100 words

It’s All Over But The Fighting

100-word challenge #49: Pandemic Christmas Past

Alma Meek
The Bad Influence
Published in
Dec 30, 2021

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A medieval/Viking cosplayer is seen from above, standing alone in a muddy, grassy field. No face is visible. The individual’s back is to the viewer. They wear a metal helmet without horns, carry a dull metallic shield and hold their dull metal sword across their chest. They are dressed in a brownish-grey tunic top with a hood, the material is coarse. Their pants are billowed and navy blue. Their boots are brown leather and with canvas uppers.
Photo by Tengyart on Unsplash

Once upon a time, no one wore masks! The supply chain was intact and mobs of people gathered to fight over flat-screen TVs, X-boxes… X-boxes were … well, we… we gamed in 2D. Those were difficult days.

We traveled through snow to visit people, eat meat, and argue. Snow was…. well… I do miss it. But not the arguments over basic germ theory… What? Oh, those people died off… but we still wear masks and argue via augmented reality with the offspring that survived. One tradition remains! Now, eat your plant-based pork roast before it’s cold!

As always, much thanks to the marvelous Marla Bishop for the prompt and The Bad Influence for the platform. Merry and all that…

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