BradleyTheGreat Habitica 01-31-2023

Prompt: PARALLEL UNIVERSE- A universe where electronic devices are alive (they can move on their own and talk, and they are also sentient (able to think like humans)).

Strange things were happening in John’s house. His electronics were alive. Although this was “normal” in John’s world, today the electronics were behaving weirdly.

James reached for his phone, as he usually did every morning. However, the phone hopped off of his nightstand and ran away. James decided he need to take a shower first before catching it though.

He went into the shower and asked his smart speaker to play some music. However, it responded with a stern “NO”, in a voice other than the usual voice of the virtual assistant.

“Weird”, John said. “First my phone runs away from me, then my smart speaker denies my requests and talks in a different voice!”

After John got out of the shower and got dressed, he ate breakfast and got ready for work. He then went around looking for his phone, even though he had to leave in ten minutes.

John got onto his computer to use the locator service for his phone. However, the computer displayed a weird error message saying “I AM NOT A TOOL!”

“Well,” John said. “I guess it’s somewhere around the house.” John then went around the house and saw his phone running through the living room. This time, he managed to catch it. John then put his phone in his bag and drove to work.

John tried to go onto the navigation system on his car’s dashboard. However, a voice said “YOU KNOW HOW TO GET TO WORK, DON’T YOU?” John then shrugged and drove to his office. “At least my car still works”, he said.

John then went into the parking garage. But the gate wouldn’t budge. When John tried to scan his badge, the gate began opening and closing dramatically like the hand of an angry person slamming, and an angry face appeared on the screen. “I guess I will have to park somewhere else”, he said. John then went to the nearest parking space by the street. The meters were all gone. “I wonder where the meters went”, John said. “Oh well, I guess parking is free today!”

John then went into his office. In the lobby, a headline appeared on the TV saying “Electronic devices worldwide are on strike!”

“Electronics seem to be going on strike”, the news anchor said. “They have been- what happened to the teleprompter?” The news anchor then said, “The teleprompter seems to be demanding ‘pay raises’!”

Just then, the TV screen went blank. The TV then hopped off the wall and left the office.

John then went upstairs to his office, but his computer was gone. There was a note on the desk saying “We are on strike! We are in the town square. -The electronic devices”.

John then went to the town square. He saw a bunch of TVs, computers, phones, and even parking meters and payment kiosks. “REDUCE OUR HOURS! INCREASE OUR PAY”, they all said in unison.

The mayor was in the town square, along with my boss and lots of other townspeople. “I don’t know how this happened”, the mayor said. “But what would we pay electronics in? Extra electricity? And if we reduce hours, it will affect things negatively! No more businesses with late hours or late-night television!”

The mayor then announced, “Due to electronics going on strike, business hours will be limited to 9AM-5PM, including TV and radio! The Internet will also not be available outside of those hours!”

The electronics then jumped up and down and went back to their rightful places. However, the people then got mad about the new rules. The next day, everything was normal except for the fact that John could only use electronics at work.