PmWiki | Tripocalypse / TheLongLongEpilogue

( AI-generated version: https://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/Tripocalypse.TheLongLongEpilogueChatGPT.html )

This takes place after the regular ending of Kingdom Come in which God anticlimatically blows everyting up again. It can fit in any Christian eschatological interpretation, really.

(Hazy description of born-again Christian Raymond Steele's day in heaven, full of peace and contentment. Heaven is a genuinely nice place to be for the churchy types, and if you're ever bored, contemplate the majesty of God and that goes away. Think of a Sims level that features a hacked object that replenishes all the needs meter.)

(Description of the first days after The Second Death: yep, hell sucks, all everyone can think of is how much it hurts)

(Hazy description of Raymond's day in heaven, slightly different than the first one: Heaven is just as repetitive as Hell, but it's pleasant, so there's no reason to change)

(someone figures out how to practice mindfulness, and use the tiny heat/texture variations in molten sulfur to build something, anything really)

(Hazy description of Raymond's day in heaven, slightly different than the earlier one: Heaven is just as repetitive as Hell, but it's pleasant, so there's no reason to change)

(pseudomedieval hell society in which 90% of people toil in the lake of fire to let the rest rise above and engage in politics, intrigue, and yes, science)

(Hazy description of Raymond's day in heaven, slightly different than the earlier one: Heaven is just as repetitive as Hell, but it's pleasant, so there's no reason to change)

(pseudomodern hell society in which bottom-rung people are starting to get displaced by golems, and complain about it)

(Hazy description of Raymond's day in heaven, slightly different than the earlier one: Heaven is just as repetitive as Hell, but it's pleasant, so there's no reason to change)

(almost-post-scarcity hell society that has solved most of its problems, and is getting ready to launch a manned heavenshot rocket as part of its space program. People still do the occasional shift in the lake of fire, but they do so as a way to prove their mettle, or the rare times when a machine breaks)

(Hazy description of Raymond's day in heaven, slightly different than the earlier one. Day is interrupted by cosmonauts arriving. Cosmonauts, four in total, want to go talk to God. Raymond can't really process this interruption, but helpfully points to the center of the heavenly city.)

(cosmonauts talk to God. Each is answered with "Get thee away from me, evil one!" and by that divine decree, is immediately thrownback to the lake of fire, above which is a recovery team for this eventuality. There are four cosmonauts, beause we went with a direct-ascent flight envelope. God's action each time is identical - "Get thee away from me, evil one!" and punt - but should be described as conveying majesty and gravitas. Here's what the four 'nauts say:

Ziggy: "Hello! We've made it here, after untold millions of years of trying. We have built a prosperous, diverse, interesting society. Do you want to know why we're here?"

Kat: "We came here to forgive you. We could wage war on you, again, and this time we might even win, and if not this time the next or the next yet, we got all eternity to try. But we don't want to. When's the last time anyone here sang a new song, wrote a new story, thought a new idea?"

Val: "So yeah. We came to tell you, we forgive you. And you win, for what's worth. Enjoy your party of one. We're going to keep having fun at the losers' table, and you're NOT invited! You're alone, One Above All. All you got around you are worshipers and puppets. When's the last time you heard anything but songs of praise?"

Cindy: "... Er, that's really all we had left to say. I know you're always right and all, but, well, see, there didn't have to be a fight. Uhm, it's game night back home, and we busted the rocket coming through here, so... Can you do the 'away from me trick again?"

( http://kite-san.deviantart.com/art/Four-Tiny-Stars-567275506 )

(God decides as a celebration of His victory, to recruit more people for the Unending Choir. Raymond is chosen. He is filled with knowledge and desire to sing the Sanctum, as per Revelation - Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." , and does so, his and other new inductees' enthusiasm barely but definitely noticeable in the choir's solemnity)

(Somewhat low key party for the returning cosmonauts; turns out the Hell society does wild parties for the sake of wild parties, and somber parties for celebration)

(Raymond, filled with awe and joy, sings the Sanctum, over and over)

(unveiling of MORE BIGGER rockets to see if other planes of existence are accessible)

(Raymond, filled with awe and joy, sings the Sanctum, over and over)

(brief leaving speech by rocket 2 commander: Next Stop, Everywhere! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_m1rPuOwwk )

(Raymond, -filled- with awe and joy, sings the Sanctum, over and over....)