~Janus
I watched myself, lying in the bed, pale, motionless. The room was empty right now. Some doctors somewhere were probably rushing here. The sound of the flat line was going strong. I had finally died.
I'd known my death was coming soon. I'd been in the hospital for the past few days. They said I might recover, but I knew I wouldn't. I had been prepared for death. I had already given up on living. I hadn't been prepared for the afterlife though. I figured the entirety of my existence would have ended with my death. What a disappointing turn of events.
The room around me was soaked in darkness. In the middle of it a figure appeared, a women. Her hair was long and silver with tribal marking on her face.
She began to speak "Hello, you can call me Aunt. Are you Janus?" I nodded, "Now, what do you wish to do? I cannot escort you to a place of happiness,” she turned slightly and a large door appeared. “Only a place full of sorrow and vengeance…”. She seemed well rehearsed in saying this.
"Can't you just end ever-" She cut me off.
“My master can give you a do over. But just one.”
The answer for this was obvious, I didn't want a do over, I wanted everything to end. "Aunt, I will refus-" I was cut off.
"Nurse, 20cc of adrenaline." I felt shakes going through my body. A slight vision of the area around me. There were doctors working, and... Elpis.(A girl Janus had fallen in love with.) She had come to visit me in the hospital. The doctors were trying to bring me back. I had a chance to live again without her offer. "Come on, were losing him again." Then I was plunged back into darkness.
It was so quick. A view at life once again, and of her. I felt so different.(Janus suffered from multiple personality disorder in life, but it was amplified in death.) The woman still stood there patiently still.
"Welcome back, have you made your decision?"
"Yes, I have to live again."
She reached out her hand and I took it. It was freezing, and then ablaze.
The Contract Has Been Sealed
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~Myself
Janus has two personalities, one is the happier but more timid one who will be signified by (Light). The other is darker and more aggressive. (Dark) Depending on who is in control at the time I'll put that as the character I'm writing for.
~Janus (Light)
I woke up to a black winged screaming idiot. I saw auntie shush him like she da** well should. He did make a good point though.
"Where are we? I said. How stupid am I, it doesn't matter, were dead. "Who cares?" What's wrong with me. I've had issues like this, but never so severe. A man in a hat cut in, I ignored him for the most part. My head ached terribly, I felt it. It was different than usual. One side rough, one side smooth.
As the great powers of coincidence acted, or her going through this enough times to know what people wonder and when, she answered my question. “I’m surprised none have asked about your appearance yet.” She tried to find a nice way of explaining it. “You might refer to it as your ‘truest self’ perhaps. It’s what your body could not show in the human’s world. It’s what reflects that is the real you.”
I realized what had happened now. My multiple personality disorder had become a bit more physical in my true self. Speaking of disorders, my others have seemed to have disappeared. (Janus had suffered from many physical disorders due to a premature birth in life.)
The headache went away with a snap. There was a glow of another conscience in my head, it felt darker, and more cruel.
"Idiot, this could have all been over by now. If I just had a second more to refuse her."
I looked around the room. The only person talking was a guy tripping over his own words. He was trying to introduce himself I think.
"You're slow aren't you, idiot, it's me, well you." I think I got it now, the voice was in my head. "Didn't you feel it, were more separated than ever before, but were still stuck in a body together. It seems you're the one in control of it... for now. I swear, I will rectify the error you made in agreeing to this."
"I'm sorry, but we can't die yet, Elpis is still alive."
"Idiot, the girls worthless." The conversations ended there. I disagreed with him, but I didn't want to continue this conversation. I said a quick apology to the space in front of me for not defending Elpis.
(If you haven't gotten yet, italics means the conversation is going on in his mind.)
"My name is Ellie Winter, And I'd be glad to get to know all y'all better."
I guess it's about time to introduce myself if we're all going to be doing this. "Hello my name is Janus. You may be a bit aggressive, but I'm still glad to meet all of you." I tried to give a nice sincere smile, but my face was very resistant to it. I could already tell that I was going to struggle with my darker half.
