New Reality|| MCYT x ORV

3. Another Point Of View

It was impossible to hear anything other than the screams of the people in the videos, all being massacred in various ways. There were also many roars and explosions in the distance, with smoke rising in the backgrounds.

All the videos had been horrifying, and there were multiple conspiracy theories on the internet. Since Techno hadn't been online the night before, I had instead entertained myself by laughing at both the Twitter people and Redditors. Don't forget Instagram and Tiktok.

Of course, plenty of people were preparing for the apocalypse one way or another, so perhaps that was also the reason behind why there were way less people at school than usual.

Everyone seemed to be put on edge, the teachers tried their best to keep the students calm throughout the day. Although they too seemed a bit antsy.

Who could blame them? The US had the most powerful military force in the world, but seemed to be put in a state of chaos overnight. What the fuck happened?

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Lunch time came around after forever and I, having skipped breakfast, was very hungry.

11:50

As the bell signaling the beginning of lunch rung, chairs screeched across the floor as students hurried over to the cafeteria.

Slinging my backpack over my shoulder, I ran to the cafeteria. I felt as if I was starving to death.

The cafeteria was crowded as usual, buzzing with chatter. Except this time, most of it was directed at the situation that was affecting the USA.

I squeezed my way through the crowd and finally arrived at my usual lunch table situated as far from the lunch line as possible, in order to get away from the most crowded area.

Right across from me was a clock bolted on the wall across from me, it was common for me to rush through my homework during lunch so I needed a clear view to see how much time I would have.

Sitting down in my usual spot, I greeted my friends who had gotten there earlier.

"Hey Tommy! How much do you bet that the USA thing is a scam?"

"I wanna learn how to do CGI like that!"

I continued to listen as they talked about the US, sighing as I pulled my lunchbox out of my backpack, ants crawling all over it.

Being the pure comedic genius I am, I decided to pretend to be freaked out by the disgusting spawns.

Keyword: pretend.

"Ugh! What the fuck is this?"

I even made a show of flinging the lunch box around, and infecting everyone around me's food as well.

"What the hell Tommy?"

"Ew!"

"This will make a nice garnish..."

The mixed reactions from my friends almost made up for my spoiled lunch. Too hungry to do anything else, I tried to scavenge around my backpack in order to find enough money to buy something from the lunch line, or at least the vending machine.

Alas, I was not able to find enough money in my backpack. Maybe I could beg for some change or scraps? Nah, my ego wouldn't allow that.

"Now that Tommy has soiled my lunch, fuck you Tommy—I'm gonna go to the locker room in order to change out of my ant-infested clothes, anyone else in?"

Someone stood up and made a motion towards the exit, with almost everyone else following.

The only ones left were Tubbo and me, Tubbo being the one that made the garnish comment earlier, and me not having enough energy to care.