The blind fold veil lifted and the two people stared at each other for the first time.

It was a cold empty room sparse with no descirnable features.

It was quite normal to be blind folded and tide up and not know why naked

It wads away of discovering who we really are as a person beyond the trappings of status money class...

“Remember when we swapped the bathroom signs and Fred got yelled at by Marge?” Gibson laughs as I finish my taco. “Yeah, that was pretty epic. But karma might still want a say, you know,” I frown, glancing at my watch. “Hey, we’re gonna be late for the standup.”

“Oh, you’re right—let’s go!” Gibson throws some game tokens on the table, then adds, “Actually, Bill… let’s take the _tube_.”

I grimace...

“Well… this is awkward,” the woman said sitting across from me.

Instead of answering, I started trying to figure out where I was. Tan walls that were in desperate need of some kind of decoration, a concrete floor begging to skin some knees, but no door. Or windows.

“Hey, dude! Can you give me some acknowledgment?” She prodded, bringing my eyes back to her. Hair the color of honey, baggy shir...

"Well, I guess it happened again."

"I guess it did."

The room was empty, besides the two people inside, but neither of them seemed concerned. Gia sat down on the floor, while Kieran paced around the room. It was their 8th time being in a room like this in the last month.

Gia spoke, "I wonder where we are this time."

Kieran glanced over, then sat down as well. "I don't know. I am getting a littl...

Again

We befriend

Stranger

In a place

No trace

Of being here

Before

What a bore

Zap

And there we go

To and fro

Into a different room

And the leave so soon

Before you know it

Shifting worlds

And universes

Every day

Just our way

Of

Living...

It would not be a labyrinth without feeling like something is studying, watching you, the lab rat. There is a sensory deprivation to it. Winding… winding… nothing but winding paths, twisting and turning for all of eternity. It is easy to lose yourself in the loss of direction and reason. Your only purpose, the frivolous task of finding the sole needle- an exit- in the haystack of false trails. Wha...

“Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh! SHIT!” she shouted.

Lily paced back and forth along the empty wall. She was jittery, chewing at her nail beds. Her eyes darted around the room.

Ronan was sprawled out on the floor, as if sunbathing on a beautiful morning. “Are you always like this?” He rolled his head to look over at Lily, now squatting against the far wall.

“How long do you think we have?” Her nerves we...

Bright numbered cards trembled on the tabletop. Bobby looked out of the train window. The observation car was empty except for himself and his big sister Roxie. Mom’s new husband was a railway man, but Allen didn’t do something cool like drive the trains or stoke the coal. Allen was an accountant or something boring like that. Roxie who knew nearly everything also told Bobby they don’t even throw ...

(Set in the future)

The world had tricked us. Now it tricked us back.

We used to roam the world in search for the one we were supposed to love. And then we would blame the world when we couldn’t find them.

Now we just drop into a room at age 21 and the person with us is the one meant to love us.

It is a perfect system.

Until you believe the system got something wrong....

Rick hears a door close behind him and is greeted by a world unseen by man. There are two moons, one purple and one pink glowing in the distance. The night sky is as bright as the daylight, but shows a dappling of stars through the emerald sky. The air smelled sweet, almost like a fruity taffy, and he could see the scent trails as they traveled through the space. The night sky was broken up by hug...