章節 7: The Civilian
Hey Christoph! Long time no see! Are you gonna go for a walk?
Hold on, wait. I have to dress up nicely.
Come on dude... It's just a walk. You don't need to be all fancy. It's not like we're going to party...
Yeah, you're right. But the sky is darkening today like none other. I have to at least get my umberella.
Oh right. I forgot mine. Now that I see it, the cloud are extraordinarily dark. Looks like the rain is gonna flood our town right now. Haha!
By the way, I just bought a new umberella yesterday. Check this out.
Wow...Your usual umberella is blue but this one is uh... red. Quite more artistic, I must say.
Yeah, this was a gift from my mom. I don't know why she gave me this. My umberella was completely fine if not the best.
Maybe, she just want you to try new thing. That umberella has been like since what... 10 years?...20?... That's old.
Not really... I keep changing my umberellas for 3 or 4 time within those 20 years. They just happened to be the same color.
Well then, you should try out more distinct colors other than blue. Try maybe... green next time.
Speaking of colors, do you notice the thing around us are seemingly more moody. It's feel more depressing. It's sort of like we just entered a film noir.
Probably just the dark clouds above us overshadowing the surroundings. Let's just forget about it.
Anyway, how's your family?
Fine, fine... my older son is attending university this year and the younger one is entering high school. My wife is uh... just my wife, as usual. What about you... Have you married someone yet?
No. I don't want to... I'd rather be left alone.
Come on Christoph... don't be like that. Having a happy family could be the greatest thing that can happened to your social life.
Nah, having a family is tiring. It's a busy thing not everyone can handle. Plus, I'm already happy with my life... I could just wake up, brush my teeth, eat my breakfast, go to work, go back home, take a bath, eat dinner and go to sleep. Over and over and over again. Look how fun that is.
You call that fun? Those are kind of things most people were dying to get out of... it's not fun... it's a chore.
Not quite. Those aren't the only thing I am enjoying. In weekends, I go for a walk like this, sit in the park... maybe feed the ducks and watch some kids play... and I do that too over and over again. I'm not a robot.
Nevermind. The neighborhood has been quiet today. I see no one outside.
It's going to rain soon. It would be strange if they weren't obviously.
Did you hear about the news recently that scientists just discovered a strange looking black hole?
Well, I don't watch the news much. These days, keeping up with science and technology is getting harder and harder. So, I'm oblivious to recent news since last year.
You can't do that. Change is necessary. If you keep being oblivious, you're gonna stuck in past.
Relax... I do watch some important news. They might have some things trending currently.
By the way, I woke up this morning really late. I know it's weekend, but I have never been slept this long before.
Oh, no wonder you and I just met coincidently today... I always wake up at 10 in the morning and go for walk at 11 but you always wake up at 5 o' clock and go home from park at 8. We never meet for that reason.
Yeah, and you also moved out far away from us so that also added the factor of us not meeting often. But since I woke up late today, I decided to join you.
Weird... we live far, but not so far away yet, it's hard to see each other like we're strangers.
Well, I know you're a boring person whose hobby is doing boring things. But you also wake up late.
When I say I have fun in weekends, I also find hobby in sleeping long at the weekends.
Wow... and I thought your life couldn't get any more lame.
Then what about you... what are your hobbied to keep calling me lame.
Gaming... I played with my kids all days all nights in weekends and summer.
You know it's not healthy right?
You're a guy who is afraid of keeping up with technology... Do you really think gaming is bad as well?
No I mean...like, I get that you like games but all days all nights without resting is just... I feel nauseous just thinking about it. It's not normal.
When I say all days all nights... I didn't say it was literal. I still go to gym every month. You're calling me not normal while you're being the one more abnormal.
What's abnormal about my routine? It is repetitive yeah... but there is nothing strange happening in my life.
That's what I talking about... You're so normal that in return... no longer normal. The lack of change in your life make you a person stopped in time.
It's harmless tho.
Yeah, I know. But you need to- Uh...!
Hey, are you alright!
That guy just run over me like he doesn't care. Ouch...
What's he rushing for...
Does that matter? Help me up...
Wait, there's more...
Where are they running to!
Quick, let's move to somewhere away from the crowd.
They seem to be in panic. Is there fire or something?..
Nah, if it was fire, we would be seeing smokes from distance and no one would be running away from it and wait for fire truck.
Let's go back!
No wait, I want to know why they're running.
Are you kidding... curiosity kill the cat, you know that?
What are you? Pussy?
Well, technically...yeah...
Fine, I'll go by myself.
Alright, I changed my mind... You're just one guy and I am... a buff guy.
Damn, look at those buildings...
I think I'm regretting saying that about fire... I might have jinx it.
I don't think a fire can do that much destruction.
Are you sure you wanna still go further. I don't feel safe around here. Since when did the guy who hate progress become curious all of a sudden.
You can leave if you're that afraid... I didn't force you to follow-
Is that a giant creature moving..?
It's throwing building at us..... ah shi-
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