Apocalyse 6pm: What just happened…???

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18:00 ah.

18:01 yep.

18:02 May as well say it out loud.

18:03 Go ahead. Keep it simple.

18:04 Felt like a tidal wave. But just an EMP.

18:05 Yeah. I watched my screen go — blip!

18:06 Mine too! Pleased to meet you. Hi, hello. I'm a techie called Stan.

18:07 Haha... ah. Sorry, Stan. Lot of good you are now! No power. Wiped.

18:08 — okay, yes. Don't rub it in. "Try turning it off and on again…"

18:09 It half worked.

18:10 Nah. Don't joke. It knocked the grid out. That's not coming back.

18:11 Right, come on. Three of us. The world is going to need some help…

19:12 …which is why I never should have bothered with an iPhone 18…

19:13 Hello. Sorry to intrude. I'm Bill, the pastor. Here's Stan, and Ed.

19:14 Bill! Stan. Ed? Hi! I'm Jenny the theologian. Ed, what do you do?

19:15 Me? Oh, these days. About as much as Stan here, lol. Unemployed.

19:16 And who's this, Jenny?

19:17 Sorry, yes, this my friend Lola. Lola's an architect. Also a dentist.

19:18 Interesting mix. Never know when that might come in handy.

19:19 haha... said the techie with theatre skills after the EMP.

19:20 Ed, you say a lot for an unemployed person.

19:21 oh. I was just—

19:22 I know. Sorry Ed. Sorry everyone. Bit stressed. Hungry too…

20:23 ohh, I have to say. Violet and Barry! Your sandwiches… Yum!

20:24 Thanks. We pride ourselves. Everyone needs to eat, even when —

20:25 Yes, even when we have no power and the world is all kinds of…

20:26 Totally. I vote Violet and Barry are our leaders.

20:27 Great. Oh, looks like it's raining. Anyone got a tarpaulin…?

21:28 Thank you for building us such a nice shelter, Rachel. Wow. Nice.

21:29 You're welcome. Couldn't have done it without Lola though.

21:30 It's true. I'm good at that. And just wait until you have toothache…

21:31 Okay. Now I'm going to call everyone together for a meeting.

21:32 "Everyone listen! Bill's calling meeting! Bill's in charge."

21:33 Hi everyone. Glad you could join us!

21:34 Join you? It's the apocalypse isn't it? Not a bring and share.

21:35 Sorry, yes, badly phrased. Glad you're here. To bring. To share!

21:36 Always the peacemaker. Good save, Bill. What's next?

21:37 Well, we have to plan. So. Food? Check. Shelter? Check. Ideas?

21:38 We could form a government?

21:39 We could rig up a sewage system?

21:40 We could pray?

21:41 We could have an art exhibition?

21:42 We could build a prison?

21:43 Lovely, wonderful. All great ideas. Keep them coming!

21:44 We could try and get the old systems back. Only take a decade.

21:45 We could build something new? Five years. Fifty.

21:46 Nothing's new under the sun. Ecclesiastes.

21:47 Shut up! You'll be saying we could build a church next…

21:48 We could build a —

21:49 That's it. Bill's no longer in charge.

21:50 Isn't it time to eat again? Rachel, can you build a table.…

22:51 Dum de dum…

22:52 Bored?

22:53 Well, I'm just wondering. About life. Now, I mean…

22:54 I know. Hmm.

22:55 What was the point of it all? What is — the point?

22:56 At least we have each other.

22:57 Shut up Bill.

23:58 Seriously guys. Who is in charge? What IS this crisis really??

23:59 Depends. Tragic/Absurd? Real/ imagined? Everyday/existential?