Anna, Viral Denial...
Inspired by STFUbelievers
Anna was soaring as the paramedics lifted the remains of the truck from her lifeless body. She looked down in horror as her already mutilated corpse was being further defiled by the EMTs as they fought to force the life back into her heart and lungs. As they moved her body away, she was surrounded by a brilliantly blinding light. Like a common moth, she lifted higher towards the source of the beautiful flickering. She couldn't tell whether it was curiosity or instinct that forced her higher, but she felt she had no control over what was happening to her now.
As the world she knew faded from view, she found herself in a new place. Everything was immaculate, shining and completely sterile. She felt as though she were strolling through a whitewashed museum where only pure, blank canvasses were on display. After much floating, she came upon a bed of huge clams.
"This is so bizarre" she thought.
As she looked closely Anna could see the clams were slowly opening and closing their maws. Several of them contained pearls the size of her head, tucked between folds of pink-white flesh. Beyond them was an enormous gate, seemingly made of the same huge pearls.
"Watch where you're hovering!" A voice called to her, seeming to come from nowhere and everywhere all at once. "Those clams leave quite a mess."
Then she saw him. A man, garbed in white flowing tresses holding a large golden book in his arms. He stood, or floated rather, just beyond the gate.
Try as she might, Anna felt herself unable to speak, partially due to the fact she no longer had a throat or lungs to create a voice.
"Don't hurt yourself trying to speak here!" The man said. "You can't. It works better if you just think really loud."
"…ok…" She thought successfully towards the man.
"The look on your face made me lol! I'm Peter, BTW."
"Whoa…" Anna thought aloud, shocked that internet acronyms had found their way into the afterlife.
"Well, let's get down to business, shall we?"
"…uh… Sure… I guess"
"What is your name, child?"
"…It's… Anna…"
The man took a few moments to scan pages of the book he held.
"Anna… Anna… Hmm… I'm not seeing your name here… Let me call B.B. down to see if he can clarify this situation."
"B.B.?"
"Oh, Big Bastard! XD! That's our nickname for Mr. H. Christ himself. We all got kinda drunk on communion wine at a Worship a while ago. And, well… Lets just say it's a long, hilarious story. One that would make anyone ROFLcopter right off a cloud!"
Anna was totally beginning to get weirded out when another figure appeared next to Peter. They seemed to be having a conversation in silence, then the new figure quickly receded from view.
"Uh oh… You're one of those, eh?"
"Huh? Wha…what do you mean?"
"Well, B.B. is refusing to see you. Mentioned something about not forwarding a viral message. In other words, you're being denied. Right here. In front of these gates. I guess that only leaves one option for you. Sorry, dearie… Truly I am, but there's nothing more I can do. >_< "
The clouds beneath Anna's form seemed to quiver and spiral. Lightning flickered as the clouds began to form a dark vortex. She felt herself pulled towards the darkness...
Anna was soaring as the paramedics lifted the remains of the truck from her lifeless body. She looked down in horror as her already mutilated corpse was being further defiled by the EMTs as they fought to force the life back into her heart and lungs. As they moved her body away, she was surrounded by a brilliantly blinding light. Like a common moth, she lifted higher towards the source of the beautiful flickering. She couldn't tell whether it was curiosity or instinct that forced her higher, but she felt she had no control over what was happening to her now.
As the world she knew faded from view, she found herself in a new place. Everything was immaculate, shining and completely sterile. She felt as though she were strolling through a whitewashed museum where only pure, blank canvasses were on display. After much floating, she came upon a bed of huge clams.
"This is so bizarre" she thought.
As she looked closely Anna could see the clams were slowly opening and closing their maws. Several of them contained pearls the size of her head, tucked between folds of pink-white flesh. Beyond them was an enormous gate, seemingly made of the same huge pearls.
"Watch where you're hovering!" A voice called to her, seeming to come from nowhere and everywhere all at once. "Those clams leave quite a mess."
Then she saw him. A man, garbed in white flowing tresses holding a large golden book in his arms. He stood, or floated rather, just beyond the gate.
Try as she might, Anna felt herself unable to speak, partially due to the fact she no longer had a throat or lungs to create a voice.
"Don't hurt yourself trying to speak here!" The man said. "You can't. It works better if you just think really loud."
"…ok…" She thought successfully towards the man.
"The look on your face made me lol! I'm Peter, BTW."
"Whoa…" Anna thought aloud, shocked that internet acronyms had found their way into the afterlife.
"Well, let's get down to business, shall we?"
"…uh… Sure… I guess"
"What is your name, child?"
"…It's… Anna…"
The man took a few moments to scan pages of the book he held.
"Anna… Anna… Hmm… I'm not seeing your name here… Let me call B.B. down to see if he can clarify this situation."
"B.B.?"
"Oh, Big Bastard! XD! That's our nickname for Mr. H. Christ himself. We all got kinda drunk on communion wine at a Worship a while ago. And, well… Lets just say it's a long, hilarious story. One that would make anyone ROFLcopter right off a cloud!"
Anna was totally beginning to get weirded out when another figure appeared next to Peter. They seemed to be having a conversation in silence, then the new figure quickly receded from view.
"Uh oh… You're one of those, eh?"
"Huh? Wha…what do you mean?"
"Well, B.B. is refusing to see you. Mentioned something about not forwarding a viral message. In other words, you're being denied. Right here. In front of these gates. I guess that only leaves one option for you. Sorry, dearie… Truly I am, but there's nothing more I can do. >_< "
The clouds beneath Anna's form seemed to quiver and spiral. Lightning flickered as the clouds began to form a dark vortex. She felt herself pulled towards the darkness...