Joint Circles
Chapter 1
It was soon, you knew it. The end of the world. As much as the government and world powers try to hide this fact, they can't. Such a large thing was not going to be missed or 'over looked' by the media. However, I do believe we are going a mile per minute so let's just, stop. Yup right here. And start from the beginning. Were it begins.
Your name is John Egbert; today nothing that special is going to happen to you today (nothing like a birthday or anything!) But that's not to say it will not be eventful. It is pretty much the exact opposite of that. Today was going to be your down fall, the end of your luck. A giant step up or down which would never leave your life as normal as you hoped it could have been. Heading into problems you would have no clue how to solve or except, and that's what you will have to deal with, very soon.
You wake up looking over to your alarm clock trying to squint to read the time, proving hard with out your glasses on right now. You can just about figure out a half eight. Picking out your glasses from your bed side table you then make your way out of bed. Today is a Saturday and is the start of the holiday season term off school. Meaning more time to spend talking to your friends and watching some amazing movies! Oh, and also trying to avoid your dads baking, so much cake! Also by friends you mean to say your online friends. Speaking of them you should probably log onto pesterchum under your username ectoBiologist. You always do this on the weekends and today should be no different. As it is the start of the day for you everyone else should be wide awake in there time zones. You set out to get on to your computer and bring up the pesterchum tag to log into.
You see the screen names pop out, all three of them, turntechGodhead, tentacleTherapist and gardenGnostic. Your three best friends! They all appear to be online; a rare moment like this can not be passed you decide, by starting up a new memo inviting everyone into it.
ectoBiologist [EB] 8:45 opened privet memo. Invited turntechGodhead [TG], tentacleTherapist [TT], gardenGnostic [GG].
EB: ok hey guys! seeming as this is one of them rare times when everyone is online i created this privet memo for all of us to chat in. so what have you guys been up to then?
TT: Well, morning there john. I do believe that Dave went off to collect his supply of apple juice for the morning in his area. However, you still have me and jade here with you.
TT: I personally have had a great morning. By successfully getting the better of my mom as usual, with her schemes and attempts to out do me. However, not this time.
GG: morning john! i have been having a great time as well! oh and so has bec!
GG: keeping me company as well as TT and TG
EB: that sounds really great for you guys! so i didn't miss out on too much!
EB: it's always good to hear that!
GG: yups!
TT: Umm.
TG: whoa
TG: a memo
TG: well hey everyone
TT: Oh, good to see that your back and onto John's memo with us.
TT: How did the apple juice spree go?
TG: welp trust egbert to come up with something like this
TG: not that im complaining
TG: the apple juice taste pretty fuckin sweet
TG: and john you better not say a dam WORD about that
EB: ha well im just saying it could have been …
EB: resealed.
TG: god damit
TG: i give up on this
TG: i don't know why i still bother with you lot
TT: It's because you love us dear.
GG: eheh yup!
EB: haha, yeah!
TG: i knew i could trust none of you
EB: well, come on you're just kidding now dave!
The next thing you hear is unfortunately not the sound of your pesterchum ping but the calls of you farther from downstairs and into the kitchen.
You know this is for your breakfast, food ready and waiting for you from downstairs. You are so distracted from the calls of your farther that you forget pesterchum is still running you are soon drawn back into the small beeps coming from your speakers, tilting your head back to see there are a bunch of new messages all from your friends talking about the random and general things on the news and to do with there life. You turn back around in you computer chair facing the screen of your monitor.
EB: guys i have to go now for my breakfast, so i will be closing down this memo. it was fun talking to you all again! maybe we could talk more after my breakfast.
EB: but for now, later!
TT: Later, John.
GG: hope to talk to you soon! :D
TG: later dude.
ectoBiologist [EB] has closed privet memo.
You log your self off pesterchum and make your way down the stairs of your house to the kitchen where you see your dad standing there. You wave up you hand towards your dad and begin to speak. "Morning, dad!" you say with a wide smile set on your face.
Your dad turns around to meet your smile. Lightly smiling back he replies back to you, "Morning, champ." Adjusting his tie and walking towards the front door he continues, "I have to leave now so don't get in too much trouble, OK? I will be back at home the normal time. Have a fun day!"
You are quick to reply. "You know I would never do such things! Ok, you too then!" With that you both say your goodbyes as he leaves the house. Leaving you for the rest of the day inside the house. You first decide on getting your self breakfast and getting changed into some clothes.
By the time you have done this it is almost the middle of the day. You look over your shoulder to face your computer screen to read out the time on it; 11:48. You decide that now you are all ready you should log back on to your pesterchum. You look along the names of your friends only to see that Dave is the only one that is online right now. You take a seat and begin to pester him.
ectoBiologist [EB] began pestering turntechGodhead [TG] at 11:48
EB: hey dave!
EB: umm, do you know were GG and TT are?
TG: yo john
TG: yeah i think that GG went to walk her dog or something
TG: TT went to sought out something happing with her mom
TG: so its just you and me now
TG: buddy old pal
EG: ah well, ok then.
EG: at least im not by my self!
TG: hell yeah
TG: just you an me
EG: oh yeah!
EG: so what have you been up to since we last chatted?
TG: well the usual what i do
TG: updating my blog drawing sbahj
TG: i think it is coming along kind of well
TG: you?
EG: well, i just got ready and had some breakfast.
EG: now i am just kind of bored with not much else to do now.
TG: hey did you hear about that massive meteor heading for earth
TG: just some roomers i have over heard from now an then
EG: yeah they are kind of, depressing? to hear about.
TG: yeah but who knows?
TG: right
TG: besides it will just be like all the other times they have predicted the end of the world
TG: that would be how many times they were wrong
EG: yeah, i know man. but i don't know this time i think they might be right there has been some word out about this kind of thing.
TG: whoa dude
TG: if you feel nervous about it how about you talk to TT about it?
EG: but she's not on now.
EG: well, i could go get myself some lunch and see if she comes back online after that.
EG: thanks!
TG: you have a great lunch man
TG: make every moment of you and that sandwich count
TG: ok?
EG: ha! yeah i will!
EG: talk to you soon!
TG: later
You close down the pesterchum chat you just had with Dave and decide it would be best to leave your self logged on. You then make your way down the stairs of your house again for the second time to make your self some food for your lunch.
After a couple of minutes of cupboard searching you decide on heating up some leftovers form last night's dinner. After your lunch you make your way up stairs to do a check on your pesterchum, you see Rose's name appear on the screen. tentacleTherapist. It looks like she had already begun to talk with you.
tentacleTherapist [TT] began pestering ectoBiologist [EB] at 13:09
TT: Hello there john.
TT: Dave pestered me what happened, that you wanted me to talk about it with you.
EG: oh hey there rose!
EG: yeah about that…
TT: It's ok to be more that worried about this. After all, there is much interest in this subject recently.
TT: with the media
EG: yeah, im sorry about this. im usually not nervous about stuff like this.
EG: but this time it feels different
TT: Well, just think if the world did end no one will be around to tell you that you were wrong about it not ending.
TT: The same goes for the other way; if you were right about it ending they won't get a chance to rub in your face.
TT: Because there would be no one else around.
TT: Did that make you feel better about this?
EG: umm, im not too sure about that.
EG: you might have made it worse actually.
TT: Well, my advice for you would be to start by clearing you head.
TT: how about you take a walk out side. Get some fresh air into you.
EG: yeah i will do that. it sounds like a good plan to me.
TT: Very well, it was nice to hear from you again.
EG: yup! you too rose!
Rose closes the chat you both just had. After you log your self out of pesterchum you set out to grab your coat hanging up on you bedroom door putting it on. Reaching the end of the stairs you reach out for your shoes to be put on.
After you are ready you set on outside. You make your way into the cool autumn air, taking your first step out side. You walk aimlessly for a while, walking back and forth in-between different parts of the neighbourhood until you make your way into the local park. As you go passing through taking a look back hear and there at the autumn colours scattered about in the area of the park.
After much longer, it begins to get darker. You decide that now would be a good time to start heading home, towards your warm house were your dad is suppose to be back very soon.
You think to your self how affective Rose's advice has worked really well for you. You will be sure to thank her when you get back home.
You come up to the front of your house placing the key in the lock for it to open, letting your self in. You gaze over to the time on your microwave. Reading a 18:32, your dad should be back in roughly an hours time. This is just enough time to start watching a really grate movie (In your opinion! Most people would say they suck!) You decide that con air would be the perfect choice as you wait for your dad to get home.
About half way through con air your dad walks in on you asking you about your day. You explain to him what you did. He just nods, beginning to start cooking dinner for the two of you.
After you are done with your dinner, thanking your dad for the meal and finishing off the rest of your movie you head on up stairs. Walking into your bedroom. However, something catches your eye. The outside balcony. You step forward towards the sliding glass door to take a look outside; you can also see the telescope. You decide that, with it being a very clear night. You will take a look at the night sky through the telescope.
You make your way into the outside balcony over looking the rest of your neighbour with the rows of houses with there lights on and leaking out of curtains. You also feel a nice cool breeze coming across from the side of you. Now to start your star observing grabbing and adjusting the telescope, so the image is clear to see for tonight. Carefully you turn it more and more to the left, until you see what has been haunting you since the beginning of the start. What appears to be the meteor? Approaching at, from what you can tell looks like a fast speed.
It was not suppose to end like this, today was suppose to be ordinary.