Things have gotten worse over the last days as I could feel the tension in the air, people have become so uneasy as food shortages are running rampant, people are fighting over anything right now going as far as to kill each other to get more rations.

All the systems are shutting down, a week has passed with no electricity, no gas and we only get water three hours every day, everything is going downhill real fast.

And the government seems to be wriggling out of its responsibilities by giving people weapons to defend themselves, I know it’s necessary for people to be armed in a situation like this as danger lurks everywhere but it feels like they are trying to get rid of as many people as possible it’s like saying go ahead and kill each other. The lesser, the better as food will get even more scarce from here on out.

I was sitting in my room looking through the window thinking about this whole situation, and how it might be a bit interesting, considering that my whole life until now has been a boring mess.

ever since my mother died five years ago from overdosing on drugs, I have been living with my uncle who took care of me and I wouldn’t describe him as a nice person either as he took me in, so that he can use me, what’s better than abusing an orphan who has no where to go and making him do whatever biddings you got on mind.

And this man never gets tired of reminding me how thankful I should be that I have a very kindhearted uncle like him …yea truly a blessing I would say.

At first, I would get angry whenever he insulted my mother saying she was a useless bum and a drug addict but now I only give him a scornful glance as it was their fault to begin with, my mother was mentally instable because of some past traumas with my father who left us when I was still just a baby, and what did those people do they abused her verbally and mentally, no one comforted her and no one tried to help her.

And like what they did to my mother he is destroying my life too, planning my future for me trying to confine me forever as his lackey …

But unlike my uncle I have a very close relationship with his two daughters as they treated me like their brother and the younger daughter even seems to be attracted to me and the father seems to be aware of that as he told me last time that to marry his daughter, I need to do better than that, but I don’t know how to feel about that as it feels to me like hypocrisy through and through …

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To get all of this shit out of my system I shift my thinking to the concept of magic, people are still experimenting with it as I have only seen some simple demonstrations like shooting a fire ball , healing some wounds or creating water from thin air and simple things in general, there might be some people who have mastered control of it but right now the amount of people who have displayed their magical potential is so minimal not to mention the people who can use it freely which is a select few.

As for me right now I think I Might be able to manifest some spells real soon because if I try to Imagine a fireball in my mind, I could feel the flow of elemental particles rushing through the air unto my veins which turns a red color then it becomes a very dark color and I could feel a prickling pain in my arm which becomes so intense that I have to let go.

as I sit there pondering a Sudden knock on the door brings me back to reality.

“Is that you uncle?”

“Yea, I need you to go to the city warehouse”

As I open the door to let him in, he grabs my hand while saying

“This is very important so listen carefully”

“Go to the back door, there will be a man waiting for you there, show him this letter and the fake ID I gave you before, and he will take you to the VIP room, then he will ask you for the code, which I have right here, if you answer correctly, he will give you a black suit case, that’s what I need you to bring, if we succeed in this mission the reward will be big this time”

“But the risk is also very high as the information might have been leaked already, that’s why I chose only 2 of my lackeys to go with you as they are new faces “

As you can see from this conversation, this guy is a smuggler and I am one of his working partners ... smuggling and conning people has never been thriving as much as now.

people are dying on the streets from hunger while we are here stealing shit for the rich to thrive while being like parasites leeching from them, reality is really fucked up …

“If this mission is that important why not go yourself? you know I hate doing this shit old man “

“Are you dumb? ... you know that these fuking scoundrels are waiting for this moment, as I have many enemies, people will try to get rid of me in every possible way, that’s why I have always kept you in my shadow all this time for a mission like this, these smugglers hardly know you so that makes the work easier for you , and don’t forget that even though I don’t trust other people I do trust you, and you know better than anyone that all the nasty shit I do is for the family to survive “

This man … is really trying to play with my emotions here even though I know he is just a piece of shit and I know for sure that he is trying to save his own skin but it doesn’t matter as his family is also my family and if I really want to survive this ordeal, I have to stick with them until the end.