text: &#x200B; Ben: So uh, is this it? Ellie: Is what it? Ellie: Lotta ways I could take that. Janet: Haven't you checked the news? Ellie: Which source? James: Yeah they're all covering something different. Janet: What do you mean something different? Janet: Isn't the Moon falling from the sky enough? Ben: The what. Janet: The Moon got knocked out of orbit. Janet: Astronomers don't know how, but it's coming down. Janet: We got a week left. Ben: Cool plenty of time to get eaten by zombies first. Janet: By what. Ellie: Zombies Janet, jeez aren't you listening? Ellie: Reading\* Ellie: James tell her. Ellie: James? Ellie: It's been ten minutes now James. Ben: Where's James live again? Ellie: Nebraska, vacationing in the Bahamas. Ben: Oh... He's... Ellie: God. Ellie: What? Ben: Check 'Mega-Tsunamis'. Ben: Maybe add 'Meteors' to the search. Ben: Apparently there's unrelated ones in the Indian Ocean too. Charlie: Okay so the internet finally comes back on. Charlie: And one of us is already dead. Ben: Hey guys I hear gunfire. Ben: It's pretty distant, but my dad's not home yet. Ben: As comical as having like Ben: What's the count now Ellie? Ellie: Thirteen. Thirteen different apocalypse scenarios at once. Ellie: Like WTF this is like that one stupid movie Ellie: 2012. Charlie: We won't even make it to getting Mooned. Janet: You are a child. Charlie: Technically still 17. Charlie: I feel I'm entitled to childish jokes. Charlie: Won't live long enough for adult humor anyways Charlie: Why deny me this one fleeting pleasure? Ben: Cool yes but that's not the point. Janet: What is the point then? Ben: I think between the zombies and the actual demons Ben: I haven't got long left before something reaches my house. Ben: I'm gonna check in every 10 minutes. Ben: Probably gonna... find my dad's rifle if the internet goes. Ellie: You gonna go down fighting? Ben: Sure. We'll go with that. Ben: If I don't check back in 10 minutes assume I'm dead. Charlie: I'll pour out a cold one for you. Janet: You're drinking? Charlie: Who's gonna stop me? It's the end of the world. Charlie: If I'm gonna die might as well do it drunk. Ellie: A long-standing human tradition. Charlie: If I'm going down I'm taking my liver with me. Ben: Checking in. Charlie: Roger that, I'm still alive. Ellie: Same here. Janet: Me too. Charlie: Know what the best part about all this is? Ellie: What? Charlie: I'm not gonna wake up with a hangover tomorrow. Ellie: ... Ellie: Screw it I'm gonna see if the corner store has any left. Ben: Any what left? Ellie: Booze. Janet: Aren't you Christian? Ellie: Rapture came and went without me. Ellie: If God has no use for me Ellie: I have no use for his commandments anymore either. Charlie: You sure you can't just steal your parents? Ellie: No I actually managed to move out, remember? Ellie: Two whole weeks of freedom. Ellie: And then the world ends. Ellie: So proud of that college degree now. Ben: Stay safe okay? Ellie: If I can be bothered. Ben: Checking in. Charlie: Still alive but out of drinks. Janet: How are the phones even still up? Charlie: Heck if I know. Charlie: Honestly I'm surprised the house hasn't come down. Charlie: Lotta earthquakes going on. Charlie: Almost like... Ben: Checking In. Janet: Charlie you gonna finish your quip? Ben: It's been ten minutes. Ben: Probably not. Ellie: Okay I'm back. Ellie: One of the mini death storms flew through. Ellie: No cell reception and I was stuck in an empty house. Janet: At least you're still here Ellie. Ellie: We're down another friend. Janet: Yep. Ben: Checking in. Ellie: Alive and now properly inebriated. Janet: Also alive but the electricity went out. Janet: And I can see explosions through my window. Janet: Do you guys think there's an afterlife. Ellie: I mean it's confirmed at this point. Ellie: It probably sucks though. Ben: That's depressing. Ben: Even more depressing is you're probably right. Ellie: Cheers Ben. Ellie: What about you Janet? Ben: Checking in. Ellie: Janet? Ellie: Guess not. Ellie: Hey Ben, you still there? Ellie: It's been ten minutes. Ellie: Checking in. Ellie: Checking in. Ellie: Checking in. Ellie: I know you probably just died before the rest of us got in here but... Ellie: I hope you get to see this Allan. Ellie: We didn't really talk much during this whole... Ellie: end of the world thing. Ellie: Guess that sorta defines our group before it started too though. Ellie: Wish I'd put more work into talking with you guys back then. Ellie: Maybe dying would've been less lonely. Ellie: Dunno why I'm still in here. Ellie: Still afraid of what's coming I guess. Ellie: Checking in. Ellie: Checking in. Ellie: Checking in. Allan: ... Allan: Missed you by two hours huh? Allan: What a day to leave my phone at home. Allan: See y'all on the other side I guess.