I sat down as I was eating a cup of ramen while on the internet, as I decided to go onto a news website. I saw the anchor was as usual just some middle aged man talking about some dumb thing like how we need to work more or else everything will crash. I just kept hate-watching this slop, then he will go on to talk about some stupid shit story of how celebrities are getting silenced to get this, supposedly for having the wrong ‘opinion’ about politics or whatever the hell that means. Well I don’t want to delve into this, but as soon I was about to close the tab, something caught my eye. Eventually, an alert occurred where a younger news anchor came on, looking more presentable, with some hair gel. From how he’s looking, he seemed very concerned, as if something bad is around the corner. “Attention everyone, I am here to report that recently, ever since our president decided to condemn the Empire on the other side of the world. In response, the regime threatened to destroy the free world. Right now, let’s go live on Capitol Hill where the President is giving the State of the Union Address.”
Then it went on to the president, also with hair gel in his slick brunette hair, but has a greasy face, and a slender figure with dense cheekbones. He yelled like a madman, “I refuse to take back what I said! As a proud American like the 500,000,000 of all of you, I have nothing to apologize to the evil dictator over there! We know about their human rights abuses and their imperialist actions! DO YOUR WORST YOU SAVAGE BEASTAL ******!” It will turn back to the reporter, who seemed to look shocked for a moment, but then he started to share the same anger as the president.
“You go Mr. President! We need a strong leader to guide us and protect our institutions from any harm by those authoritarian bastards who want to take away everything we have!” The anchor has always been a staunch lover of violence despite claiming to be for “security”, but it’s security for assholes like him.
Yeah, I don’t want to think about stuff like that, so I switched off the T.V. I don’t get why I am so addicted to hate-watching this bullshit when all it does is get me pissed off when I could do something more productive. Well, it’s a day off and I want to see if any of the few retro game stores in my city has Powerup Fantasy 2. If so, then I will buy it no matter the price, if not, then I guess that I will have to buy it online. First however, I think I will look to see if I can get a better job, because right now, I only have a part time job where I just basically copy and paste stuff around. Yeah, it’s just plain boring. The only reason I even still work there is just so I can pay off my rent and other necessities, and I was lucky to have that job thanks to my uncle.
So I went out, and as I was thinking about what happened. Sure, I don’t have a full time job at the moment, but I at least am able to keep up with rent for the next few months since I have not been buying crap. Sure, from time to time I have made impulse purchases, but luckily I avoided spending way too much.
I walked across the street to a few locations to at least get a part time job. I saw a bakery with a help wanted sign, to see that they are hiring for a manager position. I then went in there, to then see if I could get the job, as I had my resume out. I don’t really have anything that I could do to get that, but hopefully I have luck on my side. As soon as I got to the counter, the smell of fresh bread was so nice, and I saw the baker there, being a large man with the usual white baker attire. “Um… may I help you?”
“Yeah, you have a help wanted sign, and I want to know if I am allowed.” I said as I gave him the resume, as he took only a second to look at it, bringing up his head to line his eyes up with mine.
“This is a joke? You have a college degree, no way I am accepting any applicants like you into my job! This is way too simple. Go someplace else!”
I went to other places, as well, as I was able to get into a gig where I can test out new tech products. However, on my first day, I was fired since I did the whole thing wrong. They refused to let me have a second chance after I screwed THAT up.
Later I would try to enter an app service where I would be able to get a job by assisting anyone with household errands. However, all are taken so that’s out, as they are not taking any more applicants.
After getting rejected from every place imaginable including from several minimum wage jobs, I just “semied-gave up” on getting one, so maybe I will do it at least once a week whenever I think of an idea, because I don’t want to be dependent on my parents. After feeling defeated, I just went to a retro game store to see if I could get Powerup Fantasy 2, and see if I could actually complete the game quickly.
I went to the first store I thought of where they have the game I’m looking for. In particular, the game where it’s as rare as diamonds, and runs on a system no longer in production. It’s an RPG titled Powerup Fantasy 2, where it takes place in a Medieval European setting. I looked at the selves to see nothing there, and as soon as I was about to go and purchase the game, I witnessed right from a few feet from me two men getting into a fight. I was not sure about what they were so pissed over, from the fact they were speaking Japanese. I only knew because they were loud as a volcano that just erupted. I had to wait to purchase because of this, as then the cashier said, “Sorry, but I am needed elsewhere. I will be with you shortly.” Yeah, I am not sure if she will be with me soon, as she was trying to calm them down in the same language, as one of the men, a well groomed salaryman yelled at her while pointing at the other man. The other man has a different appearance, with a more fat physique, shorter hair, and just wearing your basic T-shirt with a gaming picture. From the looks of it, I guess it has to do with status or something like that. The fat man yelled back, and I did not want to be here in this zone of conflict, but I wanted the game so badly, so I guess I will have to wait, watching out for my safety.
I took out my book. I just want to write in it and spend less time on my phone. I wrote about what I thought about the game itself, and the characters were like. I was thinking about what could happen in the game, or how it connects to the overall narrative of 1, 3 and 4. 5 is not out yet, but I am looking forward to its release date, as it’s said to be around summertime. Playing 2 while I wait for a while. Then soon enough, while I was putting in some notes, the cashier came by, and I was able to get THAT over with. Later I decided to just go home after my purchase of the game.
As I left the store, I was walking by the busy streets, as cars were beeping while many others were going along their day. I was stressed by that confrontation, but I am not going to let that get in the way of my enjoyment of the second installment that I have yet to try out. I was going until out of the blue, someone came out in front. “YAH, I’M FRED!! I’M FRED!! How yo do!” I jumped right out of my skin, as I felt my skeleton literally leap out of my body through my mouth. Like what in the Abyss happened?! “Hey, I’m Fred, How yo do, Fred?”
“Um… I am Fred?” I said. He does not look right, and from the looks of the smell of leather more rotten than eggs ever could get along with his face like a zombie. Heck his behavior alone tells me that he is not doing okay.
“Yeah I Fred, you Fred right? You Fred?” He’s actually not being angry or aggressive towards me. However, I don’t have any time for this nonsense, and I want to rest a bit to get right onto playing Powerup Fantasy 2.
“Sorry, Fred, but… I have something to do… Nice talking to you though” I said politely as I could. I am not a therapist, and I much rather focus on my own life on how I can leave my neighborhood.
“THE WORLD IS ENDING! PLAY POWERUP FANTASY 2! PREPARE BY PLAYING CARDS! THE GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND THE MILITARY WILL DESTROY THE WORLD!!!! PREPARE!! DEMONS RULE THE WORLD!!” The homeless man yelled out to my face as I walked away. Wow, just like, wow. As I was walking alone in the streets, I was a bit touched by what he said. I am starting to have questions, like for one, HOW THE FUCK did he even knew I was about to play Powerup Fantasy 2, and about the end of the world?! Maybe I should do something about this… Right after I rest and start playing the game from beginning to end. I mean, that is what I have set out to do after all.
A Few Days Later…
I am already on the final boss of this game. I think I missed a few days off work, and I am probably fired for doing so, however I don’t actually care since I already have made a lot of money ahead of time to pay for the rent and I even have a friend of mine come by once in a while to give me some money so I’m good. Right now I must be focused at all times, since I am on the Final Boss, and I need full concentration to focus on tactics on how to defeat it. As I was just ALMOST there, the T.V. went off, and the lights went out. GREAT! I was in the final battle, and now this shit happens! I tried to go on my phone, but nothing even came up, so I suppose even the internet is down too. Ugh… just when I was so close. Maybe my landlord is being a dick over what could have been about me not paying my last rent. I decided to look at the control panel, and it seems to be fine. Cases like this are why I wished I'd bought a generator. I soon enough heard what sounded like an explosive outside, as I opened a window, and it looked outside to see that everything was just normal. Just the usual skyline, then I saw the same homeless dude running, yelling about the “government”, “corporations”, and now DEMONS?!! Yeah, he lost it, but now others are running with him too, and it does not seem like it’s not just drug addicts, but normal people, from what appears to be gunfire. Well, I have to get right to sleep now anyway. But just in case, I locked and barricaded all doors and windows. For a second now, I thought about playing with my miniatures, but I did not want to make a mess with them just in case I needed to escape. I looked outside once in a while but I decided not to do anything. I sat there, as the heat went off, as I stood there now freezing. I only bothered to get one blanket, so I am not even sure of what to even do!
The Next Day…
I would later get up to take a glimpse out of the window to see that there was shockingly not a whole lot of damage. I checked the news to see what was up, until then the anchor was there, but he still looked okay despite the fact that there was a literal apocalypse outside. And now that I think about it… the other nation did threaten retaliation. But then there’s something begging the question, why would the empire even care about what people here think, especially if it’s some nobody? Or the leaders of this country for this matter, as that’s to be expected, and they could be making most people like me share those hateful views.
“Right now, in New York City, many people have been out on the streets pissed off about the fact that there’s been a huge invasion by… I am not sure of what the fuck I am saying, but I will just do it anyway. We were attacked by a whole hoard of monsters… of varying shapes and sizes. You may know them from fantasy stories or whatever, but the issue stands is that the Empire is obviously behind this, as they’ve threatened to attack us! So they must be in league with these monsters, all trying to destroy our beloved democracy!”
While he was doing his monologue, there was footage from that day where there happens to be demons resembling something from depictions from fantasy media, and are too diverse in appearance to list how they all look like. Some of them do have horns, tails, some resembling various animals, while some are humanoid. The demons seemed to be more focused on the people rather than just mindless destruction, as if they don’t want to destroy anything, despite the fact that the buildings are already are shit. As they were going for the people, the cops were there fighting back, with military grade weapons, with some even having bazookas. Don’t ask me why they gave them those, and the fact that apparently, the army was not there, which got me confused. I saw that so many buildings were being barricaded with strong metal material which they did while fighting against the demons, and there that’s what prevented the massive damage that would have occurred. Despite this, there was SOME damage done to the infrastructure, but it was just a couple of bullet holes here and there, nothing that major, except for a few craters caused by the rocket launchers. People were running amongst the crossfire, as many were killed on the streets, and as many tried to get inside of the buildings, the police force just decided to kill them off just like with the demons. And for some reason, the demons were actually turning the people into even MORE demons. Wow, I was actually glad I played Powerup Fantasy all day long, and got home ahead of time.
The anchor said pissed off, almost as if he was sounding like an exposure trying to reach someone to stop them. Me on the other hand don't give a shit about any of this. Like why should I have a grudge against the Empire when they are just minding their own business over there. Heck I am skeptical over them in kahoots with those creatures on the report, as it seemed like they were working with the police, despite that the media was trying to cover it up.
The world seems to be fine, for now, but I am concerned about what will happen in the future. I was lucky that the demons seemed to back off from doing the whole invasion thing, but I still do wonder if the whole thing will happen on a larger scale.
A few months later…
I woke up and I found out that I am alone in the world, yeah this a prequel to what I already wrote, have some patience man! Writing on a task is hard! Especially when you are on the run from all sorts of weird creatures. Well, I will have to get back, it seems like I have been hearing some noise while I am looting this abandoned market.
And as always please leave a review and constructive criticism, it's been a while since I've posted a story on here, and I think I should try to get into the habit once again.