Borderland Personality Disorder (Patreon)

As if on autopilot my hand went for the phone, sending the mug of mountain dew straight into my just upgraded battle station. The latest Nvidia Titan von Neumann with NVLink soaked in sparkling citrus. I was too focused on grabbing the phone when I tipped over the soda. I didn’t even have time to attempt to stop it from spilling out over my high end, hard earned, battle station. I didn’t have time to formulate any thoughts, just a feeling of dread and amazement. Then pain. The most excruciating pain I’ve ever felt. The kind that inhibits all though, all motion, everything. It’s just you and the pain. Then darkness.

But I survived, quite possibly. I can certainly feel my body, hurting all over, and I can see the ceiling of my room, though my vision seems off somehow. I’m on my back. The electric shock, if that was what it was, had sent me flying backwards landing on the floor. I’m afraid to move in case it will trigger more pain. In case something broke and me just moving will make it worse.I just lie there, trying to collect my senses. My breathing sounds weird. Everything feels weird, on second thought, even when ignoring the pain. Slowly and carefully I sit up.

I glance over at the gaming desk. My pewdiepie clutch chair lies on the side, toppled. It looks damaged, some sort of scorch marks. The computer is just a hunk of misshapen, charred metal. The wall is blackened as well, and there is a circle of black in the ceiling. No smoke though. I must have been out for a while.

I look down at me. This is not my body. I was never the athletic type, and that didn’t improve once I started to work in finance IT. Sitting in an office all day, sitting in a car, sitting at lunch, sitting by the TV, sitting at the battle station. But this is not the body of someone sitting still. And what am I wearing? A big nothing, to start with. My upper body is naked, but I wear industry worker kind of trousers and some sort of wraps around my hands and arms. Real working boots as well. None of this makes any sense.