The Elysian

I hear something. Something behind me. It starts low, like a gentle hum. But it grows as we move, getting louder and more violent. I stop and turn just for a second, just to see what follows us. Immediately, I realize the mistake, and seeing the dark cloud following us, I figure out pretty quickly what he summoned.

I don\'t know where we\'re running to, or what nasty tricks he\'ll throw at me along the way. He\'s right though, I did just kind of agree to this without thinking. Barely two minutes in, and I already got myself into a bit of a mess. This sideways forest, and the man who challenged me are complete mysteries. How do I know if I can keep up?

I drop to the ground, er, tree and clutch it for my dear afterlife. Did I really just make that joke? I\'ve been here far too long. I go from an innocuous room, to the middle of the universe and now I\'m in a sideways forest. When do I get to the tea party?

She raises a hand and snaps her fingers. In the flash of a cosmic loading screen, we’re in orbit around a familiar blue marble. The oceans gently move beneath me, as the cloud swirl over familiar continents. Somewhere on that planet is home. If I can’t find a way to get back in my body, I’ll have to remember this way back to this place.

“I have to find Earth? Doesn’t that seem a little bit...” “Impossible? Of course,” Luna tells me. “But then you’ve pointed out all the impossible things you’ve seen today. Why…

\"It happened both fast and slow. Like raising a dimmer switch, but the light was always on in the first place. The twinkling lights, swirling dust, explosions of light and balls of fire whizzing by, all suspended in a field of literal nothingness.\" - Mr. Rodriguez

I scream as Death had snuck up behind me. Again. “I apologize for the surprise, but you seemed puzzled.” My heart is racing in my chest. How often do I…

I could swear I feel him slink into the room. He’s quick. If I weren't so focused on this little space I've been trapped in for what feels like a…