"Oh...that," George said. She wasn't eager to talk about her death, but it was a reasonable question. "I was walking around downtown Seattle one day eating a burrito. I was on my lunch break from work. This weird guy asked me what time it was, so I told him. Then he asked me my name."
George stared into the distance, seeing the events of that day again. "He told me to hurry because I was gonna be late. When I turned to walk away, he stroked my hair. A minute later I looked up and saw something come roaring out of the sky straight at me. I had just enough time to think, 'Oh shit.'"
"The next thing I know, I'm standing there in the middle of chaos, watching people running and shouting and bleeding. One guy ran right through me. I couldn't believe it, and I kept saying so over and over again until Rube told me, 'This is as real as it gets, little girl. You're dead.'"
George stared out at the sea for a minute, one hand idly rubbing her other arm. Then she looked at Ami again and gave her half-hearted smile. "I spent three days as a ghost. I got to see my own autopsy, and my funeral. Afterward I asked Rube what happened next."
"That's when he told me I was going to be a Grim Reaper. 'No pearly gates for you. No choirs of angels, neither.' I thought he was sending me to hell, but he said, 'Don't flatter yourself, you're not that interesting.'"
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[George] Let Me Sum Up... (tag Ami, Carlos, open)
Date: 2006-04-21 03:58 am (UTC)George stared into the distance, seeing the events of that day again. "He told me to hurry because I was gonna be late. When I turned to walk away, he stroked my hair. A minute later I looked up and saw something come roaring out of the sky straight at me. I had just enough time to think, 'Oh shit.'"
"The next thing I know, I'm standing there in the middle of chaos, watching people running and shouting and bleeding. One guy ran right through me. I couldn't believe it, and I kept saying so over and over again until Rube told me, 'This is as real as it gets, little girl. You're dead.'"
George stared out at the sea for a minute, one hand idly rubbing her other arm. Then she looked at Ami again and gave her half-hearted smile. "I spent three days as a ghost. I got to see my own autopsy, and my funeral. Afterward I asked Rube what happened next."
"That's when he told me I was going to be a Grim Reaper. 'No pearly gates for you. No choirs of angels, neither.' I thought he was sending me to hell, but he said, 'Don't flatter yourself, you're not that interesting.'"