Ladies, and gentlemen - hello.
My name is Vincent - and I am very excited that you have all joined me tonight to save the world.
I am a representative of the other 99%. The folk who just have to live in it.
You environmentalists? Well, you're the reason you've got sons of bitches like me.
Read More1984, a year of absolutely nothing really. I don’t think you guys remember it… if you’re from my universe. Well anyway, enough with that, 1984 also had two memorable things, more on the second one later. Hexaria was a pretty nice city surrounded by lake and another country. It was known for its luxurious hotels. Well anyway, one day two Guests met. A guest is a VERY popular name in this universe, don’t ask them. So they also have numbers in their names. This was in the Hexaria Official Health and Fitness Center. One of them was super strong and the other wasn’t but was very wealthy. Here’s how the conversation went.
Read MoreI don’t remember the last time I saw the sky.
I heard it used to be a gentle blue with white puffy cotton clouds strewn here and there.
That the crayon “sky blue” was its actual hue, before they banned it. Maybe it was too sad to hold onto.
Now we have this thick, impenetrable smog crushing above our heads and forcing us to hide beneath gas masks. Yet I never recall a time when we didn’t wear them outside.
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She yelled out Edward’s name with conviction as she ran across the newly paved road towards her childhood friend. It was hot outside, which disturbed Edward, as he wanted to spend his summer break sprawled out in his basement with a Nintendo Switch controller in one hand and his newly purchased Android running Discord in his other. He kept his head down, using his cap as a cover from the sunlight, as he watched the heat emanating from the asphalt like snakes dancing to an enchanter’s tune.
Read MoreWhen things were still good with the air, water, soil, and oceans, Cassandra watched the news obsessively. It was bad every day. Little by little, each was another degree worse. Degrees riddled her consciousness. Was yesterday worse than today? Yes, it was. The government’s corruption was a degree slimier today than yesterday... and yesterday was a degree worse than the day before that? And so on, and so on, and so on. It was like snowflakes slowly building to an avalanche.
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I’m tucked away in my bedroom inside my lil’ trailer. Comfy beyond belief. It’s daylight savings and I earned this extra hour of sleep. Especially after a sixteen-hour shift. I don’t wanna get up today. I don’t wanna deal with people no more.
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