The Chroniqué is a dissolving freedom club formed by rebellious students of Elysian University. Raised to follow immoral rules, bred to bleed stains of injustice, how far would they go to uncover the truth behind the government's actions?
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Greno and I were speechless when we saw a few customers leaving without paying. Hinabol sila ng mga waiter at lumabas na rin ang manager.
Doon pa lang nabahala na ako.
"Bukas pa naman 'di ba?" Tanong ng katapat ko. Halos kaming dalawa na lang ang natira rito sa loob at mula rito sa taas, kitang-kita namin ang mga nagtatakbuhang tao roon sa baba. The sudden announcement really pushed them to run away from their bills.
"Let's go." Sinuot ko na ang bag ko at nag-iwan ng bill sa ilalim ng pinggan. Greno did the same.
Pagkalabas namin ay agad kaming napaatras nang may dumaang nagtatakbuhan sa harapan namin.
Why is everyone already a mess? We still got a few minutes left before tomorrow comes!
"Neo sent a message on our gc, pumunta raw tayo sa kanila." Tinanguan ko ang sinabi ni Gren.
Everyone is a mess. They are all running and we're basically pushing our way out just to get our vehicles.
Okay pa naman ang daan pero may ilan akong nakita na hindi na sinunod ang mga stop lights.
It only took few minutes and wasn't able to park my motorcycle neatly. I quickly hopped off, removing my helmet. Dumating na rin si Gren na agad lumabas ng kotse niya.
I automatically asked if everything's okay because earlier, I saw him nearly crashing on someone. May lalake kasi na bigla na lang tumawid kanina. Gagong 'yon.
"Guys!" That was Ryusaki's voice. Kararating niya lang rin. "Nagcommute lang ako. Grabe, ang daming hindi nagbayad sa jeep." Nagpunas siya ng pawis at siya na ang nagbukas ng gate.
"Kanina rin sa resto maraming hindi nagbayad." I said. Bakit ngayon pa lang pasaway na agad ang mga tao? I mean, hindi pa naman kinabukasan.
"God, this is not the result we're expecting once the seven day freedom got implemented." Ryu said, salo na niya ang noo ko ngayon. "Being held back for too long made them like that."
"Being held back for too long or not, we still shouldn't justify those actions. Freedom doesn't equate with being immoral." I told them.
I mean, implementing free for a week straight is a fucking yes. It's a win for us. We wanted freedom. But there is definitely something wrong here.
"What the fuck is happening?" I threw my helmet on the sofa as soon as I saw Neo and Halvint. Nandito lang sila sa living room habang tutok sa laptop.
"Well, I don't know. Kakauwi ko lang nang makita ang livestream." Neo wiped his sweat, eyes focused on the screen. Nakakunot ang noo niya nang tapunan kami ng sandaling tingin.
"What livestream?" Greno asked. Lumapit siya sa dalawa at sa eksenang iyon bumukas ulit ang pinto. Si Callais at Lemont na halos kasunod lang namin.
"Galing kami sa bahay and we ditched our family dinner when I heard the news." Inangat ni Lem ang dalawa niyang kamay para mag-rock and roll sign sa amin.
Napatingin tuloy ako kay Callais na may hawak pang piraso ng shanghai. Napatingin din ang iba sa kaniya kaya napatigil siya sa pagnguya.
"What? I'm part of his family too." Then he quickly shove the last bite in his mouth.
Hindi na namin iyon pinuna.
"This reminds me of the proposal that we asked before. It's supposed to be a Freedom Week not just Freedom Friday, but the Principal said a week it's too much so we had to tone it down. These seven days agenda will allows us to have freedom. We were free to do anything that we want without punishment." Greno concluded, sitting beside Halvint who arrived the earliest.
"They literally stole the context of our proposal, especially our manifesto." Sabi sa kaniya ng katabi. Dahil nga hindi kami pinayagan sa Freedom Week, ang mga sinulat namin na 'yon ay nilagay na lang namin sa Manifesto, sa introduction ng club namin.
Hindi ko na pinansin ang dalawa at ibinaling na lang ang tingin sa laptop. It was on the Capitol's official page. Countdown lang 'yon at malapit na itong matapos.
"So anong balak natin ngayon?" Tanong ni Ryu.
"Ano pa nga ba? Then let's enjoy! Drive recklessly, drink till your liver cries, get tattoos, dye your hair—you name it. Ito ang matagal na nating gusto 'di ba?" Halvint is talking about our desires, but he speaks without soul. Parang ang sarcastic at naiirita pa. Pansin kong wala talaga siya sa mood. Gano'n rin si Neo. Nag-away ba 'tong dalawa? Hindi rin kasi sila nagpapansinan.
"I'm going to ask Riley's father about this. Dito na lang kayo." My question was answered when I saw him rolling his eyes at Neo's statement.
Isang hakbang lang ang nagawa ni Neo nang bigla na lamang lumikha ng malakas na tunog ang laptop.
We all wore puzzled expressions when the livestream stopped all of a sudden. Our heads whipped towards the time.
