Monday, March 22, 2021

Finding Carl Rueben


 

Okay, this is just an introduction to a story/video game/ movie. 

The question I have is: Would you go and find Carl Rueben?

Relativity

The City Between

Relativity is a small part of the city. It is located on an island in the middle of this metropolis. After WW2, the government set all kinds of underground passages and safe rooms. The island was to be a place of refuge in case of a nuclear war. It was to be a kind of underground city. The project was abandoned soon after completed as ten percent of the people who went to the island were always lost. Another 1 percent disappeared. The one or two of that one percent who disappeared for a time returned.

The ones who returned gave a tale of walking through doorways and ending up in other places and times. The only people they meet along the way were the dead, the lost, or the insane. No doorway took you back the same way the only way out was forward. The only road that was safe was Bakker Street which crossed the whole island and took the bridge out of the city. Once across the river, the people were safe.

The city is run down though people still live there. Things disappear all of the time, especially food. Nothing a person lays down is safe. Most people think the island is haunted, the ones who returned tell a different tale, the lost people take it. It is also said that if you climb through a doorway you may end up going down. The ones who returned said they learned to never leave a doorway completely unless they knew it was safe. The final disturbing bit of information was that doorways were not always what they appeared.

Carl Rueben an eccentric older man goes to Relativity every week. He never strays far from Bakker street and is known to leave food, and all kinds of supplies there. Last week, he disappeared after reportedly being dragged into an alleyway by a group of young men. The police caught a couple of the gang. When interviewed they said he ran off and they lost him. They claim he took something of theirs, but they won’t say what it was.

So, do you want to go find Carl Rueben? His wife has placed a reward for his return or proof of his demise. The reward won’t make you independently wealthy, but you could pay off everything and you could take that yearlong cruise you’ve always wanted to. Just to find one man. You’ve never like Relativity, but…



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