mojo
02-12-2008, 06:46 PM
Tick Tock.
"We have some sort of sickness, it's been in our family as far back
as any of us can remember" I said to start off the session.
"A mental disorder", this from the Doctor.
"I guess you could call it that, my mum used to say we were
blessed but i don't see it that way, I can see the future, not like
those fakers you see on teevee and not all the time either" I could
see the look pass across his face and before he could say anything
i quickly continued.
"I know, just let me get it out before you say anything, I've paid
for my half hour, please dont interrupt, it's hard enough as it is". I
drew a deep breath and pressed on.
"It's not like i can see the future all the time, i've gone years
without it happening, then all of a sudden i'll be walking down the
street and....", I grabbed the glass of water off the desk and took
a quick sip, this was the hardest part to explain.
"Yes and...", the doc prompted.
"Well, it's like time stands still, everything around me just stops,
people, cars, birds, even the wind. I can't move either, i'm as
paralysed as the rest except i can see these lines, time lines i
guess you'd call them". Another deep breath.
"Have you ever seen the movie Tron", i asked.
"Yeh sure, years ago."
"Well," i said "it's kind of like that, except these lines are like
streaking out from everywhere and everything, now don't ask me
how i can see 'em all, 'cause i don't know. I just sort of have to
concentrate on one thing and it opens up like one of those movies
in time lapse of a flower blooming, you know the one's i mean."
The doc nodded his head.
"So lets say there's a guy about to cross a road and i concentrate
on him, all of a sudden all these lines will flow out from him
heading in all directions, one of them might show him bending
down to pick up a coin, another might show him stepping off the
kerb into the path of a truck, another might show him waiting for
the lights to change."
I took another sip of the water, the Doc was looking at me intently
now.
"Now there's a whole heap of these lines and i can seperate them
and just concentrate on one at a time and follow it to an end point,
usually to the next stop. I dont really know how to explain it better
than that, it's like there are only so many of these important points
where the lines split up. Sometimes, like if i followed the line where
the guy steps into the path of the truck, the line will only travel for
that short space of time to when the guy dies, but some of the
other's that i've followed can go hundreds, sometimes even
thousands of years into the future." The doc looked like he might
be thinking about dialling Shady Acres so I rushed on.
"The thing is Doc ive seen some amazing things, some good and
some not so good, but every future i've followed to the end point
has always had us in it, the human race i mean," The Doc looked
up at me after that.
"Until the other day". I sat forward and looked into his eye's.
"It seems that when ever one of these pit stop points appears, all
the previous futures cease to exist and new ones open up, and
well the thing is Doc," i said as i pulled the revolver from the back
of my pants,"i happened to see you walking to the station after
work the other day, and that's when it hit me, and i really am sorry
Doc, but i followed every one of your lines and if i let you leave this
office alive today then it's all over for us and i just can't let that
happen," i cocked the pistol .
"My mum also used to say that we are Gods shephards and we
need to protect the future, and i guess she was right".
I shot him between his bulging eye's and waited for the police.
"We have some sort of sickness, it's been in our family as far back
as any of us can remember" I said to start off the session.
"A mental disorder", this from the Doctor.
"I guess you could call it that, my mum used to say we were
blessed but i don't see it that way, I can see the future, not like
those fakers you see on teevee and not all the time either" I could
see the look pass across his face and before he could say anything
i quickly continued.
"I know, just let me get it out before you say anything, I've paid
for my half hour, please dont interrupt, it's hard enough as it is". I
drew a deep breath and pressed on.
"It's not like i can see the future all the time, i've gone years
without it happening, then all of a sudden i'll be walking down the
street and....", I grabbed the glass of water off the desk and took
a quick sip, this was the hardest part to explain.
"Yes and...", the doc prompted.
"Well, it's like time stands still, everything around me just stops,
people, cars, birds, even the wind. I can't move either, i'm as
paralysed as the rest except i can see these lines, time lines i
guess you'd call them". Another deep breath.
"Have you ever seen the movie Tron", i asked.
"Yeh sure, years ago."
"Well," i said "it's kind of like that, except these lines are like
streaking out from everywhere and everything, now don't ask me
how i can see 'em all, 'cause i don't know. I just sort of have to
concentrate on one thing and it opens up like one of those movies
in time lapse of a flower blooming, you know the one's i mean."
The doc nodded his head.
"So lets say there's a guy about to cross a road and i concentrate
on him, all of a sudden all these lines will flow out from him
heading in all directions, one of them might show him bending
down to pick up a coin, another might show him stepping off the
kerb into the path of a truck, another might show him waiting for
the lights to change."
I took another sip of the water, the Doc was looking at me intently
now.
"Now there's a whole heap of these lines and i can seperate them
and just concentrate on one at a time and follow it to an end point,
usually to the next stop. I dont really know how to explain it better
than that, it's like there are only so many of these important points
where the lines split up. Sometimes, like if i followed the line where
the guy steps into the path of the truck, the line will only travel for
that short space of time to when the guy dies, but some of the
other's that i've followed can go hundreds, sometimes even
thousands of years into the future." The doc looked like he might
be thinking about dialling Shady Acres so I rushed on.
"The thing is Doc ive seen some amazing things, some good and
some not so good, but every future i've followed to the end point
has always had us in it, the human race i mean," The Doc looked
up at me after that.
"Until the other day". I sat forward and looked into his eye's.
"It seems that when ever one of these pit stop points appears, all
the previous futures cease to exist and new ones open up, and
well the thing is Doc," i said as i pulled the revolver from the back
of my pants,"i happened to see you walking to the station after
work the other day, and that's when it hit me, and i really am sorry
Doc, but i followed every one of your lines and if i let you leave this
office alive today then it's all over for us and i just can't let that
happen," i cocked the pistol .
"My mum also used to say that we are Gods shephards and we
need to protect the future, and i guess she was right".
I shot him between his bulging eye's and waited for the police.