The town of Chillicothe. A small town with little of note in the United States, the center of Ohio. Within this ordinary town there is an ordinary High School of questionable standards and a student who fits perfectly in two categories, weeb and quiet kid. Aria White, average height, a bit fat, glasses, and brown hair.

As the morning sun rose, in the suburbs of Chillicothe, Aria abruptly woke-up to their old CPAP machine breaking down.

"Damn," Aria sighed. "I wonder how much the fixing fee will be this time..."

"Mom! Let's eat quick before you leave for work," he shouted as he stumbled down the stairs.

However, just as his mom turned around and smiled at him, his vision began to fade and he felt a sharp pain in his head. As if he fell onto the floor.

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January 1, 2021. 12:00 PM. Fox, CBC, The Daily Show, 60 Minutes, among others.

"As the we move forward in this world wide pandemic, another crisis has appeared. At 6:30 AM Eastern Standard Time approximately ten thousand people have disappeared around the world. While this number might not be the most accurate number as law enforcement are currently checking through all missing persons to determine a more accurate number, this has truly become a worldwide tragedy. Those missing include the Florida Man and the queen of Britain. It is unknown for what those missing had in common or exactly what happened to them. All we know is that, at the time of the disappearances, witnesses reported an odd colored lightning strike resulting in a shadow matching the outline of the missing persons and the belongings on their bodies."

January 8, 2021. 12:00 PM.

"Thank you for following our daily updates through this time. However, we estimate that we will only be able to keep this station running for another half a week. As many of you are aware, we confirmed early in the week an estimated 5,000 disappearances with virtually nothing in common between them. In addition to that, all living beings appear to be rapidly aging and scientists have been unable to find the cause of even a solution. At this time it has been determined that even if we are able to prevent the aging of humans, the rest of the environment will continue to be destroyed ultimately resulting in our demise. This has truly become a catastrophe that the world has been unable to find a solution to. America, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, and Germany have pooled all resources to launch a total of twenty people into space. The goal with this isn't to repopulate, as the earth isn't likely to survive, but instead to hopefully find a solution to this crisis. While in space, with a lack of gravity, less pressure will be on the human joints to allow those scientists to work longer as they rapidly age. This will be my final update, however, our station will be streaming music, movies, and other recreational activities for as long as the electricity will allow. We expect this to be another half a week."

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Somewhere in a dark and gloomy forest, there are an unconscious youth and a few building ruins. The sun is beginning to set, causing only the outline of the buildings to be visible. There is one two story, located in the center of the ruins, and about half a dozen one story buildings that appear in liveable condition and another half a dozen that are completely destroyed. Similar to medieval european style villages the building roofs appear to be made of thatch, with the occasional hole, and there's a three to five foot wooden fence surrounding the village.

Aria slowly rubbed his forehead, groaning, as he stood up. Looking around, he began to grow anxious as he only saw a dark, gloomy forest with a couple of building ruins a few dozen yards away. Panic set in as he headed towards the ruins, calling out to his mother on the way. Although he needed to find his mother, Aria could see the sun setting and knew, from survival based anime, that he needed to find shelter before he was unable to see and the weather changes.

As he approached the village ruins, Aria noticed a couple of middle aged men exploring the second story building. Unsure of the situation, he chose to hide behind a wall within earshot of the center building and awkwardly shout, "Excuse me! I didn't wish to pop up and scare you all but do any of you know what is going on or where we are?"