[ WP ] and that 's how Reddit destroyed my hometown .

So far as mistakes go, it was a small one. Or so I thought. 
 
 I mean, what's in a username, anyway? I had been lurking on Reddit for so long that they all basically blended into one long string of profanity and in-jokes anyway. I stopped paying attention to them a long time ago. But now I had to get the word out, I had to warn someone. I had to create a username of my own. 
 
 I took my time selecting my new username. I wanted it to be witty - but not too smart. Kind of like `` The B-Sharps''. I racked my brain, and came up with some cool ideas. I needed to leave a clue. Something that would bring them to Memphis... But one by one, my username ideas turned out to be taken. Then I heard footsteps coming down the hall. I slammed my laptop shut just as Jones slipped his head around the corner. 
 
 `` Hey Phil.'' 
 
 `` Hey bud! how you getting on?'' I tried to look natural. 
 
 `` Good man, good! You doing alright?'' He came round the corner. *Please, not now. * 
 
 `` Yeah, good - just having lunch. Hey, I'll catch you in a minute? I just got ta touch off an email to my dad.'' 
 
 `` Oh yeah!'' he flashed that *stupid* grin. `` I'll see you back in the lab - it's gon na be a good *time* this afternoon!'' 
 
 *Stupid jokes. This is n't funny. * `` See you there!'' I smiled back and fake-chuckled. 
 
 He turned and left. I opened the laptop, scanning my mind for ideas.... Elvis. I love Elvis... and everyone associates Memphis with him. So.... /u/herecomestheking it is! 
 
 **TAKEN?! ** 
 
 *Nuts. * 
 
 I figured I could go for a variation. /u/herecomeztheking - it was free! I created it, and typed in the message. It would travel... fast. People would take it seriously if they just used their brains. I could be too overt or my supervisors would know it was me. 
 
 And I'd be dead. 
 
 I typed in the first message: 
 
 *Come to where I was born! It's about time. * 
 
 I waited. Someone would see it. The Redditors would come. 
 
 And if they did n't... my town was doomed.
