Saturday, September 27, 2014

Reminiscer- (pilot) - Working Project

I've always loved writing, but for the most part, I can only write seriously or when inspired. It's up to you to decide if you think I am insane. This is an excerpt of my working project- Reminiscer.




Reminiscer: pilot


Oh my goodness. I just had a dream that I'm almost scared to tell, because it was so real. I actually almost believe it. Possibly it could be used for a movie script one day, although I'm sure I won't be paid. I may just write a book on it in the coming years.

I, Jason K. Addae, was working with a group of scientists, who specialized in reanimation and time warping technology that was newly developed. Apparently, we discovered a way to travel, through a sleep induced state, through a person's consciousness, back into their body at a younger state, at various points in time. The entire time, you would remain in remote contact, somehow, with the team, but would require some kind of wireless connection and television on the other end where you were, in order to complete the transfer project. Even as I write this, people are suddenly stirred from their sleep and walking about as if sent as secret agents to discover me.

 Anyway, I, as a member of the team decided to go in and experiment with the technology personally. I went to one point successfully as a young child, was able to communicate with the team and walk around comfortably. I performed tasks, and made sure not to reveal anything on the other side, which could jeopardize the entire process and state of things. One subtlety of the technology is that the longer you stayed in, the more "attached" so to speak you became, and even felt to the former self, and the harder you would be to extract. Oh my goodness, if you could see the chaos suddenly going on in my surroundings as I write this. It's as if I must be kept from revealing this at all costs. As I was saying, as I embarked upon the experiment, I could feel over lengths of time, a small gap between myself and the host’s sensory system tightening until it felt as if I was almost completely in the body. Imagine it this way: It's like going from being an observer to, over time, being completely one with the person you were watching. The scientist team didn't quite understand the dangers that could result from this, but aired on the side of caution with it. During the first extraction there were no issues. I was in my body as a very young boy of no more than 6. I began to replay a secluded memory of some valuable life lesson which I can’t recall. It’s almost as if the scientific method is reliant on pivotal historical points. In that experience, I was comfortably within my younger body and able to feed off of that reticent intuition of that time to feel out what I needed to do next to keep the arc of events intact. It went well, and almost felt like a very enjoyable movie of childhood times. I saw old teachers and relatives, in a way I haven’t seen them for ages. I almost wanted to capture that time. That couldn’t have been a mere dream. As I write this, the surreality of it all floors me. I was extracted.

    However, on the next extraction, I was in the company of a difficult group of people, including my brother, or at least his younger self, from the years we were teenagers, and a very energetic kid who was a friend of mine. The thing is that the process takes a bit of time, and requires a window of exclusion on the subject's part. I made the mistake of staying in too long. I was curious, and the team warned me several times through the radio link.

 I started to feel, after extended contact with the host body- my former self, that I was completely syncing. Partly, it was beyond my control. Contact with immediate family, especially my brother, runs the high risk of discovery and extreme time consumption. When he finally did leave me alone, the kid began to harass me. He continued to want to play, so I had to feign fatigue and illness to have his mother pull him away. I finally seemed to have a window to extract, and as I was becoming fearful, I eagerly wanted to do so. However, during the extraction, I got a radio from the team that on their surveillance they saw an approaching disruption and I needed to shut down immediately. The problem with me being in so long, and having so nearly synced, is that I almost couldn't hear the message from the team. When I did, I was panicking, thinking that I was surely going to be caught and bring tragedy on us all. I dove out of the couch and franticly pushed the power button on the wireless connection there and the television, turning it back on once by mistake. Luckily, it ultimately turned off as I dove back into the couch and the child re-entered the room. I was able to play sleeping again as his mother came to collect him. I was in cold sweats at this point, as I felt I would never be extracted. I eventually dozed off, after never hearing contact from the team after that point. I had hoped that the amount of time we had during attempting the last transfer would have gleaned them some information to assist me in time. My hopes were possibly realized, as I woke up. Now, I'm sitting here writing this and wondering if the team saved me, or if that was in fact only just a dream.


 I am committed to discovering this technology and expounding on it one day. I don’t know if I’ll ever find that team of brilliant scientists and cohorts, but I will find the like. Technology like this is too amazing to not be experienced and unraveled. I’ve even had more insane experiences related to that technology that I dare say now. I believe I’ve gotten younger at various point since the inception of this work. Hear me out. I know I sound mad, but I can explain. Since I’ve experienced this technology, when I dream, I dream different. At times, I replay fragmented scenarios, similar to the warping device. They are almost every bit as real as the machine itself. When I awake, I find myself almost waking up into the exact setting and situation, only in the current world. My mind and body feel as they did in that time. I mean exactly. And it feels unreal, as I walk away and expect it to fade. Only it doesn’t. Almost like my mind and body have been reset. I have only left to prove this finding on a genetic level, but I will.


 I have often wonder if I was just the perfect subject all along. You see, my dear friend, I suffer from a long standing condition defined as sleep-paralysis. It’s a condition that isn’t very well understood by scientists still today. It is known to be chronic, and an unending condition. I’ll explain it to you briefly, as it isn’t very well known. In sleep paralysis, the subject has a habitual condition of waking half-way up during predominantly mid-day rests, only to be unable to move, yet aware completely of their surroundings. The added twist is that visions, sometimes distracting, sometimes holding some type of symbolism or importance, can, and often do, infiltrate these half-dreams. The physical reason for the paralysis is actually a protective one. When the body goes to sleep, it emits chemicals into the brain that prevent you from acting on your dreams or sleep-walking. In fact, people who sleep-walk, suffer from not producing that chemical reaction, and can get into all kinds of trouble and danger. Over the years, suffering with this condition, my dreams were haunted at times by evil, perhaps in part due to experiences I regret. Often, I would be assaulted in these dreams, and suffocated. There were several instances where I nearly died within these experiences. I can’t get others to understand that, because of the very few who suffer from this ailment, I know of none who have it as severely as I do.


  I was in mortal fear that this condition would kill me, drive me mad, or both. I really did lose my mind to a degree dealing with it and the lack of ability to convey belief in it. In time, I began to embrace the potentialities it held, whatever they may be. I then, when calm, was able to resolve myself to get mastery over the condition, and use it as a benefit. “Just imagine,” I thought, “the ability to control your dreams and interact with the surrounding environment as well, at the same time.” The thing about sleep paralysis, is that it is not patterned in how it attacks. It comes at random times, sometimes even months, or years apart. That’s what makes it do daunting. So I began to brace myself through meditation, for the next attack. At first, I would revert into a shriveling coward when it happened. But then, I soon gained confidence and was eventually able to audibly speak, fight back, and even move my body during the attacks. I was quite proud of that accomplishment, and it’s only now that I realize its significance. This could be a precursor, or a key to the technology that I and the scientists developed.
Years ago, seeing the movie “Inception,” brought encouragement and hope to me with both my condition and the science. The movie was very similar to what my experience feels like. It gets so much deeper.

 In the normal dream world, people have either a fantastical or a realistic plot line that plays out briefly and ends. In my dreams, I’ve had condensed full days play out in minutes, second for second. That in itself is a marvel I aim to unravel. I’ve also had the layered dreams depicted in the movie countless times. These are dreams within dreams, within dreams. Some people will think that they recall something similar, but the truth is that it is rare to unheard of to have more than 2 layers. I’ve had over 3 several times. All of this makes clear the truth of my suspicions - there is more to this process and its potential.  


  If you recall, in the movie, they were able to unlock and imbed things into deep recesses of a human mind, sometimes even rewriting memories, using that technology. Imagine if you could unlock your own potential. Let me delve deeper into this. I’m a writer and thinker by nature. I’ve written many pieces over the years. Some of them, I wonder how I wrote, in that I don’t fully understand them at the time, only to come back many years later, and discover troves of ideas and knowledge in those many lines that I didn’t realize I was revealing. I know, to you this must sound far- fetched, but I tell you it is only a testament to my connection to the science at hand. In my layered dreams, I have at times figured out, and put together solutions that I had been aching over while awake. Suddenly, as if in a transcient state, I will effortlessly put together the inner workings of some problem without even meaning to, and awake with the answer. This science could unlock the ability to control this phenomenon and reach a higher level. Just imagine the possibilities. I must go now, my dear friend. Look for me soon. I will continue my pursuit.





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