REAPERS

•°•×1| brave boy

Here we meet a boy.

A white light engulfed this boy's entire being. It was as if he were floating in an endless void.

He felt nothing.
Or was it everything?

What? Where am I?
What just happened?
What's happening?

He tried looking around, but he couldn't feel any of his body. All that exists right this very moment is brightness.

"Don't worry yourself. You're not in any danger." A sudden voice told him.

Who are you?

"Calm down. I'll answer your questions. You just need to calm down." The voice is deep and rumbly, yet oddly soothing at the same time.

...Is he not calm?
It's hard to be anything at all right now.

"You can't move around because you have no body. Your body is right were it was last left when there was once life in it." The voice chuckled a bit... "Right now, your soul, or your 'being' is more or less in a 'bootleg Limbo.' It's not THE Limbo of course, but it's an in-between area of life and death, very much like Limbo."

I'm...dead?

....oh yeah. I died.

I was hit by a car...
That killed me?

Damn...

"Yes. That killed you. It wasn't just a car, it was a semi-truck." The voice chuckled again, sounding amused. Was it mocking him??? For dying???

"At least you saved that child. Your death wasn't in vein."

Oh yeah.
That's why I died...

A kid was going to be hit by a truck,
and he had pushed her out of the way.

I hope she didn't see me get hit...

"Now. Here's where things get a little existential." The voice got serious.

"You've died while saving the life of another. This doesn't happen as often as you'd think, so there's a special task that is asked of these heros after death."

Special task??

"Reapers help guide souls to their afterlife. It's not easy getting there on their own. There is great danger along the way, so they must be escorted."

What does all of this mean for me?

"You qualify to become a reaper. You'd be helping many people, and joining a great cause...

Of course this is optional.
Even though you qualify, you do not have to accept the job.

You can move on to your afterlife peacefully, if that's what you'd prefer."

Does he really want to spend an eternity doing a job like that?

Likewise though, does he really want to die without feeling as if he's contributed enough to the world?

He's so young...
Too young...

He's not had the time to contribute to the world.

Is this really about him though?
He's already dead.

"Reapers also do not have to reap souls for the rest of eternity. They can reap for as long as they please, and move on to afterlife whenever they choose. They can reap for just a day, then go to afterlife if they change their mind."

That solves any worries then...

I'll do it. I want to help people.

"Brave boy.
I'm sure you'll do well...Kim Jaeseop..."

The disembodied voice slowly trailed off, and the room started dimming.

Jaeseop was relieved of the blinding surroundings as it grew darker and darker.

Soon enough, it was pitch black consuming him.