Sophie and I sit and talk about this predicament. She has a rectangular device, too? How can this be?
It turns out the mysterious mechanical bird dropped two packages. Perhaps whatever it is, is trying to send a message.
We decide to look into the device more. I press the button and the flat surface lights up.
Swipe To Unlock
I glide my finger across the screen and we both stare blankly, not knowing what to expect. The surface changes to a white screen. Words begin to pop up. We read to ourselves.
If you're reading this, you are in Area 86. You are the experiment that scientists may use to study efficiency and social interaction with no use of electronic technology.
Tap to continue...
We gasp at the same time. We are both in confounded shock. We all have been in an experiment this whole time? She taps the surface excitedly. She then looks at me confusedly.
"Did you not finish? I'm sorry, I was just so eager to keep reading," she uttered.
"No, no. It's fine," I reply without looking up from the...
This is a phone.
Phone.
This electronic device allows you to talk to people from a different place if they have one as well. This is a much faster process than sending letters.
I understand the comparison, but it really is unnecessary to send letters in our village since it is so diminutive.
We tap the screen once more.
Hopefully, if you are reading this you understand the concept of this situation and you're not some immature fifth grader.
I take offense to this.
It is your independent decision if you would like to show others. If you choose not to show anyone and would like to leave your society, click on the GPS app and enter this address.
1233 Sage Dr
Cedar City, UT 84720
United States
Enter the building and order the Starbucks Peach Apple Lemonade.
The phone unlocks.
YOU ARE READING
The Village
Pertualangan15 year old, Lucy Smalls, lives in a village isolated from the outside world. She knows she is the smartest girl her age despite the grade she is in. The village Lucy lives in is surrounded by woods that is said to contain a monster. Every year the...
