Accept the call, and the big man's offer

Raising the receiver to your ear did nothing to assuage your bewilderment at the situation as soon a voice reminiscent of Pierce Brosman began to filter through the tiny speaker bringing flashes of a certain 50's era Sci-Fi to mind as the man began to give you a strange proposition not unlike those the reminiscent voice once narrated before.

The man introduces himself as the most successful salesmen this side of 'The Verse', which he assures you is no light matter at all, he has over twelve gigoplex competitors after all. And like any salesmen would he assures you that he remains the best in his field, which is why God had relied on him to get the message acrossed to you that he had chosen you to fill his shows for a day. Wait what? Did he say God? Hold the phone a minute!

Now perhaps you haven't heard but God is a Omnipotent being of unimaginable power and likewise disinterest over us. Some mortals give the guy credit for the universe and everything in it, while others do not. You have generally fallen in the latter category seeing very little to no divine influence in your own life to merit such a belief, though at times like these you wonder if your disbelief may have only been a lack of effort on your part. This either was the most elaborate prank you have ever encountered or you just made the discovery of all time, does God exist? You'll hold your judgment on that one though, this guy could be some crack looking for your credit card number after all, and fiddling with him might provide some enjoyment after such a rude awakening. So either way seemed beneficial to you and you humored the salesman and let him carry on.

And the steady radio voice of his did indeed continue on explaining that very simply he had a once in a lifetime chance to literally be God, atleast until the real man upstairs returns. And it certainly sounded fantastically far fetched, which led Aerin to start turning the screws on the salesman with some counter arguing.

Aerin led with the why should I believe you tactic after all, trying to poke holes in the unnamed Salesman's bogus story but the man was ready to put up a hard bargain. He harried to the defense after all by pointing out the odd behavior of the mailman this morning, only the truly determined would attempt such a thing, but before he even concluded that thought the rapid fire salesman had moved on to another example. Citing that you look closer to home at your darling mother of course, consider her perhaps silently persistent presence in the room. Does that not seem odd, isn't your mother a far more colorful individual on the more oft occasion? That according to him is because God is very determined to reach you.

He did have some fairly convincing points, an omnipotent being could easily arrange for all of these things to happen with the express goal of gaining your attention. But he is omnipotent why would he need a mortal like you? And why wouldn't he just will you to go along with it like he apparently can with everyone if your mom and the mailman are prime examples.

But the salesman audibly sighed at this point, explaining in a more condescending tone than before that God is kinda big on free will, at least for the choices that matter. He simply can't **** you to make this choice regardless because it involves powers rivaling his own. But you sensed you had touched at a sore spot as the salesman sped up to cover the points your interruption had neglected. Addressing your concerns in the process. He explains that God doesn't need anything really, he has ultimate power to get anything he wants. And then the salesman preformed the flip by explaining carefully that God wants you in particular to fill his shoes, encouraging you to imagine the things you might do with such power. The Salesman's voice crackled and he said his adieu's and signed off leaving Aerin's body icy cold as you considered the reality of this probable hoax.

The last thing you heard before hanging up the receiver however was the voice mysteriously saying. "Four and a half Oiglk's! By Sqorxbat's I'm getting old." Then your mother walked over to you and took the phone from your still cold hand and smiled in an attempt to cheer you but it still appeared empty and robotic, and you returned a similar smile that didn't reach your eyes either before being led downstairs by your now abdicated mother and towards the living room while delivering another important message to you, but you almost missed her words as your eyes were firmly glued to your mothers pendulous posterior as she descended the staircase before you. However a glare over her shoulder at you prompted a response. "Huh? Uh..what visitors mom?"