Part III - Descension

..((As there was a mushroomcloud going up, one pops downwards. Through the fiery spiral of clouds, our rather uncanny heroine Daffney freefalls through the darkness. Finally, she lands on her back on the .. sidewalk?.. a bright spotlight shining over her))..

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
Unnm.. Let me guess..

..((Daffney sits up, scratching the back of her head))..

Hell, right?

Oh my my.. we do get the sharp ones down here, don't we?

..((Daffney quickly stands up, viewing her scenery. It appears just like a rural city would, only.. dirtier. The sky is red, and a ominous eye looms over everything, appearing as though it was watching you. Looming over Daffney is a seemingly tall individual, almost pencil-thin like is his appearance. He wears a long silver trenchcoat, completely covering him (with the exceptions of long metal spikes on his shoulders). He has long flowing white hair, and hazel coloured eyes. He has a red crescent moon on his forehead, as well as black celtic like marks underneath his right eye. The mark under his eye flashes silver for a moment, then returns to normal. Daffney looks up at him, as though enthralled))..

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
Oooh, the Devil! Hello, I'm Shannon.

[-x "Evil Man" The Devil x-]
Indeed. I know. I've been rather expecting you. As soon as I heard of your little 'incident' in heaven, I figured they would dump you on us. They're always gracing us with their 'lovely' excrement.

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
You're mean, Mr. Devil man.

[-x "Evil Man" The Devil x-]
Please do refrain from calling me that silly little name. Your people are always making up names for me every day. You will address me by my proper title, Satan-San.

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
Um.. okay.. Satan-san.

[-x "Evil Man" Satan-san x-]
Hmm.. the first thing to do.. is to tell you that you do not belong here, so you cannot stay. I haven't a need for a soul I cannot harvest for myself.

..((Daffney's upper lip curls slightly))..

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
.. What?.. I don't belong here either?! What the bloody hell is going on?!

[-x "Evil Man" Satan-san x-]
Come along, if you would. I have to unload you on someone as I have no use to play tourguide to a confused little wretch.

..((Satan-san turns sharply, starting to walk into the vast city. Daffney squints her eyes for a moment))..

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger -x]
*thinking*I wonder if you can kill the Devil..
*Out loud*
Hmm.. aside from the complete lack of people.. this place looks as though it were more alive than Heaven was. It looks.. quite like the normal world. Just devoid of people...

..((Daffney and Satan-san start winding through the empty street, kicking away the trash that comes flying by))..

[-x "Evil Man" Satan-san x-]
Ah, no. This is just one of the 'abandoned' areas. Damned people are constantly building new places to reside, quickly leaving their old residences behind. There's no point really, if they aren't being seen.

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
Do you know what God's problem is? Seriously? He wouldn't answer any of my question.. in fact he was being rather rude about the whole subject.

[-x "Evil Man" Satan-san x-]
Well certainly I thought you would have figured that out. It's a blasphemy to question God, now isn't it? Seems to engender blind worship or disillusionment. Nasty little buggar, yes? .. I, on the other hand, have no problem giving you answers you seek. There is such amusement in seeing the expression on someone's face when they think they have gotten smarter. Allow me to clarify a few things. You, little girl, are a disposal unit.

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
That sounds.. umm.. bad.

[-x "Evil Man" Satan-san x-]
Nonetheless, what you are is quite necessary. I'm sure you wouldn't argue the point that the pre-mortem is riddled with pains, horros, traumas, and other such unpleasantries. It is nothing compared to a world without disposal units.
Know for all it's pains and troubles, the world is perfect Flawless in its beauties and turmoils. Violence and nightmares being a natural product of your humanity. If you had proper eyes, my dear, you would most likely see more than just the act of the human negative, you would.. view the residue of it, sewage.. in a common sense. People leaving slime trails behind them.. much like slugs. Slugs in Converses. And like any kind of waste, it accrues. You would see people walking through other's paths of slime, unbeknownst to them they would be walking through a forest of horrors. It collects at a manic pace, what with humans incessantly defiling themselves into the ether. If you will, of course.
It must be managed, and it is stock-piled in specially cleared out.. 'spaces'.. prisons, almost since pure agression is eager to be bred, and coat everything with itself. These cells can be anything random - objects, points in space, etc. Each cell is designed a disposal unit to stabilize minor fluctuations and maintain the seal. Of course, disposals, no matter what shape they come in, never realize their doom is.
Sane, or damaged to begin with, they all share a common demeanor - introverted, quiet, and no threat to anyone really but themselves. Inevitably, they all degenerate and collapse into a mental dissolve. I don't claim to know who runs this.. little operation but they must have been sick upon choosing a person such as you. You seem as though you were somewhat sick yourself before you had to go through all this. Seeing have you go through all of this you were anything BUT quiet, seeming to become almost an extension of what you were charged to contain.
Messy, but I thought it was funny. Still, it always came to a working system. A system as old as Malice itself. You expired, leaving nothing for the effluent to escape into thus effectively flushing it into oblivion. They, now, use a sort of back up disc to re install existence. Pretty kick ass, huh?

..((Daffney falls back onto the ground, her hands outstretched behind her. She blinks for a moment, then looks up at Satan-san))..

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
So um..I'm a disposal unit?

[-x "Evil Man" Satan-san x-]
Precisely.

..((Daffney dissapears for a second, then reappears in a 'happening' part of hell. People walk to and fro, all busy with their.. dead little lives. A man in a car zooms up to Daffney, then stops right at her feet))..

[-x "Car Person" x-]
Come on! Get in! I'm supposed to show you around. I wanted to wash my car but you pretty much fuckin' ruined that. HURRY YOUR ASS UP!

..((Daffney blinks then gets into the car. She furrows her brow, and crosses her arms, looking at the driver))..

[-x "Car Person x-]
Look, boy, this ain't gonna be no fancy party. I figure a few times around this block, and then I kick your ass out on the street corner there.

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
Ah.. well.. okay.. my name isn't "boy" it's Shannon.

[-x "Car Person" x-]
Whatever. Umm.. hey.. Shannon, isn't it? Wait.. I thought you looked fuckin familiar! YOU KILLED ME! You were next to me at some convienience place with that odd lookin chick. I made a joke and.. next thing I know I'm in a cage suspended above boiling water.. being fed my friends's 'parts' with you screaming 'I'm Shannon not Lucy, I'm Shannon not Daffney...'. Then you took that big screwdriver and stuck.. and..

..((Daffney curls her upper lip, then kicks the man out of the car through the window. The car then swerves, and crashes into a department store. Twice now, Daffney flies through the windshield, then the glass of the window shop. She flips back up, holding her arms out into the air))..

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
It's okay! I'm fine! I think my skull has pierced my brain but I'm good!

..((After dusting herself off, she looks around. Her hands reside on her hips as she looks around))..

This is Hell, hmm? No seas of fire? Rivers of blood? Oh.. ooh clothes.. I'd love to change into something different, my blood feels all weird if I wear it in cotton.

[-x "Chick at the Cash Register" .. Chick x-]
So long as you can afford it, you can have anything you wish.

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
Money? MONEY?! The Devil makes you use money?!

[-x "Chick at the Cash Register" Chick x-]
The Devil doesn't make us do a damned thing.

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
What the fuck? Why use money? It's so stupid.

..((The chick stands up and places her hands onto the glass, her stance apparently that of anger))..

[-x "Chick at the Cash Register" Chick x-]
How moronic ARE you? One uses money to buy new cars, to wear stunning clothes, to get that flashy new manicure. Get it? Everyone wants and needs these things, you idiot. Now get out of my store.

..((Daffney squints her eyes then turns on her heel))..

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
I see.. Well, good day to you..

..((A mannequin foot suddenly flies out and hits the chick on the head, knocking her unconscious. Daffney smiles mischievously..))..

..((About 10 minutes later, Daffney steps out onto the street dressed in different clothes. Well honestly, all she has is a black overcoat. Her matted hair is now all clean, and is swept up into a nicely done ponytail. Daffney looks around and fluffs her overcoat. A robust and elderly man walks in front of Daffney then stops. He turns, and smiles))..

[-x "Old dude" Guy x-]
Hey there, you look hungry. How about I buy you a sandwich or something. Kindness from a stranger.

[-x "The Scream Queen" Daffney Unger x-]
Um.. sure.. why not? Why the hell are you here?

[-x "Old Dude" Guy x-]
I must be here by mistake. No other explanation than that.

..((Daffney shrugs, and the both of them head into the place called "Bagel World". After Daffney receives some kind of weird coffee drink, the man has ordered a bagel for himself. They go back into a conversation))..

[-x “The Scream Queen” Daffney Unger x-]
Yeah.. hardly a flawless system they have here.

[-x “Old Person” Thing x-]
So.. until this error is fixed, I have to live here with these fools who have made this place into their own hell, fussing over trivial details, all while the Devil just sits back and laughs. .. Hmm.. excuse me for a second.

..((The man gets up and walks over to the cash register. He holds out his pudgy hand for a second, waving it around frantically. This catches the attention of the man at the register))..

I’m sorry to bother you like this, but I don’t seem to have enough cream cheese to cover my bagel. Could I have some more?

[-x Employee x-]
That will.. be an extra fifty cents.

..((The old guy turns and holds his arms out in the crucifix position))..

[-x “Old Person” Thing x-]
DEAR GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME SO?!

..((The man falls to his knees, and holds his arms out as if trying to reach his accuser. Or something))..

[-x “Old Person” Thing x-]
WHYYYYYYYY?!

..((The man gets run over by an on-coming bus. (I know what you’re thinking: ‘But Mel, why a bus in a café type thing?’ Because this is my world dammit. I can do what I want. YOU CAN’T STOP ME!!! Hehehe..) Daffney blinks, then slowly walks outside of the café type place))..

[-x “The Scream Queen” Daffney Unger x-]
You people! Fuck! You’re all fools! I admit to being weak and catering to two headless minor transgressions but this place is sick! I wont let myself give into the issue respect by addressing it any furth…WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?!

Shannon.. come on now..

..((Daffney turns around to see a girl with red and green pom poms, a similar colored cheerleader outfit, and blank eyes. The girl smiles wide, showing sharp pointy teeth. Daffney gasps, then steps back))..

[-x “The Scream Queen” Daffney Unger x-]
Cheerleader!! Pure evil!!! What do you want of meee?!

Oh it’s just me, silly! Satan-san! You didn’t seem to scared the first time you saw me so I thought this might work instead. Anyhow, you’re being sent back! You get to live again! Rah! Rah! Rah! You have to go.

[-x “The Scream Queen” Daffney Unger x-]
Yes.. I suppose I do. But.. being sent back.. will it hurt? I’m still kind of sore from all these glass shards in my body.

[-x “Cheerleader Now” Satan-san x-]
Noo. It won’t hurt a bit! Even though some people say it’s the most excruciating thing they’ve ever experienced, that and you’ll lose all your memories. You won’t remember who you are, what you’ve been doing, your family, anybody you know.. et cetera. But you’ll wake up, feeling rested.

[-x “The Scream Queen” Daffney Unger x-]
I.. I’m going to forget everything? Even my name?

[-x “Cheerleader Now” Satan-san x-]
Yep, but just because I’m being nice, I’ll make sure you’ll remember only one thing. What that is, I won’t tell you.

[-x “The Scream Queen” Daffney Unger x-]
Why not?

[-x “Cheerleader Now” Satan-san x-]
It’s a surprise, silly! Now is there anything else you’d like to know before you..

..((Before another word is spoken, Daffney disappears. Satan-san places his.. her hands on his/her hips and sighs))..


Act IV – Affirmation

..((She couldn't see. But she could hear. What was that strange whirring noise? Oh.. sirens of an ambulance and that of police vehicles. Her eyes blinked open. Her vision was blurry, covered over with some kind of liquid substance. Her body ached, she couldn't remember what happened. Rubbing away the liquid from her eyes, she found herself lying on a sidewalk. Apparently, there had been some kind of accident, and from looking at the trail of blood from the nearest car to her body, she was in it. Slowly she sat up, looking down at her arms. She was covered in cuts and scrapes, glass shards inhabiting every other one. Boy.. did her body hurt like hell. Placing her hands to her head, she tried to rethink what happened. All she found was dried blood in her hair, and no memory whatsoever. Who was she? Why was she in the accident? What happened to her? Who did she know that could help her? Nothing and nobody. Wait.. she remembered her name. Lucy..? Well, that was probably her name, since she couldn't remember anything else. She struggled with herself for a moment, trying to get to her feet to no avail. She fell back down on her knees, grinding the gravel into her already open wounds. A paramedic nearby who was watching ran over, and pulled her to her feet))..

[-x "Nearby" Paramedic x-]
Shannon? Shannon?! How are you? Are you doing okay?

[-x "Confused One" Lucy x-]
Huh..? Oh.. I'm not Shannon, I'm Lucy.

[-x "Nearby" Paramedic x-]
That's not what your wallet said. You're.. "Shannon Spruill, 29, of Ingolstadt, Germany".

[-x "Confused One" Lucy x-]
Ugh.. I'm Lucy, damn you. I don't know German, or how to speak it. I sound.. like an American. Yes, I'm probably from there. Can you tell me what happened?

[-x "Nearby" Paramedic x-]
I can't tell you much, but you see that red car there? Yes, well, you were in it. Your friend died upon impact. You.. should probably be dead as well. I'm surprised you're still alive. Well, Lucy, come on, let's get you out of here..

[-x "Confused One" Lucy x-]
If you say so. My head hurts like hell.. can you take me home? I want to go home. Where is it?

[-x "Nearby" Paramedic x-]Yes, I know your address. Why you would live there I have no idea. Some psycho lives there.. or so I heard. You don't seem like a psycho to me!

[-x "Confused One" Lucy x-]
Alright.. just get me home. I don't want to be here.

..((The paramedic reached down and pulled Lucy up by the waist. Lucy squinted her eyes, and let herself be carried.