What defines reality? 

How will it be quantified if the axis of time and space within the boundaries of the world are solely composed of nothing but an infinite expanse of emptiness that keeps sprawling endlessly further beyond the horizon?

If the divide that predefines the physical world are lost then who can tell which is which if there's absolutely nothing at all that can be used as a means of comparison?

Was this place merely a dream...or is this really reality?

I can't help but ponder on such ambiguous thoughts lest I succumb to the growing insanity that keeps gnawing on the precipice of my mind as I transverse along these vast endless world of sheer nothingness.

—Black.

On and on these blackness surrounds me as I keep on drifting aimlessly within this surreal realm of abysmal expanse hoping to find any sort of means of escape. 

Nothing is corporeal here.

Its a devoid world wherin one couldn't see anything but an empty void that seems to have no beginning nor end. This place doesn't have any solid surface to walk nor a sky to fly on so the only means of movement is through floating forward but relatively speaking, I'm not quite even certain if I'm really moving at all since visual cue or any physical form are nonexistent and only through the imaginary notion of movement, one can assume that they're moving.

Its like floating in deep space but instead of being basked in the sheer grandeur of the cosmos, I'm instead within this soundless perdition for which neither I age nor experience any discomfort no matter what I do. 

Tiredness.

Hunger.

Physical Pain.

None of these things exist at all.

...I couldn't even kill myself.

Most people will imagine hell as a scorching land encased in an undying unholy blaze, full of devilish creatures with billions upon billions of tortured souls screaming in sheer agony but I digress—Nothingness is hell, and this place is the absolute definition of it.

Just Imagine;

No Light.

No Sound.

No Hope.

Only absolute nothingness as it reign supreme for all eternity.

Humans have an inherent fear towards the unknown and nothing's even more scarier than the unknown whilst being imprisoned in a boundless perdition for which nothing but only oneself as your means of companion. 

Hell is a paradise compared to this place...at least down in that scorching land,  there will be more other beings to share the experience with, unlike here wherein there's only darkness darker than black.

I'll applaud anyone who keeps their own sanity intact in this void. 

Silence.

When did it all started anyway?

I couldn't quite remember how I ended up here in the first place, but it wholly felt like I'm already trapped in this empty abyss for all eternity and...I don't think I could keep my sanity any longer.

Silence.

—I could feel it yet again.

A pickling sensation akin to a predator breathing down at the very back of my neck. I know that this sensation is merely all but a figment of my deranged mind but nonetheless, I still couldn't help but imagine it as real and this darkness has somehow personified itself and began stalking me.

I exhaled a breath (or at least imagine myself breathing out) before calming my agitated nerves as I began emptying my mind. Meditation is my sole solace and I always delve into it whenever I feel my mind spiraling down into madness.

—It isn't real.

 

Ĩͥ͌͝͏̺̞̜̼̖͎̫͢ͅt̴̡͕̹̼̞ͫ̑͒ͭ͌̂ ̽̆ͮͤͬ̚͏͉̱͙̲̠̟í̛̤̳̤̗̖̿ͩͥs̸͌̀ͫͤ҉̟͠n̥̗͎̦͇ͫͧ̉ͪ̃̾͜͝ͅ'ͮ̆ͬ̏͏̤̥̯̪̗̠̹t̖͎̞̩̗͆ͨͩ̽̈ͧ ̞̰͍͍͇͍͊̓ͤ̿̌ͭr̸͖͇̮̞̯̯̫̤̭̅̊ͨͮ̆̋ͯ̿͌̀͠eͮ͂̑͏̢̲̯a̹͓̦̯̜̘̫̘̫͛͒̾͘͡l̩̱̘̤̟͚̥̾͒̓̍̅.̷̛̩̟̦͍͖̹͉͔̱̂ͧͭͫ̊͆̔̅͢.̞̪̬͌̎.͎̲̜͎͚̉ͨ̉͑͆̊̃̒̕͢ͅiͭ̎҉̵̥͖̼̲̺͚̥̭ͅt͆̎̄͑ͭ̉͏̛͉͕̤̹̣͙̱ ̛̪͍͕̥̮͙͕̂̓ͤͭ͌̽͠ͅĭ̷̋̊ͪ͂͏̳̰̱ͅs̛̙̳̙̱̙̜̮̻͒ͮͪ͗̀͞n̿̔͂́̉̑ͬ͏̻̻͈̠̣͜͝'̟ͭ͋̓͆̒̕͢t̺̮ͫ̌ͪ̿̓͂͞͠ ̧̲͖̼̹̲͈̠̍͋ͫ͛̀r̫ͩͯ͘͟e̡̛̼̙̞͍͉͛ͥ͌̐a̩̦̗̮ͩ͊̃͂̉͆͠l͙͇̖̘̹̟̰ͭ͛̽́́͠,͒̆͒̔҉̙̗̗͈̲̟͈ ̭͚͚̭̣̦̬̯͊͟ͅi̦̯͑͂̾̋̇̃͆̕t̡͙̩̳̮̞̪̰͋ͤ̈̃̌͐͗̂̑͜ ̜̭͎̤̩̊̓̂i̴̳͎̫̞̦̤͌ͧ͒̏̊̐̋͂͢ͅs̫̗̭͒͌̈́ͮ̽͘ͅn̶̦͉͋̒͢'̦͈̯̩̭͓͒̏͜͞͠t̴͉̻̦̻̝͉̾ͭͫ̅͗ͮͮ̊ͬ̕͟ͅ ̷͚͚͈̭͎̹̜̯̑̐̿́̓ͭ̀̏̌i̗͍ͪt͊͛̽ͥ́ͯ̈́̀͏̠̯̣̣͈͔͖̦̬͞i̛͚̤͍̟̲̠̲ͣ̓̌̓ͦ̂ͥ͝ṡ̴̛̠̥̰̤̰̜͓̮ͦ̒̇͋n̎̂͐͌̄̿ͧͯ͟͏̖̼͓̯̼̬'͉͚̪̔̉͑͂̀̃ͪ͟t̪͖͆̀̐ͮ͟i̲̦̖ͥ͑̓̈̔̕͡ṱ̶̣̞̣̦͎͇̇̑̄͡i͔̭͈̹͖ͤͨ͞s̯̳͔̪̈͝N̵̛̖̦͙̓̎̚t͎͈͚͐̀̔ͮ͌̒I̜͈͆̓̓ͥ͊ͧ͠͝͠ͅt̯̻̻̒̒͟I̵̩̽́͗͟ͅS̍̐͊̍̌̚͝͏̳̮̖̫̳̣͈̰͝n̴͔̣̯̜̱̩̖ͬ̓͘͘ṭ̫̥̩̱ͮ̀͡
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̶̧͖̾͐̽ͯ̈͌͊͑͢Ǎ͉̥͍͍̄̾ͮ͌̇͟l̴̖̦̖͇̎ͤ́̉͒͠į̖̫̟͔͎̈̀͊͠S̊̒̂̏͏͍̘̙N͇̭͓͖̳̭ͦ̆̈͒̈́̍̅̚̚ţ̡͍̗͓͓ͬD̘͔̥͍̟̳̈͐̈͆̆̆̀͢͡o̤̜̊ͤṋ̳͉̘̫̞̪͈̪ͨ̈̚͜t̢͉̠̥̗͈̖̝̦́̏͑ͩͯ̒̑́͜s͇̹̾̾̿̍̀͒̋͘t̼͎̖͙̩̺͐̈ͧ͊̌̒͊̏a̢͔͚͎̓̐̄̎̊ͯͥ͠ṛ̭̮̣̠͚̉̈́̾͞ę͈̖̣ͫͣͤ̑͂͆̽̚͘͢a͚͎̅ͬͣͪ͌́t̳̘͈̺̳͓̩̪̽̽ͫ̂ͣ̐ͤ̕m̸̡̺̫̓̔͂͛́e̴̹̘̝̭̰͖̗̯ͬd̜̦̥̺͋̔͂̇͛̀o͖͓̦̟̜̘ͥ̅ͫ̒͊ͧ̋̾́n̑̃ͥͧ̾̚҉̭̺̮̲͉T̼̺͒̉͘
̨̨̞̞͈̍̓̓̕s̼ͥͯ̐ͦ̋̌́̀ț̠͇̤͕̯̪̜̈ͯͨ̇̇ͦ̚͠ạ̶̣͇̺̰͔̳̌̕ͅr̩̮͖̘̺̪͈͎ͪͧͮ͊͞͠Ė̶̡̛̯̪̯͎̬͇̖̎̇̇̈͌a͛̏̍͗ͤ̽͏̵̺̬̻͎͙ṭ̷̱̗̔̎ͣͧ̃̀̊͠͠ͅm͗͒̔͝ͅe̛̛͉̙̺̩͍̤̳ͦ̋͆̒̃ͦ̀D̵̷̓̋̀҉͇̩̤͉̥̥̺̟̯Ǫ͍̰͚̳͖͇̬ͩ͒̅̉̍ͭͦ̚͝ṅ̠̱̫̰̳̰͒͛͡ͅT̡̢͕̜̞͈͖̽̋́͒́ͮ̾s̡̘̬͚͔̤̝̲͕ͥ͡͝T̥̩̘́ͪͣA̸̝̤̹̱̩̓̈́͘r̩̺͉͔̲̖̟̆ͦ̔̋̊̽̓̚͡E̤͒̂ͩ̃͋̿̎̿a̴̜̖̖̜ͨ̑ͥ̉̇̀t̶̡̰̺͎͔͒ͥ̀̔̋͟M̴͚̽ͥ͊̅̀̂Ḛ̷̣̘̖̺̯̂ͣ͛̓͆ͅD͙̰̝̄̓ͬ̄̊́͌o̵͇͊̓ͥͦ̍͛̚n̷̖̫͌̾̋ͮͬ͗ͮ̎͘͟ť̞̻̹͇͍̱̈́ͫ͠K̢͈̥̲̼̲̺͕͒ͮ̀ͅi͉͇̼̺̮̻̫̒ͯ̍̄͟͠L̡͚̘͔͚̮̮̠̽̇͠l̰͖͖͙̻̭͓̔ͦ̒́ͬ̄ͣ͑D̢̗̎͌͗ͧͅo̦̱̪̠ͮ̒ͮ̿̔͢
̰͖̘͐͒̑N̨̢͖͈̽͛T͖̦̹͈̦̰͎̖͗̿̈́̓̽ͪ͑ͦ̀̀͢ͅḋ̷̡͇͕̜̥̺̆̂͜ͅo̞̻̘̺͙̺ͪ͆̀̕n̞͍̳͋T̙̙̻͎̘ͭͦ̂͆̓͐̍͘ͅD̶̛̹̞̗̩͕̜̫͛̀̚ͅͅỎ̬̟̝̿̃͜͝n̴̙̥̘̦̹̞͚̄̀̚t̙̫͉̠͒̃̊́͟D̢̰̰̜́̊̈̈́̏̀̔o̱̳ͭ̆̍̽̈́̂̂́ǹ̶̨͙̠̹̹̮̩͉̈́̃̀͑̂͊̚t̪̗͚̗̤̱̟ͤ͒̕ͅs̝̜̲̞̺ͬ̉̔͒́͘ţ̷̦͖͙̯͕͇̪̇͆ͪ̓̋a͖̖̬ͧͦͬͯͯ̚r̢͖̠̭͖͍͍͎̅̈̅eͯ̇ͫ̓ͦ̀͘͏̼̩̗̰I̡͔̊ͤ͆̆̇ͬ̏ͯ̕̕M̡̬̰̄̍́̔̓ͫ͘͘a̠͈̜͉̋͋ͧ̊̌̊̕L̶̶͎̮̟̱̬̫͉͌̕i͋̔̐̒ͥͨͦ͠҉̛̯͎̤̮͙͇̫͓̜
̍̂҉̶̺̟̱̩̝͉̦̪̳͞V̴̵͔̣̼ͣͭ̊̒̀e̲͇͙̗̻̙ͭ͝ͅă̰̞͑̃̄ͬ̾͛̒͠t̨̔̏́̈҉̝̱̻̮m̡͔̖͔͙̫̼̪̹̂ͪͨ͐̍ͣͪͨẽ̙͇̩̥d͚̈́ͪ̅̂ò̖̖͈̦ͪ͋̓͌̽̊̅̀͟n̺̂́T̍ͩͤ̏ͧ͆͑̚҉̷͉̤͎͠ͅs͉̬͚̭̲̙̄̄ͥ̎̀͛͞͠t̡̙̞̱̬̗̘ͦͮͬͧ̀̔̐a̦̣̘̳̣̭͕̘̻ͧ̿̆̒̓ř̪͕̻͍̱͔͋ͩ̐ͦ̏ͧͅE̜͕̮̱̻ͤͭa̖ͥͥ̍͛̔̕t̴͖̦͓͎ͮͪ́̆̓̐̉m̵̙͚̠̞̪̦͐ͮê̴̸̜̏ͦ͗̌̑L̟̠͔ͮ̏ͩ̈ͫ͂ͭ̇ͩi̶ͭͮͦ҉͇͚̭v̨̥̯͓͌͗̔́E̢̮͕̞̮̮̬̱͚͒͑͊͊ͅDͧ̽ͪͮ͏̦̜͈̦̺O̶͈̫͇̲̣ͬͨ̿̔͑͗́͞n͇̠͂͌̅ͬ͞T̙̣̓ͬ͋ͮs̸̐͗́҉͎͔̝̺T̶͙͉͕̬̲̉̓ͥͅA̹ͫ̈́ͣ͐̔̉͢r̲̯͂̅̿ͬ͋

͚̭̲͙̲ͣ̑ͪ̀̽ͨͭ͑͡Ȩ͖̦̤̤̠̳̫̺̉̍ͦͦ́̃̑̚͞a͑͒ͮ̚҉͇̖͙t̴̤̃ͬ̔M̻̩͚̤̑̂̏E̢̛̿ͫ͏̥̜̼D̛̠͚̈̏̓͡͠ơ͈͇̤͈͈͎̣͎̳ͭ͑͊ͣ͆̃͛͢n̮͓͖̗̝̈͋̔ͫ͗̀͘͞t̡͕̯̣̭ͩ͗̉̔ͪͣͦͯ̋͢Ĩ̡͕̍ͤ͗̒͘͢E̴͕̗͖̹͗͆ͨ͡X̛̜͔͔̫̫͔̦̬ͣ̆͜Ỉ̧̨̜̼̜̭̰͒̕s̶͍̜ͨ̋͐ͤ̎̈͟͞ͅt̥̘̅̀͒̈͌̈ͦͅD̨̠̱͎̠͈̣̺͊̐̾ͦ̀̚ͅo̿͌҉̵̦̩̗̰̕ͅN̜̮̱̥̑̃̍T̷͈ͬ̾͆̂̓̆ͬͬ̿ḏ̲̫̤ͭ́̆͑̕o͙̳̠̠̥ͥͮ͛n͉̭̯̫̥͖͓̗ͩ͆̓ͅT̶̨͑̌̆͏͓̘͍̟̥̠̰̭D̳̬̥͑̈̋̎̑Ǒ̡̻͎̙̪̻̉͊́n̸̼͉̑́ͩͭͨ͐͢͟t̷̨̛̜̟̱͇̝ͣ̅͒̅Ď̛͕̗͉͈̱͚̳̾̉̇o̴̶̪̝̪̿̓

 

—NO!

Breathe in, Breathe out.

Empty my mind and discard everything.

Let go of my woes. 

Let go of my emotions.

Let go of myself.

...Nothing is real.

The stare isn't real, I am fine and I'm not mad. Hope still lingers within me and I believe that I will eventually find a way to leave this god forsaken abyss.

Silence.

"...Do you honestly believe that?"

This voice isn't real.

"Hah, stop deluding yourself. Ignore me as much as you want but that changes nothing at all."

Silence.

"There's no escape."

...stop.

"There's no hope."

Stop!

"There's only—"

—STOP PLEASE WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME!? 

I finally retorted having finally reached my breaking point and 'it' finally stopped speaking. 

Nevertheless, despite the deafening silence, I still could vaguely sense it mockingly staring at my back, judging me with those pair of eyes that seems to be able to completely see beyond any lies or truths of the world.

I made a silent prayer.

In the back of my mind I know that its a fruitless endeavour but nonetheless, I still made my plea in case someone might've been listening.

I'm not asking for much but please anyone—

—Help me.

I wanna go back to my world.

I don't want to be alone anymore.

Months, years, decades or perchance even aeons...I don't exactly know how long I've been here since I have no means of measuring the passage of time but one day through my immersion within the void, surprisingly my mind sensed something from a distance.

A spark of existence!

It was faint but I'm pretty certain of what I felt. 

With renewed vigour, I put all my effort into further locating this wondrous discovery of mine.

There might be others here just as equally trapped as I do!

The mere thought of it sends a wave of euphoria all over me.

Finally, I might not be alone in this void anymore!

I put all my efforts into sensing this other being and over time, the faint sensation I've feel grew stronger and stronger as I slowly transverse more closer to this entity. I made a mad dash towards it with wild abandon as if possessed by the devil himself.

Soon enough, I am drifting pretty close to it. 

 Oh my, how peculiar!

There's absolutely no visual representation but I'm positive there's an entity right in front of me. However, this 'other' being seems to be completely still and couldn't even sense me even though I'm relatively close to its proximity. I then tried encircling it a couple of times to get its attention but alas, it was to no avail.

Hmm, is there some way for me to communicate with these other being? Vision, touch, hearing nor any of the other rudimentary senses doesn't work in this place so I cannot use any traditional means of contact that I know of.

My mind rapidly spun as I ponder upon this dilemma.

Failed!

Failed yet again!

I've lost count the number of tries I've done on establishing connection to these other trapped individuals and the spark of hope within me grows dimmer and dimmer with each failed attempts.

Initially I thought that there's only a single individual but as my mental prowess grew through meditation, I began sensing more and more other beings but alas, to my frustration each and everyone of them are raving mad and aren't capable of rational thinking!

All the individuals I've found already lost their minds and have succumbed into madness. Connecting to these damaged consciousness yields nothing but a huge headache for me. I am bombarded with a slew of negative raw emotions whenever I tries to do so.

Tch, this is going nowhere.

My only consolation is that with each failed attempts, I've also gaining pieces of their fragmented memories. 

I couldn't believe it.

Each of these consciousness came from different worlds.

Some are from a world for which these so called 'science' is predominant whilst some came from a magical world where there's elves, dwarfs and some other fantasy races. Heck some are even a mixture of both and some are even so bizarre that I couldn't even understand their way of life.

Connecting to these mad beings might be painful and headache inducing but I'm slowly becoming accustomed to the pain and getting these foreign memories made me feel as if I'm living their life whenever I do so. 

It gives my life here in the void some colors and made me for a moment forget about the loneliness of this place.

 

I can't believe it. 

A woman is standing before me.

A real life corporeal being with flesh and substance!

What's even more weird is that I could perceive her visually. She's emitting a faint glowing aura of blue and her raven colored hair sways even though there's no air around here. 

I examined her for a moment and the closest term I could describe this woman is that she looks absolutely like a celestial being.

The feeling I get from her is rather a sinister one with a taint of malevolence but I could still strongly sense her boundless divinity.

Perhaps she's the Goddess of Death or something related to it?

"Ara, what a discovery, I never knew this could happen~" The celestial woman finally talk in a tone laced in amusement. Her gaze somehow made me recoil back for it felt as if she's been eyeing me as some sort of delectable dish. 

I-I'm not tasty you know!

"Haha, you're a funny one. Don't worry I'm not planning to eat you..." She then dramatically pause before her lips curved into a cheshire smirk and added, "...or will I?"

Totally Scary!

This goddess is absolutely scary!

C-Can she read my mind?

One corner of her lips extend upwards. "To a certain extent I can. This is purgatory after all...a place wherein all thoughts will exudes and expunge out of the soul."

...P-Purgatory?

Isn't that one of the places people go when they die?

Does that mean that I've died!?

"Nah-uh unlike the others here, you instead are a special case~" 

...What do you mean?

The goddess didn't instantly respond but instead merely gave me an odd look before gesturing her thumb at the base of her chin. 

She remained at that pose for a moment before tentatively asking, "How much have you remembered of your past life?"

My past huh...its been ages since I reminisce about my previous life but I'm confident that I can still easi—Eh?

W-Wait.

I tried very hard to recall my previous life but no matter how much I thought back upon those times, all I get is blankness as if it were erased or something.

Silence.

N-No way, is it perhaps because I've been here in this void for so long and I've also recently consumed a lot of foreign memories that I can't seem to recall my past life anymore!?

Shit, this is bad!

Without me even realizing it, I've inadvertently lost my sense of self!

W-What a blunder!!

The goddess snorted. 

"—Hey, what are you panicking for?" She interjected in an amused tone before continuing, "You obviously can't remember any of your past lives since you never had one in the first place."

...What?

"Aiya, it totally shocked me! One of my servants notified me that some of the souls here in purgatory have been missing so I've gotten curious about it and search for the culprit but never in my wildest dreams would I think that the purgatory itself would one day gain sentience!"

This mysterious goddess then looked at me directly.

"Were you not self-aware of your own existence? Well let me tell you then—"

Her next words then shattered everything that I knew of in regards to myself.

"—You are Purgatory's consciousness, an entity born out of nothingness." 

Silence.

"I didn't know how this place gained intellect but luckily for you, the souls that you consumed have not reach a critical amount yet so the others still didn't notice your existence."

This black haired deity then skip a step forward and encircles me around in a playful manner before glancing at me with eyes that shines a predatory glint. 

"You're really a miraculous and unique existence. The others still haven't seem to notice this anomaly so I may have a way to save you from eradication but we gotta act fast or else they might become aware of my actions."

I...I don't understand any of this.

These revelations are all too sudden.

I'm nothingness? 

What do you mean by others? 

E-Eradication!?

A series of questions rapidly spun within my mind after all these revelations finally sink into me but her next words took all my focus away on getting answers upon such inquires.

"Hey, you want to leave this place right? I can help you out," She then paused here but I could discern in her eyes a certain enigmatic glint as if she's anticipating for something. The silence lasted or ten seconds before this deity resumes by saying, "However I don't do charities henceforth you need to do something for me in exchange."

Her offer instantly wipes the gloom that's starting to brew deep within me. All this time I only have one wish and that hasn't change at all even after knowing these sudden revelations.

So what if I'm the embodiment of nothingness?

I can ponder about my existence more after leaving this dreadful place. Although I really want to accept her offer but a portion of me is still worried about the price this goddess will ask of me in exchange for her aid.

What if she ask for something I can't do or give?

What then?

However nothing ventured nothing gained and she's my only chance for a way out of this perdition.

I strengthen my resolve and faced this deity before me earnestly.

...Okay I accept but what should I do?

Her mysterious smile then turned into a wide grin.

"Great, I will contact you later on about the details but for now I will smuggle you out of this place and then you will be reincarnated as the daughter of a Nobleman but before we finalize the deal, let me tell you that you won't have a stress free life like the usual aristocrat," She then paused here as her voice deepens into an archaic tone and the bluish aura around her intensifies.

"Thou will struggle and bleed, feel the pain of losing thy love ones and face inconceivable calamities...thus child of nothingness, doth thee still willing unto make a pact with I?"

I stood transfixed, mesmerized by her grace as I felt some sort of iron chains enveloped my inner being.

Chains of Fate.

I get the feeling that I'm somehow making a deal with the devil. These chains will definitely destroy me body and soul if I somehow fails to meet her demands. I felt kind of cheated since I didn't even know what she want me to do but alas, beggars can't be choosers. 

I finally agreed feeling a slight apprehension within me but then I ignored it as the goddess extended her arms widely before embracing me—

"You won't regret this~" She whispered.

—then I passed out.