Your wish will be granted, but it will be difficult to enjoy since 2020 keeps getting in the way. What is your wish?
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This is an expansion on an idea about, if you can't think of something in 15 minutes, ask the next person. With this prompt, I wrote 2 paragraphs, but if you don't like one of them, you can tell me in the comments, and I'll write the next one.<br><br>It was surprising that my wish for a magic lasso had come true. I had all but forgotten about it. I had been so close to the ground at the time that I hadn't been sure if my voice would carry. Honestly, my voice hadn't even carried to the ground. I was on the ISS, and was about to walk out of the airlock for my first spacewalk. I had to wear a special microphone so that my voice could be heard in the emptiness of space.<br><br>I used the lasso to make my spacewalk a lot safer. I was attached to the station at all times, and could only move in the direction that the rope pulled me. I was an inexperienced spacewalker, and I doubt that I would have lasted long without my magic lasso. I don't even know how I would have been able to maneuver without it. I was so glad that I had it, and it had been so easy to get. I had wished for it on my first day on the station, and it had appeared right away. I was so glad that I had it.<br><br>I was the first person to spacewalk this year, and I was the first person to spacewalk on the station. 2020 had been a bad year, and we were still close to the beginning of the year. Australia was on fire, and we had just received word that World War III was going to happen. I was glad that I was on the station, and not on the ground. I was glad that I had my magic lasso, and I was glad that I was safe on the station. I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't wished for that magic lasso.<br><br>The first person to die was the second person to spacewalk. We were both out at the same time, so I saw the whole thing. His tether somehow came loose, and he drifted away. We tried to use the robotic arm to get him, but he was too far away. He tried to use his jetpack to come back, but it didn't have enough fuel. We were able to communicate with him, so we knew that he wasn't happy about it. I think that the fact that we had to watch him die made it worse. He knew that the only reason that he was going to die was because of 2020.<br><br>I stopped going on spacewalks after that. I was too afraid after what happened to that guy. I didn't want to end up like him, so I decided to not even risk it. I knew that it was safer with my magic lasso, but even that wouldn't keep me completely safe. I had to go in and out of the airlock, which meant that I would be open to anything that 2020 threw at me. I was glad that I had stopped, too. Every single spacewalk that happened after that resulted in death. Most of the time, the tether would come loose, and the spacewalker would drift away. This happened so many times that it was an inside joke. We would see someone's tether come loose and we would say, "Well, there's 2020 getting in the way again."<br><br>I had been on the station since late 2019, and I was the only person to survive spacewalking for the entirety of 2020. I was glad that I had my magic lasso, and I was glad that I had decided to stop spacewalking. I would be sad to leave 2020 behind, but I was looking forward to 2021. I was glad that 2020 was almost over. I still had a while to go, but I was going to make it through 2020.<br><br>I'm not going to make it through 2020. The last time that I went in the airlock was bad. Something else that 2020 had brought was the 2020 pandemic. I, like everybody else, had been afraid to get it since I heard about it. I followed the safety protocols, and I avoided anyone who might have it. I found out, however, that it is impossible to avoid it if you are in the airlock with someone who has it. The guy who was in the airlock with me was infected, and I caught it. I found out a few days ago that I am positive for 2020, and I am now the only person on the station. Everyone else was flown down to the ground, and I was left to fend for myself.<br><br>So now 2020 is going to get in the way of my ability to enjoy my magic lasso. I can't get treatment for my 2020, and I can't go out on spacewalks until it has passed. I'm also alone now. Everyone else has left me. I am so glad that I have my magic lasso though. It's all that I have right now. 2020 can't take it away from me.<br><br>I am in the airlock as I write this. I only have about 20 minutes until it is time to go outside. I have an important job to do, and I need to do it by myself. I am the only person on the station, and I am the only person who can do this job. I am glad that I have my magic lasso, or I wouldn't have the confidence to do this job. I will be so glad when 2020 is over, and I can enjoy the universe without it getting in the way.<br><br>I am in the outside of the station, and I only have about 20 minutes to do this job. I am glad that I have my magic lasso, or I wouldn't have enough time. I am glad that I have my confidence too, or I wouldn't be able to do this. I am not making any mistakes, and I am working as quickly as I can. I have a little bit less than 20 minutes to do this job. I am so glad that I have my magic lasso, or I wouldn't be able to do this. I am going to complete my job, and I am going to complete it on time. I am glad that I have my magic lasso.<br><br>It's done.
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