Sci-Fi Short Stories- Summoning The Reaper & Ghosts in the Void (HFY TFOS# 767)

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

Sorry, but this has to be said. Alien race, "We have chosen to fight humanity's psychic champion." Humanity, "So, you have chosen death."

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@hojdoj3567]

when the construct was still there: aliens:*screaming* humanity:T_T

[@DonPatrono]

"So you've chosen Death" *Reaper appears: "Quite literally so, I'd add"

[@CHRF-55457]

Lmfao

[@swarmking55]

@@DonPatrono what was the title of that one agin

[@DonPatrono]

love that Death looked at the old soldier and basically gestured him "Bro you really should drop smoking, that'll kill you faster" Also now I can't unthink this situation in the second story of a fresh human pilot arguing with an old guiding soul "Nah mate, you should turn right at the next cluster, it'll be faster" "Listen, I know what I'm doing" "Mate trust me, turn right and you'll be there in less time" "Just let me drive" "LISTEN TO ME" "DUDE YOU ARE A LITERAL DEAD SOUL" "YEAH ONE THAT LIVES HERE YA GIT SO SHUT UP AND TURN RIGH....oh great you missed it, now get to the next planetoid and turn right" ".....next time I want another soul" "Are you telling me I suck at giving directions? Mate, sooner or later we all end up in Sub-space, don't make me come looking for you when the time comes" "...and when would that be?" "Do I look like feckin' Tyresias mate? Now hush and turn right"

[@calvingreene90]

Two to contemplate his meaning, one intimately familiar him, and one who had wished for his sweet blessing of ending the pain.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

I thought that they both had "conquered" -survived - said concept and seen hat was on the other side. or possibly the girl saw what was on the other side (scarred heavily) and the solder was well acquainted as you prescribe.

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

@@henrypaleveda7760 I was wondering if any of the Champions had near death experiences too, but the story made not mention of any of the Champions having visited "the other side" as it were, which I think would have been something worth mentioning in the aftermath analysis.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@noppornwongrassamee8941 I wasn't sure if they would have an ability to see the other side or not, since phychhic can mean that those things that materialize are just their idea of something, how we would expect death to look.

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

So humanity created a literal god of death by complete accident. Yeah, I can believe it.

[@AgroSquerril]

i am more surprised that it wasn't a herd... gaggle... scream? of deaths

[@asurasyn]

Hardly by accident. Look who they chose to summon it.

[@lithoorbayushi4805]

@@asurasyn two philosophers, a soldier with severe PTSD, and a physically (and most likely sexually and mentally) abused young woman. Sounds about right. Existential dread, extreme trauma, and likely some combination of murderous and suicidal thoughts would easily lead to such a development, if not worse.

[@shadowai9668]

@@AgroSquerril i like the idea of a "Scream Of Deaths" or just to be funny a "Part Of Deaths"

[@steve2008s]

@@asurasyn To put death in a room and ask questions? I might risk my life for that.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

"Hello Darkness, my old friend. It's nice to talk with you again."

[@bignasty4874]

Depression is addictive. That's why I'll let it crash on my couch for a night and take a shower, but after that, you gotta go. I don't care where you go, buddy, but you can't stay here. Let him see any weakness, and you just lost a couch for a few months.

[@syrathdouglas1244]

We didn’t create death, we simply called upon an old friend. Death has been with us always, by our side, whether we were predator or prey, sick or healthy, old or young, rich or poor, soldier or king, it has been with us always. He’s been with us from our very beginnings as scavengers and hunters, through every war and battle, every peaceful era, every fatal accident, murder, sacrifice, suicide, starvation, plague, flood, earthquake, wildfire, hurricane, tornado and tsunami. Of course, we fear it, as we fear most unknowns, but we don’t fear him, nor will we shy away when he arrives to lead us into whatever comes after.

[@erankaguri8621]

Clearly you've never met combat medics.

[@syrathdouglas1244]

@@erankaguri8621 Life and death may work side by side

[@dantreadwell7421]

Existential dread of the End of All Things. So Humanity are all Guild Navigators then. Cool.

[@davehood2667]

More like Navis Nobilite, since those ships are sailing the Warp.

[@wildwikedwanderer1208]

I’ve heard both of these before but I’m very happy to hear you do them both. Thank you!

[@tonyoliver4920]

Yeah, there’s quite a few narrators out there, some have boring voices (‘almost’ CG 🧐), some post infrequently, some haven’t posted in years... but there are only so many HFY stories that are collective commons or give author permission. I know who I’d want to listen too.

[@calvingreene90]

Please don't make me have to come early. --- Death

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@gmailquinn]

They ate my puppy

[@calvingreene90]

@@gmailquinn That is entirely different than smoking.

[@Maddog3060]

That second story was heartwarming.

[@christopherbravo1813]

honestly, I think it's really terrifying.

[@bobsterclause342]

So the sufficiently advanced technology doesn't do what it seems like, it does’t make, it uses another force or source. This could be a genera. Using other demensional energies and porting strange physics or laws is one thing, but mistaking sufficiently advanced technologies or not realizing its like dc and marvel tech that is too easy to make and thus uses some energy or something is its own thing.

[@asandrewsilvaw]

Gotta do it for the algorithm, everything viewer should like, subscribe, & give a thumbs up!

[@AgroSquerril]

thank you kindly

[@henrypaleveda7760]

In the first story, no one could summon or chose to summon something stronger than the glory, joy, or pride of the Vul'krim until humanity dredged up death or fear thereof. I see the reason to have a soldier and a scarred woman be the ones sent to summon the grim reaper since it would be quite acute in their minds, but was the "philosophers" just what humanity presented them as, or did they actually fill this role in regular contemplation of morality or nature?

[@Demonicpurity]

I figure the philosophy of death would take a book, so it was probably a copout on the author's part. Beyond that, the philosophy of it could be argued a thousand ways. The Soldier could be the 'lucky' one, the lone survivor, the one left behind, the elderly, the one that death did not take despite taking everyone around him. Yet. The Scarred Woman could be the unlucky one, the victim, the one that refuses to die, the young, the one death seems to always stand just out of view for, waiting for her to tire. The philosopher's could be therapists. Helping guide the thoughts of the first two. Or one could be a philosopher of the concept of death spiritually and religiously while the other is a philosopher of the reality of death in the medical sciences and life. How it comes, how it goes, where it came from, cotton eye joe.

[@discusmaximus]

For the Author(s), for the narrator Agro Squirrel, for the algorithm !!!

[@allenmorgan1007]

For the Algorithm, For the Author(s), For the Disembodied Voice!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@chadman3881]

Damn Good.

[@ArkaneOmega]

Would have been really hilarious if they summoned Discworld death

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

They didn't telling the solider to not smoke is very on par.

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

Darwin Station and he is called Gary lmfao. ps he really really hates schroedinger.

[@alfredsutton7233]

All hail the algorithm ... five words minimum.

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm dot dot dot

[@TheMonkey747]

'All hail the great algorithm...'

[@chriscowan3967]

Both stories were damn good my favorite though was the first leave it to humans to bring death into reality

[@yomogami4561]

i enjoyed both stories very much. thanks to you and the authors

[@hollyferay8131]

These are both amazing 👏

[@theonetodefyall238]

keeper going

[@terrymarshall7688]

I think you're talent for orally is fantastic!!!!

[@tabithachastain6999]

In the first story humans made a tulpa

[@quinnhasse9170]

So story 2 Our afterlife space is literally subspace/ftl, cool?

[@gmailquinn]

Looking for a story similar to second one

[@WiredTurkey316]

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[@reasonablehiccups4792]

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[@AgroSquerril]

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[@bobsterclause342]

For the swarm

[@nos2342]

To please the algorithm is all

[@angrydragonslayer]

Neat

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@blastphantomgames6369]

These n Wahs did that in purpose when I saw the PTSD victim it was obvious

[@FedralBI]

F.T.A

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

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[@AgroSquerril]

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[@ProperDaveXD001]

STP GNU

[@merlinwizard1000]

79th, 10 December 2023

[@klappstock943]

For the Algorithm the story and the voice

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

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[@AgroSquerril]

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[@jimmycoyote74]

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[@AgroSquerril]

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