God declined to comment extensively on the matter, saying only that the decision to condemn Kelly to eternal pain and suffering was "final."
Kelly is reported to have a great deal of company in Malebolge, also known as the eighth circle of hell. Fellow Irish journalists Matthew Apple and David McMahon were both there waiting for him.
Beelzebub commented on the difficulty of placing Kelly from his dwelling place at the heart of the frozen lake. "With the Jovial Friars seemed good at first," explained his abysmal sublimity Satan, lord of evil, "but then I thought, maybe with Ulysses and the rest of those who counsel fraud; anyway, with some of these souls you just can't miss. In the end, I just put him with the rest."
Kelly's punishments so far involve rolling boulders pushed into his chest up against those being rolled by Apple and McMahon. At each collision, they curse each other in vain and then set about colliding again. "Why are you so mean?" Apple cries; "Why are you so stupid?" Kelly roars. As the pain of each collision aggregates, their cries fill with more and more despair. This is expected to continue for eternity.
While no verbal remarks from Kelly could be obtained by The Inquisition's exclusive, on the scene reporter, he did gnash his teeth and wail as the agonies of hell washed over him in endless waves of bitterness and hopelessness.
Though the specific terms of his unending torment have not been disclosed by Lucifer, it is expected that Kelly will begin writing a bi-monthly column for The Inquisition as soon as he finds the time. Lucifer is a charter subscriber to Right Reason, but has indicated that he wants as many people to get the chance to work for that newspaper as possible. |