to speak its lips moved accordingly and so did the rest of the body in a faint matter...

*did I startl...*

Before it could end its sentence a a question slipped through my lips

*...a...are you the one...speaking?*

A blunt response came my way right after I finished speaking

*you just saw me speaking and you still feel the need to question me?...ow well anyway, lets get down to business shall we*

Business?...*who ar...*

*I was awaken due to an ERROR on the process of a mortals "soul cleansing", that is you, and I'm here to find a solution*

*Wha....*

*the light which made you experience extreme pain let me in to see all the internal interactions you had with the system*

*Woul...*

*and please keep your questions to the minimum, I know you have many questions but time is scarce*

...holding on my faint anger I nod...

As I observe this things form and try to figure out how is this physically possible, her face turns in surprisement while her eyes start rolling right and left as if reading a book really fast, after a short while though she pushes her face back in a relaxed state

Is she actually reading something?

*ahum...well your case is rather simple, but how did even you manage that? You broke the time limit??? That's unheard of, and for as long as I had this position this never happened before!*

After a slight pause she continues

*the soul cleansing is supposed to run all the energy which you gathered in your life through your soul in order to purify the soul with it's most true self*

*the only times when it doesn't work right is when the subject dies as a newborn or if your soul is extremely strong, which isn't something common, this system was especially designed to work perfectly in balance with the way earth works, if you were a newborn you would be reborn... and in case your soul were that strong, the system does an examination at the moment of your death, to prevent weak souls from breaking apart by the energy or in your case, the energy not being enough...*

I'm really not sure about what to think right now...this whole thing feels surreal...a computer-like system runs the world?...matrix confirmed huh...

After a slightly longer period of deep thought the female figure continued

*...I can't come up with an explanation for your case...and we don't have much time left...*

The figure started to flow closer to me and the closer she got the more I notice her beauty, her hair is stretching till the bottom of the fountain and her body, like an extension of the fountain is also covered in the golden patterns, but unlike the fountain it is symmetrical

In a moments notice she reached me at breathing distance

Startled I take a flimsy step back...

*wha...*

Yet again she disturbed me without hesitation

*listen well boy, I know about what you went through so I think you'll like it...but don't get too excited*

Fuck...I'm not prepared for this ...I'm too young god dammit!

With a blush I put my hands between her and me and take another flimsy step back, but this time a bit more recklessly...

**thud** aouch...

*stupid human, you still haven't got used to your legs?*

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*anyway, listen here...your soul will be re-entering the life cycle in another universe, in other words you'll be reincarnated*

Whaat?#! Suddenly I could feel the same feeling I had when I was trapped in the memory loop, turn into pure excitement...

A big smile appears in my face and my eyes open to the point of my eyeballs almost falling off

*this will probably let your soul to naturally go back to normal and re-enter its state of balance *

*but it won't be anything like earth...* the figure exclaims as she lowers herself to rest her fluid hand on my shoulder

*it'll be way more dangerous and depending on your luck when you enter the reincarnation setup you may as well be deemed to die on your first day, but this time I'll be watching to ensure that no more errors happen and also work on figuring out exactly what happened*

I put a more serious tone and finally manage to speak uninterrupted

*a challenge is my wish, even if all odds are against me I'll overturn them*

With a smile she responds

*well said...now get ready for the nausea you are familiar with*

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And once again the bending started, though this time I was being transported from a physical to a soul state

And the process was pretty much the same, only thing different was that now I actually felt the pain that came from your body when it bent in space...

...endure it!...

With that thought I entered a place rather familiar, a big black screen filled with words was most of what my senses picked up

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Welcome to "reincarnation_setup"

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Starting the race selection

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Searching for suitable races

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Races suitable for user: "oddiF7008300"

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-human- (800 points)

-high human- (36.000 points)

-neo human- (29.000 points)

-elf- (13.000 points)

-dark elf- (15.000 points)

-dwarf- (2.600 points)

-kobold- (200 points)

-orge- (1.700 points)

-goblin- (50 points)

-beastman- (700 points)

-lizardman- (700 points)

-undead- (12.000 points)

-water elemental- (19.000 poins)

-amea dentro- (56.666 points)

-druid- (16.000 points)

-mingnoll- (4.000 points)

-soul delver- (38.000 points)

-red nephos- (69.800 points)

___avaible points for race selection:38.001

...please choose wisely

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