mbccompanyxTutti non possono andare avanti senza una pausa, giustamente c’è chi fa un Sugar Break, ed è con questa storia che iniziamo Small Stories, come avevo citato nell’articolo che annunciava l’apertura della sezione, vi informo subito che questa storia avrà intorno i 10-12 capitoli, in realtà non ho ancora deciso una lunghezza definitiva.
Questo articolo sarà principalmente sul primo capitolo, anche se onestamente questi primi capitoli saranno abbastanza lenti, forse anche troppo considerando cosa accadrà prima che la parte interessante possa iniziare, ma non per questo ci sarà qualche dettaglio da tenere in mente, specialmente in quando saranno utili per le altre Small Stories.
All’inizio avevo intenzione di postare le Small Stories sia in inglese, visto che saranno pubblicati su wattpad dopo due giorni dalla pubblicazione di questo articolo, che in Italiano, ma considerando come ogni singolo capitolo di Sugar Break sarà intorno alle 2500 parole iniziare a scriverlo in Inglese per poi tradurlo in Italiano avrebbe reso il tutto troppo pesante.
Sugar Break, Premesa
Sugar Break, è una Small Stories che non ha nessun impatto verso altri libri che vedremmo in questa categoria, in quanto è un crossover tra la seconda Small Stories che non ho voluto ancora decidere sul nome e una certa proprietà intellettuale di cui non voglio dire il nome al momento ma vi dico che un indizio è nel nome della storia.
Il protagonista di Sugar Break, anche se in realtà sarà usato in molte altre Small Stories sarà Manu, su cui non ho voglia di spoilerare dettagli importanti, in quanto sono già presenti solo in questo primo capitolo ma vi darò altri dettagli sul protagonista nei primi tre capitoli in modo che solo allora si potrà avere un immagine concreta.
In ogni caso, seppur Sugar Break è scritto in Inglese spero che non vi limiterà in qualche modo la lettura, sono conscio che ci potrebbero essere degli errori spero non darà problemi, già è un problema essere sicuro se questa Small Stories aveva la lunghezza che m’ero programmato fin da subito, le famose 2500 parole che erano richieste da Rank Math per l’articolo perfetto.
Sugar Break, Capitolo 1
Another day in endless sunlight
The light was already shining through the window when I decided to wake up, another day, or so I thought, in what all around me looks like a very active construction site where the buildings were appearing and disappearing pretty quickly, and at the same time, I never saw the moon from when I got in this world, if there’s even a moon, but I can’t complain that much, except when I can clearly see darkness from the unfinished buildings.
“Another day seems to have passed, or at least what I believe was a day as is hard to even be able to count days, I wonder what I will find out was made while I was sleeping” I told to myself, as I find myself confused on why I was transferred to such part of the world while it was still unfinished, not that my old world was better, at least, it isn’t a world trying to kill me for somebody else enjoyment or having to fight and I don’t have to go to school, which, after all, didn’t felt like a bad experience this last one.
As I went to the bathroom and taking a quick shower, I couldn’t help myself and watch from the window if something changed around me, I had to double check what I was actually watching, as every day I saw something new, let it be a new building or even a new habitant, but before that I have to remember a small important detail, they are just placeholders, bodies without having a brain, this would be something right out of a horror movie, but considering my condition and situation, it helps being alone.
He said that was even just to understand the demands needed by the whole world, even if I don’t understand why he’s doing this, to be fair there’s a lot I don’t understand but at the same time I’m not sure if knowing that stuff would truly change how I perceive this entire thing.
After that I went to the kitchen to have what has become the only food available in the entire area, oranges, not that I could complain about eating oranges, but I wished I had something different to eat, especially after eight days but I haven’t seen him after he decided that I would take a role in this new world, or at least, I haven’t seen him directly.
While eating the oranges I collected the day before from the many trees that are all around the buildings, like they are used to limit the size of the buildings, I started thinking back to why he decided to move me into this new world, sure he meant for my sanity considering how cruel it was before, but at the same time when we got into what became the headquarters for the new world, it was clear he was thinking big, and wasn’t sure if it was going to work or fail, but didn’t wanted to share to anyone.
As I got out of what was clearly a temporary or a template house, as it was clearly elevated from the terrain, I quickly looked around in order to consider if something new really appeared from when I went to sleep, especially when I went to take a quick shower, I could only notice two fully new buildings, which were clearly unfinished behind the wall which I still have no clue why there have to be such high walls and at the same time
Some building was getting worked on, but I couldn’t see anyone, at least speaking of physical form, actually moving inside, meaning this was mostly him working from the HQ as he was able to do it remotely, and because of that I was thinking if watching the building taking shape or go to what was supposed to me my office and try to pass the time.
Because of that I decided to look at the building being made, as passing time in the office doing pretty much nothing while waiting the feeling to go to sleep or just collecting more oranges to eat, as it seems they are pretty much endless or maybe he’s responsible of regrowing them as soon I pick them up, of course not knowing how this world truly work or is just something being used while the buildings are taking shape
After looking for a little bit the construction going on I noticed that outside the building there was a sign which clearly wasn’t present when I started to watch, the only other sign that was present around was only for the building where I do have my office, this meant this one was also getting ready to be considered open or at least fully finished, I was curious to take a look at the sign to know what else was actually being built around me, in this clearly unrefined world.
The sign simply read “Auxiliary Security Office”, apparently what I was president of requires such high security that they need two offices to fully coordinate, kind of strange but considering how much was present now I clearly didn’t have the entire picture not only of the size, but even of how many people I would direct, so what I could think was based on speculation alone, if only I had something more concrete then thoughts.
Out of curiosity as I watched the building taking shape I decided to get inside, just to have a quick look around as otherwise, it would have been a boring day at the office and there would have been nothing to do outside talking with dummies, that were present even in this building, as their minds and bodies were still being created back at the HQ in the laboratory, nothing looked particularly strange until I got to the roof of the building, which wasn’t hard as to be honest, the only thing that was missing in every building were doors.