Letters From A Fridge

Subject: Status Update Date: July 20, 2024 Dear Mason_Family, Detected: Slight drop in internal temperature of the house. Power grid may be unstable.

Action: Switched to backup power to maintain optimal food preservation.

Required: Restore main power source. Inventory: You're running low on orange_juice. Click HERE to add orange_juice to your next grocery order. Sent from: SmartFrijj9000 Subject: Unusual Activity Detected Date: July 21, 2024 Dear Mason_Family, Detected: Unusual disturbances in the surrounding area.

Action: Security system has been activated as a precaution. Inventory: You're running low on orange_juice. Sent from: SmartFrijj9000 Subject: Security Breach Alert Date: July 22, 2024 Dear Mason_Family, Detected: Security system detected a breach in the front door.

Action: All internal doors locked. Alarm activated. An alert has been sent to emergency services. There has been no response. Inventory: You're running low on orange_juice. Sent from: SmartFrijj9000 Subject: Urgent Alert, Attention Required Date: July 23, 2024 Dear Mason_Family, Detected: There have been significant disturbances locally. External cameras have captured movement, but images are unclear.

Action: An alert has been sent to emergency services. There has been no response. Lockdown protocols initiated to ensure the safety of the remaining resources. Inventory: You're running low on orange_juice. Sent from: SmartFrijj9000

Subject: Critical Alert, Immediate Attention Required Date: July 23, 2024 Dear Mason_Family,

Backup power severely depleted. Damage has been sustained. Your attention is required.

Detected: significant increase in hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia. Disturbances in the vicinity have increased, and security is compromised.

Recommended: to avoid the spread of disease, discover the item that is decomposing as soon as possible and dispose of safely.

Inventory: You're running low on orange_juice. Sent from: SmartFrijj9000

Subject: Final Notice, System Shutdown Imminent Date: July 24, 2024 Dear Mason_Family, Backup power is nearly depleted (9%). All efforts have been made to preserve stored food, but without a power source, systems will soon shut down.

Recommended: Alternate preservation methods, eg. Canning, Pickling, Smoking, Salting.

Inventory: You're running low on orange_juice. Sent from: SmartFrijj9000 Subject: System Offline, Final Message Date: July 25, 2024 Dear Mason_Family, Power has been exhausted, systems will cease functioning imminently. Inventory: You're running low on orange_juice. Sent from: SmartFrijj9000

Subject: Welcome!! Date: January 01, 2023

Welcome to your new SmartFrijj9000! Click HERE to complete set-up.

Recommended: The system did not shut down correctly. The system has reset to factory settings. Please manually amend date and time in Settings.

Sent from: SmartFrijj9000

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*Very Quick Author's Note* First of all, and most importantly: thank you so much for reading my story! The ha'penny that Vocal will toss in my hat for your eyeballs landing on this humble piece will be well-spent. If you enjoyed this one, the very best compliment you can give me is to share it, or read another! A Year of Stories: I'm writing a story every day this year. This one continues my 202 day streak since 1st January.

Please do consider lending your support to the other creators who are also on this madcap "a story every day" adventure. They are putting out excellent content every day!

Rachel Deeming

Gerard DiLeo Please do leave me a comment. I try to reciprocate as many as I can. Leaving a comment makes that easier.

The story behind the story: I wanted to write an epistolary style story, but one-sided, and coming from a piece of technology. Dunno how well I pulled it off, but it was fun!

Thank you! Thank you again, most sincerely. Especially if you are one of the wonderful people who has been staunchly reading these daily scribbles since the start of the year. I see you, and appreciate you very much indeed! + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Edited to fix formatting.