N: Congratulations, you've gotten to the end of the road.
Jeremiah: …
N: …
Jeremiah: …
N: Aren't you going to say something?
Jeremiah: It's just… I don't know what to say. I was that close to the end?
N: No.
Jeremiah: Huh?
N: Well you see. The thing about this road is this. Yes, the events are limited but limited can be any number I choose and I chose none. The doors increase with a geometric progression starting from 1 and increasing by 10, so if you finish one door, you have to finish ten doors. If you finish ten doors, you'll have to finish hundred doors. You get the gist.
Jeremiah: Your plan was to have us walk for eternity?
N: No that was left to you. I did tell you that you had more control over the situation than you thought. There are only three things you could have done. 1. Keep moving through the doors and eventually settle. 2. Stop using doors and jump off the road. 3. Ignore the doors and focus on reaching the end of the road.
Jeremiah: But I didn't even think about getting here.
N: It doesn't matter. The conditions for you to get here were fulfilled the moment you chose to ignore the doors and the voices telling you to stop. Those voices were just from other people that took this journey too by the way.
Jeremiah: Wow.
N: So you get your wish and as a bonus for clearing the challenge known as the infinity road, you can get to ask me as many questions as you like. For now.
Jeremiah: How are Lisa and George?
N: They are reliving that incident for the 980th time now. George seems to have gotten used to the pain but Lisa is a wreck every time he dies. She's stopped trying to stop herself from burning the house with him inside.
Jeremiah: That doesn't sound good at all. What about Aaron?
N: Aaron? He is currently on a 5 game winning streak against his dad. I go watch their games sometimes just to see who's winning. His dad has the record of 100-5 though.
Jeremiah: Now about me. Why are you hiding my memories from me?
N: I did no such thing.
Jeremiah: Then why do I know something is not ok with me?
N: Jeremiah, I think I know what the problem is.
Jeremiah: What is it?
N: The problem is that you are normal.
Jeremiah: Normal?
N: Yes. Normal.
Jeremiah: What do you mean?
N: You spent too much time around odd people and you thought there was something off about you too. There isn't. The only reason I told you I wouldn't be giving you any more memories is because there was nothing else to give.
Jeremiah: What about those kids?
N: Those are your kids, Jeremiah. Why do you doubt it? They are alive and well.
Jeremiah: I don't know. I just… So that was all there was to know about me. This is comical. I was chasing nothing this whole time?
N: It's fine so what is your wish? You can't come back to life, bring someone back to life or wish for more wishes and even if you try to get smart, I'm not obligated to fulfill your wishes.
Jeremiah: I don't even know what to ask for. Let me sit down and think about it for a bit.
𝘼 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙.
Jeremiah: Wh… what just happened?
N: Oh right. I forgot to mention. You can bring anything you can think of that has a physical form here. After all this is where you will be spending your eternity.
Jeremiah: That sounds… convenient? Anything I want?
N: Yeah. Even the platform you're on. You thought you were going to land on something when you fell so it formed. We were supposed to be floating together.
Jeremiah: I can float too. You're turning me into some type of hero.
N: Look, can you just make your wish? I have other things to attend to.
Jeremiah: I really don't know what to pick. Wait. Before I wish, you said you told one lie in the beginning, what was it?
N: You haven't forgotten that?
Jeremiah: It just kinda stuck.
N: It was what I said about heaven and hell.
Jeremiah: But they don't exist here.
N: That's what you think. Heaven is just a name, so is hell. Regrets, guilt, malice, these are the things that ultimately cause the loop in events. Now the concept of hell here exists in the minds of all who have taken a step on that road and seen the scary versions of themselves. Do you regret what you did? Do you want to stop yourself from making that mistake? The more you question yourself in that moment, the more you will experience it. There is this popular notion on earth that makes people think that the moment before death if they can ask for forgiveness, they will be spared. They are not wrong but I'm not going to forgive you when you can't forgive yourself and I choose not to bother myself with the actions of humans any longer.
Jeremiah: But what about Aaron? Isn't he okay with himself?
N: Other than feeling bad about George, I wouldn't say he has anything worrying him. He is actually pretty happy looping that event with his father. That's a unique case but I'm sure when he is satisfied, his clock is going to keep ticking forward.
Jeremiah: So you're saying if you are at peace with yourself, the loop will stop and you can live life like normal in the event?
N: Yes. That is how my concept of heaven and hell works here.
Jeremiah: So people like Hana and Lisa are doomed for eternity?
N: You'll never know.
Jeremiah: Ok then
N: So what is your wish?
Jeremiah: So I can't wish for more wishes and I can't come back to life.
N: Yes
Jeremiah: Wait. Can I go back to an event?
N: … Why?
Jeremiah: I'm asking because I want to fix some things and can I … …
N: You can? But why would you…? That is your wish?
Jeremiah: Yeah.
N: All right but keep in mind, you can't say anything about this place or what you heard here.
Jeremiah: Don't worry about it.
𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙄𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩. 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙖, 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖, 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.
Lisa: Huh?
Aaron: What the…
George: Where am I?
Hana: Guys?
Lisa: Geo…
Aaron: George!!
George: Hey what's up, kid?
𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙥. 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙖'𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙢.
Hana: George? Sorry, you now know your names?
George: Yeah… You feeling ok?
Hana: Do I look ok? I'm just happy to be out of that classroom.
Hana's bruise has only gotten worse and she looks like she has aged way more than the rest of them.
George: Sorry about that
Aaron: So Lisa, you enjoyed killing George for what? The thousandth time?
Hana: Wait, what's this about?
Lisa: Let go of me HANA.
Hana: Woah fine then.
George: Lisa, you don't have to leave. It's okay.
Lisa: It's not. It's not okay, George.
Aaron: George, how can you forgi…
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩. 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙.
George: Wait a minute, haven't we seen this before?
Aaron: Yeah… that's Jerry!
Hana: Oh yeah, there was one more of us.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜.
Teacher: So what are you going to dance to today for us?
Jeremiah: I will be dancing to Let it Rain by Lindsey Hoffmann.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙. 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚. 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚.
Hana: Wait a minute. Is he… he is peeing on stage?
Aaron: Yeah we've definitely seen this before but where is Jerry?
George: This is the part where he runs off the stage crying.
𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙋𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨. 𝙃𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨…
Jeremiah: HEY!
Hana: Uhh….
Aaron: Is he… is he talking to us?
Jeremiah: That time on the road, what I wanted to tell you was this. I… I AM AN AWFUL DANCER!
George: Hahah what is he doing?
Jeremiah: You were wrong. I didn't train for this moment at all. I planned to embarrass myself because I hated my parents for forcing me to dance.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩. 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢.
Jeremiah: I remember everything and I'm going to set things right. DJ! Play my song.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙅 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜.
Jeremiah: Am I going to regret this? Yes I probably will… but LIFE GOES ON. So what you messed up? So what you might have killed someone?
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙 𝙜𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙨.
Jeremiah: Ok maybe that was too far but my point is everybody makes mistakes and YOU are no better.
George: YES, JERRY!
Jeremiah: It might take days or months or years for you to get over it but that doesn't matter. Everything will be okay with time.
The crowd is now silent and can only watch as Jeremiah speaks on and on.
Jeremiah: Mum, dad, I really do love you. I never got to tell you this much but I really do. And for you guys, you're not any different. Can't you let those things go? Haven't you suffered enough?
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣.
Man: Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
𝙄𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣. 𝘼 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙚, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙤𝙣. 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚.
Crowd: JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!
George: Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Come on guys. Let him hear us too.
Aaron: Don't make me do this please.
𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡.
Hana: JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!
George: Lisa… it's okay. I have forgiven you a long time ago, you don't have to beat yourself up like this.
Lisa: But I killed you. I killed you so many times, George and I knew it wasn't me you loved but I loved the feeling of being that person.
Jeremiah: SO APOLOGIZE! APOLOGIZE TO THAT PERSON YOU'VE WRONGED! If he or she can't forgive you then forget about it and move on!
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜.
Jeremiah: I met a lot of people before I got to this moment and I'll be honest. I don't have that much time here but you do. I don't want you to keep being miserable like I did.
𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚.
Jeremiah: So it seems my time here is almost up. Don't make me regret using my wish to get you all here and watch me dance.
Aaron: He got to the end of the road?
George: So it seems. JERRY!
Jeremiah: Huh?
George: NEVER DANCE AGAIN! YOU'RE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!
Jeremiah: Oh shut up.
Aaron: JERRY! I HAVE BEATEN MY DAD 6 TIMES NOW!
Jeremiah: Isn't that enough?
Hana: Guys I'm sorry for trying to kill you in the school. I… I…
Aaron: Don't sweat it. We have forgotten about it anyways.
George: Yeah, Hana. Don't worry about it.
Lisa: George… you really forgive me?
George: Yes and you don't have to feel sorry. The fire only hurts the 5th time.
Lisa: You're not making this better for me.
George: Sorry but seriously, it's fine. We made a deal to not judge each other, right?
Aaron: Ahem. I remember someone judging someone here.
Lisa: Give it a rest, Aaron. I still can't believe you lied to me.
Aaron: What??
George: Hah you guys should just hug it out.
Aaron: I'm only forgiving you because George has. If he wasn't here, my kill count would have increased by 1.
Lisa: But I am sorry to you too. I didn't mean to make you feel bad when we are almost the same person.
Jeremiah: So we all made up yet?!
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙔𝙀𝙎 𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣.
Jeremiah: That's good. Thank you for having me.
𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙉.
N: You got busy, didn't you?
Jeremiah: Just a bit. I don't even know if they got my message.
N: Well they did. They are all feeling better now.
Jeremiah: Really?
N: Yes.
Jeremiah: Now… I can… finally… rest
N: It's been a long journey, hasn't it?
Jeremiah: Yes…
𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚.
N: You can go to rest for now. Oh and Jerry…
Jeremiah: Yes?
N: I need to tell you something.
Jeremiah: …
𝙉 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝'𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝'𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚.
Jeremiah: What do you… m…
𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨. 𝙉 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙨. 𝙃𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.
N: How are things on your ends?
N2: None of them made it to the end here.
N3: None of them made it to the end here as well.
N4: Same.
N5: Same.
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N1056: One of them made it to the end.
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N13205: Two people made it to the end here.
…
N: So the time is almost upon us. The end of this story.
N stares into the void and doesn't move as if frozen, waiting for someone… something.
𝙀𝙉𝘿
Thank you so much for reaching the end of the first part of my story. It's been fun for me to keep writing and I love the feedback from some of your comments. A bonus chapter will be published tomorrow, it will focus on N and any possible questions you might have after reading. Thank you and we'll meet again.