Ominous - A Monologue
Jacob thought he was the only one that noticed the shift in the air but it seemed everyone was visited by it some way or other.
“… things were getting weird; a series of drownings in the lake near his home, a 1972 VW Beetle filled with copies of Das Kapital and set on fire, trees painted electric blue at the Vondelpark.”
“He sat on my sofa, told me not to move or pick up the phone. I was petrified. He was tapping away at an iPhone and occasionally leaving a voice note. Like a complete idiot, I offered him a cup of tea. He told me to shut up or he’d be forced to hurt me.”
“…you join us as we have breaking news from the meeting of the Meteorological Crisis Management League of International Investigators in Bonn. 52 prominent scientists from around the world have been gathering to determine the nature of the persistent rainfall that has seen a steady rise in sea levels around the world now for 22 consecutive days.
Speaking from the MCMLII Headquarters, Professor David Pluvian has just delivered the panel’s findings that, alarmingly confirm previous speculation that rainfall will continue for approximately 100 years.”