I lay there floating in an endless black void. Having come here after my death and becoming just another soul among many waiting for my judgement. Somehow instinctively knowing it's coming though the when is a bit spotty.

Surprisingly I guess depending on what you believe souls come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Which I suppose is not that surprising humans are complex creatures both mentally and physically. So the human soul should represent that thus it coming in many shapes and sizes.

I'm saying that because I'm a glowing blue candle flame that seems to make the dark around me even darker while a soul to my left is a toy soldier made of Ruby's that is constantly going through the motions of at rest then at attention before finally going into firing postion and shooting a ruby bullet into the black void to my right is a pyramid the size of a sky scraper made of smaller pyramids that are always shifting with the bottom pyramids slowly being transferred to the top after each shift.

Now I have no idea how I see them considering I'm pretty sure there thousands of miles away and I don't have eyes but I guess different rules when your a soul in the void and distance doesn't really mean anything in a never ending void of darkness.

I am curious why souls take the forms they do but I don't think I'll ever get that answer. This Is one of the questions I ponder while waiting to see if I ascend to the pearly gates in front of the kingdom of fluffy clouds or if I descend into chains and flame on top of the lands of brimstone is what awaits me.

Now I've been waiting a rather long time for my judgement at least I think I have it's hard to tell time when you're in an endless void and nothing really changes except what the soul next to you happens to be doing at that moment and I can't really do anything but float in the same place in a kind of holding pattern.

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So with nothing to do but to think my thoughts enevidbly return to the life I once lived. You know what you wanted to in life and what you messed up and how you would do better if you could go back and do it all over again. Probably messing it up even worse and starting one of those weird alternate time lines where the janitor is now a dictator and your family is in the slave mines.

On the subject of the family I wonder how my family is and if they're okay. Dad isn't happy with me for not inheriting his collection like he wanted as well as not lettimg him see me grow up to be the man he though I'd be. My little sister jessie probably isn't happy with me either. I'd ended up lying and missed watching the last hero movie with her like I'd promised too. Probably doesn't help that I'll never do any of the big brother things I'm suppose to do for her anymore.

My older brother Johnathan is gonna be upset I missed our upcoming gaming marathon. It was for some trophy with a decent prize reward sadly it looks like he'll have to find another partner. Mom I think is just gonna be upset the most upset I died. Because in the end she may have watched me come into the world but she shouldn't have had to watch me go ahead of her.

I don't really think any parent is ready for a child to go ahead of them. Sadly I don't think any of my family was ready is any family but well they'll have to keep going without me and I think they can I believe they can and well if everything works out we all meet up eventually in the end at least I hope we do.

Well honestly I've been here waiting to be judged a long time at least I think I have again its hard to tell time in the void. So it's entirely possible my family have lived their lives and are ahead of me wandering where I am.

"robert lamb it would appear you are our lucky constant so come on down."a voice suddenly shouts from the void.

Wait nobody said there were game shows in the void and how would that even work anyway were in a void how the hell would you run a production here. You set a stage here and it would probably just end up falling for eternity.

To answer my question a portal opened up below me. I get to see endless tv monitors for a few moments before I'm sucked through. I got maybe a two seconds too scream.