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Pope Sean Paul

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By: Lil Shoyaright! (Pub. May 22nd, 2024)

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It’s a bright, bustling early morning in Vatican City.

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\n Hundreds of worshippers from every corner of the globe have gathered\n outside St. Peter’s Basilica. An Igbo friar makes nice with a Maori\n nun. An Argentine man hoists his young son up onto his shoulders so\n that he can see above the crowd. Journalists mount cameras onto\n tripods at the edges of the scene. All are there at the sudden and\n mysterious beckon of the{\" \"}\n \n Holy See\n \n . Outside a nearby cafe,{\" \"}\n \n Oldie\n {\" \"}\n and I monitor the crowd.\n

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\n The news came via mass SMS:
\n “His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ,\n returned gently to Our Lord one evening ago. The Cardinals have\n gathered to mourn, and to elect his successor in an expedited\n conclave.”\n

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\n Gasps and wails erupt throughout the crowd in waves, first at LTE\n speed, then 4G, then 3G. Finally, the EDGE floodgates open, and\n everyone bawls openly.\n

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\n Oldie takes a sip from his Ashwaganda-infused mushroom tea. I check\n the time on my{\" \"}\n \n Casio\n \n .{\" \"}\n

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\n The sun moves westward. It’s an hour til sunset now. The crowd has\n grown larger, and yet more somber. Many shed tears quietly, some hug\n their loved ones, others hold their hands up in prayer. Suddenly, a\n voice in the crowd rings out:\n

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\n VOICE:{\" \"}\n \n Fumata\n \n ! Fumata! Smoke! Look, there’s smoke!{\" \"}\n

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\n Everyone’s eyes dart up toward the chimney connected to the Sistine\n Chapel. Sure enough, there’s a plume of smoke rising. Strangely, the\n color of the smoke is neither white nor black, but a brilliant blend\n of grey, green, and purple. The Igbo Friar and Maori Nun exchange a\n horrified look. Could this really be? Such a thing is only ever\n whispered about, even in the most hallowed halls.{\" \"}\n \n \n Fumata boreale\n \n \n .\n

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\n The doors of the balcony of St. Peter’s Cathedral swing open. There\n stands Kardinal Offishal dressed in grey-green-purple cardinal’s\n robes. He clears his throat:\n

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\n KARDINAL OFFISHAL: Blessings upon you all. The conclave has ended.\n It is my great honor to introduce to you all, the new Bishop\n of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the\n Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the\n West, Primate of Italy.\n

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He inhales deeply after that mouthful.

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\n KARDINAL OFFISHAL: I present for, the first time: His Holiness, Pope\n Sean Paul!!!!!!\n

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\n Airhorns blare out from a source unseen as Sean Paul, dressed in\n full papal regalia (big ass hat included), steps out onto the\n balcony. His fine white robes glisten with golden accents. The crown\n jewel of his big ass hat is a shimmering grey-green-purple stone.{\" \"}\n

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\n I can’t help but grin to myself. Oldie puts down his tea and picks\n up his iPhone 37.\n

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\n OLDIE: I’ll get{\" \"}\n \n Waka\n {\" \"}\n on the phone.\n

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\n The airhorns subside, and a hush comes over the crowd. The new pope\n clears his throat, and it somehow gets even more quiet.{\" \"}\n

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POPE SEAN PAUL: My children…

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\n A thousand or more aspiring tenants of heaven all seemed to hold\n their breath. What will his first words be?\n

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\n POPE SEAN PAUL:{\" \"}\n \n SO MI GO SO DEN!!!!!!!!\n \n

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\n These words boom and echo with an otherworldly volume and timbre for\n miles around. A quiet, pregnant pause takes hold, then: the airhorns\n resume, and the crowd breaks out into the loudest cheering and\n applause ever recorded in the Vatican.\n

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\n As the new pope looks out over the cheering crowd, some literally\n jumping for joy, he spots a figure in a black cloak. The person is\n standing dead-center, and is the only perfectly still body in the\n dynamic crowd. Pope Sean Paul reaches for the papal binoculars, (you\n know, like the ones they use at the opera or whatever). Through the\n binoculars, he sees that the face partially covered by the hood of\n the black cloak…….is a mirror staring right back at him.{\" \"}\n

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\n It’s{\" \"}\n \n You\n \n .{\" \"}\n

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