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You awoke sitting in a chair. Well, you didn't really wake up, it was more like you were just there. And it wasn't really a chair, it was more like the most uncomfortable thing you'd ever sat on.



You were sitting in a bar, or rather, it looked like a bar. It probably wasn't actually a bar. Perhaps a saloon. A pub, by any other name, is just as much a dive as this cesspool. Not a beer garden or a bistro, those would make it sound somewhat pleasant. Alehouse, maybe. A honky-tonk. That name sounds weird.

Honky-tonk...honky-tonk...tee-hee.

Gruff men in dark outfits sat in dark corners. Who in the hell pays the lighting in this dump? All you can make out is a bunch of squiggles, as if the shadows themselves were poorly drawn by some wanna-be artist.

You feel like a moron because it takes you all of two minutes of looking around before you notice the man sitting across the table from you. Or rather, he looked like a man. He might have been an alien wearing human skin as a disguise, you can never be too sure. He is in a suit and tie, wearing one of those old hats you can't bother to remember the name of that you always see Private Investigators wearing in those old movies before the world was in color.

"It's about time," the man said in a voice as smooth as sandpaper on a gravel road, "how's it hanging, kid?"



[]Where am I?
[]Who are you?
[]Nice hipster hat, you hipster.
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Option 3 all the way
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Why do options one and two exist?
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None of these options... Talk to the fucking demon behind the man and see if I can trade my soul for something nice.
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[>]Nice hipster hat, you hipster.

You say to this complete stranger. You're quite the rude asshole, insulting someone's attire when you've only just met and have no idea who they are.

A broad smile spreads across the man's face and he leans forward in his chair.

"Why, thank you, son, it does my heart good to know that some kids today still got a sense of style." He then flashes you the most awkward thumbs-up in the history of the universe.



"I told Marie that I was still 'hip', wait until she hears this."

He seems to have mistaken your insulting lingo as a compliment. Oh well.

"Now then, let's get down to business. Son, I ain't sure what's going through your mind, but you are the most pathetic excuse for a Figment I ever saw." He says, gesturing in your direction.

You have no idea what he's talking about at first, but you quickly discover that you appear to not be your usual self. Well, not really appear. You're definitely not your usual self, since your usual self, the last time you checked in the mirror, was not a horribly drawn stick figure.



Well, that's new.

[]WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!
[]Inquire of the investigative impersonator about your pressing predicament.
[]Ask what the hell that weird thing is standing behind the bar.
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2.
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Okay, going with 2.

Probably not updating again tonight.

I figure this'll be a two or three times a day thing.
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[>]Inquire of the investigative impersonator about your pressing predicament.

"Ah, see, now there's a simple question with no simple answer." The man says, leaning back in his chair and cracking another big grin.

"Right now, you and I are nowhere. Nowhere of any real consequence, anyway, just some back alley dive in some back alley thought. We're sitting pretty, cruising through the slip-dream of an old bartender right now; that ol' gruesome galoot behind the counter there, in case you were wondering."

He notices your confusion and sighs, crossing his arms.

"Haven't ever traveled the Thought Current, I suppose. Sorry, I get caught up using work jargon from time to time."

He clears his throat and begins again.

"Okay, to answer your question, kid, there are three things I need to cover; who, what, and where." He counts off on his fingers, "The who isn't you, the Who would be the big man at the bar. The three of us, meaning you, me, and him, are in his thoughts right now. This whole place is a part of his memories."

What do you mean the three of us? What about the others?

"What others? You mean the shadow men? Those chuckleheads are just figments of his imagination, they aren't real. Haven't you noticed how they don't have features like you and me? Think of them as fillers, uhh, what did the last kid call them...NPC's, that's it. They're just big, dumb Non-Player-Characters."



So, wait, this whole thing is like some kind of game?

"Well, yes and no." He says, "It's definitely a type of game, but it's not any kind of game you've ever played before." He suddenly shoots forward in his chair, slams one hand down on the table and sticks his index finger right in your face, "You've been lucky enough to be chosen to enter the Thought Current! Yay, you! Way to go!"



What's the Thought Current?

"That's a bit tricky. See, the Thought Current is what we call the sort of...free-flow of knowledge; memories, subconscious thoughts, dreams, nightmares...everything going on in everyone's head comes together to create this sort of 'current' that only really lucky people like you and me get to witness. Right now, we're riding on what I like to call a 'slip-dream', I coined that term myself. Basically, the two of us are just sort of sliding along through other people's thoughts right now, letting the Thought Current push us to and fro, not fighting it, just going with the flow." He waves his arms around in a slow, undulating motion like water. "That answers the where."

And the What?

"Yes, the What. The What would be you, kid." He says with another large smile, leaning back into his chair again and kicking his shoes up onto the table. "You are what we call a 'Figment'. You're a product of your own imagination, your appearance here in the Thought Current is a reflection of your goals and ambitions, some really strong emotion or desire, stuff like that..." He chuckles drily, "Which is where the What comes in."

I don't understand.

"That makes two of us. In all my years of traveling the Thought Current I have never once come across a Figment that looks like you. That's why I'm here, if I'm being honest with you."

Why are you here? Why am I here? I still don't understand!

"Well, why you're here will be explained soon enough. As for me?"



"I'm here because I've taken an interest in you, kid."

He reaches out a hand for you to shake.

"The name is Bookman. Charles Bookman."

[]Tell him your name and slap him some skin, brotha
[]Nick his wallet and cheese it!
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2, for sure. Da man looks like a slick sonnofa gun.
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1. I'd have picked 3, but I think we can get into better territory for fun having if we follow along a little first.
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Think I'll combine 2 and 1, honestly.
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That would make sense. It would be awkward to do one without the other.
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WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER

Also, 2.
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The Nexerus said
That would make sense. It would be awkward to do one without the other.


Precisely, that's why I had them separate XD
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