Kane found themself lying on a roof. There was someone lying with them, but they weren’t human. They had purple skin, six eyes in two vertical lines of three & a bright white mohawk. They’re wearing a jet black hoodie with splotches of paint strewn about it & ripped blue jeans. A sprig of rosemary sticks out of their mouth. Their limbs & fingers look longer than they should be.
Kane stood up & slowly backed away from the figure. “Who are you? Where am I? Ame I dead? What is happening?”
The figure stands up. “Chill out. You’re fine. I’ll e-”
“Don’t come near me! What even are you?”
“Yikes. That kinda hurt.”
“Answer. The. Question.”
“Alright, geez. I’m Raspberry. I live here.”
“And where exactly is here?”
“I can’t really say, it changes a lot. You get used to it eventually. Yesterday it was like the suburbs. Before that it was a kitchen. Last week it was inside a star. It’s kinda grading, but I get to meet a lot of people.”
“...so how did I get here?”
“I don’t know, but I think I know how to get you out.”
“Wait...so I’m not dead?”
“No...probably not.” Raspberry thinks for a bit. “Maybe.”
“Great. This is just great. Love it.” Kane paces in a circle while covering their eyes.
“Careful, you’re gonna-”
“Shut up! I need to. I need to think. I need to-” Kane slips off the edge of the roof into the infinite white. They fall past the house. They fall until the house is just a speck. And they keep falling. They keep falling through the featureless white. That is until they stop. Until the white under Kane was solid. And once they slam into it, they shatter. Shatter into a thousand tiny triangles. And then nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Kane found themself lying on a roof. There was someone standing next to them, but they weren’t human. They had purple skin, six eyes in two vertical lines of three & a bright white mohawk. They’re wearing a jet black hoodie with splotches of paint strewn about it & ripped blue jeans. A sprig of rosemary sticks out of their mouth. Their limbs & fingers look longer than they should be.
Kane stood up & slowly backed away from the figure. “Who are-wait...did I just die?”
Raspberry nods. “Yes, yes you did.”
“Woah.” Kane stares at their hands. They squeeze them into a fist & then relax them. They close their eyes & breathe in fully. They hold it in. For as long as they can. Until it hurts. Until it burns. They let it all out in one swift breath. They open their eyes. “I just died!”
Raspberry sat down at some point when Kane sat down. “Yup. You get used to it eventually.”
“You’ve died before.”
“Yup. A lot actually. I kinda get into a lot of shit.”
Kane sits down next to Raspberry. “How did it feel for you?”
“It’s always just nothing. No color. No feeling. No time. No space. No body. None of the things we’re used to. And then I’m just in my body & some time has passed.”
“Yeah, that’s what happened to me too.”
“Are you...okay?”
“Um...maybe? I’m still...I’m still a little-”
“I get it. Take as much time as you need.” The void gives way to a grassy hill during sunset. “It’s a great view.”
“Yeah.” They both lay down. Kane quickly loses track of time as they let their consciousness fade into the eternal sunset.
“So how do I get out of here?”
“I’m glad you asked
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