Memories of Green #24

The finale of the Memories of Green series comes to a close in the most explosive way. Compelling reading.

 

Galen_Sniper171’s Microblog

Galen_Sniper171
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I’m alive. I’m on the streets. Got my laptop and clothes. Crazy out here. Everything is coated in dust. Streets smell of fire.

01:32 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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C.P yelling at us not to panic no one is listening. I don’t know where they’re moving us. Some guys across the street looting a TV store.

01:34 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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C.P going across to the store to break up the looting. Can see them cocking rifles.

01:34 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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C.P just shot the looters. Their bodies are slumped over the flatscreens. Children are crying. Fuck.

01:36 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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Gunship just yelled at us to comply or be pacified. Think we’re all gonna comply. We have to keep moving.

01:38 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Gunships sweeping searchlights on the crowd. Everyone is covered in dust and ash. Myself included. Feels hard to breathe. So hot out here.

01:41 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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More people fighting with C.P. Fucking idiots. Fires lighting up in buildings. Feels like the end of the world. So much noise.

01:42 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
People throwing petrol bombs at C.P. We’re all shouting at them to stop before they get shot. Do they not realise??

01:44 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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C.P shooting people like dogs. Dragging them into APCs and beating them. Comply or be pacified. Have to keep my head down.

01:46 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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Earth shaking from all the people walking and running, thought it was another explosion. I hope nothing else happens.

01:50 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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Still a column of fire from where Cypher used to be, licking at the stars. Hard not to stop and watch. Who could have done this?

01:52 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
They’re taking us further into the city. Shouldn’t we be getting the fuck out of here? The whole place is unsafe.

01:54 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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Sound of gunfire and sirens off in the distance. I’m getting used to it now.

02:01 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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Public address system showing gunship footage of the area surrounding Cypher. There’s nothing left. Its all rubble and fire.

02:03 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Soldier just pointed his rifle at me and yelled at me to move faster. May have to stop updates soon.

02:05 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
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The ground under me just shook, what is happening??

02:14 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Overheard someone saying the Cypher explosion caused a disturbance in Main Industrial. Whole sector is unstable. Oh my god.

02:19AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Public address system showing footage of the streets. There must be thousands of us choking the roads. Fires everywhere. This is crazy.

02:24AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Can see so many people rioting everywhere. The streets are full of APC. C.P are now openly firing into crowds. There must be so many dead.

02:29AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
There was a rumble in the distance. The buildings shook around me, everyone is quiet now.

02:40AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
We need to get out of here. Now.

02:47AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Just heard whispers about an explosion of aviation fuel setting off a chain reaction in main industrial. The sirens are getting louder.

02:49AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Another rumble, louder this time. Silence broken by people weeping. There’s a bright light in the horizon. Something big just caught fire.

02:51AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Broadcast system is showing us a picture of main industrial. Fires raging all over it. Its not gonna last much longer. Oh my god.

02:52AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Explosions rippling all over main industrial. The air just caught fire. Can see figures being blown around the street like torn up paper.

02:54AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Feels like the earth beneath me is giving way. Shockwaves are coming. Shit shit shit shit.

02:55AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Glass has been smashed from the windows, raining down on us. Can taste blood in my mouth. Need to keep posting. You need to know.

02:57AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Can see the fireball lighting the inclusion zone up. Blowing the shacks away. Flaming figures flying away into the air.

02:58 – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Why weren’t they evacuated??? There must be thousands burned alive.

02:58 – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
More footage now, industrial zone is a total firepit, can’t make out any buildings. Can see the fireball washing away the surrounding area.

02:59 – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Can feel movement surging through the crowd again. Saw Midnight In A Perfect world give way and fall in on itself. This must be the end.

03:01AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Gunships swarming all over the sky now. Cant see C.P anymore, just military guys. They’re trying to get us moving again, screaming at us.

03:03AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Guy hugged me sobbing saying his daughter is dead. Someone else pulled him off me. What could I even do?

03:05AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Snipe171
@Gsnipe171
People in the crowd trying to run instead of walk now, push past the APC blockades. So many people have been pacified, shot dead.

03:10AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Broadcast screens starting to distort and flicker. Broadcast network must be going down. City is falling apart. We need to get out.

03:14AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
They are fucking BLINDING you showing on all broadcast screens. What the fuck?? Like my emails. Think a soldier is looking at me.

03:21AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Soldiers don’t seem to know what the message is about. Some people in the crowd are cheering at the screen. What does it mean??

03:25AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
Soldier definitely has his eyes on me. Shit. What have I done?

03:27 AM – 10 June 2089

Galen_Sniper171
@Gsnipe171
I have to go.

03:30 AM – 10 June 2089

 

Memories of Green #23 – Q&A with Josh Blockwell