Terraforming - 15 May
May 15, 2027
There’s a number of reasons I didn’t write yesterday. Primarily it was because I’ve tried to keep moving, hopefully find someone else who might have survived all this, but it’s not just that. I’ve also needed to hide for a while when it started getting dark because they can see in the dark so much better than we can. At least, that’s what I assume, since it’s been getting so much darker lately, and they don’t seem bothered by it.
After the meteor hit it was. . . dormant for a while. A lot of people went to try and see it, but not very many got there because of the rescue teams and obliterated buildings in the way. Doesn’t matter though, because those who did see it made it pretty clear that it was definitely not a normal meteor. Way too round and perfect. My sister managed to get to the crater. She said it was literally a giant plain metallic ball, sort of boring.
It got way more interesting when it “activated,” and started drilling into the earth. After a few days of that the area had way more security, and they were talking about the deepest hole in the earth’s crust in history. The panic started up again, but it wasn’t quite so bad this time. I guess people didn’t think a hole could actually destroy the planet.
I’m not sure when it started--it was pretty gradual--but it’s been getting hotter; like, the average temperature of the earth is going up. A lot of people blamed it on global warming. Then they started getting sick all over the world, all at the same time. Several groups of scientists, all on different continents, tested the atmosphere and got very similar results. The concentration of carbon monoxide and a few other toxic gases had gone up, just a tiny bit, and it was the beginning of the slow destruction of people’s bodies. I honestly don’t think it’s possible for any survivors to last more than a few months in this. You can’t just--not breath.
I’m going to stop here for now. I don’t want to interrupt the next part if I can avoid it because I don’t really want to interrupt that part. I’ll come back to this tomorrow, if I can.
