I pick up the call after retrieving the phone under a pile of clothes in the basement. It felt odd, yet I somewhat felt obliged I had to do it, not because I was annoyed by the Hotel California ringtone, no, it's... more like a duty, a responsibility.
It came from the other end of the line.
"What do you want?"
The voice was of a girl. It was trembling, weeping, a voice of suffering, a voice of
loss.
I breathe in, and speak. "Well see, you're family's dead, and I. Need. You. Now now, we both know you know..."
"...what I want, right?"
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OoN: out of nowhere
General Fictiona futuristic house with very realistic habitat virtualizations. a different version of the afterlife. a usual day turned unusual in seconds. That's a few. What else can there be? stories. weirdness. immediacy. all in one place (like I hope it shou...
