World Between Lives
Arriving
When a person dies, their soul is transported to the World Between Lives. The person can't sense this journey, they will only fade out in their body, then suddenly sit on a bench in a white, featureless room. There is a door on the wall to the right of the bench. The light is just a bit too bright, making it slightly uncomfortable to be there. There are no sounds, just silence and a slight sound of a breeze that can't exactly be pinpointed. The air in the room has a slightly cool temperature, but not freezing, and it's completely still despite the sounds of wind. The door is locked, and can't be opened.
Staying
The soul won't leave this realm at once, but will wait in this room for a while. Maybe other souls will arrive during the wait, but somehow there's never more than two souls present at any time, even though more people might be dying. This might be because the realm itself is outside time, and even though time goes on in a linear matter outside it doesn't really do so here. The other souls you'll meet might even be from a different era altogether.
Leaving
When it's time, the soul will leave to inhabit a different body for another round of life. Usually the soul is sent out of the universe they died in, and there might be dozens of lifetimes until they return to this universe again. This makes it almost impossible for a person who have met the soul before to meet the same soul again.
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