Challenge #04374-K356: Unmasking

They'd spent a good portion of their life alone. A life in near-isolation makes it hard for a person to adjust to being around.. so many. Fortunately, their rescuers, the ones that saved their world, are helping with that. -- Anon Guest

My life before the exodus was viewed through screens, and served with machines. I talked to people on screens, I had various needs met by hardware. My booth was my life. Just like it was everyone else's life. Work was a virtual experience. Joysticks, special gloves, keyboards... I had everything I needed.

Or so I thought.

There came the day without work, in which everyone on my contact list was on the party line trying to work out what was going on. We still got food. We still got physical therapy. We still got haptic rewards. What worried everyone was the lack of a bill.

Support me on Patreon / Buy me a Ko-fi

Continue Reading

Prompts remaining: 17 Submit a Prompt!

Ask a question