The Existence

Chapter 05- The Existence

Slave of curiosity

Slave of curiosity

Wake up

Slave of curiosity

Who am I

Yes, I am the slave of curiosity.

Why do people call me this, why am I calling myself this?

Who am I truly?

I am a normal human being but cursed with curiosity.

The curiosity within me is so great and uncontrollable that it completely overtakes my other emotions making them nonexistent.

Some called it the curse and some called it the blessing but for me, I do not know what it is.

This curiosity made me come out into this world and gave me a dream to follow and this same curiosity made me a broken being.

Am I truly a slave to my own curiosity?

I believe my actions always proved this.

But what truly made this a curse was the thing that followed my curiosity,

I yearn to always know the world and in return, the world tries to know me.

The mysteries of this world unravel in front of me as if trying to satisfy my curiosity or even increase it more.

Slave of curiosity

Wake up

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Avatar opens his eyes to the mysterious voice ringing in his ears,

And found himself lying on the ground, he observed his surroundings, he was in a vast place where all he could see was the pure white sky with no sun and the ground with cracked soil as if found in a dry wetland, vast and bright.

The broken blade was missing nowhere to be seen and his clothes had been changed to a simple white shirt and black pants.

As he focused on himself he found it as if he was in some ethereal form, there was no light emitting from him or his body was partially transparent but it was more of a feeling just limited to his mind.

He stood up, feeling neither hot nor cold in this bright and dry place, and took a step forward but suddenly everything changed around in an instant as if he stepped into the new world.

He found himself standing on the snow on the ground, everywhere his sight reached he only saw white snow and a bright sky.

He again took a step forward and the world around him changed in an instant, this time he was standing in a land filled with lava everywhere, but he did not feel any heat.

He took a step forward again he found himself in the desert everywhere, sand slipping below his foot.

He again took a step forward and now he was in the vast ocean whose water was calm and and clear blue.

He was standing on the surface of the water but he did not drown immediately, he felt as if his feet were sinking in the water slowly.

He again took a step forward and found himself in the complete darkness, the darkness so deep that he could not even see his own body.

He again took a step he found himself in a place where there was nothing, just bright light making the place pure white.

The brightness of the place was so high that started to hurt his eyes.

He again took a step forward and he found himself again in the darkness,

He again took a step forward and he found himself in brightness.

And as he continued walking he found himself again and again in the darkness and brightness.

He continued walking, he did not know how long he had been walking but he did not stop.

After an unknown period of time, he was now standing in an entirely different place, a clear sky with beautiful clouds covering the sun, and a calm and soothing air making the place beautiful.

In front of him stood an old oak tree with some of its leaves green and some yellow.

In the shade of the old oak tree, there was a small campfire and two pieces of bone meat cooking from the fire, the drops of juices dripping going directly into the fire producing a delicious smell.

Around the small campfire, there were two seats made of flat stone, and on one of the seats, someone was present there.

He wore a long robe, reaching down to the ground, in a deep dark grey color. A tall, pointy hat perched on his head, held a slender staff in one hand and a featherweight pipe in the other taking puffs of smoke from time to time and adjusting the fire on the camfire with staff.

  His eyes held a knowing twinkle, and his movements were graceful and mysterious.

After the moment of stillness, the mysterious typical wizard-looking old man noticed the presence of Avatar,

He smiled and gestured towards the empty seat in front of him and said in a gentle and old voice,

"Have a seat"

Avatar did not remain standing, he slowly approached and gently took the seat.

Wizard said again looking at the surroundings,

"We rarely have such good weather in here otherwise most of the time it is just sunlight and heat."

Avatar also looked around and nodded in agreement that it sure is nice weather, and then turned around and asked,

"May I know, how to address you"

On this question, the mysterious wizard acted as if he was in deep thinking playing with his long beard, and replies after some time,

"I simply exist here roaming around this land, I do not have a specific name but you can call me The Existence"

Avatar nodded and introduced himself,

"I do not know my original name but some friends of mine called me Avatar"

"A nice name your friends gave you, do you know the meaning of this name?"

  Avatar did not know that his name carried any meaning so he moved his head in a slight, puzzled tilt, indicating that he did not know.

"The term avatar refers to the physical manifestation of the diety on the lands of mortals,  diety lives with them, eats with them, plays with them, and shows them the true path that leads humanity towards the love."

Hearing this avatar went into deep thought of why 'He' gave me such a name, did 'He' like such a name or it was just a name that came into his mind during that time?

Deep in thought avatar heard the voice of The Existence again

"Oh, look the meat is all ready to eat now"

He stood up slightly and carefully grabbed the bone and set it again and then looked at the avatar and said,

"You can pick one for yourself" and pointed towards the one piece still on the top of a campfire.

Avatar mimicked the same movements of The Existence and picked up the bone meat.

The Existence took the small bit first and then Avatar took the bite himself.

The meat was tender, juicy, and flavourful, a true delicacy.

Without taking a second bite, The Existence said,

"You can now begin to make wishes, that is why I am created by you, 

Your every wish will eat away my existence and when I no longer exist that is when you cannot wish,

And this piece of meat in my hand is the physical representation of my existence"

Hearing this Avatar did not waste any time and asked

"Is Karna is in a safe place?"

"He had already stepped foot into his own journey" the wizard replied taking a small bite out of the bone meat.

Avatar breathed a sigh of relief and went into deep thinking and after a long moment of silence he said,

"Shatter my past"

The Existence listening to the wish of his creator took a large bite out of the meat and said,

"That is done"

But after the moment of silence, he said again,

"The masked legion represented your unredeemable past,

It does not speak to you, but takes away the precious things from us,

You can only defeat it through your determination or it will simply stand in your way,

And no matter how you try to run away from it, no matter how you try to shatter it, no matter how you try to forget it,

It will always remain within your shadow."

"Then what choice do I have?" avatar asked.

"I do not know, that is what you have to find out yourself after all it is your past not mine, but all I can say is,

Like the salt to the sea, our past infuses the very essence of our being. To part from it is to transform ourselves into an unrecognizable sea, devoid of the richness and depth that define our unique journey"

Avatar was silent, thinking on the words just The Existence said until he heard him speak again,

"Now what do you wish for next?"

With a simple tone avatar asked for his second wish,

"Transmigration"

He said just one word but The Existence understood what his creator wished for.

Again taking a large bite out of the bone meat he said,

"Our soul does not simply exist independent of our body,

It will need you to pay the price for it"

"What price do I need to pay" Avatar asked immediately.

"I do not know, it is not my body your soul wishes to obtain,

It will be demanded by the soul whose body you intend to pose,

And I have fulfilled your second wish, the preparations for it are now completed"

"How did you decide whose body I will pose?" Avatar asked,

"I peeked into the future and selected the person whose death in some next moment is unavoidable,

Now you can begin to ask me your third wish"

Avatar gazed at the meat in the hand of The Existence, he had already eaten more than half of it.

But the next moment The Existence said again

"Oh you can eat the meat in your hand, it is not special like mine"

Avatar looked at the bone meat in his hand and took a bite after chewing and swallowing it, he  said,

"I wish to grow strong"

This time The Existence did not take a bite of his remaining meat and said

"The realm of the flowing energy is not something I can tap onto to provide you with strong abilities, for it you have to contact it yourself but I can make another arrangement to make you strong"

Avatar sighed and lowered his head, 

He was never able to contact the flowing energy that can give living beings special abilities akin to magic, and for it, he blamed the curse bestowed upon him for it.

"Alright, follow your arrangements"

Again The Existence took a large bite, but this time changes in his surroundings can be seen.

Behind the old oak tree, a small beautiful home appeared, and from behind it, the grey fog emerged covering every direction blocking the view further from his surrounding oak tree and little home.

Next, a wooden chaise lounge appeared in the shade of the old oak tree.

"What arrangements did you make?" Avatar asked seeing such changes confused.

"That is what you have to explore, I cannot tell you everything can I?" The Existence replied.

Avatar nodded and began to think what wish should make next as the meat on the hand on The Existence almost finished but he heard him speak again,

"I have a little request if you wish to hear"

Avatar confused could not think of what he could give to the person sitting in front of him, he asked,

"What is it?"

"I am created through the power of the eternity flames and your subconsciousness and so every wish I fulfilled was according to your subconsciousness so before making my request I wish to know your dream"

Avatar thought for some moment and replied

"My dream is to explore this world, visit every place, and know everything about this world"

Hearing this The existence  replied 

"A simple dream but deemed impossible by 'OTHER WORLD' and even more unreachable for the slave of curiosity"

After a moment of pause, he took a puff out of his pipe exhaled the smoke, and said,

"I have a little existence remained, I want to continue my existence and witness your journey,

Of course, you can reject me and ask for another wish from my remaining existence."

Avatar went into deep thought and took a bite from his meat and after a long moment of silence he replied,

"I have no wish any further"

Hearing this The Existence chuckled and said

"Thank you,

you will start your new journey with a new name, new body, and new determination,

and I will witness it behind the curtains of the time."

Avatar nodded,

With a smile on the face, The Existence started to disappear like weathering in thin air.

And the next moment avatar felt his consciousness sleeping away and he closed his eyes and he as well disappeared into thin air.