The plastic buzzer goes off.

"A child,"

my friend calls.

Correct

Shouts are heard

Someone screams

The next question

"What happens when they enter the sky?"

The buzzer rings.

"Gray lighting."

A flash of gray fills the sky

the screaming continues on.

The questioner looks nervous.

"What happened after opening 4378?"

Why must the trivia circle around such topics?

"Death."

The screaming stops

Then sobbing begins.

The windows are covered

"What happens after They finish?"

Everyone in the room tenses.

"Ash falls."

And just like that

Our tiny world explodes with noise.

They had come.

They had killed.

They were ready

We were not.

The questioner looked me in the eyes

and smiled.