The cancellation
I was the one who was cancelled.
It happened in an instant. And there was no turning back. No matter how hard I tried. There was no chance. Only time could bring me back. But it’s gone.
It all started with a simple desire to be useful. I wished I could understand what was wrong with being helpful. But that day I should have passed it by and thought about myself.
My name is Mika. I’m 25 years old. I dreamed of a beautiful, comfortable life. I finished the 9th grade. Got a job at a factory. Was drafted into the army. Did my service. Came back. Got another job. It’s a simple very ordinary life. I was raised by strict parents. And their parents were even stricter. Everyone had their own struggle. Our family, like everyone else who survived the “Millennium War,” tried to survive. Each tried in their own way.
The “Millennium War” was the complete destruction of energy systems around the world in a single migration. What the science fiction and all the blessed souls on the street warned about had come true. As a result of a simple mistake, the world was left without electricity. All efforts to overcome the energy crisis had only led to countries becoming increasingly isolated. everyone retreated into isolation, trying to secure their energy resources. This didn’t stop others, but only provoked them into an even more dire survival situation.
As a result of cascading failures, the energy grid of all countries failed, and the Earth collapsed into darkness. Realizing that the world would never be the same, everyone solved the problems on their own and started from scratch.
The world took a very long time to recover. Everyone lived in poverty and in shortages of the most basic things. Memories of their past happy lives were still fresh. So people tried to cling to the new day with all their might and somehow endure.
I was raised by my grandparents. I hardly knew my parents. They were always at work. Moreover, the outstanding elders were unquestionable. All their juniors were completely subordinate, and this continued down to the
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