Noun: Future Shock [Mass Noun]
"The State of Distress or Disorientation due to Rapid Social or Technological change." - Oxford Dictionary
Matthew Ikarashi, a gifted individual. It has been quite noticeable of his intelligence, generally interested i...
"Y-Yes... But I'm fine, I Know how to handle this..." I spoke, That was a white lie, I'am unbearably cold. Ironic, considering Canadians like me live in Snow-buried environments.
"...You don't lie as good as you study."
"Hahehe..."
"You feeling extremely cold this far up north, And the Irony is..." He paused as he scratched his cheek, before he continued. "It's almost painful... *snicker*"
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah..." I smiled in acceptance, before we continued up this snow-covered hill.
"I hope your not... Going insane or anything."
"*laugh* No... I'm not, But I have been getting depressive, bad memories keep flowing... In and out at times..." My smile began to falter into one of deep thought, remembering the pain of those deaths made my heart ache.
"H-Hey, Hey!" He shook me as he once again saw me go into a state of dejection, my expression and thought still remained however.
"Please... Don't go thinking about that now." He assured me, before letting go of my shoulders.
"I'm here... Heck, even Alice can be here if only I called her to come. Stop thinking about the past, and look at the future... Come on and let's go on 'aboot' this hill, Alright?" I stared at him, as I attempted to force a faint smile as he sheepishly mocked my home's lingual mishaps.
"Come on, Bro?" He raised his fist waiting for a fist-bump, I complied.
"Yeah... Alright, let's keep going."
We eventually reached the top.
"Look at that, Ain't it a beauty." He said as he pointed to the sky.
"Yeah... Yes, it truly is." I replied.
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An Aurora Borealis, or polar lights. Can only be seen by the highest-latitude regions on earth, its lowest-latitude counterpart being Aurora Australis.
"Aurora Borealis, Let this sight burn into your mind, my friend."
"*scoffed laugh* Yeah... yeah, It definitely will, Thank you." I replied, as a smiled as I stared into the bright dancing lights, before my sight slowly faded into white, and then black.
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I eventually open my eyes, to be met with bright white surroundings, it feels familiar, reminding of that room that I was given my abilities, onlythe whiet surroundings began to fade, and more surreal and natural surroundings began to form, I was on a surreal location, what I could only assume are floating islands with white polymer structures with eye-catching architecture built upon them.
I was standing on one floating island in particular I was in the centre of a circular structure, with roughly 8 pillars supporting a Roof approximately 60 feet above the surface.
