In a dimly lit college dorm room, a boy lay on his bed, staring at his ceiling.
Sigh "Why is he so annoying?! If you don't know how to take a variable to the other side of an equation, you shouldn't have passed 5th grade! Why are you teaching a college class on theoretical physics?!"
A quiet but clearly frustrated voice sounded in the silence of the night.
Remembering the derivation of 'Lorentz Transformation Equations' his professor had asked him to write out, and later berated him on, the boy, Aadamya Joshi complained to no one in particular.
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Character Card: Aadamya Joshi
Aadamya Joshi, a science student at the prestigious IISc (Indian Institute of Science), is a 20 year old young man who is a science and anime fanatic.
From a young age, he had been fascinated by the world, and wanted to know how it worked, why it worked, and why it was the way it was.
There were 2 topics in particular he found not only interesting but complex as well.
Those 2 things were science, and people. Though, if he were asked which he thought was harder to comprehend, the conversation would go something like this:
"To me.... people are way harder to understand than almost any form of science."
"Science has a methodology. Laws within which it is bound. People however, aren't bound by anything....."
"You can find all sorts of humans, the most 'deranged psychopaths', the 'kindest people' and whatnot, even those 'overwhelming' traits don't encompass their entirety, not to mention, it is definitely a possibility mere illusion set up for personal gain."
And the response he would get was of course, a round of unending laughter and jokes from his friends.
They would quip while still chuckling:
"Damn Mr. Aristotle, why are you here? You should've taken philosophy!"
"Nah dude, I'm telling you bro's been watching too much anime nowadays"
"I didn't know 20 year olds still had 8th grade syndrome lol"
And Aadamya would look sideways while having an uncontrollable embarassed smile on his face.
Back to the edgy stuff....
He was quite a peculiar kid. He didn't see the world the way most saw it. He didn't process things the same way.
And while that may be true, it still didn't change that through any meaningful observation, he was as normal as can be.
Because his differences didn't mean much to the world. Even if you said he was quite special to be studying in IISc, he was still just one of hundreds.
He wasn't the richest, smartest, most powerful, or anything that would make his differences in approach significant.
But that would change. It would become very relevant to people. He..... would become relevant to all, alive and dead.
But that's something for later. After all, he is just a regular student.... as of now...
Then, how about we start where it began to change?
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Today was a night like any other, he was exhausted after a long day and just wanted to sleep already.
His grumbling subsided after a couple minutes as was usual, and soon... he fell asleep.
Strangely, tonight, he had a dream....
It wasn't the fact that he was having dreams that was strange, rather, it was the dream itself.
There was a white ceiling... it was a little deformed, but he could tell it was similar to his own....
After a little while, his mind cleared up slightly.
Aadamya looked around for his clock, and found the time to be 11:11.
'Shit! I'm late! It's already 11!?'
He quickly rushed over to his bathroom, not realizing how he didn't feel his own weight...
He reached for the door handle, but suddenly found himself inside his bathroom.
'What!? W... what's going o-....?'
His eyes widened in realization, he was floating, not actually walking.
'A- Am I dreaming? I can...I can think! A lucid dream! Finally!!'
He was very excited, he had practically never experienced lucid dreaming in his entire life!
Needless to say, It was one of the most enjoyable things he had ever experienced.
He did a bunch of stuff, everything he had doubts about, he played around with the world itself, as if he were a god....
Soon though, he felt his consciousness slipping and his final thoughts were, 'Well, it was fun while it lasted.... I hope I'll be able to do that.... aga...in some....time.....'
But contrary to his thoughts, he didn't wake up in his dorm room's bed....
Aadamya opened his eyes grogilly, and tried to sit up from his bed, but as soon as he did...
He felt a pain shoot through his body and let out a pained grunt, "Argh! What th....."
Just as he was about to curse at his situation, he was shocked to hear a voice call out to him.
A gentle, female voice said in a hurry, "Hey! Don't get up just yet!"
'What the hell?! Since when can sleep paralysis demons talk?'
"Fast, call Dr. Hitoshi! And bring 2 medic nin while you're at it! Patient 247 has woken up!"
The voice came closer, and whispered softly, "Hey, easy there. Don't worry, you're in the Konoha Central Hospital. You're safe here. Just relax, alright?"
'Oh.... I guess something happe-..... Konoha!?!? There's no hospital named konoha though....'
'It..... it can't be right? No... it's... it's just a fictional world!'
'Calm down... I must be dreaming. Yes, it must be a double dream! Haven't had those in a while either.....'
"---aku?"
"-agaku?"
'What? Are they.... calling.... me?'
"Are you there? Kagaku?"
'Ka... gaku? Isn't that.... Japanese? What did it mean.....ugh! My head is killing me!'
"He's unresponsive? Is he...still not...."
"No. His vitals are normal. Although.... I'm not sure why he's not atleast crying...."
'Crying? What do they think I am? A freaking toddler? Why is this dream so weird?'
'Usually lucid dreams aren't this weird, even if they are, you should be able to change them right?'
"Maybe he isn't awake yet, keep an eye on him at all times, and inform me immediately."
'W-wait! I'm awake! Don't go goddammit!'
And finally, with all of his efforts, he was able to move!
...his hand twitched.
However, the doctor wasn't dull enough to miss such a thing and immediately caught on.
"Wait! He's awake."
'This.... doesn't feel like a dream...'
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