Reintarnation

Chapter 1: The Rant

Tim was watching the News, as every other day. Again some idiot threw paint at a painting to protest Climate Change. He was really beginning to wonder, if some people are really born to be idiots or just become stupid after living in this world.

"How in the Tarnation is 'that' going to help the Planet?", he asked himself angrily. "Our Earth is being nice enough to allow life on itself. How can we be so stuck up high our asses that we are killing ourself?"

It had always seemed strange to Tim. The Earth was a ball floating in space. HOW is there any life at all. Is it really only a coincidence? A Fluke so abysmally small that it is a miracle in the whole wide cosmos?

And in his 32-years on this beautiful planet, he realized, that the Earth must have wanted to be populated. To hear life. To not be alone in this dark and lonely Universe. Maybe that was why the first Organism was 1 cell.

Like the Earth was saying: "This is all I can do for me. And maybe you. Let this be a chance. Let this be the moment something...anything.....happens.....here...alone.....please...survive."

And survive it did. Survive and evolve. And Evolve. The Earth must have been happy that it wasn't alone anymore. Company, in the dark. No longer was it alone.

Tim thought that was as good as any explanation for life. Sure the germs could have come from outside, or be born in a Black Smoker in the deep, dark depths in the Ocean. But to be human in this world was a curse. Sure he was happy to be alive. To see everything he could see of the world, but in the year 2023, there were not many people who just enjoyed the ride on the boat called life.

Global Economy ruled the thought of every Politician and CEO. Big Companies ruling the markets. Small businessess were rare nowadays. The only real life you could have was go to school till 18 and then you go work until you are nearly 70. Enjoy life? Sure, in a vacation or at the weekend. Watch TV for "information" about our world and it's wonders.

Russia and Ukraine. War. Death. Tragedies. Now over a Year there is only War for the Ukrain. It is normal now.

"How in all of Tarnation is that a good life? How sad Earth must be to only hear fighting, crying and screaming. That may be company, but I would not be happy with such company that is hellbend on eraticating itself."

Tim had traveled and seen this world as much as he could. Sure, it was expensive. But the sights he saw were spactacular. Nature. Earth. Home.

He was happy the first 25-years. Understood what he thought was his goals. Ooh, how they have changed. After being in the workforce for 5 years and his travels, he began watching TV. Traveling was expensive, better keep making money to enjoy life later.

He watched the documentaries of the Earth. Nature, Fauna, Flora, Continents, History. He watched the News and Youtube, Twitch and all other forms of Entertainement. After 3 years he encountered Comics and Anime. Fascinating. The Human brain can imagine entire worlds, fill them with life and tell you a story beyond your previous imagination.

He saw Lord of the Rings. Watched Avengers and read DC. Enjoyed Naruto. But loved One Piece. One Piece as a World didn't feel as cold as all the others. The Multiverse and DC? No thanks, too many lunatics. Naruto? Great but still too many lunatics. One Piece? Also lunatics but at least no world ending ones. You read the manga and watched the anime and you could feel the Life of that world. It was also fighting and tragedy like the others but maybe because of the world it felt different to him.

Tim was in love with the world of One Piece. The Waves, the Mysteries, The Life. After 2 years he was reminded of his world. He was still working and earning money for his travels, but now he spend some of it for One Piece Merch. Gotta support the authors. ;P

Hold on, you may ask Tim. How is One Piece so different from the other fiction? Glad you asked. In Tim's humble opinion, all Stories were good. All stories had Antagonists. But in the cases of LoTR, Marvel&DC, Naruto, and others you still had only one. The story writers of Marvel&DC, who inserted themselves as the gods (in my understanding at least, but could be another earth if untrue, who knows :D). Kaguya in Naruto. Sauron in LoTR. Sure. The same in One Piece with one misterious figure above the 5, Im-sama. BUT. The difference I saw was that the WORLD was not destroyed and no infinite earth's where only some were doomed.

One Piece? Some islands, yes. Past super-Continent. Maybe. But still brimming with life. The Will of the D. The fire in the Dark. The desire for Freedom. The Dreams of the people. The Path of the Strong. Family. Friends. Your dreams are your guide. Your Will is your strenght. Seek your Path.

"Uuh. It makes so much sense. Our world is doomed by ourselves. We can change it if we want, the same as One Piece. We can change nothing until we try, still the same. We cry foul and,'Make it better' to Politicians who ignore us. Same. We try to fight small battle for our worlds. The same. Goverments controlling our path to the future. War. Death. Tragedies. But still the will to fight for a better world.

'We here on earth just accept our Fate. We go to work to earn money, only to spend it. Living paycheck to paycheck. Stale. Gray. The Same as always. Like the good children we are. We ourselves are destroying the breathable air. Kill the enviroment for Profit. Poison the Air and the seas. What do we do against it? We rally behind a kid who gets her opinion fed by her parents and Social Media. We block trafic. Paint the streets. Hold up signs and shout. And in the same breath we are excited for a new sale for a new phone made from children in a Factory in China. Gotta spend that money.', thought Tim.

"No more. We are only Companions of our world. Why can't we be happy with what our purpose is in this world? Enjoy it. Live in it. Explore it."

"Maybe i'm already mad and should be in a hospital.", chuckled Tim. "Aah whatever. This crazy world is wrong or maybe I'm just born in the wrong world. If I could have been born in One Piece that would have been good."

He rose to his feet, overlooking the city Cologne in Germany. The red and white lights of the cars. The light in the windows of the homes of the people, just living from work to sleep, work to sleep.

"Maybe I will be condemned as the Greatest Villain of all times, but like this maybe some of the endless noise we make can go silent. At least for a while. Oh Earth. I Love you with all my heart. Please forgive us for we are killing ourselves. I hope what i'm going to do now will let us live longer and let us accompany you a little more, on your long and lonesome journey."

Tim looked one last time around, then he pressed 'Enter' on his Laptop and the whole world got dark. Silents. Then Screams. Panic.

He listened to all this over the sound of the wind rushing by his ears. He was falling from the top of the old Cathedral of Cologne. 160m to his death. 100m. 50. 10.

"HEHE...Tschüß."