Cycle Zero
Ch.1
Sunnyside, Houston, TX | Apartment 7
Kyren
I should have some strawberry jam left.
Kyren
There's barely any left.
Kyren
I'll probably need to hit the groceries.
Tensions continue to escalate across the nation as civil unrest spreads in major metropolitan areas.
Government urges citizens to stay calm and patient while emergency protocols remain in effect. The White House has not issued a new statement as of this morning.
Kyren
Of course they haven't.
Reports indicate rising instability near key infrastructure zones.
Kyren
(Citizens are advised to remain...)
Citizens are advised to remain indoors
Kyren
(and avoid nonessential travel.)
And avoid nonessential travel. More updates at the top of the hour -
Kyren
Well, that was boring.
Kyren wears his shoes and heads out.
Kyren
(Think I'll just get some noodles for now.)
Cashier
Good morning! How can I help you today?
Kyren
Ring these up for me.
Cashier
All set! Here you go.
Kyren
(Dying in a slide would be a new one.)
𝘒𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘨
Kyren
Alright, time for music.
Ch.2
𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦
Kyren
I wanna drink something cold.
System
𝙷𝚎𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝?
System
𝚆𝚘𝚠, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚍.
System
𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍.
System
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺.
System
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕.
System
𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚍.
System
𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜?
System
𝙷𝚎𝚢. 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐?
𝘒𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩
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System
𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚠.
Kyren
Little shit is messing with me.
System
𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜.
System
𝚂𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 — 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.
Kyren
Alright so, what's the deal?
𝘒𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤
Kyren
And don't bother with backstories.
System
𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕: 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔, and 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜.
System
𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚝.
System
𝙾𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜.
Kyren
That has always been the goal.
System
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕. 𝙽𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚘, 𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍.
System
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕. 𝙽𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚘, 𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍.
Kyren
Meaning, I'll die for good this time?
System
𝙸𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚝, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝. 𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍.
System
𝙸𝚗 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝, 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚛 — 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐.
Kyren
I-Is there no other way?
System
𝙰𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜.
System
𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍—
System
𝚈𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢𝚜𝚝.
System
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔.
System
𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗.
Kyren
This is some kind of a sick joke.
Ch.3
Song: Nightrider - Arizona Zervas
Kyren
So, it's not a joke.
Kyren
Do you realize what you're saying?
[𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕: 𝚖𝚊𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚖]
System
𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢.
Kyren
YOU'RE TELLING ME TO BECOME A GODDAMN TERRORIST!
System
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎.
Kyren
I've gotta blow up cities. Kill people who haven't done anything yet!
System
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜.
System
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 r𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢.
"𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑗𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑡?"
"That's your third time asking me that."
"𝐴𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒."
"Yeah alright, you look great."
System
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜.
Kyren
That's what I was gonna do.
System
𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝. 𝙽𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 –
Kyren
Don't talk for a while.
Kyren
Please, just shut the f#ck up.
System
𝚂𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗.
Kyren
I TOLD YOU TO SHUT YOURSELF –
Kyren
Sure got a bad timing.
Elvira
Oh, hi – um, sorry if this is a little weird.
Elvira
I'm from down the street, and we had a pretty big tomato harvest this week.
Elvira
And since there's so many more than we'd expected, I've been going around asking if any neighbors would -
Elvira
Yes, they're straight out of the garden. We didn't want them to go bad, so I thought I'd ask around to see if anybody might be interested.
Elvira
They're fresh, I promise.
Elvira
So um, yeah would you maybe want some?
Kyren
What am I supposed to do with them?
Kyren
That's a lot for just one person.
Elvira
(So he lives alone.)
Elvira
Ah, then would half of this do?
Kyren
It would still be too much.
Elvira
If you tell me how many you'd like, I could bag them for you.
Elvira
Let's see, I'm pretty sure I had a plastic bag here –
Kyren
So hey, I appreciate you doing this.
Kyren
And I'm sorry about your tomatoes, but I don't have time for this.
Kyren
I don't cook and I mostly eat out.
Kyren
So, even if you gave me some, I wouldn't know what to do with them. They'd just sit in my fridge and end up going bad, which I'm guessing isn't what you want.
Elvira
That's okay. You can give them to your family and friends.
Kyren
And I don't have family or friends.
Kyren
Yeah, so can you leave?
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