Which Survivor of the Impending Nuclear Apocalypse Are You?
A Rum and Monkey joint.
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done...
The Police, Invisible Sun
Joanna Capello, the other author featured on this site, and I were discussing music the other day, and she said "Apocrypha" reminded her of the Police's "Invisible Sun." It was
a new thought to me, and I still don't really think "Apocrypha" is that much of an "Invisible Sun" story...I've always had a very specific mood in my head connected to "Invisible Sun." Sort of a post-modern post-apocalyptic don't-drink-the-water kind of
thing...and somehow the song got stuck in my head...("Whoh-oh-ah-oh, whoah-oooh...")
and it wouldn't leave, and that mood got stuck in my head, and also wouldn't
leave...and the long and the short of it is that's where this story came from.
It's very loosely based on the "After the Bomb" scenario, but so loosely I'm not even sure
I should mention it...so maybe you ought to just start reading. Characters from various scenarios and timelines hop in and out... mostly some Mirage with other stuff thrown in as I see fit.
Anyway, enjoy. It's the end of the world as we know it...
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It starts with a mistake.
If you look back at the history of the world, you'll find that many of the most significant historical events begin with mistakes.
A priest screws up and says 'cats' are the servant of the devil instead of 'rats', people run out and start killing the cats, and the next thing you know you've got the Black Plague.
All right, so it didn't happen exactly like that. But you get the idea.
This time it was a satellite launch.
Somebody forgot to tell someone, who forgot to tell the machines over in Ukraine, and the machines went on alert, and the next thing you know the countdowns were started...
The first missiles from Ukraine hit the United States at 3 p.m. Eastern. After that, all hell broke loose...
India bombed Pakistan just on principle, of course.
The wind blew, the storms rose, the water heated, icebergs melted...
And the poisoned rain fell on the earth...
And even though I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, I took this quiz, and, well...
Which Survivor of the Impending Nuclear Apocalypse Are You?
A Rum and Monkey joint.
