-where am I?
-In the world between life and death.
-What am I seeing now?
-The earth.
-Why it looks so familiar?
-Because you lived here once.
-Who am I?
-Better ask who you were.
-Will you give me an answer?
-It depends.
-Depends on what?
-What you want to know.
-Why I'm here?
-Why the change of question? Don't want to know who you were?
-It doesn't matter anymore.
-I'm here to lead you to the point from where you will go alone to the dead world.
-How you call that place?
-You can call it whatever you want. It doesn't have one name.
-Can I call it Oiji?
-Why Oiji?
-I remembered that once I heard a story about the place where you can be happy. That
place depends on the person. To everyone it appears differently. I want to think that we are
going to my happy place, to my own Oiji.
-Then Oiji is.
-What is your name?
-I have many names. They call me Death, Reaper or just the Guy.
-Can I call you Josh?
-No.
-Then, can I call you Death?
-Then Death is. Come, it’s time.
Where are we?
-In your house.
-Why are we here?
-To say goodbye.
-Is this my room?
-Yes.
-Why it looks so familiar but at the same time so foreign…. Can we leave this room?
-If it's what you want.
They are my parents?
-Yes.
-Why are they crying?
-They are mourning your death.
-Can they see me?
-No.
-Can they hear me?
-No.
-Can I touch them?
-You can try.
-Why can't my hand touch them… Why can't I feel their skin warm… Why can't I talk to
them… Why are we here?
-You have to say your goodbye.
-How can I do that when I can't even touch them?
-Wuf…
-Tari?
-Wuf, wuf..
-You can see me?
-Wuf..
-You are a good boy. I will miss you. Can you do me a favor?
-Wuf.
-In my room there is my favourite scarf. Can you bring it here and give it to my parents?
-Why the scarf?
-The point is not the scarf but Tari.
-Wuf!
-Look how they are hugging and petting him. He was my dog. By raising him, they will not
miss me so much.
-But why the scarf?
-To show them that he also misses me and that he can share their pain. It could have been
any kind of thing but I really liked that scarf and they know that.
-But he is just a dog.
-For humans he is more than a dog.
-Shall we go?
-Okay.
Where are we now?
-You tell me.
-It's just a forest.
-So why are we here?
-I don't know. Didn't you say that we are going to Oiji?
-We will reach it when you will be able to let go of this world.
-Now I get it.
-What?
-Why we are here.
-You liked nature?
-I don't remember but when I look at the trees, at the flying birds it feel warm inside me.
-Would you like to stay here?
-Can I?
-You can but then you will wanish.
-And if I will go to Oiji?
-They will fulfill your wish.
-So I can be reborn as a bird?
-If it's what you want.
-How you became Death?
-It was my punishment.
-For what?
-It doesn't matter anymore.
-Don't you feel lonely?
-I don't have emotions.
-Are there a lot of people just like me?
-You mean lost souls?
-Yes
-It depends.
-Depends on what?
-How the person lived his life.
-How long you waited for me?
-Long enough.
-I think I'm ready to go.
-Are you sure?
-Yes.
-Then let's go.
-Here we are. We reached your Oiji.
-Yes, we did.
-From now on you will go alone.
-Can't you come with me?
-I can't.
-Will you be able to go there someday?
-We will see.
-Won't you be lonely after I leave?
-I don't know what it means to be lonely.
-Thank you for leading me here. I will not forget you.
-Don't promise things that you can't fulfill. Now go.
-Will we meet again?
-Maybe, who knows.
-Thank you and bye.
-…
Death was standing and watching the soul which faded more and more on every step it took.
He couldn't feel sorrow or sadness because he didn't have emotions. But deep inside he felt
emptiness. It was the first time he encountered this kind of feeling. Maybe it's because of
that lost soul that he just met. It was different from others. He pitted Death even though they
just met. Usually they fear him but this little lost soul managed to become equal to him. At
the time he decided to go, he heard a muffled voice. It came from the side where he sowed a
vanishing soul. He looked at the side and waited. Then a little guy with a waggy tail
appeared.
-Why are you here?
-Wuf..
-Didn't you say that you wanted to be a bird?
-Wuf..
-Go back, if you will ask them, maybe they will give you another chance.
Then the Death turned around and started to walk. But the little guy followed him. Death tried
to run, hide and even chased him away but every time the puppy found him or came back to
him.
-How should I call you?
-Wuf…
-Let me see your collar.
-Wuf, wuf…
-How ironic, it says Oiji. Does that mean that you will be my happy place?
-Wuf!
-Come, we have a job to do.
Death petted the dog and decided to go with him. It was the first time he had an
acquaintance. He still couldn't understand why the dog but maybe one day this secret will be
revealed.