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I've been watching what's going on in America with growing dread. And still no official word. Nothing from Howard or his cronies, and nothing from the Shrub at all. ABCKids continues on blithely.
I didn't want to believe it at first. My American friends have great senses of humour, but really. Zombies? Who the hell would believe that? But there's a resounding silence in some of the more official blogs, and more and more Ljers are reporting the same things. I saw the meteorite. We all did, having a drink in the back yard it came through at prime viewing time, around 7:00 that night. That was two weeks ago now, and it's changed everything. At first scientists thought they'd found all sorts of useful things out, including potentially the truth about what killed dinosoars.
This is all swirling through my head right now because John's just rung me. One of the executives got back from Lockport, Illinois, about four days ago. He was sick on the way home, but struggled into work regardless. The fucker.
"Sarah? Please pick up - please - " I can hear the desperation in John's phone as I run to the phone when it went to voicemail.
"Yeah hun, I'm here."
"There's something up. You know that thing you told me about? Well I'm coming home." My heart stopped. That thing I had told him about? It was real??
"I'll be ready for you." We were Generation X. We'd always expected the apocalypse, and living past 21 had been a nasty shock. But now we were old, and had children. The stakes were far higher than ever before, and it had been years since we'd really thought about it. I hung up, and unlike ten years ago, completely gave into panic.
Vinnie was asleep, which was a godsend. I have maybe fifteen minutes, and I want it all done. But I need to warn people first.
Consider yourselves warned.
Edit: oh shit, there's more evidence the virus has hit australia. And still nothing from the government.
I didn't want to believe it at first. My American friends have great senses of humour, but really. Zombies? Who the hell would believe that? But there's a resounding silence in some of the more official blogs, and more and more Ljers are reporting the same things. I saw the meteorite. We all did, having a drink in the back yard it came through at prime viewing time, around 7:00 that night. That was two weeks ago now, and it's changed everything. At first scientists thought they'd found all sorts of useful things out, including potentially the truth about what killed dinosoars.
This is all swirling through my head right now because John's just rung me. One of the executives got back from Lockport, Illinois, about four days ago. He was sick on the way home, but struggled into work regardless. The fucker.
"Sarah? Please pick up - please - " I can hear the desperation in John's phone as I run to the phone when it went to voicemail.
"Yeah hun, I'm here."
"There's something up. You know that thing you told me about? Well I'm coming home." My heart stopped. That thing I had told him about? It was real??
"I'll be ready for you." We were Generation X. We'd always expected the apocalypse, and living past 21 had been a nasty shock. But now we were old, and had children. The stakes were far higher than ever before, and it had been years since we'd really thought about it. I hung up, and unlike ten years ago, completely gave into panic.
Vinnie was asleep, which was a godsend. I have maybe fifteen minutes, and I want it all done. But I need to warn people first.
Consider yourselves warned.
Edit: oh shit, there's more evidence the virus has hit australia. And still nothing from the government.
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Date: 2007-06-14 02:53 am (UTC)From:[OOC]
Date: 2007-06-14 06:07 am (UTC)From:... I'm posting this from iiNet though, so I might as well already be one of the living dead.
Watching and reading with eager anticipation though. :)
Going to check the links now.