Elenctrica (short sf story)

 



The building suddenly sank into silence. The workshop on the ground floor no longer shook the walls, and the offices on the upper floor settled down. Located on the outskirts of the city, it barely supported an entire company. Fortunately, the production was no longer what it used to be. Otherwise, it wouldn't have accommodated all the clutter, and the whole mess would have lost its purpose, and perhaps management would have sold it.

- Good day. We're experiencing significant power fluctuations.
What consumption point do you have?
- 13 B. On Armoniei Street. The company...
- I found you. You called yesterday too. Wasn't it resolved?
- Sir, yesterday was yesterday, today is today. Yesterday, the power worked for about four hours after your team came, and then we went home because the workday ended. Today, when we came back, the power wasn't working.
- We'll send a team.
- We're waiting.
Two people from the local company responsible for network maintenance parked their car in front of the company. With their new equipment, they seemed to be freshly hired. They took their tools and entered the ugly building with one floor to fix the technical issue.

- Can you see if it's working now?
- I don't have power.
- See now that we've opened the way...
- Yeah...
And a powerful explosion shook the building to its foundations...

- Good day. We're experiencing significant power fluctuations.
- What consumption point do you have?
- 13 B. On Armoniei Street. The company...
- Again?
- Well, it wasn't resolved yesterday.
- We'll send a team.
- We're waiting.

Two people from the local company responsible for network maintenance parked their car in front of the company. With their new equipment, they seemed to be freshly hired. They took their tools and entered the ugly building with one floor to fix the technical issue.
After some time, a powerful explosion shook the building to its foundations...

The peaceful town had been disturbed for several weeks by these strange occurrences. Two electricians appeared suddenly every day in front of the English Consulate. Well-dressed, they spoke a language that seemed like ancient Hindi, but no one seemed to understand. It was already the fourth day that this strange phenomenon was happening. Those who came were dressed in suits that had "Elenctrica" written on them. For the locals, this seemed like a godsend on the first day. They had serious problems with electrical systems because the local company couldn't cope with the demand. Various street distributors occasionally caught fire, and people had to put them out urgently, or else the whole town would have turned to ashes. The newcomers seemed to know what they were doing. Taken to those transformers, they started working and solved problems that had been dragging on for years. Plus, they had the necessary equipment and some high-quality tools. They seemed European at first glance. And the arriving people believed that they were also Europeans. This helped them a lot.

Their concern after the fourth day of the phenomenon was that soon they would run out of bread. Two bakers were disappearing from the town every day...

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