Author's note: This is a fantasy fiction story. None of the characters in this story exist except in my mind. No cocks, pussies, assholes, tits, or other body parts were harmed in the writing of this story. All the characters in this story who engage in any type of sexual activity are consenting legal adults.
We've all heard the expression: "I'm a trained professional. Don't try this at home." Well, I'm NOT a trained professional and I DID try this at home. So far, nothing has exploded LOL.
If you are reading this note, you were curious enough to open the story. Let your imagination work as you read. I hope that you enjoy it.
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After the Apocalypse.
Dear Journal,
Today, I sat in history class trying to pay attention. I was bored. My dad is something of a history buff and I had have heard the lecture over and over at home for years. Ms. Larsen was teaching about the earliest recorded history. It was from before the apocalypse and it was hard to imagine people living that way.
People of that era actually wore clothes all the time. They were modest about their bodies. The average woman would have only four sexual partners in her lifetime. Many families only had one or two kids and that was by choice! I couldn't imagine how people could have been so neglectful of their civic duty. It must have been some form of anarchy that drove people to act that way.
Last hour I had been in civics class. Today's class had dealt with some of the finer points of our reproductive duty. I had heard parts of this before too. All my life, whenever we attended public meetings, events or holiday celebrations there would be a speech about how it was our duty to repopulate the planet. Now, as puberty was well underway, my classmates and I were being formally educated about our duty to produce as many children as possible.
Since you don't live in my society, I will explain what every young child here knows. Many years ago, people lived much differently than we do. Then the apocalypse came, and people lived in protected underground shelters for years. Nobody is sure exactly what caused the apocalypse because the records from the before time were all lost. The only knowledge that exists of that time is from stories passed down by the previous generations and some of those, only a fool would believe.
OF course, there is that crazy old coot who lives by himself about two days walk from here. He is the oldest person known to be alive and he claims to be 75 years old. Most people believe he is mad, so people stay away from him. Two or three times a year he comes to town and stands in the public center area. (He calls it the "Town square.") He talks loudly to mostly nobody about an ancient book that he calls the "Bible."
He spouts mostly nonsense about afterlife. Little kids often gather around him to hear his incredible fantasy stories. He covers his body with cloth and tells people that it is wrong to have sex in public or with family members. He even makes up stories about the time long before the apocalypse saying that people used to have laboratories where they refined plant extracts into something he calls pills.
Pills were used to prevent women from becoming pregnant. Nobody except little kids believes any such nonsense. We all know that our duty is to create as many children as possible so that the world can be healed and so that humans won't disappear from existence. Nobody in their right mind would ever try to prevent a pregnancy. This crazy old man also talks about a creature he calls "God."
According to this madman, God is an all-powerful being that nobody can see and who makes all the rules. Supposedly, he is vengeful and punishes those who break his rules by banishing them to a place of eternal pain and suffering. Nobody believes that except him. Still he entertains little kids with his incredible stories. The little ones sometimes repeat the stories to each other in an attempt to frighten their friends at night. It's all good fun for them.
It was about 50 years ago that people came out of their shelters and into the sunlight. The world from before had been destroyed. Children, old people and sick people hadn't survived. Many young healthy people didn't have shelters, so they perished and there were only a small number of people left. There was some fighting among the survivors and some of them died as a result.
Eventually, a council was convened among those who were left. The council meeting lasted for many days as they talked out a new society, new laws and a plan for going forward without any more killings. The result is the society we have today. Those ancient people who attended the council are all dead now, but the society they helped to create marches on.
The council outlined the rights and responsibilities of everyone. These were written down in a document called "The Charge" and our new society was born. The first task of school children is to memorize and recite The Charge. It is always quoted at the beginning of any public gathering. The key elements and concepts of The Charge are:
1.To provide for the safety, sustenance and sustainability of the population by whatever means deemed necessary by the elders.