Random Writings, 500 word exercise - Code Name: ICE (Part 2)

“It’s not that complicated of a system,” he said calmly. “One world up and one world down. That’s it. We don’t know why that’s the way it works, but that’s what it is.”

Valentine continued to stare at the drawing. It had a circle labeled “brown” with an arrow pointed to another circle labeled “red.” Then, from the red circle was an arrow drawn to another circle labeled “green” which also had in parentheses “(Earth).”

“So all these circles up there are planets?” Valentine asked. “Is that red one Mars?”

The short man that had been talking nearly fell over with anger.

“Have you not been listening to a word I’ve said?” He asked pointing at Valentine in a threatening manner. “Yes, they’re planets, and no they’re not in this dimension. I can’t point in the sky where they are because they’re not in this universe. How many times do I have to go over this with you? Kat, take over for me. I’m done trying to get through this human’s thick skull.”

“Yes, Captain Masuda,” Kat said obediently. “Try to keep up, Jack. We’re only going to explain this once more before you just have to learn as you go.”

He hated his name Jack. He wished people would never use it. Agent or Valentine was much more mysterious and that’s what he liked to be. He decided to force all the thoughts to the back of his mind so he could pay attention to Kat.

“Our universe is like a room being lit by a single light source,” she began. “It illuminates everything, but is stopped from continuing on by the walls, floor, and ceiling. These give our universe a physical boundary. There is another universe right next to ours. It has a room and a light source as well, but is completely separate from ours. But because it is right next to ours, it shares one of our walls. Now imagine someone takes a drill and creates a small hole in the wall. Now the light from our room shines into the other room, and the light from the other room shines into our room. This has effectively created a way to travel between universes. This is what happens. We have a parallel world, sitting in the exact same location as Earth, orbiting a Sun just like ours, but is inhabited by a much different species than human. These different species can be civilized, but most of the time their monsters, out for personal gain. We try our best to contain these interdimensional rifts that pop up throughout the world. Does that make any more sense?”

Valentine thought for a moment.

“So is there a room that you drill holes to test your theory?” Valentine asked.

She looked at him dumbfounded. “That was an analogy Jack. An analogy. I was speaking figuratively. Are you seriously asking if there’s a room wh-“

“I was kidding,” Valentine said. “Don’t freak out. I think I understand. There are multiple universes

Random Writings, 1000 word exercise - Code Name: ICE (Part 1)

The breeze blew gently through the dark alley. It was a strange breeze, colder than air should have been at that time of year. Strange things had been happening for the last couple of months so this was just one more thing out of the ordinary.

He looked down the well-lit street. Cars were parked close enough together that running between them might pose a problem. He had a feeling that whoever was hiding in the alley didn’t want to be found, let alone caught.

He had lost track of his partner during the chase, so he wasn’t sure whether he should wait or act. His code was to always act first, never be acted upon first. If someone makes a decision for him, it takes away his freedom to choose his own mistakes. Without that power of free choice, a person would never learn from the mistakes made, but rather the mistakes created by someone else’s decisions. He wasn’t about to let that happen.

He breathed a heavy sigh and peered around the corner into the alley again. He couldn’t make out that much besides a dumpster and a couple doors. Both doors were more than likely firmly shut at this early in the morning. That meant there was only one way in and out. It was silent except for a soft humming sound. That was odd. No sound at all. He returned his back to the wall and listened for any type of sound. Nothing.

He placed his finger in his ear and wiggled it around. He could hear that sound it made. He didn’t want to make too much noise, but he got the feeling all the sound around him was being drowned out by something. That, or the air that acts as a medium for sound was refusing to cooperate. That sounded crazy.

He couldn’t waste any more time. He had to act. He already had his gun in his hand, but added a flashlight to the other hand and turned it on. He turned the corner quickly and his powerful light barely illuminated the blackness of the alley.

“DCPD, I need you to step out from wherever yo-“

He saw the creature before any sound was made, but it was too late. It was travelling in slow motion toward him, cutting through the icy air. Every step it took, a crackle of ice sheered through the pavement. The walls were being ripped apart by crevices, filled with liquid water than almost instantly freezed, drive a bigger gap into the already fragile walls. Everything seemed on the verge of death.

In this instant of surrealism, his finger managed to find the trigger 6 times before the beast was on him. The force hit him like a truck. The creature clawed at him as he flew away, ripping his chest open. The pain should have been enough to force a scream, but he felt nothing. The blood seemed to freeze instantly as it flowed from the body.

The night seemed to freeze as he flew in midair. He let out what was probably his last breath. Did this creature have the ability to freeze time as well as his surrounding? Or was it the moment before death when time seems to slow down? And in what world do monsters like this exist? This must be a dream.

He hit the icy sidewalk and slid conveniently under a car. The impact sent him into a state of unconsciousness and he thought the frozen darkness had permanently surrounded him.

It hurts everywhere. Everywhere hurts.

“Agent Morrison, he appears to be coming out of it.”

“Partner! You’re finally awake!”

He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, sharper than the rest of his body. He hadn’t opened his eyes yet, but he assumed that Agent Morrison had punched him in the arm.

“Rise and shine. It’s time to get out of bed,” he said loudly. “Kidding, of course. You took quite a beating. Doc says you might not even remember what happened judging from the seriousness of your concussion.”

He finally opened his eyes and let the world slowly spin in to focus. The room was quite dark so either it was night or the windows were covered. Either way, he wasn’t in the mood to actually check.

After the world stopped spinning for the most part, he looked at his partner, Agent Morrison. He was older, but not old enough to interfere with his performance in the field. He looked like any typical FBI agent, clean cut face and parted brown hair. He had a stern face that didn’t match his personality in the least. Independent of who he was talking to, he always had a joke ready.

“Agent Valentine?” He said annoyed. He grabbed Valentine by the shoulders and shook him violently.

“Arrrrgh.” Agent Valentine said.

“Stop that at once!” A female voice said from the doorway. Valentine imagined it was the Nurse, but couldn’t actually see her behind Morrison’s body. “He’s badly injured and needs some rest.”

“I understand Doc, but I need to talk to him about the events from last week.”

“Last week?” Valentine said incredulously. He tried to sit up, but was met with pain and Morrison’s firm grip. “How long have I been out?”

“Only a few days. No big deal.” Morrison said nonchalantly. “But we need to talk about what happened. Was it a gang? Did the guy surprise you? How’d you manage to fire your gun 6 times and hit nothing? I mean, not even Agent Erikson is that bad, and he’s pretty awful.”

Agent Morrison snickered to himself. This was the cue that you too should also snicker, or laugh, or smile. If you didn’t Morrison became upset because he knows everything he says is hilarious.

“No, it was some 10 foot tall blue spikey dinosaur monster! It was crazy! I’ve never seen anything like it. I-“

Valentine was about to continue when he noticed a man in black clothing

Random Writings, 500 word exercise - Code Name: Kevin (Part 1)

“Is this real?”

“Oh, you newbies always ask the most intriguing questions,” He said. It was obvious that he was trying to hide his amusement and failing terribly. “It depends on your definition of real.”

Kevin eyed the swirling sphere in front of him. It was unlike anything he had ever seen. It looked like a giant glass sphere, but didn’t seem to accurately show what was behind it. Instead of a modest Northwest American town, it was a forest. Not just any forest, the trees actually appeared to be shrinking.

“What is going on? What is this?” Kevin asked incredulously.

“Really, you’ve seen me walk through walls and stop time and you’re fascinated by this ol’ thing?” He asked charmingly. “I guess I should explain since this will be your greatest, and probably only tool for the next decade or so.”

“Decade?” Kevin blurted out. “What about high school? What about my life? What about-“

“Where is your high school?” He countered. “Where is your city for that matter? Where is your life? Until we figure out what is going on you have to be a Viewer. We need to focus on this, and then focus on getting your life back, understood?”

Kevin nodded. His eyes were still fixated on the flawless orb floating in front of him. Every swirl seemed to jump to a different place in the planet. Was this some sort of teleporter?

“So, back to your original, well one of your original questions,” He started. “This ball of infinite wonder is called the ball of infinite wonder. Really? No, I was kidding. I do that a lot. This ball is called a Fildenstein-Ikakus Spherical Loop. That’s its proper name. It won’t be invented for another 10,000 years or so. I call mine Frank.”

He looked at Kevin and must have noticed his bewildered expression because he coughed and started to talk again like nothing was out of the ordinary.

“Anyway, this is every Viewers most important tool. It’s how you bend the rules of the universe. You asked if this was real. I say it depends on your definition of reality. This orb effectively combines the real plane and the imaginary plane in to two overlapping solutions, two superimposed realities.”

“Now you’ve really lost me,” Kevin said.

“Ok, I guess you don’t really need to know how it works, just that it does work. Tell me Kevin, are you looking to be an engineer when you grow up?”

“Well, actually-“

“Ignore that question. It was rhetorical. Now, when you enter your FISL (pronounced Fizzle ‘cause it just sounds cooler), you become instantly available in two locations. One location is where you were at the moment you entered the FISL, and the other location is the time and place of your ‘jump.’ Jumps are limited by Viewer, not by FISL. So, this way to can view the entirety of the universe. We have rules, obviously, but-”

“What the heck is going on!” Kevin yelled. “Where is

Book Ideas

Resolve - Many people do not understand quantum mechanics, yet think they understand time. The future is a probability function. The present is being observed and thus has a collapsed waved function resulting in one answer...one possibility. The past is known yet unknown. Can it be changed. Is it changing right now? How would we even know? Would a change in the past result in an immediate change in the future or does it ripple? These are questions that a young man has to ask himself as he starts on a journey to become a master of time and space. 

ICE - Like Men In Black except inter dimensional aliens instead of extraterrestrial aliens. Also, the dims rio a are directional. Though there may be infinite dimensions, only two are accessible due to limitations in the energy present in every universe. People of earth are capable of accessing energy/powers directly from the dimension to combat invading aliens. Aliens also have energy/powers of their own. Energy levels that originate in different dimensions have a signature colo to show where that person on alien has come from and where they belong. Once in another dimension you have access to your original dimension where you came from, and a new one. Aliens seek to conquer all dimensions in this linear progression and earth (and this dimension) lies smack dab in the middle of it.

Random Dream (The Road to Anarchy)

This was a crazy dream that involved a lot of build up. First, I was partnered with two insane people. One was an older man, maybe 40-50 years old. The other one was a man (or woman? I didn't see this one very much). I think this person I didn't see was the one doing the small details. It involved a defibrillator that hid a small nuclear bomb. The plan involved a gathering that definitely had the president there and lots of other high-ranking officials. One of them was poisoned earlier that would incapacitate him/her and they would use a defibrillator. The defibrillator activated the bomb and took out half the city. I watched the explosion from a restaurant at the top of skyscraper in the same city, but far enough away that the blast didn't pose a threat. It must have been some clean bomb that wouldn't have given me radiation poisoning. I was eating food with the older man and he was laughing and every one freaking out and trying to get out of the building. And then though occurred to me that this was a really bad thing I just did. And I was trying to save people and the dream ended.