Serial 2 #6 Good Ending
Reader beware, you choose the scare! This is the sixth and final episode of a serial story (episode one) (episode two) (episode three ) (episode four) (episode five).
Reader beware, you choose the scare! This is the sixth and final episode of a serial story (episode one) (episode two) (episode three ) (episode four) (episode five).
Reader beware, you choose the scare!
There’s no way out of this - you’re barely halfway out the window before the door bursts open and someone in uniform storms in, gun drawn.
“It’s over scumbag, we know everything! Hands up!”
Tulip tracked Sid with difficulty, eyes tearing from the smoke, pissed off that yet again, Sid wanders off for indeterminate periods, requiring Tulip to chase after them, especially when the visibility is so terrible. But pique faded on seeing Sid hunched over some glowing object.
The door opened on the third round of heavy knocking from Sid, accompanied by some yelled insults from Tulip. A shabby-looking man straddled the doorway of the equally shabby-looking safehouse, staring them down with all the presence he could muster.
“Just admit we’re lost.”
“We’re not lost. The coordinates are right here.”
46.949075,-117.882609
“And, what does that say to you? Those are numbers, not a location.”
“The numbers are the location. What don’t you understand about that?”
Alyx took off their backpack and rummaged through it looking for some water and their spare t-shirt to wrap around their face like a balaclava to help with the smog blanketing the night forest air. The water tasted like one of the best sips they had ever had, but in their mind they know it was just their brain reacting to something so pleasant in otherwise difficult times.
The stench became unbearable as a thick smog enveloped the forest. Alyx vomited and retched while crying, finding it hard to breathe.
Changes in the world and stories about those changes go hand in hand. People identify shifts, assign importance to events, assign roles to participants.