Chapter 3

Once the gate was lifted, we all went through into the city. It was huge. It didn’t seem near as massive from a mile away. Immediately upon entering, I noticed every sort of business. For some reason, my imagination made me think everyone was starting from the bottom up, but technology was booming. I stopped at a booth titled “Create Your Name, Find a Job.” I wondered if that was as simple as they made it. There were so many people pushing for a spot at the booth that I just backed up and watched. I thought it was funny that all of the men were naming themselves very manly names; the ones I can remember were Sparticus, Leonidus, and Zues. There were much more along those lines as well. All of the women were naming themselves after adjectives. Beautiful, hope, and honest were some among them.

          While I was still watching, another bigger man came up to me. “You look new here,” he said, “have this; go buy a drink.”

          “Thank you,” I said as I took a bag from him. I opened it to find fifteen coins. One side had a person’s face on it which I’m guessing the name “Titus D. Order” was his name according to that name being under the face. On the other side of the coin was the words “Worth One Coin.” I kind of laughed out loud at that moment. How original when coming up with a currency.

          I put the coin back and continued walking down the same road as the entrance. It seemed that the buildings grew taller and more complex as I went further down the road. There was a crowd gathered on the corner of the main road and an alley. Though it could have been the size of a road, I called it an alley because its comparison of size to the main road. There was one man standing on a wooden crate speaking to the crowd. I think I came right as he was beginning.

          “I know many of you wonder why you are here.” He said in a very eloquent voice, “but I tell you, I have received a vision. We are to seek what we desire. We are all great and famous people in our past, here to form an elect group of individuals looking to make a society for all to receive what they dream.” That made me think. I hadn’t slept in forever it seemed. The man continued talking but it seemed like he was repeating his basic message. It sounded really great. To imagine a place where everyone got what they wanted. No more poverty. In a way everyone seemed equal. According to him we were all high up in status.

          The day started to fade and the sun was leaving the edge of the horizon. I decided to find a place to sleep.

the next chapter will be added around February 7th or so :)

Chapter 2

The hallway ramped upwards until I was standing at ground level. I began to look around at my surroundings. It was warm and sunny and land spread out in each direction. There were no train tracks to be found which led me to believe it was an underground system. A mile or less away, I saw a structure that looked like a city surrounded by high walls. Then I noticed that the ones ahead of me were following each other to the city. Some even were going in groups. I was taking so long to look at my surroundings that most of the men on the train had came out of the hallway as well.

          One man was bigger than everyone stepped in front of us, “let’s all go to the city boys!” everyone didn’t really bother to ask questions; we just followed. I was fairly smaller to the others, but another man about my size started walking next to me.

          “Why are we here?” he asked me as if I would know.

          “I have no idea,” I shrugged, “I can’t remember anything about myself.”

          “Same here; I believe I have muscle memory of some actions but everything else is a blur.” The man paused, and then spoke again, “I can’t even remember my own name. What if I have a family or if I am some secret agent and don’t know it?”

          “Yeah,” I laughed, “I’m sure you’re not anymore if that is the case. I’m worried that I won’t be like who I was. I guess we’ll have to be cautious with our actions here.” The conversation carried on only a little longer and I started listening to other conversations.

          “I wonder what this city is like.” One mentioned to another, “what if this is all a trap or we are not welcome here?”

          “Ah quit worrying,” the big guy in the front yelled, “I bet this place is awesome. It’s a whole new beginning for us! It’s not like any of us remember our past.” It sounded like this man was positive of that. Would it be possible that everyone here (wherever we were) had lost their memory?

          By this time we had made it to the entrance gate of the city. We were met by a woman who wasn’t dressed as poorly as us but not as finely dressed as the men from the train. You could literally see the sigh of relief on the men’s faces when they saw a woman. Each one of us had probably felt very awkward of the mentioning of the second rule. The women greeted as all as she waved for others to open the gate. 

           “Thank you for coming by, we hope you enjoy your stay in Luxuria-Fornicatio,” she proclaimed. At first I thought to myself I had no other choice, but I had already forgotten about the vast land outside of the city. The big man kind of just led us all here. Of course I wasn’t going to try and leave. I didn’t know what was out there. I also didn’t have any plans or supplies.

i will be posting my next chapter by the 22nd of January