Showing Up

[rowyn]

Yes, I came to work today.

I didn't want to. I mean, reeeeeally did not want to. I almost quit a half-dozen times this last year. The boss said it was okay and I could have the day off if I wanted, under the circumstances. And the injunction wasn't really personal. Everyone figures it was for everyone and not a private message just for me and Miguel. It's not like we're so special G-d needs to gives us specific instructions. Anybody could do this job.

Still. An angel comes to me and tells me to welcome a new guy, it seems like the least I can do is show up. Right?

So I showed up.

It's a total circus outside. Every kind of media -- newspaper reporters, camera crews, bloggers, you name it, they're out there.
And they are way outnumbered by the spectators. Tens of thousands of them. Some of 'em are with mainstream churches and some of 'em are just lookie-loos and some of 'em are total whack jobs. We got signs ranging from "Welcome Jesus" to "The End is Now" to "Stop the Alien Invasion". "Circus" doesn't cover it. I don't know what could. Crowd started forming yesterday. I left for work at 4AM and it still took me three hours to get in.

There's a wall of cops around the facility, which is the only reason I even could get in.

That star is still in the bunker. It's been here the whole year, but it's like ten times brighter today. Miguel's family is having a "Yay you didn't get whacked by angels" party after work for us. I'm looking forward to it. Assuming I don't get whacked by angels. Or nutjobs. Or ambushed and eaten alive by reporters. I'm on intercept duty, so maybe if I'm lucky I'll just get lost in the Hole. Which really does not seem like the worst that could happen any more.

Aaaaaand there's the alarm. Wish me luck.

Heck, wish some for all of us.

Continued from last year.

Comments

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

No, that's when I started getting confused. I didn't realize it was fiction until 'That star is still in the bunker'. I thought something horrible had happened at the bank that was going to be in the papers or something. o.o;

[octantis.livejournal.com]

Add me to the list. I thought you finally had it with the bank and were maybe training somebody, and then there was some kind of freakout that's been ongoing outside. X3 Thought maybe there was some kind of celestial event portending doom.

When you started describing the Hole I started to catch on. Had a pretty good War of the Worlds thing going on for a sec. :D

[telnar.livejournal.com]

Count me in the War of the Worlds crowd too, although I found the 3rd sentence odd, but not quite jarring enough to make me think fiction.

[rowyn]

I feel a little guilty for misleading people now. I wasn't trying to do that good a job! :)

[octantis.livejournal.com]

Seems like a testament to your ability to write with a tone. :)

Mind also, if I don't notice it coming I am a total sucker on April Fool's Day.

[rowyn]

I admit, one of the things I like about Rabbit Hole Day is writing entries that sound like journal entries -- but from another world. So I deliberately put the link to last year's at the bottom.

I did not expect people to get past the third paragraph without figuring it out, though. Hee! :)