[ WP ] God shows you 3 Doors . Door One leads to eternal happiness , Door Two leads to infinite knowledge . Then there is Door Three , and God has never opened it yet .

Death was n't what I had expected. 
 
 A part of me had imagined the Sunday Morning Cartoon version of Heaven: A ground made of clouds and Gold Brick, Pearly Gates, and St. Intern reading off whether or not you got to walk in. Of course, I also imagined the Sunday Morning Cartoon version of Hell as well: Demons with pitchforks, a world made of red stone and fire, and the wailing of the damned as they are tormented. But... I did n't seriously expect those to be the truth. 
 
 I had *expected* Oblivion, a total cession of existence. I had expected that everything would stop. No more past, no more future, no more present, *no more me*. I had been looking forward to it, really. Finally getting to stop... but of course the Universe decided that I needed to keep going. 
 
 -- - 
 
 `` *Ahh... *'' The Creator said, `` *I've been waiting Eons for you to arrive. Welcome! Welcome! *'' 
 
 I blinked. 
 
 `` *Oh... *'' The Creator said, `` *You are probably confused. Do n't worry, that's perfectly natural. I do n't know what you're seeing... everyone handles this part differently, and I ca n't see through your eyes. *'' 
 
 What I was *seeing* was a lot like my old Screensaver. I was looking out upon the Universe... if the Universe was a hybrid of the Hyperdrive from Star-Wars and the background of an 80s Guitar Solo. I could see *everything*, right down to individual pieces of sand upon the surface of planets. I'm not sure, but I *think* that I even saw Gravity while I was in there. But... all that was just background dressing. 
 
 The real... substance of the place was the area where The Creator and I were standing. We were standing on a Trident-Shaped platform, which looked like it was made of Hard-Light. We were standing on the Trident's handle, and there was a door at the end of each of the points. 
 
 `` Where-'' I said. 
 
 `` *You're behind-the-scenes, *'' The Creator said, `` *or, at least, as close as your mind can come to understanding it. *'' 
 
 `` Why-'' I said. 
 
 `` *Because you're dead, *'' The Creator said, `` *and you're a very special person. One of a Kind... but all Mortals are. You get to Choose... where you go next. *'' 
 
 I looked forward, towards the doors. 
 
 `` Three choices?'' I asked, and did n't get interrupted this time. 
 
 `` *Three... *'' The Creator said, `` *hmm... you* are *very special indeed. *'' 
 
 The creator, or at least how I saw the Creator, smiled. It was a bit unnerving. 
 
 He looked towards the first door, the one to the left. It was made of Hard-Light, like the floor was. 
 
 `` Through the First Door,'' The Creator said, `` You will find Paradise. There is no Suffering beyond that door. Nobody Wants for anything. Nobody has an unfulfilled Desire. All you will have is Peace, and Serenity.'' 
 
 I looked at the door... and I began to see more of it. It happened the same way that I was able to see more of the worlds that passed us by. Details that I had overlooked began to come closer, and I began to *see*. Once I felt that I had seen all there was to see, I turned to The Creator. 
 
 `` If I go through that door,'' I said, `` I wo n't be Human anymore, will I?'' 
 
 The Creator smiled, and gestured for me to continue. 
 
 `` My Humanity will be taken from me,'' I said, `` I would n't Want for anything, I would n't have unfulfilled Desires, because I would n't be able to Want anything anymore. I would n't be able to Suffer because I would n't have enough presence of mind to understand that anything is wrong. My Peace, my Serenity... it would come at the cost of total ignorance. It... would n't be *me* anymore.'' 
 
 The Creator nodded, and he turned towards the next door, the Center. 
 
 `` *Beyond that Door, *'' The Creator said, `` *You will find Knowledge. All of it. Everything that I know, you will be able to know beyond that door. In time you will come to understand everything. *'' 
 
 I looked at that door next. It looked like it was made of Silver... and I saw an scene engraved upon it: a man hanging from the branches of a tree with a spear in his side. I remembered that story. Odin hanging himself from the branches of the World-Tree to gain knowledge of the Runes. 
 
 `` There's a cost to it,'' I said, `` is n't there?'' 
 
 The Creator nodded again, and he gestured for me to continue once more. 
 
 `` Knowledge comes at a cost,'' I said, `` the cost of this Knowledge would be... Knowing. I would Know every wrong that is committed. I would Know every suffering person whose voice goes unheard. But... I would n't be able to do anything. Total Knowledge does not entail Omnipotence, only Omnipresence.'' 
 
 The Creator smiled, and then he turned towards the third door. 
 
 `` What's behind that one?'' he asked, `` I've never been behind it.'' 
 
 I looked at the third door. It was made from... something different. This language... does n't really have words to describe it. It took me awhile to realize what it was. 
 
 `` Humanity,'' I said, `` The Third Door is made of Humanity... and it leads to something related to Humanity. Something Outside of this world, something that you did n't create. That's why you do n't know what's through that door, you did n't create it... but you did create the Door.'' 
 
 The Creator nodded, and he smiled. 
 
 `` *I do not know what lies beyond the Third Door. *,'' The Creator said, `` *I can not go there. It is made of Humanity, for Humanity. I do not know what lies beyond. I can not guarantee happiness, or reward, or anything else once you step beyond. *'' 
 
 `` You know that I ca n't accept what you can guarantee,'' I said, `` my other options are Ignorance or Impotence.'' 
 
 The Creator nodded. 
 
 `` For the Curse of Life is the Curse of Want,'' I said, walking towards the door, `` And so I stare into the Mists in search of answers...'' 
 
 I grasped the door, and pulled it open, and then I walked through the Door. 
 
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 `` Welcome,'' The Architect said, `` I've been waiting for you to arrive... we have so *very* much to do.''
