Submitted by Kitty_Fuchs t3_zvvclr in WritingPrompts
AutoModerator t1_j1rb9pk wrote
Welcome to the Prompt! All top-level comments must be a story or poem. Reply here for other comments.
Reminders:
>* Stories at least 100 words. Poems, 30 but include "[Poem]" >* Responses don't have to fulfill every detail >* See Reality Fiction and Simple Prompts for stricter titles >* Be civil in any feedback and follow the rules
🆕 New Here? ✏ Writing Help? 📢 News 💬 Discord
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
[deleted] t1_j1sx5p1 wrote
[removed]
TheGames4MehGaming t1_j1u5pfx wrote
This prompt is almost just the plot for the first season of (spoiler) >!The Good Place!<
zolanibor t1_j1uyllb wrote
“Of course it seems nice here.” The demon sighed. “ But it’s the only place in the universe where God doesn’t exist, his spirit isn’t here.”
“So?” Brian shrugged. “I never cared for God. And anyhow, all the good musicians are here, right?”
“There are, yes, many of them. All the demons are fallen angels from the holy choir, in fact. How bitterly we wish we hadn’t followed Lucifer’s rebellion.”
“Isn’t it better to rule in hell than serve in Heaven?”
“That’s what all you humans have said since Dante, but you are wrong.”
“But why?”
“Because no matter how we try, we haven’t been able to tell you what really makes this place a place of unending torment.”
“Which is what?”
“It’s impossible to create music without God’s spirit being present.”
“What do you mean?”
“Can you sing? Drum? Try it.”
Brian tried to sing. The words came out like speaking. He tried to rap. They still just came out wrong. He tapped his feet but there was no rhythm. He tried a death metal scram and it was just a grumble. He felt himself starting to panic.
“Yeah that’s exactly what every musical person has looked like when they realize. The whole 27 club is trying to kill them selves again. Most of the torture here is self inflicted to try to deaden the pain of no music. But it doesn’t work. It heals immediately, there’s no possibility of creating alcohol. It’s a spirit, after all, something impossible without the spirit of God, no matter what some of his followers thought about it. Even our memories of music are flat and dead. But yeah, otherwise it’s nice here.”
Further conversation was impossible because Brian was screaming, on his knees.
PM451 t1_j21b62k wrote
You could have posted that as a top level comment. (Rule is 100 word min, you well exceed that.)
GreenDemonSquid t1_j1uav9h wrote
THIS is the Bad Place!
Th3MysticArcher t1_j1w4zq1 wrote
u/remindbot 4 hours
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments