Hunger

Anthony Jonson, Farm Worker

Sunbury Farm, South Broken Delta

November 6, ██24

I'm so hungry. Rebecca still won't let us go near the freshly ripened fruit. She says it's not safe. Well then - get us something safer! Over 90% of this year's crops have some trace of this blueness. That's true for grapes, oranges, apples, corn, turnips, potatoes - anything we try to grow. And we've got nearly a hundred people on this farm! Our last remaining food stores are all gone now. Go out into the wilderness to search for supplies? Hmph! It's an effective way to reduce our numbers, I guess. Will, Iman, Bree, Killian... These gathering trips come back with less and less each time, but the number of people who never make it back just keeps growing. We can't just stop eating... Margery and the girls have a new theory. They think, if you cook contaminated food for long enough, then it should be safe to eat. It's a bullshit theory, I know. But the longer this goes on, the more I'm ready to believe it...