When The Stars Lied
A TikTok prophecy, a night of fear, and the aftermath no one expected.
"It’s coming," whispered the astrologer, eyes fixed on the trembling candle. "Run," his TikTok caption warned. "Don’t look back."
Mya took heed of the warning and packed her life into a plastic bag — government ID, three pairs of clothes, and family photos. She pocketed her late mother’s jade ring.
On April 21, the streets of Yangon looked like a ghost town; people slept on sidewalks, temples stood abandoned. She stayed under the open sky, heart snagging at every gust of wind.
Dawn came, and the earth slept. By nightfall, embarrassment clung thicker than the humidity. Neighbors drifted back sheepishly, packing up tents and muttering about "false prophets."
The soldiers came at noon.
"You caused unnecessary panic," they said, snapping cuffs onto the prophet’s wrists.
Mya pressed the jade ring deeper into her pocket, hesitating at the threshold.
The stars lied, but fear lingers long after the ground holds still.
Real headlines that vaguely resemble today’s fiction:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jx7n3jee9o
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-astrologer-arrested-predicting-earthquake-myanmar-panic/
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