The contour of the water droplets sliding down my window reminded me of the dull life I lived. Waking up early to work at a fast food restaurant then coming back in a black and white room where I rented somehow became my everyday routine for the the past two years. And I hated every single second of it with a passion. With nothing to my name anyway I decided to quit. Collecting all my savings to take a trip to an old cottage cabin near the side of the river. I didn't know what to do. I didn't have a plan. I had no aspirations, no business to take over, no money, no future. It made me wonder what my purpose in life is, since everyone had one right? Or maybe the universe just forgot about me. I doubt it though, the universe isn't sentient. Only inclined to work in the invisible hand. A God of some sort. Its not me to meddle with any of those topics though. I'm content with what I know, ignorance is bliss anyways right?...right?
Truly ignorance was bliss. But it never erases the reality we live in. my eyes widen in thought. Suddenly things started to clear up. I couldn't believe I hadn't thought of it before. Maybe I had, but I suppressed so much that I almost nearly ceased it's existence.
My body trembled. My cheeks cramped from the sudden grin I wore. I stood up the log I had been sitting abruptly. The world as I knew it, foggy and dark, started to brighten and clear. It was no longer the world I blamed, since the world is objective. The truth I've been seeking, was within my grasp all along, and it only took me my job to realize it. I laughed uncontrollably. Breaking out in tears as I struggled to keep myself sane.
"It's my Fault!" I shouted at the world
"It's my fault! It's my fault! It's my fault!" Normally people wouldn't go about laughing like a psychopath while declaring it 'their fault'. But to realize that everything was your fault and stop blaming the world was kind of a relief I never knew I needed.
I felt so happy clearing out all the misjudgements from my past with three simple words 'its my fault'. But it really wasn't that simple either. Because in three words I was able to find out what I wanted to do with my remaining life. I say it like I have no time when in fact, I have all the time in the world. My brain hot-wired itself into self realization. All this time, when I thought the world had something to do with my miserable life, it was my fault all along. And I couldn't be happier.
Wiping away the last droplets of tears, I gazed at the beautiful orange sunset that alined perfectly with the lake. It seemed that everything I had done was now unimportant. Now there was the feeling of looking at the world in a new light, a new perspective. Then there was the matter of finding money but I could think about that later. For now I should just enjoy this moment.
Feeling sleepy, I rested on a nearby tree trunk. My eyes growing heavier until I couldn't lift it any longer and fell asleep.
I opened my eyes to a blue screen displaying question marks. I couldn't remember anything beforehand, only that I was happy. I touched the screen Infront of me. Nothing happened. I wondered what the question marks were for when one of them revealed a sentence.
"Transporting to RWBY, please wait…"
I stared at it dumbly with no astonishment as one word entered my mind.
'neat'