[ WP ] A world where anyone who discovers the meaning of life , moments later ceases to be living

``... and just like that,'' Trevor said, clicking his fingers, `` she was gone.'' 
 
 `` Gone?'' Sarah asked as she stapled some papers together. 
 
 `` Poof,'' Trevor exclaimed, `` vanished.'' 
 
 `` So what happens now?'' Clare asked as she put down her coffee mug. She had only been half listening to this conversation, as she had a large stack of invoices to work through.'' 
 
 Trevor shrugged, `` I dunno. Management will probably plug the gap somehow.'' 
 
 `` So wait?'' Jack replied, as he leaned back on his chair, the seat creaking slightly as he did, `` Barbara just figured out the meaning of life?'' 
 
 `` Either that,'' Clare replied, `` or she's now running around the building naked, as her clothes are still where she left them when she vanished.'' 
 
 Jack shuddered at the thought. Barbara was easily in her fifties, and had clearly lost her figure so long ago she had given up on searching for it again. 
 
 `` But,'' Jack repeated, `` Barbara sussed it? Barbara? I mean no offense to the woman, but she was hardly the sharpest knife in the drawer now was she?'' 
 
 `` Hey,'' Trevor replied, `` I'm as surprised as you are. Anyway, should n't you be getting on with your work. Those payslips are n't going to process themselves.'' 
 
 With that Jack got his head down. For a moment, the team fell silent and work carried on as normal. 
 
 Then Clare spoke up again, `` Maybe that's the point?'' she mused to herself, maybe the entire meaning of life is n't to seek out it's great meaning after all?'' 
 
 With a poof, Clare vanished into thin air, as her clothes fell into place around her. Everyone sat speechless for a moment as their brains processed what had just happened. 
 
 Then one by one they realised that Clare must've been right, and within minutes the entire accounts department had vanished.
