krazykyotee
Really Really Experienced
- Joined
- Jan 30, 2005
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The time, today.
The place, right in your own city or town you live in..
You (you actual self) were not paying attention. So simple to do, driving on your familiar streets near your home, walking along to the bus you take every day. The police officer pulling you aside brought your attention back quick enough. And the ticket he wrote you almost made your eyes bulge. How the city could get away with those fines..
The customary legal letter followed, you expected it would tell you how and where to pay your fines. The form inside was quite the opposite. A new experimental therapy and review session is being tried for new offenders, and you, with 5 others, were chosen. Attendance was mandatory. A date and a room number at the public works office is given.
Rearranging your work and personal schedules, you make the time to arrive a little bit early. In the building hallway, the door to the room is closed, and it is dark inside. On a small pegboard next to the door is plastic namecards with a bobby pin on the back. Your name is on one of the six. You take it down, and wait for the others to arrive.
You make pleasant small talk (or not, if your the quiet type) with the others as they arrive. Interestingly enough, the moment the sixth person takes their nametag the doorlock clicks, and it cracks open. Stepping inside, theres not much to this room, from what you can see. The blinds are all closed, and the
overhead flourescents dont seem to be working well, with only a dull glow
in the area. Six of those crappy molded plastic chairs are in a circle in the middle of the room, and every other piece of furnature is pushed out to the sides.
A short man stands in the middle of the circle of chairs. Well, short being an understatement, if he were any lower he'd be a midget. His graying hair is bald
in the middle, like a old friar tuck missionary. A large bulbous nose is prominent
on his face, with dark eyes. The warm grin he gives to all of you makes you instantly like the little fellow..
With a bit of jostling, everyone takes their seats. The man in the middle says nothing until the last is seated. A voice, old with age, but with undertones of amusement, speaks....
"Welcome, all of you, to our little experiment. I trust your journey here was free of hastle? This group will be working on different ways to free your mind of the stresses of the everyday life here on this realm, and i believe, after we are done, your lives will truly not quite be the same. Now, if you please, take hold of the hand of the person next to you...yes, yes..just like that. Good, now bow your heads. Close your eyes and relax, empty your mind of all thought, all your worries, your fears, your emotions. Concentrate only
on the breathing process...in, and out..in, and out..."
Doing as instructed, you begin the exercise. you find it very easy to relax, actually, you start to feel a bit weightless. your eyelids become heavy, and if your not careful, you think youll go aslee...
Turning over in bed, you try and find a more confortable spot. It takes you a second for your mind to register that you shouldn't even be in bed. Blinking your eyes open, its like you've sleep a week, and you have a bit of trouble focusing. Your not in your room, that is for sure. your not in that conference room either. Looking under the covers, you realize your naked as a jaybird, too! A bit of panic sets in, and you can focus clearly, taking in your surroundings. Your in a large room, a large rectangle. The walls are wooden, with little decoration. The cut of the wood is very rough, though. Around you, are five other beds. you recognize the confused occupants of the other cots, they're the people of the group. Everyone seems to be in the same sort of confusion. Clothes are laying on the small stools next to the bed, and piles of what looks like camping gear sit at the foot of each bed. But everything has the look of age..no, thats not right. Thigns arent old, they're just not ..modern. No watches, cell phones, cd players, none of that is around here.
A heavy hand knocks on the only door leading out of the room. "Eh, morning time! you Louts get out! Ya only paid for one night, and the 'keeper dont like sleepers in. Out , before i throw you out!" And with that, the voice walks off, repeating what he says at some other door in the distance..
This is a try on an different kind of role play. You would be actually playing YOURSELF. You would be interacting with others and the story as you would be, in that situation. PM me if you would like to be a part of this. I will be overall storyteller ( talking for the non player characters in this story). What happens to the Travellers Six, I leave to you...
Note: Accepted writers...please make your first post of your actions PRE waking in the cots... i.e how you got your ticket, and your arrival to the meeting. Thank you.
The place, right in your own city or town you live in..
You (you actual self) were not paying attention. So simple to do, driving on your familiar streets near your home, walking along to the bus you take every day. The police officer pulling you aside brought your attention back quick enough. And the ticket he wrote you almost made your eyes bulge. How the city could get away with those fines..
The customary legal letter followed, you expected it would tell you how and where to pay your fines. The form inside was quite the opposite. A new experimental therapy and review session is being tried for new offenders, and you, with 5 others, were chosen. Attendance was mandatory. A date and a room number at the public works office is given.
Rearranging your work and personal schedules, you make the time to arrive a little bit early. In the building hallway, the door to the room is closed, and it is dark inside. On a small pegboard next to the door is plastic namecards with a bobby pin on the back. Your name is on one of the six. You take it down, and wait for the others to arrive.
You make pleasant small talk (or not, if your the quiet type) with the others as they arrive. Interestingly enough, the moment the sixth person takes their nametag the doorlock clicks, and it cracks open. Stepping inside, theres not much to this room, from what you can see. The blinds are all closed, and the
overhead flourescents dont seem to be working well, with only a dull glow
in the area. Six of those crappy molded plastic chairs are in a circle in the middle of the room, and every other piece of furnature is pushed out to the sides.
A short man stands in the middle of the circle of chairs. Well, short being an understatement, if he were any lower he'd be a midget. His graying hair is bald
in the middle, like a old friar tuck missionary. A large bulbous nose is prominent
on his face, with dark eyes. The warm grin he gives to all of you makes you instantly like the little fellow..
With a bit of jostling, everyone takes their seats. The man in the middle says nothing until the last is seated. A voice, old with age, but with undertones of amusement, speaks....
"Welcome, all of you, to our little experiment. I trust your journey here was free of hastle? This group will be working on different ways to free your mind of the stresses of the everyday life here on this realm, and i believe, after we are done, your lives will truly not quite be the same. Now, if you please, take hold of the hand of the person next to you...yes, yes..just like that. Good, now bow your heads. Close your eyes and relax, empty your mind of all thought, all your worries, your fears, your emotions. Concentrate only
on the breathing process...in, and out..in, and out..."
Doing as instructed, you begin the exercise. you find it very easy to relax, actually, you start to feel a bit weightless. your eyelids become heavy, and if your not careful, you think youll go aslee...
Turning over in bed, you try and find a more confortable spot. It takes you a second for your mind to register that you shouldn't even be in bed. Blinking your eyes open, its like you've sleep a week, and you have a bit of trouble focusing. Your not in your room, that is for sure. your not in that conference room either. Looking under the covers, you realize your naked as a jaybird, too! A bit of panic sets in, and you can focus clearly, taking in your surroundings. Your in a large room, a large rectangle. The walls are wooden, with little decoration. The cut of the wood is very rough, though. Around you, are five other beds. you recognize the confused occupants of the other cots, they're the people of the group. Everyone seems to be in the same sort of confusion. Clothes are laying on the small stools next to the bed, and piles of what looks like camping gear sit at the foot of each bed. But everything has the look of age..no, thats not right. Thigns arent old, they're just not ..modern. No watches, cell phones, cd players, none of that is around here.
A heavy hand knocks on the only door leading out of the room. "Eh, morning time! you Louts get out! Ya only paid for one night, and the 'keeper dont like sleepers in. Out , before i throw you out!" And with that, the voice walks off, repeating what he says at some other door in the distance..
This is a try on an different kind of role play. You would be actually playing YOURSELF. You would be interacting with others and the story as you would be, in that situation. PM me if you would like to be a part of this. I will be overall storyteller ( talking for the non player characters in this story). What happens to the Travellers Six, I leave to you...
Note: Accepted writers...please make your first post of your actions PRE waking in the cots... i.e how you got your ticket, and your arrival to the meeting. Thank you.
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