Sunday, July 3, 2005

Based on actual events --reality-- J: (on AIM) You must be calm, collected. Visualize your destination. What do you see? ???: metrolex J: Now, close your eyes. Cut off your senses. Forget about your surroundings until it almost feels like your floating through nothingness. Now, concentrate on your destination. ???: i can see your house J: Imagine yourself traveling through time and space. But you can’t just imagine. You have to BELIEVE. Believe that you can do it. Believe in what your eyes cannot see. ???: i’m walking towards the front door J: That’s good. You’re close. I can feel it. Try a jump. Now! ???: i cast this world aside J: JUMP! (silence) J: Brett? You still there? *signed off* J: Brett! A few days later… --Artukei’s house-- (DJ, Red, and Jonesy are all in Artukei’s room) J: Thanks for coming guys. I realize it’s been a while since we’ve had a meeting, but this is BIG news. DJ: What is it? J: The other night, a Rifter made a full jump… on his first try. R: What? JO: How’s that possible? J: I know. When we first started rifting, we didn’t even know it. They usually happened at night and we thought they were just dreams. But this guy made a conscious attempt and succeeded on the first try. DJ: No way! JO: Who is he? J: I’ve been talking to this kid back home. He came across my site and he’s been totally fascinated by it and by the Rifters. And the other night, I gave him a “crash course” as you’d say. Not bad for my first student or my first lesson. R: How did he do it? J: What drives us all to be here? Yearning. He had a strong powerful yearning and wanted so badly to believe that there was someplace else he could go. He knew what he wanted, and he took it without hesitation. JO: Enough hype. We’ve guessed by now that you brought us here to introduce him. J: Indeed. Fellow officers, I would like to introduce you to the newest member of the Otaku Rifters Guild. You can come in now, man. (A tall athletic young man with shaggy brown hair and blue eyes steps into the room.) J: Friends, I’d like you to meet… Felix. DJ: Hey! JO: Hi! R: Wussup! FX: (quietly) Hey. J: He’s… kinda shy. Felix, this is DJ: ninja warrior and video game enthusiast. DJ: You play any games, Felix? FX: Um... no. Not a whole lot. J: This is Ozymandius Jones. But I just call her Jonesy. She’s our head artisan and RPG mistress. JO: Nice to meet you. You into manga? FX: Not really. J: And this is Red: military combat specialist and my brother in arms when it comes to nekomimis. R: How’s it goin’, man. What’s your favorite anime? FX: I... I actually don’t watch a lot of anime. All: ?? 0_0 ?? DJ: Not really into video games, manga, OR anime? What are you into? J: Music mostly. That’s one of the reasons he came over here. Teshik and I need a drummer. And Felix is kick ass. R: Oh, a drummer. Cool. Just how kick ass are you? FX: Ever heard of Keith Moon? (drummer for The Who) JO: That is kick ass. A: (enters) Oops. Don’t mind me. Just need to grab something quick. J: (whining like an eight-year-old) Aisha, you’re interrupting my important meeting! A: Grow up! (waves) Hey Felix. FX: Hey Aisha! (waves back) A: (leaves) J: Anyway, with Felix here, Teshik and I can really start rockin’ now. Hopefully we’ll get a few gigs here in Metrolex. This one’s for you, Brett. When this began I had nothing to say And I’d get lost in the nothingness inside of me I was confused and I let it all out to find That I’m not the only person with these things in mind Inside of me But all the vacancy the words revealed Is the only real thing that I’ve got left to feel Nothing to loose, just stuck, hollow, and alone And the fault is my own And the fault is my own I wanna heal, I wanna feel What I thought was never real I wanna let go of the pain I held so long Erase all the pain til it’s gone I wanna heal, I wanna feel Like I’m close to something real I wanna find something I wanted all along Somewhere I belong And I’ve got nothing to say I can’t believe I didn’t fall right down on my face I was confused looking everywhere only to find That it’s not the way I had imagined it all in my mind So what am I? What do I have but negativity? Cause I can’t justify the way everyone is looking at me Nothing to lose, nothing to gain, hollow and alone And the fault is my own And the fault is my own I will never know myself until I do this on my own And I will never feel anything else until my wounds are healed I will never be anything til I break away from me I will break away. I’ll find myself today I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m... Somewhere I belong

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