You've been launched into space at the speed of light, but there's no air resistance because... well, space.
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You're on your knees, throwing up into a toilet so filthy you're surprised councillors aren't holding meetings in it. <br><br>You've been drinking since lunch, going on almost twelve hours now. Enough to make a grown man cry, or in your case, puke. <br><br>The door behind you bursts open, hitting you in the back. <br><br>"Jesus Christ, what the hell is wrong with you?" a voice shouts, the sound echoing off the tile walls around you. Your eyes water from the pain. <br><br>"Get the hell out of my way. I need to puke," a different voice responds. <br><br>The bathroom door closes, and you hear the sound of a stall opening. <br><br>A hand reaches down and grabs your shoulder. You swat at it weakily. <br><br>"You piece of shit! Do you know how many orders I got because of you?" <br><br>You turn and look up at the man. He's huge, easily 300lbs. You can't help but laugh. <br><br>"I'm... I'm sorry if I inconvenienced you," you slur. <br><br>"A inconvenience? You tried to kill yourself, you drunken freak!" <br><br>The man in the stall next to you shouts over the sound of his own vomit. <br><br>"Oh my god, shut up! I'm busy in here!" <br><br>You continue to laugh. <br><br>The fat man bends down and grabs you by the front of your shirt. He hauls you to your feet, spins you around, and pushes you out the door. <br><br>You stumble, almost falling over, but manage to make it out to your car without collapsing. You get in the drivers seat and shut the door, putting your forehead against the steering wheel. <br><br>A few minutes later you hear glass shatter. "What the-"<br><br>A brick had been thrown through your front windshield. You look up and see the fat man walking out of the bar, the man who was puking in the stall over his shoulder. <br><br>You step out of your car and approach them. <br><br>"You think you can just ruin my life and get away with it?" <br><br>"I haven't ruined your life, you fat piece of-"<br><br>"I haven't even begun your punishment yet, you drunk piece of shit!" <br><br>The fat man reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small metal box. <br><br>"A box?" You ask. <br><br>"Watch closely." <br><br>The fat man presses a button on the box, and a blinding flash of light erupts from it. <br><br>Your vision blurs, and everything goes white. <br><br>When your vision returns, you see the Earth getting smaller and smaller. <br><br>"What... what have you done to me? How am I moving so-"<br><br>"You're going at the speed of light, you stupid drunk bastard." <br><br>You realize the box was some futuristic device to launch you into space at the speed of light. <br><br>"Oh my god, this is impossible. I'll run out of oxygen, burn up in the atmosphere-"<br><br>"You'll be just fine. The box has created a pocket of atmosphere around you, and we've given you just enough oxygen and food to last a few days. <br><br>Days? How long will we be traveling at the speed of light before we reach another planet? <br><br>"Don't worry about it. Before you know it you'll have passed Pluto. After that, you're on your own." <br><br>Fat man turns and walks away. A few minutes later, the bar is just a small speck. You watch as the horizon moves closer and closer to you, until you see the curvature of the Earth, and finally, you see the entire planet in all its glory. <br><br>However, the planet is quickly getting smaller. <br><br>After a few hours, you can't even see it anymore. <br><br>A few more hours pass, and you realize just how small Earth was in comparison to the solar system. Jupiter still looks like a marble a few hundred feet away. <br><br>You watch as it slowly gets larger. <br><br>How big is Jupiter, exactly? <br><br>Diameter of 89,000 miles. Length of one side, 89,000 miles. <br><br>Which means that in order to pass it, you need to travel at least 89,000 miles at the speed of light. <br><br>186,282 miles per second, times 60 (the number of seconds in a minute), is 11,176,920 miles a minute. <br><br>Divide that by 89,000 miles, and you have a total of... 125.46 minutes. <br><br>Or about 2 hours and 5 minutes to pass Jupiter. <br><br>You start to feel restless. You're hungry and tired, but at the same time you're excited. You're the first human being to ever travel at the speed of light. What will you see? What will you encounter? <br><br>2 hours pass. Almost time to see Jupiter up close.
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