PAY IN KIND_STRANDED AT THE MALL_Words Unspoken_The Uprising
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PAY IN KIND
They said they would reward good deeds with money so evwww.onedoor.cceryone was trying to be kind and giving. No one knew when an act was considered good, the governments had made some sort of omnipresent AI to judge actions.Three days after the declaration I was on a train and at a certain stop there were children sleeping in rags on the platform. Hair brown with dust and muck in their eyes. A woman sitting a few seats away from me got up and went out to the platform. She bought a chips pack and a biscuit packet and took it to a girl among the children, who looked older than the others, and was awake.“Here...
STRANDED AT THE MALL
STRANDED AT THE MALLMy manager had scheduled me to work until closing, weather prediction had called for flurries of snow. No expectation of any significant precipitation this evening of January 22, 1983、 I changed the price tags on the items I was conducting an inventory on. Baseball shirts, blue jeans, and carton socks folded and placed in displays. Upon finishing this task, I plugged in the vacuum cleaner and cleaned the floor. I took a dusting cloth and wiped the counters and glass displays of cosmetics and jewelry. Finally, I dimmed the lights and headed in ...
Words Unspoken
“This isn’t working out.” I paused and shook my head. “How could you do this to me? We were together for three years! Three years, I gave every part of me to you and you just didn’t care. Because if you did care, you wouldn’t have done what you did. But you did. You did it the entire time behind my back. How could you?! How are you okay with doing this to me?”Tears filled my eyes from anger and frustration. I sighed at my reflection in my mirror, figuring that if I thought enough of the words I would be saying, that I could finally get more than three of them out. I’d been in a relationship wi...
The Uprising
Story Title: The Uprising Author: Dafe AvwunufeIn the beginning, our people did not understand the enormity of their drastic decisions, hence they sold all the oil wells the community had, John pointed out. It was not the decision of the people, it was the decision of those who wield power, Pius corrected. The people chose those in power, John is not far from the truth, Peter interjected. That doesn't mean the people were privy to the sale of the town's major natural resource, Pius buttressed. Besides, the royal cabinet did not seek the approval of the people before executing those sales. Well...