"People, they are like fireflies. They lit their surroundings, and then they fade for a moment. Then they try to make up for it by lighting the brightest they can, untill they just fade away for eternity.", some guy with a really cinematic voice says before the lofi beats start. What does it mean? I think it means people try to make others happy in the time being but they sometimes fail, then they try to make up for their failure and thus someday life end. What an undeep piece of literature.
"Hey, master Kai, say aa."
"What are you doing?! I'm driving."
"You have a whole night to drive. Come on eat it."
"I can eat by myself."
"So you have three hands?"
Ow, right I forgot. This is a manual transmission vehicle.
"Ah, ok fine."
"Good boy, say aa."
"Mmm, this is pretty good. I didn't know MRE* could be this good"
(*MRE stands for Meals Ready to Eat. It's used by military personnels. You just have to pour water in the food you want to eat and cook for a certain amount of time. Fun fact: The packaging is bomb proof.)
"I know right. There's a lot of MRE to go around. You can have seconds if you want."
"Can I??! I mean is it ok for my diet?"
"Of course. You need a lot of food now. You are going through all the works afterall."
"Thank you very much!! Hold on. How did you guys cook it inside the car."
"Pouring hot water works too you know. They gave us some for the night so we can keep moving."
"Wow, that's so kind of them"
"I asked them to do that. You should thank me."
"Really? Thank you Aiko."
"My pleasure." She smiles.
Tachibana looks at us with jealousy from the backseat. I pretend I didn't see that.
"Did you hear that?"
"Sounded like a big fire cracker launching. Wait was that a missile?!"
"I think so. Stop the car!! Turn the power off!!"
"You mean EMF* protection?"
"Yes, do you know how to??"
"Of course."
"Hurry up then!!"
I stop the car. Open the engine bonet. Damn it's hot. No choice I have to do this. I open the battery plugs. My hands are burning. Hopefully the military people wrapped the computer and the whole engine with copper wiring. It should be able to survive the EMF* from here.
(*EMF means Electro Magnetic Field. During a large explosion there's a chance of staying high amount of electrons in the air freely roaming. It can flow through a IC components frying the whole thing. Modern day cars are heavily dependent on IC components. And as copper is more conductive it can be used to protect from an EMF attack at a certain extent)
"All done. There's nothing else that can be done. This should be able to survive the strike now. We should get in."
"Alright.", Everyone agrees.
Nobody told us to stay silent. But we are. A small light starts heading towards north, where we came from. As it reaches, it goes dim for a moment. Then it creates a big explosion. The sky filled with cloud suddenly becomes visible to us. So bright.
"People, they are like fireflies. They lit their surroundings, and then they fade away. Then they try to make up for it by lighting the brightest they can, untill they just fade away for eternity.", I know what it means properly now. It's not only about making people happy. It's about keeping a sign of yourself and sometimes it even means distruction. Man seriously are fireflies.
"Atleast we are getting a nice show.", Densetsu says, "we may have lost something important but atleast we are getting a good fire show."
Nobody says anything. They just smiles looking at the explosion.
"Hey, everyone, let's go back to have a nice family once this war ends.", Aiko smiles. Her eyes really look beautiful reflecting the light. She is like the princess of fire.
"You know it".
"Yeah!"
"Master Kai?", Aiko asks me as I didn't respond.
"Of course.", I reply.