Why did I jump to looting and running out here into the park? Why did I assume that society will fall apart? Why didn’t I invite any of my classmates to come along with me? So many questions and doubts are now popping up in my head now that I am alone and have time to think.
I guess I assumed that society would fall apart because of monsters and that first message. If… What even caused this to happen? Was it god? Many gods? Or is it something else? Ugh, thinking about this will not help me at all. If I made the wrong choice today then oh well. Not much I can do now.
It has been a while since I have been outside in a forest. It is a little nice to be out here. Even if the reason I ended up here is rather unsettling. I have gathered enough wood for a fire to be started. While getting the wood I have yet to see any monster. I don’t know if monsters can come into the safe area around the obelisk let alone how large the safe area even is. I should head back now.
When getting back to the tents I see that Vince and Bridget have started making a fire pit. I hand the wood to Vince. After everything is ready Bridget says “Alright, Stand back. I am going to try something interesting!”
Bridget then plants her feet on the ground and bends towards the fire pit. She then opens her mouth and yells “Fireball!” A small Fireball comes out of her mouth and flies into the pit catching the wood on fire.
“Ah!” Bridget screams while falling to the ground on her knees clutching her mouth. Vince runs up to her asking what happened.
“I burnt my mouth. Crap that was not smart of me to have done that.”
I can’t help but be a little amused that she decided to shoot a Fireball out of her mouth of all places.
It seems that the burns are equivalent to burns you would get from eating food that is too hot. So, nothing to worry too much about. Then I hear the sound of a vehicle and then some honking. Looking behind me a white pickup truck is driving towards us. The truck comes to a stop close to us and a guy that appears to be in his 40’s gets out. He has thinning hair and has a beer belly.
“Are you the ones that set this here thing up?” The man asks.
Vince responds “Yeah, I am the founder.”
“That message we got earlier said that there would be some safe area around a base. When I saw that red light beam in the sky, I figured I would check it out. I have already tried killing a monster. When I pulled my Springfield XD and tried to shoot the damn monster, I got a message saying that my handgun was invalid and would not be able to hurt any monsters. I got my handgun in case I ever got into trouble. Yet when I need it, it’s useless! Oh right, my names Dean Henderson.” The man said.
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“My name is Vince. She is Bridget and he is Kevin.”
“Is it actually safe around this here pole?” Dean asked.
“The obelisk said that monsters would not “come into being” within a half mile radius of the obelisk. It did not say if monsters could walk into the range though.” Vince responded.
Dean then asks “Well seems safer here than out there. Alright with you lot if I stay here?”
“It is fine with me.” Vince says. He then looks at Bridget who merely shrugs in response. He then looks at me. I am a little worried since he has a gun. While the gun may not work on monsters it probably still dangerous to us humans. I would not like to find out though. I just shrug in response as well. Letting him stay might be dangerous but if he is friendly to us, he could help us out.
“Okay you can stay. If you want a tent you can grab one from the pile over there.” Vince says while pointing. Dean nods then heads over and grabs a tent and starts setting it up. I get the feeling we will end up having more visitors as time goes along. We only have three tents remaining that are not being used. There are two tents being used to store items such as clothing and soaps we got at the drug store.
After setting up the tent Dean sat by the fire with the three of us. Vince then looked at him and asked “While coming here, how was it out there? Is it relatively peaceful or…?”
“Things have slowly been getting worse from what I could tell. The police seem to be trying to respond but there are too many monsters around and too many people getting attacked. I have no idea what the government and military are doing. That is the entire reason I decided to come check out this red light.”
“I guess hanging out here for the time being is the best option for us all.” Vince said in a low voice.
“Have you connected to the obelisk yet Dean?” I ask.
“Naw, not yet. I am going to sleep on it for tonight. I will decide tomorrow morning.”
“We will need to have lookout shifts for tonight in case of monsters.”
“We can figure that out later.” Said Vince. Dean and Vince start to talk about college football. I have noticed that it seems like Dean enjoys talking. Bridget seems uninterested in talking right now, probably due to the burns she got from her, oh so smart, magic use.
I look at my phone and see that it is already past 5 in the afternoon. What are we going to do tomorrow? It would probably be best to go out and get more supplies. Wait, I should go to the library and get books about construction and farming and other such topics that would help us to survive. In the long run it could be a massive help to us. It would seem that I have figured out what I will be doing tomorrow.
We will need to leave someone here tomorrow incase people show up. Leaving Dean here alone is something I am not comfortable doing. Having Vince stay is probably the best option. He is the base founder. I will bring that up later. For now it would probably be best to start organizing the food we have and deciding what we will be eating for dinner.