Introduction
This is the result of a request for the genesis of VDU154 which you can read here.
Darkness Came
The world was close to perfect. Everyone was happy and looked out for everyone else. Poverty, hunger and homelessness no longer existed and everyone was connected by a system that was known colloquially as "The Grid" installations of VDU devices that allowed people to share thoughts and ideas with everyone else.
However, there were those who did not like happiness and love, and wanted to make others suffer, and they saw that the best way to do that was to destroy all that gave people safety and happiness.
They gathered resources and spread rumours that the beneficent leaders were keeping things from the people.
Libraries and schools burned and the leaders were blamed, although it was not them doing the burning, but the people believed the rumours, and the leaders were incarcerated.
The Dark Cabal took over and sickness, poverty and famine, reappeared in the world. The Dark Cabal blamed the previous leaders and this was accepted by most, but a few saw what was really happening.
The Grid was used to mobilise resistance, so the Dak Cabal, destroyed every VDU machine they could find on the grid.
Cities were left full of derelict buildings and again, the previous rulers were blamed, and most accepted this.
There were a few though, who stayed in the derelict buildings and maintained some machines.
The Grid could not be destroyed, and The Dark Cabal did not have the intelligence to take it down. In fact, they thought destroying the VDUs was all they needed to do. It still fed into any publication and the Dark Cabal were powerless to stop it.
They had their own VDUs to flood the world with their lies, but a few were still active in derelict buildings, maintained and holy portals for those who had been pushed out of society from not believing the "truths" of the Dark Cabal.
Those who found them used them to spread their own words in the hope that the Dark Cabal could be brought down.
One of those portals was VDU154
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Comments (6)
Oooo this was so intriguing. Loved it!
Brilliant Mike. I read the first one because I like you work but I am not really a big sci-fi person. Wow was I surprised, I found it easy to read and was captivated by the subliminal message in the story. Then I got to this one and could feel the tension of the fight between good and evil. Loved it - great job!
This is a great story of a futuristic time.
Awesome, Mike! I love these little VDU stories. I wouldn't mind more!!
I have always loved how music can be synced perfectly to go with the words in a story, and the music chosen for your piece represents the story through out. I love how when reading the words in your story whilst listening to the music at the same time opens up the pain and suffering inflicted, and gives it gothic hues. Your writing is amazing Paul.
oh awesome expansion of the story, Mike! very well done!