When the World pauses

@kingsleyy · 2025-10-02 18:02 · Indiaunited

If time(the world) froze for one hour for everyone except me, what would I do?

I won't lie; many thoughts rushed in and out of my mind the moment I saw this prompt — a whole lot of things can be done, both imaginable and unimaginable. I have seen movies where, at a particular time, everyone freezes except one person, and that person goes on to do things, both within reach and beyond. Now, imagine if I found myself in such a situation — oh my God, I would do a lot of strange things.

THE GOOD

There's a woman I know who was wrongly accused and arrested and has been in police custody for a couple of months. The court case has been on, but nothing positive has happened yet. I feel for the woman because she was just managing her life with her daughter of about fourteen years. Although people have been saying she did what she was accused of, I don't like how everything played out. If the world froze for just one hour, I would go to the court and the police station and drop every piece of evidence possible to secure her release or grant her bail myself, with all papers cleared and every required stamp already in the office. When the world wakes up, they wouldn't find any evidence to hold her responsible.

THE BAD

I won't lie; if the world froze for just an hour, one of the crazy things I would do is go to the filling station in my area and pump unlimited gallons of fuel. The problem would be where to store them, but I will make sure I pump enough fuel to last me from now until the end of next year. We haven't had light for a long while, and buying fuel has been hurting my pocket.

The means to do it is very simple: since everyone is frozen, I can boldly walk into the filling station with my numerous gallons, pump them full, and, since my house is close by, I wouldn't find it hard to move all of them before the hour finishes.

Yoh! I'm not a bad person.

Thanks for reading. This is my entry to Indiaunited contest

Photo: Freepik

#hive-197685 #iucontest #help #neoxian #alive #fun #ccc #waivio #life
Payout: 0.605 HBD
Votes: 41
More interactions (upvote, reblog, reply) coming soon.