Cacophonous juggernaut

Written in response to: "Write a story in which the natural and the mystical intertwine."

Science Fiction

Because of natural law on both sides of the equation. Natural Law here; Natural Law there. Everywhere in the known and unknown universe, until now. Maybe a parallel universe is combining with ours. I know that doesn’t make sense. Think about gravity. People think gravity doesn’t exist in space, but it does, until now. The planets seem like a bunch of billiard balls bouncing around. The scientists thought the size or configuration of the stars might have changed, but there’s no evidence to support this hypothesis. None. People think gravity didn’t exist in space, but it did. Things were just in free fall. Gravity used to be the pull between any two objects in space. That’s just the physical natural laws. Don’t even get me started on the spiritual natural laws.

The laws of acceleration. Step on the gas, wheels turn in the same direction, car moves forward, until now. Everything is fucked up. No one can go anywhere or rather they’re going everywhere at once. That is until the Earth hits a star, which should be any minute now. But, why? Why this sudden chaos? Was God pissed off and this the Armageddon described in Revelations? No, it wasn’t.

Think about tuning forks. See, the note of C vibrates at 261.63 hertz, D vibrates at 293.66 hertz, E vibrates at 329.63, F vibrates at 349.23, G vibrates at 392, A vibrates at 440, and B vibrates at 493. Or al least that’s how it was. But try to contemplate a parallel universe. Old news, right? Multiverse, Universe, comic book bullshit, but it turns out it isn’t all bullshit. Like think of physics, psychics and mediums. The reason these work is because of the square rectangle thing. A rectangle is a four sided figure with four right angles and a square id a four sided figure, with four right angles and four equal sides. So, a square is a rectangle but a rectangle isn’t a square. A square is a rectangle, but rectangle isn’t a square. In the same way, most beings are souls/spirits with bodies instead of bodies with spirits and the spirit, before the fuck up, was at a higher vibration than the body. This allowed the natural laws of the Universe to continue to exist. Some physicists believe the Universe had a beginning and they’re now thinking this might be its end. Or not : GOK. Temperatures on Earth are like yo-yos. So, the vibrations started changing because one foreigner decided to create EVP/PK/Ectoplasm machine. And foreigner as in another planet, not Mexicans. Spirits and machines don’t go very well together. Just ask an alcoholic.

So, vibrations changed. Spirits started to materialize outside of seances, mountains started evaporating, then physics stopped working the way it usual does. Things ran and went slower and everything imploded and exploded at the same time. This cacophonous juggernaut. Drums sound like fingernails on a chalkboard. Cotton’s coming off of clothes and turning back into plants. Dormant volcanos erupted downward.

Remember, “The Magic Staff” at the A.R.E.? This isn’t part of “all circumstances”. So, here’s where to insert the plot twist, the rising action, or maybe the flashbacks? Or not.

Then, inanimate objects became animated and vice versa. Talking rocks. High vibration rocks are negative and negative positive. Would you like a cocktail on the rocks? But before the Universe was what and what will be after the Universe is over? The Universe is a void or is that pre or post Universe. GOK. Ask “Chat GPT” what GOK stands for. It’s a medical abbreviation. Or maybe this whole universe was someone’s atoms in their body. Think of an atom and think of the Universe. Electrons go around the nucleus and planets go around stars. Maybe the planets are electrons and the stars are nuclei. What would that make humans? Or maybe it’s like when mirrors are placed across from each other at beauticians; it’s a reflection of a reflection of a reflection and never ends. We’re bodies made of cells, the galaxies are cells and in continues decreasing and increasing to infinity. Who cares? We all know we’re going to die someday. Then, will it matter what church we went to or if we went to church? Maybe it will or maybe it won’t. Who cares? Earth was Hell. Maybe it’s for the best it’s over, like a bad marriage, relationship, or politician. This too will end. But, what fun is an empty Universe? Bad plot line. Just ask Douglas Adams.

Then, we started seeing Banshees, Djinns, and centaurs, which means? I don’t know. Maybe it means the plot line is thin or fucked up, but these and other mythical creatures apported. Or maybe these are the gods/Gods or God’s or the Gods’ angels? Or maybe the author is high on drugs or has a psychological disorder. The centaurs put shrooms on my pizza or appeared after the pizza. Everything is relative according to Newton or was that Einstein or maybe Sherlock? Who knows? Who cares?

Nothing matters. I don’t matter and if you’re wasting your time reading this, then you don’t matter. Name a famous football player from the 1700’s? After two generations no one remembers celebrities. Only a few authors are remembered. You know the name of your great great grandparents? Who does? So, is your life important? Ask the demiurge. The mythical world and this universe combine like salt and water. Or does it? You can’t make a pickle back into a cucumber, but in

this Universe, you can, thanks to the fairies.

So, everything’s chaos. The leaders are Jello. Culture is over or our culture is. The Greeks resurrected from the ground along with the Greek Gods, but where’s Jesus? Where’s Jesus? The Greeks start building statues, but it isn’t Jesus. “The gods must be crazy.” The plot line is the end, a puzzle. It doesn’t exist. But you were bored anyway. Otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this. Praise Zeus. He wrote, “The Cat in the Hat” after completing his doctoral thesis or maybe that was his thesis. Maybe Seuss’ characters were mistaken for centaurs. Maybe. I don’t know.

Posted Jun 20, 2025
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