Natural Selection
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Last published Fri, Dec 11, 2020
"The Ocean."
"Out of all the places to choose from, you choose the Ocean?"
"Love is like being underwater. It starts off calming, peaceful and mysterious but spend too long being under and first comes pain, uncertainty and eventually you lose yourself to the unknown."
In a time where the population is on the brink of being wiped out, the government came up with a plan to not only fix the issue at hand, but to also ensure a larger growth rate for years to come. The Natural Selection law.
When a person becomes 16, they receive a notice from the government of the person they are to be married to and by the age of 18, a child should be the outcome. While many disagree with this method, others really think it isn't so bad.
So what happens when the guy nobody talks to and the girl everybody avoids get their notices. Will it be a match made it heaven or will it spell trouble in paradise for the perfect world the government tries to achieve?
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