October 2020 Flash Challenge - The Day After

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October 2020 Flash Challenge - The Day After

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Good day, folks!

I thought an appropriate challenge for this month might be "the day after". You know the trope: civilisation has fallen, the wind whistles through the ruins, Sergio Morricone music plays forlornly on the soundtrack, and then, we hear a small sound: rubble shifting. Something is moving... there IS LIFE!

A challenge, then: can you tell us, in a thousand words or less,
  • what happened?
    who or what has survived?
    Is there hope for the future, or is this some grim jest of fate?
    will uber eats still deliver?
Answers to these and other questions may be sent to me by PM before midnight on 14 October.

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    Nothing that will make lawyers sit up and take notice!
    I need to care about your characters, their situation, and their dilemmas
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As usual, I've already written my entry, and I'm waiting for the usual reviews/revisions before sending it in, because the story needs to be partly cut in a way.... :D
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My entry has been sent today in, after the useful suggestions/reviews...eh,eh :D
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And Sergio... surges into the lead!

Sorry, couldn't resist that.
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Eh,eh... :D :D :D
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I'm finishing mine up. A little editing here and there yet! LOL
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Sergio is always quick with his stories. It takes me a while to come up with something...but I try my best not to lag too much.
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I can't get mine sent in. I'm not sure what happened, but I try a little later!
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I'm having a hard time sending a PM... keeps saying I'm in the wrong universe...
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Hmm... still not able to PM. Funny, I was going to say it's not the end of the world, but this time — it is. 8)
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Re: October 2020 Flash Challenge - The Day After

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Well, it's the day after yesterday and I still can't get in! Some evil Hacker from the day after must have been waiting until our time caught up with him! And he has a smile carved into his face! Well, what do you expect from the year 2020? I'll be glad when it's yesteryear!
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Something's wrong with the board system; even the spammers can't get in. Our webmaven knows about it; I'll mention it again.
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Our Web Maven seems to have fixed the problem.

I currently have entries from Sergio and Michelle. Jon and Mega, please try again.

I will leave entries open for a few days.
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Re: October 2020 Flash Challenge - The Day After

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Got mine in!
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Thanks for waiting, you have mine now.
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Hey guys. Last month was a tad nuts backstage. I got a couple of your stories into the regular flas section, but then could not get back in here. I’ll post them and the others up shortly
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For Wormtongue:

if you need that, I can re-send you my entry for that Challenge that probably got lost in the message box because of the reset of the account on the site at that time, just let me know...eh,eh :D
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