May 10, 2025

It had been a few weeks since a natural disaster had ravaged the city and we were camped on one of the higher floors of the apartment building. The streets outside were still full of rubble covered in a thick coating of mud. I went into my room and told everyone I was ready for things to end, now that I had found a suitable resting spot. I stepped into the coffin in the middle of the room and laid down before closing the cover over myself.

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The draft for our annual mahjong tournament had just finished. This year, instead of having the tourney organizer direct players to their respective IRC channels, team captains were to post riddles to make their players work for it.