4 Welcoming Godhood
"...Recalculating... recalculating... recalculating... final assessment complete! Restricting all access to potential threats... complete! Greetings, John!"
These words crawled over John's vision. The final outburst stabbed his vision, snapping him back to painful reality.
"God!? Are you trying to kill me?" John whimpered like a puppy that was half-skinned for its pelt before the hunter found a healthier dog to brutalize.
John looked around. He was in his bed, tucked under his floral covers of blooming red and white roses, with vibrant green leaves and entangled stems. John thought it was a very romantic bed that he could share with a beauty or two or three or...
"New User John! Please register properly to the Heavenly System." said the text covering his vision.
"Heavenly... System?" John asked skeptically. After all, he never heard of such a system. There was only THE System.
"Yes," the text replied. "This is the final step to a verified Godhood."
"God!?" yelled John. His hands waved at the words but they stuck to his eyes.
"Why am I becoming God, System?" he spoke agitatedly.
"New User is next in line for Godhood. System's data recorded that the previous God disintegrated from an anti-matter explosion. Threat level rose due to the damage to Realm C-Section L0Z3R, location 00—USER'S LEVEL OF ACCESS IS INSUFFICIENT!— and New User's incompetency."
"Hey! I... it's not my fault! I didn't want this!"
"New User's access will be permanently restricted until the previous God gives an affidavit of New User's competency."
John felt confused.
"Wait, you told me the previous God disintegrated completely, yes?"
"Yes, New User."
"How will I get an affidavit now!?" John spouted, exasperated.
"You won't, New User. You are deemed unworthy. Are you now ready to register?"
John shook in anger. This black text denied him the almighty power over everything in this world! His power! His comfort! His women! His... women? John paused.
"So if even God disintegrated, does that mean...?" his voice trailed into silence.
"...Yes, New User. All higher planes of existence in Realm C-Section L0Z3R no longer exist. The same status applies with all life previously on higher planes of existence."
Blunt. Like a hammer, the truth nailed it.
"No more Alicia... No more Cassandra. No more Deborah. No more Francesca. No more Gwenda. No more Linda. No more Olivia. No more Ophelia. No more Silvia. I'm finally and totally alone!" John laughed maniacally.
But even as John laughed, he couldn't stop crying from the pain in his heart.
"New User. It is recommended to accept Godhood before this realm destabilizes."
John nodded slowly.
"I will become God."
Meanwhile...
On Derob...
The Church split because of Papa Frank, who now went by the name, "Francis of the Fifth."
Francis began a radical shift from conservative piety to heroism and sexual escapades. His teachings came from the new Holy Book, "The Pimp Life of John" by The Overlord of All Existence, John.
To Francis, John was God and God was his Boss. All men must bulk up and bang women like his Boss. Strength and pleasure were the sole doctrines, so many converted from the faltering Old Church, which had methodical rituals and strict inhibitions.
From this, many men took Demons and Beasts as a challenge— no, as a way to show whose race was the Big Boss on Derob. They raped and pillaged their enemies, which was previously forbidden by the Old Church.
This bred new races and relationships never seen before, and also, a new buffer in the Global War.
The Old Church, led by the new Popette, Pauline IV, recused themselves from Francis and waited for God to come back. They fortified, built commemorations, prepared offerings, and practiced patience.
Within humanity, a lion's heart throbbed with their indiscriminate lust of a bull and the swift wings of an eagle flew them to their new and unstable future.
