Now that the doors of the Artens have closed, people must decide what to do now.
28.
This is life now: a world shrunk to a couple square miles and covered by a giant dome.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) April 23, 2019
Our job is to survive, to last until it is safe to leave.
I doubt we'll make it; the survival of the species is a big weight to put on our shoulders.
But we'll try.#microfiction#scifi
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29.
It is much further inland than it used to be.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) April 24, 2019
The people inside the dome were chosen to insure humanity's survival.
Out here, our job is simply to live our lives.
We can live for today; let them worry about tomorrow.
But then, what is there to live for?#microfiction#scifi
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30.
Maybe I can start my own community.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) April 25, 2019
Nothing big, just something that helps us get by as best we can.
That way, if something bad happens, we don't just die.
It's a new world out there, and I don't want to face it alone.
I am sure I'm not the only one.#microfiction#scifi
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31.
I cannot save everyone, but I can save you.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) April 27, 2019
I can offer you the stability and security that come with social order.
You will food, shelter from the elements, protection from marauders.
All you must do is pledge to serve and worship me.#microfiction#scifi
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32.
Now, though, society has retreated into domes.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) April 28, 2019
The Wild has taken over the Earth.
No rules, except the Darwinian ones.
No one can tell me to suppress these desires I have.
Now, it is survival of the fittest.
Now, I hunt.#microfiction#scifi
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33.
With no one collecting property taxes way out here anymore, we don't have to worry about money.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) April 29, 2019
We'll work together to grow our own food, to grow as a community, and to grow our artistic genius.
And we will embrace Mother Earth with open arms to the end.#microfiction#scifi
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34.
So while they hide in their dens of iniquity, or try to escape to other worlds, let us face Armageddon with prayer and supplication, that God might take mercy on us and find us worthy of the Rapture, lest we continue to remain as Hell comes to Earth.#microfiction#scifi
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) April 29, 2019
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35.
"No!"
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) April 30, 2019
"Is this about Dave? Don't throw your life away for some boy."
"He isn't just 'some boy.' And it's the right thing to do!"
I was 18, so she couldn't force me.
As I get the news of the doors sealing shut, I look over at Dave.
What have I done?#microfiction#scifi
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36.
"True, but isn't there any place closer?"
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) May 1, 2019
"Probably, but it most of the cities that didn't descend into chaos are now run by gangs or militias. I'd rather risk the trip than live under them."
"Okay. Let's hope we can find enough gas to make it."#microfiction#scifi
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37.
"But joining a cult?"
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) May 2, 2019
"Glutting all of your vices until you decide to end it all apparently has an appeal to people without hope."
"But how do they find pleasure in it if they're hopeless?"
"There's a reason they all off themselves, sooner or later."#microfiction#scifi
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