“What a mood,” Tatum laughed.

“Yeah tough luck Malik,” Theodore said.

Suddenly Richard started to shout in pain.

“Jesus are we all going to go out in pain?” Gabriel asked. “That isn’t fair.”

“It looks like I’m going to disappear too,” Richard said. “Does anyone know where Malik is?”

“He is gone,” Malakai said.

“I see,” Richard said. “He was a nice fellow that guy.”

“He would’ve liked to hear that,” Loretta said.

“I cannot wait to reunite with my family,” Richard said, and then he vanished.

Then Theodore started to scream.

“No!” Loretta cried. She embraced Theodore. Then Theodore started crying.

“I don’t want to go,” he said. “I want to stay with you.”

Loretta sighed. “I’ll always be in your heart. Just like you’ll be in mine.”

“I will do my best to become healthy weight,” he said excitedly to her before he vanished.

Loretta soon was next, and she said, “I’m glad that I was actually innocent.”

Then Daviron burst into the room. “Why am I glowing and in pain?”

“You’re disappearing,” I told him.

“But I miss being on Earth-,” then he vanished.

“I know I won’t see Naomi again because neither of us exist,” Gabriel said. “But a man can still hope.”

“Goodbye,” Tatum told Gabriel. “You are pretty cool!”

“Same for you,” Gabriel said. “When you aren’t annoying that is.” Then he vanished.

It was Susan’s turn. “No. I have to return back to my murderer!”

“No you won’t,” I reassured her. “Cause you don’t actually exist. You will never see him again.”

“Thanks,” Susan smiled. “That's one good silver lining.” Then she disappeared.

“I’m next,” Malakai said. “I cannot wait to go back to Hell.”

“That just sounds really weird,” Yash said.

“Agreed,” Joel said.

“Let me enjoy my thing,” Malakai grumbled. Then he vanished.

“Goodbye everyone,” Joel said. “Smell you all later.”

“Bye, Katsu, Yash, and Josephine,” Tatum said. “I may have screamed like a banshee from pain, but I will still go out in style!”

“Goodbye,” Yash said. “This is by far the craziest memory I had of all my lives past and present.”

“I’m last,” Josephine said. “Since everyone else is gone, I’ll just say that I hate you enormously. But I appreciate that you allowed me to save my sister Josephine.”

“Yes,” I said. “Again I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be,” Josephine said as she was glowing. “I want to continue to hate you.”

Then she vanished. The last of my characters were gone.

I fell to the floor with a tear stuck in my eye. I had waited very long to summon my characters, and never did I expect them to low-key teach me the meaning of life. I smiled.

“I’m glad I wrote you all,” I said. “And I guess I’ll return to my writers workshop now and continue my next story!”