Picnic (Chpt. 26)

A curse? How'd people get to that conclusion? Is there any way to reverse it then?

Your thoughts get interrupted by the line moving up. You go in and take care of your business and then go out and back to the car. "Oh Serran, there you are! I was wondering where you were." Emma says as she goes up to you. "What happened?" You ask. "We're about to go, we heard some people say that there've been a lot of those, uh people. Yknow like the ones from the gasoline station." "Oh, okay then." You go into the car along with everyone else. The car starts moving into an area unfamiliar to you.

Then it suddenly stops. "What?" Rey says as he wakes up. "There's traffic I think." Your mother says as she tries to look over the other car. Slowly, you move through. Then you see it. Someone, but there is something wrong with them, but you can't pinpoint it. Then they turn around and you see it. Their eyes have been destroyed, and their mouth is stitched shut. You hear your mother gasp in horror. "What happened to them?" Étienne asks. "I'm not sure." Your mother responds.

You have no choice but to move on as the cars behind you start honking their horns. So you leave the scene. No one speaks for a while, there's just the howl of the road and the low radio. Everyone just stares around, not knowing what to do or say.

"Do-do you think that it's true?" Ellington asks you. "What's true?" "That the world is ending, that some gods are punishing us all for what we've done and allowed to be done?" "I-I'm honestly not even sure what's going on anymore. I heard some people saying it's a curse someone released." "That sounds unreasonable too." "It does, but you never know, maybe the world is gonna end." Don't say that!" He says turning angrily towards you with his whole body. "Ah, sorry."

Then silence. Lunch time rolls around and so you stop in a park parking lot. "Okay, today we're having toasted egg sandwiches!" Your mother, father and Chris start to prepare the mini stove as some of your siblings look through the box for the food. You go into the trunk of Chris's car for the cooking utensils. Soon it starts to smell like food, your stomach growls furiously from not eating in the morning. You and your siblings sit on a blanket y'all placed on the grass to eat, to prevent it from flying off. You play with a blade of grass that you found attached to your shirt. "Kids it's time to eat! Can someone bring the plates?" Lucien goes over with the plates while Elodie goes with the cups. Soon everyone has a plate and cup and is eating. Everyone is really hungry so there's not much talking and instead more eating than usual. Everyone finishes and goes over to clean their plate and cup. Soon everyone is finished and decide to take a walk after cleaning up.