{"sf1_id":397220,"sf2_id":"dmB34oKn","title":"Shatter","author":"Indref","words":270,"posted_at":"2012-07-01T04:42:00.000Z","tags":["Human","Plot Development","Science Fiction"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/397220-shatter","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmB34oKn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/ed/0d/ed0d733e-24dc-49f7-b259-32ffe7a55909","description":"Where it all began.","content":"//-- Time until omninautical meridian: 00:00:00:00:00:13.332  \n  \nEvery decision changes every thing.  \n  \nWhen a coin is flipped, the world splits, in two.  \nWhen a die is rolled, the world fractures, in six.  \nAnd as the quanta bubbling under every act, thought and chance writhe.. the world dances, in a trillion to the power trillion, to the power trillion-trillion shatter.  \n  \nAll that could be.. comes to pass here, or somewhere else.  \nAll that could of been, was realised. In another place.  \nAnd all the things that never had a chance.. is beyond even all of this.  \n  \nThe Earth, froze.  \n  \nA woman halts mid sentence as she cleans her dishes, poised in place. Suds dance upon a plate in her hands.  \n  \nAnd the Earth, froze.  \n  \nA boy chases a ball into an empty street. The rubber surface of the round object plays upon the rough concrete.  \n  \nThe Earth froze.  \n  \nA cell shakes with electrical charge. It vibrates. Ready, two partnered cells vie for a chance.  \n  \nThe cosmos slowed.  \n  \nA trickle emanates between a clust of quanta. It dances, moves. It is everywhere, nowhere, everywhere again, pulsing with the rythm of existance, honing, focused, lost, solid, mist, here.\n\n\u0026nbsp;Now.  \n  \nOmniverse bows.  \n  \nA silence, as everything, everywhere, splits. Gold atom, gingivitas, golf ball, George Bush, Gettesburgh, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico.  \n  \nEarth.  \n  \nSol.  \n  \nThe Milky Way.  \n  \nA small boy jogs harder.  \nA small boy strolls to a stop.  \nHe looks down at his dog.  \nHe looks back at his school.  \nThe dog barks. It pants.  \nThe dog sits quietly.  \n\"C'mon Moll', it's getting late.\"  \n\"I think one more block.\"  \n  \nShatter.  \n  \n  \n//-- Time since omninautical meridian: 00:00:00:00:00:01.014  \n  \n\n"}