FF – Armageddon Averted
Here is my contribution for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle, who also provided the photo this week.
I got to thinking what I would be doing if the weather looked that bad.
Ring ring!
“Hello?”
“Beelzubub? Gabriel here. What’s the hold up? We’re standing here, swords aflame, looking like a load of numpties.”
“Never fear! We’ve made it really cold and miserable to keep the mortals indoors.”
“And?”
“We’ve built a video game called ‘Armageddon’. Everyone will play it ‘cos they can’t go out and when they click ‘Armageddon – Start Now’, we’re off! Angels vs demons smackdown! Yeah!”
“Starting a game called ‘Armageddon’ does NOT start Armageddon. Idiot.”
“Don’t you talk to me like that!”
“Go to hell.”
“Already there!”
Good job demons are so stupid or the Earth would be in a right mess…
Um…
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HAHA! I can see them standing there arguing! Good thing I don’t play video games. (Some earthlings do seem rather demon-like.)
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I’d be right in there starting the whole thing off… 🙂
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Hey who knows? Maybe that’s even how it will start..perfect cover or what
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It seems fitting that we would start it ourselves…
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Well, somebody started it!
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It wasn’t me, guv, I was playing Assassin’s Creed at the time…
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The world will not end with a bang, but a glitch screen…
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“Your game has experienced a fatal error and must close.” WHOOMP.
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Entertaining to think of Gabriel and Beelzbub chatting it up.
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I’m sure if they’re not exactly friends then “frenemies”. Have to keep the lines of communication open!
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Hahaha true!
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Yep!
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I think most of the games I see the kids playing these days are some sort of armageddon scenario, so this seems perfectly plausible to me.
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They (ahem, plus me!) probably won’t even notice that it’s suddenly got very real outside the window…
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Haha surrounded by idiots…
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What’s an angel to do…? 🙂
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Ha ha – that was a great little read. (Although if you look at politics in certain countries right now, I’d say they’re making a right mess without demon intervention.)
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Yes, we’re managing quite well ourselves without any celestial or infernal intervention, thanks 🙂
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I hadn’t realised that demons are so dumb.
I feel better now!
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Threat level reduced!
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Demons disagreeing – delightfully different draliman.
Here’s mine!
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Hopefully they’ll never get anything done.
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Dear Ali,
You had me rolling at “Go to Hell.” I love it when demons are numpties. 😉 Good one!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
It makes us all a bit safer!
Ali
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D’oh! (Facepalms…)
Fun story, Ali!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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I happen to have a son whose job is finding glitches… And when he’s not working, he’s playing something or other. He’ll never notice the hell outside has frozen over…
Too funny!
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You’ve gotta close the curtains or you can’t see the screen properly…
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This is true.
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“Good job demons are so stupid or the Earth would be in a right mess…
Um…”
lol, I guess they’re smarter than we think 😉
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Seems such a shame to waste all that effort when we’re doing such a good job on our own 🙂
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True, true.
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Um, indeed!
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🙂
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i tend to agree. you couldn’t have said any better. 🙂
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🙂
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I’ve been watching Lucifer. His minion ARE dumb.
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Funny, though 🙂
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I think that’s the vibe Milton was going for. I’m still laughing at Armageddon boiling down to petty insults.
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Not quite the massive spectacle we expected but wars are expensive, you know…
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This is brilliant. Entertaining with a very serious undertone. Good job.
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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A delightfull whimsical if not slightly scary take on this week’s prompt. Love the characters you chose.
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Yes, let’s hope they’re not really up/down there somewhere arguing about how to kick it all off 🙂
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Great humour. Those responsible for putting plans into practice always seem so inept. We never get what we pay our taxes for.
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It’s the black hole of government. Taxes go in, nothing ever comes out.
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What makes you think the Earth/World is not already in a mess. I am sure things could be better if only we could get out more. Damn that cold weather.
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Nothing much we can do until the demons defreeze everything.
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Very witty Ali, I love the repartee, and I could picture Gabriel and Beelzubub bouncing off each other.
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I bet they’ve been communicating for so long they’re sort of friends, like Aziraphale and Crowley in Good Omens 🙂
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Holey moley…MOL😸Extra Pawkisses🐾😽💞
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A close call 🙂
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They could still have their smackdown while we’re all inside playing video games… but don’t tel them.
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Yeah, just let them get on with it, we’re busy… 🙂
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Beelzebub saved the day! Yaaayyy!
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He’s not the sharpest demon in the fiery pits!
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