DAY 1
"Kung sino mang nanonood ng video na 'to, makinig kayong mabuti. Don't look for Oasis."
The moment the words left Cleo's lips was also the exact moment it sank in to her what she was doing. Lumipas ang minuto na wala nang iba pa siyang sinabi. Nanatili pa rin sa dalawa ang bilang ng mga viewers. Ano ba talaga itong ginagawa niya? Kung makapagsabi siya na huwag hanapin ang Oasis na iyon, akala mo naman ay alam niya ang buong nangyayari sa bansa. Kinokontra niya ang natatanging sagot na mayroon ang mga tao sa kabila ng pananahimik ng gobyerno.
Her eyes slowly widened as the number of the people watching her live escalated to five.
Bkt? Wht do u know abt Oasis?
Iyon ang tanong ng isa sa unang dalawang viewers.
She discreetly pushed back the sticky lump in her throat. Bumuka ang mga labi niya para sagutin ang tanong ng viewer, pero walang boses na lumabas sa kanya. Her mouth was dry from the building anxiety in her whole system.
Think before you click. Think before you speak. One wrong word and it could mean danger to those who were watching. Cleo was sure she would have passed out if not for her being stunned on that bed, unable to move a single muscle, when the earlier one digit number of views was now three digits and counting. Nanghihingi na rin ang mga ito sa kanya ng paliwanag.
She could end the live. She could easily turn off her phone by pressing that thin vertical button at the right side of it. But she wouldn't. Inumpisahan niya. Kailangan niyang panindigan iyon at ipaliwanag sa mga tao ang dahilan kung bakit niya nasabi iyon.
Kinurot niya ang sarili. Kahit papaano, ang galaw na iyon ay nagpabalik sa wisyo niyang kaunti na lang ang kapit. Isa, dalawa, tatlong hinga. Sana ay sapat na ang teknik na iyon para kalmado ang maging labas ng boses niya.
"Don't look for Oasis because..."
Doubt washed over her as she remembered the trending hashtag and the mobile game. What if she was wrong? What if Oasis wasn't about a mobile game? What if it was really a helpful advice?
Cleo shook the thoughts away. No time for these infamous what ifs. She should be in the present, and in this present, the search results of that hashtag were pointing at a newly released mobile game for marketing schemes.
She steeled herself and with a firm voice continued, "Because it's just a marketing strategy for a mobile game. To boost it. You wanna know what you should do to survive this chaos? Rule number one, safeguard your home. Do everything to fortify it so none of those crazy humans outside can get in to attack you."
Zombies. That was what those humans were. They were not crazy. They were zombies. But she couldn't use that word. Not without sounding completely insane. But did it really matter? What was happening around was already insane.
mga tarantado!!!!@#R$% gus2 pa tyong mapahamak
Don't go out of your homes, people.
Wat's the nxt rule?
Tama k ganun nga ang dpt nting gwin.
Lets all help each other during this trying times...
Mga kpatid tumalikod kyo s mga kslanan nio at mgbalik luob
whoooooooo! Zombies yta yang mga yn... yes! Aim 4 da head. Yari yng mga yn sa pellet gun ko
zombies??? that's not true. Guys, stop spreading fake news
nkakatkot... sana dumating na rito sina mama
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