(testing new story)

i find it interesting that i am sitting here with so much work piling up every second and yet i am thinking “i am bored, and i have nothing to do”. infact i have so much work that even if i started now i wouldn’t be able to finish by monday morning for my first lecture/class. and while i have conviced myself that i have nothing to do, i am intent on watching a brilliant drama series called “dead liek me” which is about a girl who dies and joins the ranks of the grim reapers, only thing is  had that idea over 10 years ago and now that i was actually ready to write it out and hopefully try and get it published somebody got there before and made a tv program out of it .. so i am pretty pissed at it but i am intensely happy they did such a great job of it .. and the funny part is i can relate to the characters. now though i have to scrap my story and if i want to continue at it then i need to re-think it, to atleast make it sound even half as original as originally was. anyway, i though i’d post a random bit of it here so you guys could have a peek at it, specially my good friend purple icicles ..

and yes i have mentioned it on my da page and posted it on my other blog as well …

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PERSONATION

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I woke up into complete darkness. At first i panickec and after a while realized it was no use, so i waited calmly. i guess it was just a stroke of luck or pure coincidence though i dont believe in coincidences, but that is when the i heard a zipper. next thing i knew there was a bright light and people exclaiming in the extreme. i guess they were shocked about something, if only i could see what that was, it would make my life easier. as my eyes adjusted and feeling returned to my body i realised i was on the floor in a body bag and that everyone was staring at me. to be fair my side of the story is one minute i was asleep and the next, well i just told you what happened.

the coroner and his entire team and the firemen and the whole neighbourhood was there. there being infront of my house. there was even an ambulance. funny then it took me a while to realise this wasnt a joke and that they thought i was dead, which would explain the body bag. i guess the joke was that some dim-witted nut-job of an adolescent had found it funny to call the authorities to my house on the pretext i was dead; when i clearly was only asleep, or was i?

it was explained to me that there had been a gas leek from the stove and tha ti had been gone to sleep 6 days ago. that would explain why they thought i was dead and all the stuff liekt he body bag and the ambulance. apparently they had even checked my pulse and even brain activity. i was declered scientifically medically dead in all ways. but then i had twitched in the body bag, a lot mor than just rigor mortis and they had to open the bag to see what was happening.

there were tests done and everything to see if i was fine and that there was nothing wrong with me. these tests lasted a long time and i couldnt wait for it to get over, now though i guess i wish i had a bit mroe time with the scientist just so i could relax.

and so we jump to the present, its been 13 months since the incident. people still inquire about me, which they never did before my death experience, so it is nice but sometimes can get on my nerves. anyways, today i met a really odd person, when she was around i felt i was alive, no i do not mean romantically or secually, i mean generally; as in liek a heightend state of contentment or something like that. she had that effect on everyone around her; but, the only catch was that nobody else could see her.

okay hang on a second you say and explain? well i am trying to tell you exactly what happened word for word no additions, but there might be some omissions for censoring some material in appropriate for the younger ones.

there she was, walking around town without a care, giving the air a nice sniff to fill her lungs with air and smell all the nice early morning smells. light of foot and a smile on her face that could literally kill (as it would bring death to the person who saw that smile … and death is a lusty one .. whole different story for later ..). i kept staring at her for a while, at first i think she didnt notice, but when she did i think she tried to avoid me, by runnning around and giving me the slip. but persistant as i was, i followed her every step, till she turned around and confronted me in a lonely spot or street. that was when everything changed for me.

you see i was not actually even meant to sense her, like the rest of the human race, but i guess it was due to that near death (oh my a whole new perspective isnt it?) experience.

moving on, she turned around and lunged at me. took me to the ground in one sweep. but even so angry she was so beautiful, that her beauty drove the fear (no fear was not possessing me, if he ever tries to, i’ll abduct his daughter ..) right out of me. and i think she saw this in my eyes, and smiled. probably hoping that death would take me, and death sure did show up.

first all i could do was hear foot steps. but as life got off me and i got to get up, i saw another extremely beautiful girl come up all the way to me. she looked me in the eye and then harrumphed her attention to life. i was confused, what was happening?

“i already visited him and that was mistake and its not his time yet life! he’s a good kid, albiet a bit confused. i cant take him yet.” the second girl said with more than a few tones of annoyance.

“hes been following me around all day long death!, and he stares like a wool-headed pervert. what the hell should i do with him, you cant let him live, the rules say that anyone who can percieve us in any way has to be taken by you.” my girl said.

“yea but the rules also give exemption to those i get to first by mistake.” the second girl replied.

“yea thats when you visit them first, and its also true that when i smile on someone you are to take them.” my girl snapped.

“let me make this clear then, you might be older but i need to keep an eye on you sometimes ..” the first girl retorted.

“hold on second, who the hell are you guys and why are you ignoring me?” i cut in completely unbashful, confused and slightly angry.

they looked at me as if i had done something sacreligious, well to msot religious people i might as well have.

“rrriight .. i am death, pleased to meet you!” the second girl introduced herself. “and this … well this is life.” she pointed at my girl.

“erm, ok i might seem confused and all but i am not stupid!” i came back. “i dont really care for mind games at the moment i was actually going to as her out” i pointed at my girl. “so i would like your real names, instead of some mumbo jumbo.”

“see he is just the same as all the other stupid humans!!” life said.

“what do you mean other stupid humans?” i cut in again.

tensions seemed to be building and i guess death sensed that, so she assumed a more “grown-up” posture and air of command and authoirty.

“life, this is your mess, if you hadnt shed a tear for him when i went to take him by mistake he wouldnt be able to interact with us like this. this is your mess you solve it. i have plenty of souls to collect.” death proclaimed and vanished into thin air.

i couldnt bleieve it. she actually vanished. i guess the look of shock on my face clicked something in life and she decided to be nice to me.

“its the rules i guess.” life said accepting things. “i’ll explain everything over some dinner.”

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~ by amrassyndjinn on October 5, 2008.