You guys, I was on the bus this morning, plugged in (as usual) and thinking about the fact that I mostly write love stories (me to me: why won’t you, when it’s all the media you consume) and I remembered, sometime in May last year while bored during work (more like clawing my scalp in irritation and hatred), I wrote a grim reaper dialogue. I only shared to one person (300 naira to who can guess the person).
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. Cause when I finally found the image of it that I shared to that person (I wrote it in a sheet of paper that I have currently misplaced so yayy to social media and the internet I guess), I loved it and I kinda (kinda!) remember where I was going with it soooo…
Also I just discovered this divider thing and like a child, I’m going to abuse the hell out of it.
Girl’s narration: I woke up and saw myself on my bed. Like I was literally still asleep on my bed. I looked around and saw a person in a hooded cloak.
Girl’s thoughts: THE GRIM REAPER. The actual fuck
Grim: Thoughts don’t work here. I can hear you
Girl: You’re female?
Grim: You assumed I was male? I don’t even speak
Girl: You’ve never screamed feminine energy
Grim: Energy doesn’t matter with celestials
Girl: Oh that’s cool… Uh, why am I dead?
Grim: You aren’t dead yet. I haven’t been able to break your connection to your body
Girl: Okay wrong question. Why am I supposed to die?
Grim: Well, you’re the next person on my list. I don’t make the rules, I’m just the messenger
Girl: Who makes the list?
Grim: Death
Girl: And you’re one of the messengers?
Grim: Yeah
Girl: So there’s a male Grim Reaper?
Grim: You really went back to this. Fine. Yes. My cousin is the popular Grim Reaper. He’s the one you humans know.
Girl: See? And you made me look sexist for a bit.
Grim: Yeah, yeah, whatever. Everyone always talks about him. He doesn’t even do his job that well. He’s not supposed to be seen.
Girl: Sweetheart…. we don’t really see him. We feel his presence
Grim: Considering you humans know what he looks like, someone has seen him… Anyway, what are you so attached to back home? It’s been so difficult to untether you from your body
Girl: I’m twenty-five, there’s no boyfriend, no kids, no friends. I don’t know what you’re assuming I’m tethered to. I have no one in my life.
Grim: Your parents?
Girl: I’m an orphan. My parents died in a car crash when I was little. I was the only one that survived. I grew up hopping between foster homes.
Grim: That’s sad. But then your friends? How do you live to twenty-five with no friends?
Girl: People are fake I guess. Either that or misfortune. I’ve had a lot of my friends die. So they either leave or they die. I don’t blame those who leave though. I’m a bit much and I’m kinda unlucky in life.
Grim: Unluckiness and misfortune are two strong words. You definitely had some lucky moments.
Girl: Yeah, definitely. Getting my job and a place to stay is luck. Making my friends, living in all those foster homes. Meeting different families. Being alive and not dying with my parents. That’s all luck
Grim: How many people have lost their lives around you?
Girl: Well, my parents. Like three of my friends. I lost an entire host family in a house fire. I don’t know, I don’t pay attention to it. I’ve learnt not to focus on the misfortunes… Look, I just turned in my sleep. Am I still alive?
Grim: I’m still trying to untether you, okay? What’s that mark on your back?
Girl: I got it from the accident with my parents. I think a piece of schrapnel but the mark was too clean. The doctor shrugged it off and I’ve lived with it since.
Grim: Oh, Okay. I have to go get someone.
As y’all can see I found another setting I didn’t know was there. I hope it made your reading experience better.
I just found the poll button. Hehe (I’m like a kid high on sugar)
Before I go back to working (what I should have been doing instead of typing this), I want to recommend two songs that I’ve been obsessed with lately.
First is from the Purpose album by Justin Beiber (listen to the whole album past Sorry, Love yourself and What do you mean. It’s really good).
The second is a new Khalid song. Its album is good, it has Ayra Starr, Normani and Chloe on it. And the visualizers on youtube were really nice (I just be putting y’all on)
Okay I’ll stop playing with features now.
Don’t forget to chase the bag and daydream about your love life while you’re at it.
Buhbyeeeee!!
You write so well.
I'm from wordsmith.....I read it to the end, yes that's how interesting it was dear😭🖤🥳