Keep Calm and Carry On

by Mask By The Moon

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The streets were flooded with people, running and screaming, most of them in business suits. I sat at the top of a building, watching, humming, observing the human race. They’re so cute when they’re scared out of their wits. They really are.

I fell backwards, laying on my back, looking up at the sky, tinted grey and orange from smoke and fire. I became a giggling pyromaniac, grinning evilly. I sat up at the sound of a voice. It was a man, up at a podium, talking to the screaming masses.

“Don’t worry, it’s just a little fire. It’s not that big of a deal, we’ll put it out. Go home, go back to work. Just keep calm and carry on.”

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Keep Calm and Carry On

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Interesting perspective. Is this person responsible for the mayhem happening below? Something tells me they are. I liked this part: “I fell backwards, laying on my back, looking up at the sky, tinged grey and orange from smoke and fire.”

  2. Keep Calm and Carry On

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very regal, and yeah did the person looking down and laughing evilly cause it, yeah I this so..

  3. Keep Calm and Carry On

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    person.. wrong word choice.. alien or being or whatever it is.. the menace..

  4. Keep Calm and Carry On

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Could be alien. I just read it as a narcissistic sociopath who puts himself somehow better than the rest of humanity and separate from them.

  5. Keep Calm and Carry On

    PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)'s Buddy Icon PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    pyromania rules!

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