Pantheon Search
The air was greasy with the tang of raw adoration.
The audience was already rapturous, and the excess worship was making Larry giddy. A cherub pointed, and he was on.
“Welcome to Pantheon Search,” Clotho, one of the judges, said. “You are . . . ?”
“Larry.” The audience tittered.
“Truly a divine name,” Atropos said dryly. “Who are you applying to become?”
“Oculus, god of virtual reality.”
“Special powers?”
“Waking dreams, VR without a helmet.” Larry was sweating.
“Okay. We’ll give you a divine spark and see what you can do, right after this message for Archimedes’s Marble Wipes. We’ll be right back.”
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
There’s so much here. Love the opening line for starters. And the image of a cherub pointing. Love that too. Greek marble wipes. LOL Wonder if Target carries them.
That picture by T.S. should send you a thank you note for this since; you gave it such style. 🙂
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Yeah, not sure where the marble wipes came from, haha. Sometimes ideas just come and you run with them, eh?
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if your smart, like you you do. 🙂
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Beware the cutter. I loved the idea of greasy air
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I imagine it kind of like right before a thunderstorm where the air feels fuller. Glad you liked it.
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Greasy with the tang of raw adoration. Brilliant.
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Thanks, Linda. It’s funny, I was half asleep a few days ago and was coming up with that line. I was happy I remembered it when I woke up. 🙂
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Lots of vivid description, wonderful graphic you and AI created. Very imaginative story, but I hope that idea never comes to pass. I’ve had people encourage me to do lucid dreaming, but after doing a little research learned that frequent lucid dreamers can sometimes find it difficult to distinguish waking and sleeping states. No thanks!
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Yeah, I don’t want any Inception scenarios where you don’t know what is what. Thanks for reading!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Dear David,
Your descriptions were so vivid I could see, smell and taste the atmosphere. Ha! Advertisements even in the Pantheon. Brilliant.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you so much, Rochelle. I’m glad you liked it. I’m back from my trip so hopefully will get back into things more regularly. Have a great week!
-David
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