i looked outside the car window at the passing landscape, waiting for the sandy land full of buildings under construction to finally blur into our new apartment. admittedly, i was a teensy bit excited since it was quite a fancy one; a tall, blue group of skyscrapers with waterfalls coming out the sides. But none the less, i was still worried sick. The truth was, although i lived in a relatively safe country, this area was well known for being a high crime area with thieves taking advantage of all the rich snobby people coming to such an area with low security. after a few days, we were fully settled in our apartment, and the deaths by the thieves were going up. a few days later, i got a knock on the door. that was weird, normally theyd use the doorbell. i opened the door and was met with a horrifying sight, even for a dream of mine. there was a filipino woman outside, holding a crossbow that looked like bunny's crossbow from piggy. but the most horrifying part was i could see her face, in perfect detail. every last detail, down to the teeth visible between her unnatural smile. i had barely registered the sight before the pulled the trigger, and my screen went black.
i woke up in a weird place, my mom and brother were there too, but my dad wasnt. that made sense at least, my dreams may not have a timeline but id decided that it was morning and he was at work, so my mom and brother were home too. the place i woke up in looked like a centrepoint, and from my third-person view i could see shoes and cute little diaries behind me. infront of us there were two lifts, one with a sun symbol and the other a moon. naturally, i walked over to the moon symbol, but to my surprise my mom and brother walked to the sun symbol. fine. i dont like them anyways
the afterlife is apparently one giant mall, and you are on the second floor at all time. below the railings, you can see the mortal plane where the humans continue. all 'exits' are locked, theres infinite shops, restaurants, and entertainment areas and an infinite number of hallways to roam in the mall. you will see other ghosts often, but you probably wont interact that often, unless you need something. despite so many people having died over the years, the mall is so big and stretching so far it looks surprisingly crowd free. you can easily use a little phone you are supplied to talk to other ghosts, and look at the mortal internet. you can call other ghosts, for example your friends who have also died, but you cant call mortals or interact with them. you can try, but they will just receive a phantom call and trauma probably. despite the infinite amount of entertainment, i got bored fast. i was still quite young so none of my friends had died yet. and i was stuck there all alone. i couldnt interact with my mother or brother (not that i wanted to) since they had gone to the sun symbol lift. i looked down on the mortal plane and saw more people being targeted by the murderers. i even saw my dad die at one point i think. i eventually just got bored and decided to jump over the rails. as i fell back to the mortal plane, my vision went black and i woke up in my bed.
