Cecillia Knox
God's Blindspot
The rest plays out just like one of those scenes you'd see in a movie. The projectile snack barely taps the back of the man's head, but it's more than enough to stop him. For about three seconds, he doesn't even do anything to acknowledge your existence. However, he eventually peeks over his shoulder to look you square in the eye. What you see can't even be equated to anger or hatred. No... It's undeniably calm, but... There is something in his eyes that completely isolates him from this nonsensical crowd. Contempt.
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"If adults should be an example for the kids, then the adults shouldn't be sitting their unwashed asses down where others eat. Much less tossing food around like some petty grade-schooler. Preach to me about proper etiquette when you have some of your own."
It's short, simple, and straight to the point. Not exactly the best of impressions on either of your ends.
Turning to face you, he eyes the bag of chips that have hit the floor. In what looks like one fluid motion, he slips his foot under the bag, pops it up into the air, and catches it. Then, with a few steps, he walks forward and places the bag back on the table.
"Though I guess I shouldn't expect much from people like you."
He doesn't say any more after that. He just turns around and walks back to his seat.
***
Everyone
Despite her attempts to create some form of order, the questions continue to pile up. As the people in the crowd are given more and more time to think, their frustration slowly grows. Important questions are going unanswered and doubts are being validated. If this keeps up, its only a matter of time before the small room breaks out into chaos.
"Uhm… Yes... These are all valid questions... But where do we start?"
Somewhat shrinking behind her sheet of stickers, Mari looks over to Lili. In contrast to her nervous friend, Lili is completely nonchalant. With her face buried in what appears to be a smartphone, she looks up to meet Mari's gaze because of what you assume to be the lack of talking. Nevertheless, unspoken word does seem to go off without a hitch.
"Right, right. Proof that you guys are dead... I guess we can kill two birds with one stone here... "
Looking back at her phone, Lili starts to flick the screen with her thumb as her eyes dance through all the information.
"Hey you. The boring looking one. Mathers, was it? Says here that your dumb ass slipped on a sandwich and somehow managed to get tangled up in a gardening hose before falling into a pool," Lili's finger does some more scrolling. She doesn't say anything else, but her face says plenty. It seems the more and more she reads on the matter, the more displeased her expression gets. Much like someone being forced to watch a bad movie, "Is this some kind of a joke...?"
Lili looks up at Mari. Mari simply responds with a nervous smile and a quick shrug.
"Look dude. To help you save face, we're just going to say you hit your head and drowned. As for why no one found you in time, I'm just going to assume negligence."
And on that note, Lili visibly swipes her finger across the screen before sitting there in a moment in disbelief. Her face: stone.
"Oh please. Is that it!? Are we really supposed to take something as weak as that as definitive proof that we're dead!?"
Speaking out for the third time, the same boy from earlier raises his voice even louder than before.
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"What a load of crap! A couple of words? Some half-assed description of how someone supposedly died? For all we know you could have made that up on the spot! And we're supposed to take that as proof!?"
"Trust me," Lili grumbles under her voice. Clearly she's getting really annoyed with this same loud-mouth calling her out, "If you saw the whole thing, you'd know I'm not that creative..."
But the young man doesn't relent. Seeing an opportunity to drive his point even further, he jumps up out of his seat and points a finger directly at the green-haired demoness.
"I've had about enough of this farce! How about you finally admit that the two are you are just a pair of loser frauds and admit that this is all one big stupid joke! Maybe if you drop this stupid act now, we'll still be able to laugh it off. Maybe we won't call the cops afterwards and sue your sorry asses!"
Lili stands up straight and slams both of her hands down on the podium. Hard... Practically shooting the young teen a death glare, she holds up her right hand and snaps her fingers. In doing so, she somehow manages to make all the lights dim and the screen to display an image...despite the lack of a projector. But perhaps what's more interesting than that is the image that displays on the screen. A shot of the very same boy who has been giving her so much grief- seemingly naked, with his lower half tactfully cropped out of the shot. As far as you can tell, he's lying down on some kind of floor. The expression on his face can only be described as disturbingly goofy.
Suddenly seeing this sudden image, the boy shuts up completely. As he contemplates what he's seeing, his finger lowers, his jaw drops, and his eyes widen.
"Lil- Mistress Lilith!" Mari quickly scrambles to throw herself in front of the screen. Throwing her arms out, she sweats and turns beet red before closing her eyes, "W-We're not supposed to show confidential information to everyone! We'll get in trouble!"
The girl's plea goes unheard.
With a devious grin on her face, Lili looks directly into her hassler's eyes and raises her smartphone.
"Justin Keets. Age 18. Senior in high school. Average grades. No job. Spends most of his time playing video games and watching anime with friends," Lili's grin widens, "In all your years as a student, never managed to land a girlfriend. That is until recently where you finally managed to work up the courage to confess to your long time crush. Oooo~ Lucky you. Looks like it worked out. But... In order to celebrate your upcoming graduation, it looks like you two were going to take your relationship to the next level. That's right! The dirty~ The monster mash~ That good ol' S-E-X~ But it didn't go so well, did it?"
As Lili furthers her high, her hassler- Justin- slowly seems to be coming to a crippling realization. As if he's slowly remembering something that he doesn't want to come to light. The once accusing finger turns into a pleading hand as the boy shakes his head with quivering lips.
"No...Please...Stop..."
"Oh my~ How sad~ After yearning for your sweetheart for so long, you were finally able to make that dream a reality. You were going to become one with her~ It was going to be something out of your wildest dreams... But unfortunately upon seeing her naked you got so excited that you died of a severe heart attack! Ahahahahaha!"
It's a critical hit. All the life seems to leave Justin's body in an instant. His hands fall to his sides and he crumbles down to his knees. As tears start to stream down his face, he looks up towards the ceiling with a dead-eyed smile.
"I want to die... I want to be resurrected so that I can die again..."
He has been mercilessly defeated.
"Hmph!" Puffing out her chest with pride, Lili looks towards the crowd in triumph, "Now... Perhaps maybe now the rest of you will understand things a bit better. You are all dead and this is not a hoax. The fact of the matter is that the big shot from on high couldn't give two shits about you and your circumstances. As far as he's concerned, you're just another one of those countless numbers that rolls in on the daily. Even if you were robbed of life unfairly... Even if it was because some people got hammered and decided to play with your lives. But that's why you're all here today."
Lili steps out from behind the podium and places herself at center stage. She continues to ignore Mari's desperate attempt at censorship and is seemingly oblivious to the image that is now acting as her backdrop.
"Even if the big shots don't recognize the injustice you've incurred, use little people here on the bottom do. As I've stated earlier, we've come here to make you all a special offer. Naturally, we can't get this to work for free. You'll have to scratch our backs a little bit in order for us to scratch yours. But, in return, I assure you that your reward will be more than worth it. And that is..."
As Lili continues to speak, her regular haughty tone seems to become less pronounced. Rather, a bit of confidence seems to be working its way in. Perhaps you could even call it a bit of ambition.
"Revival. Reincarnation. Or even a complete reset of your life."