#biding time

Whumper: "You're just one person, what could you possibly do?"

Rating: Teen and Up (Mainly due to death mentions)

Warnings: None apply

Summary: The City of Souls was expansive and endless, reaching out in all directions. For all of time, this is where souls have resided until deciding to go into the Sea of Souls, which surrounded the city on all sides. This is where Julia is now, biding her time until her husband does inevitably ends up joining her. It's taking a lot longer than she had expected. And the waiting only seems to grow longer as she receives several visits from the Grim Reaper himself, telling her of all the... adventures... her husband has gotten up to in the living world.

Deep in the Astral Plane, the City of Souls stood on a large, solitary island, surrounded by the Sea of Souls. The buildings reached up and up for what seemed like miles. The streets were crowded with bustling souls. Everything was grayscale, not a hint of color for as far as you could see. The city never slept, never stopped moving. Everything was just like it was back in the living world except for the fact that, well, they weren’t living.

Upon dying, a soul would be transferred to the Astral Plane. There, they’d be given a choice. Go through the gates and into the city or deposit yourself in the sea and come to rest. There was a near-even split of people who went to the sea versus those who went to the city. Some people, those more on in their years especially, dipped into the sea for some much-needed closure. Others stayed on the land and existed in what could be a practical day-to-day routine. They all had different reasons for staying, of course.

Julia, for example, was waiting for her husband. And to be honest, she was getting kind of antsy.