Chapter Text
Somewhere, a Destroy Switch is flipped on.
Sirens blare out, walls shake, everything is in chaos.
The city’s finest are sent out, using all their best counter-measures for disaster.
Escape pods launch, trying to get away from the crumbling corporate state, but there’s only so many.
The last resort is attempted, still unable to stop the destruction.
Battery City falls, leaving most of its residents afraid. The wall falls in some places, exposing them all to the harsh nature beyond the edge.
So much for their accident-free days.
They can’t live forever now, not without anyone left to perfect that technology. Now all this time they have left is all there is and all there will be.
Catastrophe will take hold in no time and claim them, just as it claims the city and the corporation.
But they are free now.
“-erts? Mr. Roberts!”
“What? Oh- sorry sir. I was daydreaming. I’ll get back to work.”
“Not so fast. You’re obviously distracted, why don’t you take a Red Pill before you get back to work. It seems you could use it.”
A Red Pill? Great, now he’ll forget. Again.
“Sure. Thank you.”
“Wonderful. Here you are. Though I will have to give you another strike, and I’m sure you know that means you will need to report to a manager.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Good. I’ll leave you to get back to work now.”
As his supervisor leaves, he takes the Red Pill to focus, and becomes more productive under its effects.
He already struggles to remember his daydream. Maybe if he directs his focus to that instead of work...
Hopefully.
“Good to see you again, Mr. Roberts. If you could just sign this before we begin?”
He signs. He’s read the same contract multiple times before, and though it’s foggy, he trusts his judgement in the past. No need to read it every single time.
“Thank you. Now, what’s had you so distracted? Would you like to tell me?”
Now he sees that it was good to forget most of it. This time, he tells. He hasn’t done that before.
“I see. That’s quite alarming, but I assure you that it will be okay. Your city is strong. Though, it is worrying that you would imagine such things. I’ll schedule you for a re-ed session.”
“What?”
“Oh, no, don’t worry. We have only your best interest in mind, truly. We want you to feel Better.”
He forgot again.