Twas the Ninth Day of the Lock Down. There were only another 19 days to go. Or were there? Cone Man had heard rumours that the Lock Down could be extended. In any event everyone knew that there would be no return to the now happy seeming world of early January 2020.
Over half of humanity was locked down along with the All Black Tribe. Over one million people had suffered the malignant bite of the Coronavirus Monster and over 50,000 lay dead. Along with Death, other riders of the Apocalypse accompanied the Beast.]
The stock market of the Stars and Stripes Tribe had lost 30 percent of its value, another 6.6 million workers had filed unemployment claims and altogether over ten million workers had lost their jobs in the Land of the Stars and Stripes Tribe within the last two weeks. Both developments were unprecedented, but the relentless borrowing of the Overlords of the Stars and Stripes Tribe, coupled with their tendency to print dollars, brought ever closer the day when the fabled 'Greenback' would suffer a catastrophic loss of value.
The Land of the All Black Tribe was not immune to this financial tsunami. Over 200 workers at the Casino in the Sky found that their career gamble had not paid off and their livelihoods were forfeit. Perchance all would return to normal, and big spending international gamblers would return, but the Wager Lords were not prepared to stake their own salaries on that particular bet.
One hundred thousand people wanted nothing more than to leave. One week after imposing the Lock Down, if finally dawned upon the chieftains of the All Black Tribe that they had prevented foreigners from travelling to airports to escape the country. Dispensation was given to the foreigners and they duly began to flee.
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