A New Life, A New Me - Part 1

"And that's the last of the souls I need to deal with today." a woman exclaims with a sigh. "Ughh, there's always so much work to do. I wish that my life was truly as lavish as how those mortals imagined it as." She let out another sigh as she said "Enough moping, now what should I do with the rest of the day. Maybe talk with some of my colleagues? Nah, they're all boring and way too serious. They would probably tell me to stop wasting their precious time and go back to sorting out the souls of the dead. Sigh, I guess that only leaves one thing to do. Let's go watch the mortal world for interesting souls!" the goddess exclaims as her mood does a complete 180. "First lets clean this place up," she says as she snaps her fingers. The room changes from a large and lavish throne room with gold plated walls and pillars that were lit nicely by a large and ornate crystal chandelier hanging in the center of the vaulted ceiling, to a smaller and darker room centered around an enormous bed that gave of the feeling that it was softer than a cloud. Off to the side, there was a pillowed pedestal (AN/: I think this is how to call it? If you don't get it its the thing that medieval people put the crown on before putting it on the head of the newly coronated king.) on top of a short pillar, where a crystal clear orb rested upon. The goddess grabbed the orb and slide her small yet delicate hand across the surface, allowing her to pan her vision across the mortal realm. Her wishes to find an interesting person was conveyed to the orb and it showed a bright light that marked such an individual. Startled at how bright the light was, she blinked her eyes a couple of times before she whisked her spectral vision towards the source of the light. Upon reading the individual's information she let out a small yelp of surprise. Her eyes sparkled with excitement as she started thinking of what she could do with such an interesting soul. You could hear the cogs turning faster and faster in her head before she let out a cackle of delight. "I can't believe that I would find such an interesting soul! I look forward to what entertainment you will bring me," she says with fervor as her face morphed into an expression you would expect on a perverted lolicon who had discovered the cutest loli in the universe. It would send chills down the spines of even the craziest and sadistic individuals in human history.

{The mortal realm, Random dorm room of a random university}

*U-ding-a-ling U-ding-a-ling U-ding-a-ling*

If you strained your ears, you could hear a quiet "Alexa, stop" coming from underneath a lump of blankets on the floor next to a small bed.

*U-ding-a-ling U-ding-a-ling U-ding-a-ling*

"Alexa, stop. Alexa, Stop. ALEXA, STOP THE ALARM" yells a young man as he perks up from under his blankets. He yawns as he rubs his eyes and throws off the blanket that was covering him. He opens his eyes and takes a look around before looking at the bed that he apparently fell off of during his sleep. "I guess I had a strange dream" he mutters, before getting up and going into the bathroom to prepare for class.

- After class at the end of the day -

'Another boring day complete' I think as I walked down the halls of the university. I sighed as I thought about how boring the future would be. Getting up in the morning, going to class, coming home, doing homework before going to sleep again. I would do that again and again for a couple more years before graduating and getting my bachelor's degree in computer science. Then I would probably get a job at some tech company and work my days away in front of a computer until I died or retired. I let out another long sigh. I arrived at the main hall and was about to leave the university building and walk to the dorm before I felt a weight on my shoulder causing me to stumble from surprise. "Man you got to stop doing that," I growl. "Do you want me to fall over and crack my head open on the floor?"

"Sorry, Jacob," says an energetic voice of a certain young man. "But you looked like you were moping again so I decided to knock you out of that mood."

"You certainly almost knocked me over, Ben." I snap at my friend.

"But I didn't," says Ben as he lets out a smirk. I could feel my veins popping out of my forehead from frustration, but didn't say anything. I let out a sigh. 'I guess he did help me change my mood. I just wish he just did it in a more restrained way.' I could never stay angry at the guy. He had been my friend since we were little kids. He was always so happy and upbeat. He always knew what he wanted to do. Since I could never decide on what to do, I would always follow him. Life turned out alright, but it never really satisfied my boredom. Sigh.

"Anyway, I'll see you tomorrow Ben. I didn't sleep well last night so I'm toast," I say. "I'm gonna go back to my dorm and get some shut-eye. See you later." I walk out as I wave my hand.

"Okay, I'll see you later too. Don't forget to wake up on time." He quips. I could see him making a teasing face in my mind. My veins started to pop up again. 'Stay calm, stay calm. You can punch him later.' I still don't get how he remembers that. I was late for class one time. One freaking time. And that was a year ago. And somehow he still remembers that and makes fun of me about it. My hand clenches again as I start to imagine me punching him in the face. A weird aura leaks out from me as a start to laugh a little.