Dreams of Arcadia

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Until now, everything was like I knew it from real life... I could eat, I could sleep, I could get drunk... there was Deadflix, Deadies+, Amazon Unalive, Zombiefy, i.Death and these were just a few examples that the person in charge really had a sense of humor. Ah yes, the cell phone network was called ALP (AfterLifePhone). Our fridge was full and if we ate something, it was there again the next time we opened the door. However, you could also just go and get other things from the stores that weren't in the house. There were no cashiers and the shelves filled up on their own. And everything tasted so good, so much better than before... The best thing was that we couldn't eat too much, which is why we had the best feeding frenzy this other world had ever seen. We didn't even feel sick afterwards... nor did we have a hangover after drinking... It wasn't actually that bad here... but it was lonely... Seoul was a city of millions and it wouldn't be easy to find the others here... And we didn't even know who had died. What did you hope in such a case? That it hadn't hit anyone you knew? Or just someone you knew so that you weren't so alone? No matter how you looked at it, it made you feel guilty when you thought about it... No one deserved to die in this accident and it was totally random who it was... but I was sure of one thing... whole bands were wiped out that day, because I knew that Ateez, for example, were all backstage because of their performance. Something tickled me in the confused turns of my brain... hadn't there been another band ready to perform? Unfortunately, I had been so emotionally distracted at the moment that I hadn't really listened. Well, we'd find out eventually... After all, we were here for eternity... right? Were we perhaps reincarnated at some point? I'd have to ask the Johnny guy that next time I saw him. I'd also like to know if you could die here again... although... you were already dead... ah... It's all far too complicated.

"I'm going out to the river again, there's a hot dog stand that makes the best hot dogs." I called out to Minji and Bora, who were trying out whether a delivery service would work here.

"Oki... Don't let strangers chat you up." Bora called back.

"And if they do, bring them here." Minji added, which made me leave the house giggling.

The temperature here was always pleasant, around 24 degrees, which is why I had bought lots of summer dresses in a clothes store and was now wearing one of them. I loved this breezy feeling, and it was best when there was a light breeze. As soon as I thought about it, a breeze came and blew up my skirt. Oh man... could you really influence the wind here? How cool would that be? To check it out, I thought about a strong gust of wind causing the trees to shake a few meters in front of me. I could still feel the wind coming up so strongly that my hair was blown out of place, but just at that moment, someone came round the bend on their bike, straight into the gust of wind and was blown into the Han.

"Wahhh" I screamed in horror and ran to the shore, where I saw the person sinking into the water. Without giving it much thought, I jumped in after him and grabbed him, got hold of him and pulled him out with great effort, as he was quite big. When I had him on the bank, he splashed out quite a bit of water before looking at me when he had calmed down a bit.

"Woah... did I die again and end up in heaven, or why is an angel saving me here?" he asked me with wide eyes... He looked so cuddly and innocent that I immediately realized that he was serious and wasn't saying it to hit on me...