PROJECT: Lullaby
Okay, is this thing on?
No?
I’m moving the camera…
It’s not working?
What do you mean it’s not working, do you know how hard it is for me to get this?
What, you said that the audio just works fine but the camera isn’t?
Fine… but do you think I should start with… “Yo, this is Death and welcome to my vlog?”
The hell do you mean that it’s not a vlog? Fine… fine, I’ll just do it normally.
…
Hello, this is Death…
Yes, that Death but not the one that goes for dogs or visits old ladies or men in their rooms to take them out, which I have to say that I’m not… I don’t do that anymore. But, moving on… since we, as part of the enterprise that screens the dead and basically one of the few core institutions that manage the underworld itself, are alarmed at this current number of deaths we’re having right now, with the virus and all. Thus, as part of the company’s policy, we are here right now to deliver this public service announcement.
Like the other institutions that you, humans, have, we strongly advise that you should keep yourself indoors and of course, keep yourselves healthy and wash your hands.
In accordance with that, we have assigned a group of talented people to document, compile and rewrite their fellow reaper’s reports for your viewing pleasure. Thus, we would very much proud to show you this collective story, that was rewritten to follow a coherent narrative about our own Reapers, born of you, humans as well, who chose to end their own lives, doing their jobs to help the souls of other people still bound to the earth.
This is the Project Lullaby and we sincerely hope that you would enjoy our story and keep yourself at home where you’re safe from the virus, please… like seriously.
That is all, thank you.
Vertgren · Fantasy
Reading this feels like floating through a dream. The veil, the soft tension between the leads, the sense of destiny. It’s like a lullaby with secrets.