“I’m fine. Nothing happens around my workplace. I guess, it’s just crazy people.”
“I’m kinda worried, to be honest.”
“I know. And I’m worried too. But we can’t just lock ourselves inside, am I right?”
Nowa nodded.
“So, let’s be careful and inform each other.”
“Will do. And I don’t think Allan and Maya should be coming here.”
“Maybe you should ask them to postpone it?”
“Okay.”
Nowa quickly sends a message to Allan, telling him about the current situation. Even though they didn’t know what happened, it was for the sake of everyone's safety.
Nowa
Allan.
Maybe you should postpone coming here.
Allan
Why?
Nowa
Something happens around
It’s dangerous
Nowa look at Bella. Bella just smiled it away. She also can’t figure out what else to say if Allan really insists on coming here.
“Well, if he insisted,” Bella said.
Nowa
If you insisted
We’ll pick you up.
Allan
Great!
Thank you so much!
Nowa turned off her phone and continued eating her dinner with Bella.
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The next morning, Nowa woke up a bit earlier than Bella since she didn’t do anything last night. She walks to the park and does some exercise for her ankle. She can’t overdo it, so she takes it slow. It hurt just to remember how she hurt her ankle just to save a kid. She decided to take a leave from her boss since she didn’t feel like going since the news was all over the internet. She feels uncomfortable.
After finishing her exercise routine, Nowa sat on one of the benches, scrolling down her handphone. Nowa went online to Twitter. #screamingwoman, #manaccident, and #water are coming out viral. Lots of videos from different spectative have been posted to the public. The situation has never happened before. It creeps everyone out. Some of them leave some comments, such as not leaving their house as long as the government doesn't figure out what is happening with the water in this state. Many believe that the water is poisonous. Hence, they act that way after drinking it, to the point that citizens are scared to drink. But also, some of them are actually excited about it, and only god knows why.
As for Nowa, she doesn’t know what to do. Water is such an important thing for the human body system. Not drinking it might result in death. She just keeps on scrolling to see what else can be found. But only the same videos go around and around. Nowa then decided to leave the park and went back home. She believes that Bella might have woken up already so they can eat breakfast together.
“I’m back,” Nowa said as soon as she entered the house.
“I thought you went to work already,” Bella said.
“Don’t feel like going. Are you going?”
“Yeah. We have an important client coming to check their dresses so my present is important.”
“I see. Okay then, please take care. Call me if anything weird happens.”
“For sure. For now, let’s eat out for breakfast.”
Nowa nodded. They both ate their breakfast, and Nowa bid Bella goodbye before Bella went to work. The house suddenly became so silent after Bella left.
“Ergh, I hate when my house sounds like this,” she said, referring to the eerie sound that her house makes when it’s silent.
Nowa decided to do a live stream. It’s rare for her to do morning live sessions, but to avoid this eerie feeling, she did. Once her live streaming started, many of her viewers already asked about the current situation. It began flooding the chat.
“What do I think about the situation? Well, it’s not like our government has anything to say about it. So, I can’t really say anything either. We don’t know what they are. We don't know what can be wrong with the water in this state. But I did drink it early this morning, but nothing happened, I guess.”
“Am I excited if zombies are coming? What are you talking about? To be fair, it sounds fun. But am I excited? No. It won’t be the same as in the game. Please be realistic. Nothing will be the same as the game we control. Because we can’t control real-life situations that easily.”
Nowa continues to play her game. She was so focused on it that she realized how fast the comments section was moving. Like something gets the viewers' attention, and it’s not her because she didn’t do anything cool enough in the game.
“Woah woah, what’s wrong with you guys? Calm down, let me scroll up a bit.”
So, Nowa did. Someone with the username ‘Zack’ left a comment, saying that he encountered it before.
“Oh, you did? Tell us about it then,” Nowa said, nonchalantly while continuing to play her game.
Zack told them that he saw a guy lying on the ground, frustrated along his face. Zack approaches the guy, asking what’s wrong with him. The guy said he was so thirsty. Zack, who already acknowledges this situation, feels scared about it. He wasn’t sure if he should give it or not. All that he knew was that the guy was suffering.
“So, what do you do next?” Nowa asked as the commenter was taking too long to respond.
Zack said he did give him the water out of sympathy, but then he ran as far as he could. He also mentioned something about ancient beliefs. Jamaican Galliwasp. He said he once read something about the wasp. The ancient belief was that if you got bitten by the wasp, you better find water before the wasp, or you’ll die.
“Oh, interest-”
Her live stream suddenly shut down by itself, including one of her monitors.
“Wait, what?” Nowa grew confused.
She tries to turn her monitor back. It works perfectly fine. Nothing seems to damage it or virus attack whatsoever. Nowa ended up sending something to her Twitter, saying that her house suddenly blacked out and apologized for it.
“Jamaican Galliwasp, huh? Interesting,” Nowa said to herself while scrolling Google.
She looked up about it. She then read about ancient beliefs. This current situation and the myths clicked well together. This can’t be coincidental. What if the government tries to do something crazy? Jamaican Galliwasp has already gone extinct. What if they try to bring them back for any crazy reason?
“Am I also crazy by believing something that is a myth? How can somebody die just because they didn’t drink water before the wasp? Ridiculous!”
Suddenly, Allan calls her, asking about the livestream.
“Are you okay?”, Allan asked.
“Yeah all good. My monitor just shut down randomly, and my livestream ended by itself. There's nothing worse. The blackout is just an excuse,” Nowa explained.
“Ahh, I see. Well, see you tomorrow!”
“Of course! Call me once you’re here. We’ll be sure to pick you up!”
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एड्वेंचरWhat if everything that can only be seen in movies, comes into reality? No one knows that it'll come. No one ever has a clue behind it but suddenly, it appeared out of nowhere, hunting for living flesh to satisfy their hunger. Nowa Iris, a livestrea...
