2 posts tagged with "Philosophy"

That piece of news, like a stone dropped into the still lake of time, sent ripples spreading rapidly, eventually reaching the forgotten department where Archivist K worked. The President, during an impromptu remark, had expressed a desire for the miraculous—he wanted to meet the ghost allegedly 300 years old and still on the Social Security system's list. The order descended through layers of bureaucracy, finally becoming a memo with blurred ink placed on K's dust-covered desk. Task: Verify and locate Elias Greene, male, allegedly born 172X, currently still a social security beneficiary.

It began at the supermarket named "Wanjiafu"—though, of course, it might have lain dormant long before, only revealing its true nature during this closing sale. Official records show that during the final stages of the asset inventory, the accountant, a cautious man named Wang who wore reading glasses, checked three times before reporting, with trembling hands: five hundred and seventeen shopping carts had vanished without a trace. Not damaged or abandoned in corners, but completely, inexplicably gone.