Two Worlds in Tandem Chapter One

That's the name of the book I'm currently working on. I have the basic outline for it in my head but I'm nowhere near being done. I think that if I try to write it out that it will kinda just come to me (worth a try at least). So here it is, and yes its most likely going be re-edited a lot.

(Oh by the way the main character will be introduced wayyy later. Some chapter will be from the main characters perspective while other's will be from a narrator's.)

The newspaper headline read "Exploration: Tandem debate rages on in congress". Underneath it was a picture of Corneleis Krue with his mouth wide open. He was in the middle of hurling a string of intelligent insults; a common enough sight.

"Congress these days" I muttered out loud as I read on. "54% in favor, 46% against".

I mumbled to myself,

"Just what we need.This things going to tear the whole country apart..." As soon as I said that a man walking by overheard me and then eyed my paper and said,

"Those damned fools putting too much stock in a child's story, that thing's never gonna pass." I looked up, and I was at a lost for how I should respond until I just said,

"You got that right mate." He walked off with a look of satisfaction on his face; apparently pleased that a complete stranger agreed with his two cents. In reality I was just confused over the whole issue.

It doesn't matter what the people think because the government is in charge of the people. In the end the government will do what they want, so why have a huge debate about it?... Oh of course... it's a show. It makes us believe that we have some say in it...

But we really are divided as a country. These are tough times and it seems that everybody has their own solution to the problems that we're faced with. Maybe doing something is better than doing nothing at all; even if that something is completely useless... It will make us feel better just knowing that something is being done, and we do need to feel better. What can we really do anyway? The economy's failing, our troops are still fighting a war with no end in sight, and now we have to worry about mother nature... What else can go wrong?

I sighed and put the paper down. I didn't want to read it in the first place but I couldn't exactly say no to the man that was handing them out. I already made that mistake once before. Once I was walking down the street and the carrier asked,

"Paper citizen?"

"No thank you" I replied. Just then his faced changed from bored to taken aback and surprised in no time flat. He's probably used to hearing yes so often...

"Buuu... but don't you want to be an informed citizen?" he asked while eyeing me suspiciously. I then lied and said

"I already got one"... I don't need a knock on my door at 3am by P.O.C, I thought to myself. "Carry on then citizen" he commented a little skeptically. From that point on I knew I just need to keep my head down and go with the flow. Survival is my only goal.... it is the only goal anyone can ever have.

Times have changed... Since when have we become accustomed to living like this... When did this become normal? To merely exist... Nowadays people praise the government because they have enough food for dinner. Everything's about resources. Gas shortages, power outages, even the war is about fuel. Everyone wants it but few have it. The ones that do make sure everyone else knows that they have it. We used to bow down to them. We gave them everything that they wanted. For what? Oil? They just raised the price higher as demand increased until we couldn't take it anymore and decided to just take it from them. Our world is in crisis. The droughts killed our farmlands. We are fighting over something that is limited and running out fast. I agree that an accurate depiction of the war is "We fight for food and fuel"...

Everyone has come to the same conclusion: something needs to change. But we're all divided on what that something is and how we can go about changing it.