Hell’s Trial

Another one... And who are you? I'm sick of always repeating the same thing.

What's this? Am I... In Hell?

Always so shocked, as if you were not aware of the evils you committed in your past life.

But...

I don't care what you have to say. I know what you've done and I'm going to send you to Hell because of that.

Wait, wait. What if you bet?

Bet?

Yes, you give me a second chance and...

Interesting. Nobody asked me that before. Whatever, you humans are always the same. To Hell with y-

And what if I replace you?

How dare you?

You look tired. If I replaced you, you could go on holidays for a while.

This is new, tell me more.

Prove me. Give me your power or whatever allows you to see people's life. I will send them to the different circles instead of you.

Holidays... How did I not think about it before?

So, what do you think?

Huh? Yeah, alright. I will test you. This balance scale allows you to know if the judged person lies, the usual thing, or if they tell the truth.

So, will I sit on that chair and be like you?

No. Humans overstimate themselves too quickly. You will go to the Purgatory and you will judge if the souls must go to Heaven or Hell. If you are good enough, you can replace me for a while.

I won't go to Hell, then?

Of course you will. But to a nicer one or to the ninth circle if you screw things up. Maybe I will create a Hell just for you. That would be funny. Anyway, if you do ir right, you will delay your entrance to Hell. Now take this. I am going to send you to the Purgatory right now. I will be checking your skills.

I can't believe it, I've fooled the Devil.

Pay attention. This balance scale can tell you if someone is telling the TRUTH. Or if someone is LYING. However, keep this in mind: Justice is blind...

Greetings. You’re in the Purgatory. You’re going to be judged so we know if you deserve to go Heaven or Hell. To start things off, tell me your name.

So, the Purgatory. I guess that I shouldn’t have drunk that much. My name is LOUIS.

So LOUIS, tell me a little about you.

Huh, this is so generic. I was married and had a little daughter. I worked as an oficinist in a design agency.

Did you like your work?

As I can tell, yeah, I really liked it. There was a good fellowship and we used to go out once or twice a month. I always came back home drunk.

And what happened the night you died? If you can remember anything.

Not so much. I was so drunk that night, it was Saturday night and I wanted to celebrate the promotion of a partner. I drank so much and then I rode my motorbike home. That’s everything I can remember.

So, you were celebrating the promotion of a friend...

A partner, PARTNER.

Didn’t you consider him a friend? You were celebrating his promotion.

To make things clear, if you could go to a party, who would lose that opportunity? haha But I really didn’t have much relationship with my colleagues. Neither good or bad, just they aren’t... weren’t my friends.

Was everything ok at home? It’s not normal that you hang out when you have a little daughter.

That weekend, my little girl was at my ex-wife's home and that’s why I went out to party. If I could, I wouldn’t have gone to the party.

What did you do in your free time?

I liked to go to the baseball cages to bat. I’m a very nervous man and I only calm down when I’m doing sport. I like to go cycling.

So you were a sports person.

You could say that.

I used to bat too. When I was alive, I mean. In a match I once did 5 home runs. home runs.

But, were you a normal person before?

Yeah but when I died... well, I’m not sure if I can tell you. You could call it... a “license”.

Wow, the Devil gives licenses. Well, in the end, Hell won't be as bad as they paint it. But, even so, if Heaven is 1% of how any religion tells that it is, I want to go there for sure.

Going back to the Sport thing. It’s weird to hang out so much for a fitness guy.

I’m not used to hang out so much. Also, isn’t that a sin? I want to go the good place haha

In your past life, did you break any law or were you arrested? If you did something like that you should tell me.

Nothing comes to my mind...Wait, I lied, I once was arrested in a gender equality protest.

Now, I’m going to ask you the last and most important question: Have you ever killed someone?

No.

Are you absolutely sure that nobody died because of you?

100% sure. Not even in the accident.

Ok, I think I have all I want. Just to know, which fate do you think that you deserve?

I won’t lie, I’m not the best man, but I don’t deserve the eternal fires.