Recruit

Date: 2/16/2021

I was living with Grandma and Grandpa. It was kinda like I was a kid, but my age was in my twenties at least. I am not quite sure if there were other kids or if they were only pets. But there were a lot of animals. Grandma was really good at taking care of them. It's possible the animals were the kids. Anyway one day I noticed Grandma hadn't been home in a while. And I mean days. Some of the animals weren't getting fed. The food in the fridge was going bad. Things weren't getting done. I was abruptly concerned. I looked for her. I didn't find her. But shortly after that she did come home. She was acting secretive, she told grandpa stuff about me in anticipating whispers. She gave me a card, a few pins, like a present and waited as if expecting something. It took a while but the something did happen. The card one day, when I was ko where near my phone or any other electronic, turned in like a tiny tablet. It played an interactive video. I watched and interacted, pressing the screen buttons to continue. It turned out to be a recruiting device for war. I was being asked to join up with a secret war group. Apparently my grandma was a part of it, and had been for years. Grandma was so excited when I told the machine yes. . . but I was quick to tell her something I thought I'd told her before. I'd been recruited in high school, I told her. I'd gone to a training school for war up until senior year when my mom had to move and I had to go back to and regular high school. I was already partially trained and willing.