They line up for answers like they line up for food.
Their food boxes contain smaller stationary boxes that they
They search:
Hand sanitizer.
Hand sanitizer sales.
Cleaning products.
Cleaning products on sale.
They are like us; they pass their messages off through smaller boxes, and change their plans after receiving code through their handheld box. Their handheld boxes make noise back at them, and they respond. They flow into moving boxes, then retreat from them. They flow quickly into tall boxes, and slowly back out with many small boxes in their box carriers. Their slow flow out is accompanied by many other, similarly looking "thems", all with liquid coming out of their seeing globes.
They search:
Cure for COVID.
Vaccine for COVID, US.
Is there a cure for COVID yet?
They return to their everyday boxes, and replace their old membrane with a new one. They sit on their stationary boxes, and are still. They move to get their handheld box.
They search:
Number of COVID cases, US.
Number of COVID deaths, US.
Number of COVID deaths, NJ.
People that died from COVID, NJ.
They stare at their handheld boxes, and their seeing globes, once again fill with liquid. Their seeing globe liquid spills onto their stationary box, and their stationary box becomes their everyday box. They only leave their stationary box to enter a mini food box and consume solid things. They also visit an even smaller private box that no one can see. They repeat this every day.
They search:
Number of COVID cases, US.
Number of COVID deaths, US.
Number of COVID deaths, NJ.
People that died from COVID, NJ.
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A collection of short stories
Short StoryHey so it's been a while since I've posted anything, and while my love for writing sure as hell has not faded, I can get distracted easily. So I've decided to write some short stories in my free time. I'll compile them into a single story but if you...
