Prompt & its fiction: 10 Things You Should Know About the First Few Hours After Death

[charisstoma]

10 Things You Should Know About the First Few Hours After Birth was the article heading but we all know that my brain likes to write its own words.

10 Things You Should Know About the First Few Hours After Death is what it came up with in the quick visual scan. Perfectly understandable, Yes? *head desk*

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Title: 10 Things You Should Know About the First Few Hours After Death
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 106


*bing ... bing bing bing* Excuse me. Anyone?

Yes. Fill this out and sit over there when you're done. We're rather busy right now; mislabelled wars, ebola, and we've got that earthquake scheduled... wait what was the last thing you remember? It wasn't a shaking was it?

No. There was this light ...

Oh a hospital death. Yes, well, fill this out and go sit over there when you're done.

No, you don't understand. There was this bright light in the sky and everything went white.

Shit! Solar Flare everybody! There's going to be a massive influx! Why can they not keep to agreed upon schedules?

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[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

Bad organisation. Such a stressor.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

*nods head solemnly* There's a reason it's call purgatory, both for the people waiting and those who work there. Keeps life interesting though, bad organisation.

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Word count: 258

Fill this out and then take a seat over there.

So ... what was happening in the world when you died?

You are one sick fuck! Asking a shit question like that. I’ve. Just. Died.

No really, it helps pass the time, what were the events just before your coming here?

*sighs* Fine! They were talking about ebola in Africa starting up again. And let's see, two male penguins in Norway hatched an egg they've been incubating making them the aquarium's first same sex parents.

But what was happening in the world?!

I don't read world news, I do Facebook. It's too depressing. Last I heard the U.S. was in another armed conflict somewhere but think the latest from talk at work was we might be back in Iraq or going back. Personally I think they're just after our money. It's all a scam between the arms dealers and the countries to get us to invade. New kind of tourism.

But people get killed!

*shrugging* Good for their country's economy though. Big money entering the country both during and after. The politicians love it.
So what are you here for?

Oh, we were fighting in Afghanistan.

So you died recently.

Nooo, I don't think so. There's been a lot of people come through with other wars since I got here. Alexander took us to the most miserable hot land the gods created but Hephaestian said it was a good idea.

WHAT? Why are you still here?

Not sure. There's been some grumbling that Mercury broke a sandal strap.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

LOL