“Unfortunately,” the raspy voice said,
“This is not a zombie movie, and you can not simply send a bullet through their skulls. Forget everything you’ve learnt, and realize that you are utterly, most definitely, fucked.”
They said the world would end in 2000 at the start of the twenty-first century. A computer error was supposed to crash all the banks, the entire internet, and everyone’s livelihood; but wow! won’t you look at that. It didn’t! In fact, everything was quite the same; the banks survived, televisions kept playing, phone lines still worked. It was mundane, it was normal.
Well, except for the fact that the population had succumbed to a mysterious airborne disease that slowly ate at your brain and left just the vessel of your being. It was fine, because the internet still ran and you could still use your card at an ATM!
But… why would you? There were no employees around. Well, except for five young adults who found themselves in the middle of an apocalypse, roleplaying at the counter. Let’s hope there are no zombies around, that would be quite bad.
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an observation/study essay wrapped in a story about the human psyche and relationship to others and one-self, especially when placed in a stressful situation outside of one’s comfort zone and control.
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