《Wrong Way Up》Chapter 7.5: The world
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Chapter 7.5: The world
Several News cut-outs.
The “fall” such a massive day with far-reaching impacts across the globe, sparking tragedy, innovation, creativity, and danger. Causing unrest in the finally settled countries in their cozy boarders. A new resource on the line brings a whole new world or problems.
The day of the fall “Thousands of deaths across Britain” “Many houses and real estate destroyed” “What has NASA been doing, how was this not discovered and stopped before it happened?” “Strange phenomena taking place at crash sites”. “Pockets of meteorites impacted across the globe, focusing on Britain stretching across the UK and small quantities across the US, Russia, Eurasia, Asia, Africa”.
1 week after fall “Strange meteorites observed to produce antigravity phenomena, lead researchers can’t make heads or tails of it” Military requesting the material be turned into to government” “We urge viewers to transfer samples to your local governmental or military facilities”. “Pushes for law banning civilian ownership of new material followed by rioting and massive protests overwhelming local law enforcement”. “Civil unrest as Russia and the US have both reached out to claim a portion of this new resource”. “Researchers have determined some of the properties and are considering possible implications in transport and space travel”. “Researchers question the origin and possibly other materials with strange phenomena”. “Strange bird man found flying through the air today sparking the curiosity of the innovative person to create a flying object so quickly”. “Warning of the danger of recklessly using this material”
2 Weeks after fall “US and Russia demanding potion of Britain’s supply of the now dubbed gravity crystals” “Local populace experimenting with new material along with new researchers creating small floating zones for experiments”. “Local religious movements report belief in this being a gift from God” “Some dangerous groups have begun plundering, stealing and protesting government keeping this material away from the general population”. Researchers buying out gravity crystals from common people making the average Joe rich, slightly inflating stock market and reducing the value of the pound”. “Further meteorites have been observed intermitted dropping worldwide, not easily detectable outside of visible light spectrum and gravity phenomena observation”. “Speculation in it being an extract of dark matter” “Iron suit spotted flying through the sky, worldwide amazement at the innovation and creation of a replica based on a popular character from movies”. “Fears of the apocalypse due to this strange new material” “Due to the new capacity for the flight with average people several flat earthers have reached out to verify the earth is round, finding the curve themselves”. “Local builder made his house float, chaining his house to the ground with concrete blocks”. “Concerns of long-time exposer to zero-gravity conditions, based on verifiable experienced from astronauts”.
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A month after fall. “Small wars are taking place for certain small countries to monopolize material of others”. “Research trade deal between Britain, Japan, USA, Russia”. “Europe created a law for countries to sign for this material not to be used for military purposes” “No news if larger countries will sign this no weapons binding law”. “Outrage at leaked government pressuring for supplies of Gravity crystals”. “Small terrorist organization formed for the free use of Gravity crystals”. “Small community’s modifying body’s by implanting small amounts of crystals inside body creating the possibilities for the human flight with replicated bad wings”. “Concerns over current transport systems being made obsolete due to human capacity for flight”. “Concerns over using new material before it has been fully studied but it's unstoppable now”. “Researchers say flight using this crystal may affect the future evolution of humanity resulting in more flight friendly body’s”. “Implementation of gravity crystals in construction reducing construction time by 75% in tests,”
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