A Dust Covered Idea Page

Chapter-01-

        The skies above Earth are clear, light blue, turning yellow then red as the sun sets. Darkness falls upon a small plains town near a cliff-side. Tyler; a seventeen year old boy wearing nothing but a light blue t-shirt, some old brown pants, and boots sits in his home with his attention set on his journal. Drawing a small animal, he hears a loud roar from downstairs "TYLER GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT" his Mother calls.
Closing his book, "Coming!" he says as he rushes down stairs to see what she wanted.
As he gets down the stairs, he asks "What is it?"
Pointing towards a small flyer, she says "You're seventeen and don't have a job. You're getting one tomorrow, I've already found one near the market place that accepts anyone. Besides that, I want you to clean those silverware before you go to bed."
She walks into another room to work on her own personal projects as Tyler gets started washing the silverware. There wasn't much to wash, simply a few plates, a few forks, and that was it. The water was murky with old food now, and had to be replaced. Taking the water supply outside, he dumped it out, only to get fresh water from a pump that was there since the town's founding. Placing the water supply back, he walks back up the stairs and enters his small room. It was dusty, had a wooden desk next to the door with a small wooden stool, and a small bed in the corner of the room. No windows were present in the room, so he had to use a candle whenever doing anything other than sleeping in there. Sitting down at the desk, he picks up his pencil, and starts drawing again. An hour has past, the drawing ceases, and Tyler heads for bed.

        The sun rises into the clear light blue sky once again awakening the town. Tyler awakes to the sound of birds chirping, and the town busier than normal. Getting up, he gets dressed in a new, clean set of clothing similar to the ones he wore yesterday, and heads out for the Market with a bag at his side. Arriving at the Market, Tyler looked around for the business named "Brynstien's Brewery". Walking through the crowded square in search, he found multiple different shops like "The Witch's Hut" or "Fine Crafts Weaponry", but no such luck on the brewery. Still looking around, Tyler accidentally bumps into a grey cloaked stranger who shuffles past quickly, but drops something rectangular on the floor. Picking it up, Tyler looked up to see where the stranger was, but it was clear he was gone, so he stuffed it in his bag. Walking to the eastern corner of the square, he finds the brewery next to a dark alleyway. "There it is.." he whispered to himself. Walking in, the brewery was more like a general store than what was seen in the name. They had fish lined on tables, weapons strung up on the walls, a few tables for eating, and a few barrels of what Tyler assumes is mead.

        "You young lad! Are you here to buy or sell?" A man behind the counter exclaims as he points to Tyler. The man is of a medium build, tall, has a black beard, and wears dirty butcher's clothing. Looking around in confusion, Tyler figures it's him who he's talking to and says "I'm here for that job opening you have." "The job opening eh? Alright, come with me." He says as he opens a back door and awaits Tyler to enter. Tyler enters, and is guided to a seat and table where he is given a set of questions to answer. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll make the job!" The man says as he returns to helping customers. After answering the questions, he exits the building with a somewhat re-leaved sigh, then looks back to the man inside the Brewery who is nodding his head side to side. Tyler returns home with an insatiable curiosity as to what the brick was, and news for his mother.
"So, did you get the job?" His mother asks.
"I um....didn't" Tyler said hesitantly.
"WHAT?! HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!" She started to yell. "I'M TOO FRUSTRATED WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, TO YOUR ROOM FOR NOW!"
"Yes M'am" Tyler says as he quickly runs up to his room. "That could have gone better...." He says to himself sitting in the dark now, on his bed.
Spending a few hours in his journal, he sits bored looking at the ceiling. A bright pure white light starts to glow from his bag. A vibration noise can be heard going on and off in it as well.
"What's that?" He says as he slowly reaches for his bag.
Picking up the now glowing brick, he follows the instructions on screen, and swipes up to "answer".
The moment of silence is interrupted as something loud is heard outside. The house shakes as if an Earthquake was occurring, and a constant chopping sound could be heard, nothing other than that. Some roof materials started to fall from the ceiling, and a bright flame started to cut away at the roofing making a square pattern. Grabbing his bag and journal, he quickly runs out of his room heading down stairs. As Tyler gets down the stiars, a loud bang is heard coming from his room, and a bright white flash is seen for a brief few seconds with the bang.
"MOM!" He tries to yell as he runs for her room.