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A game with twists

The Paradox- The Big Choice

The Boss was sitting right in front of me. For the first time in my life, his face was not in the shadow. He looked hideous. He stood up and offered me a seat. I chose to stand. I could not afford a wrong choice now. He said, “So Eden. As you are the only one who has successfully chosen right for two consecutive games. This could be your third one. You just have to choose right.”

“Okay, so what’s the choice about? Give me the options.” I said nervously.

The boss went towards the window. He called me there. He said, “Look outside the window.”

I was really good at this, observation was my cup of tea. Looking out the window, I saw what he was trying to make me see. I observed every small thing. It was dark and I could see other buildings. He pulled me back in but I wasn’t finished. Now he asked, “What was Priyanka Chopra, the Indian actress holding in the advertisement on one of the buildings?”

I didn’t know the answer. Loss of this round was imminent and then I’ll be condemned to serve The Boss forever. I went through my photographic memory. It was no use. I didn’t quite finish seeing out of the window. This was a trick. I said, “There was no advertisement board outside.” The Boss frowned. He said, “Congratulations, Eden Hex! You did it again.”

The Second Chance

I was so relieved and happy. Now the boss said, “As promised you have two wishes. Ask anything.” I asked the unexpected, “I want everything the way it was. I wish I hadn’t met anything related to the paradox and never want to come back to the paradox ever again and the second wish is I want to remember all of this.” The wish was granted…

I woke up in my old hideous life with my over loving mother and my irritating sister. My life wasn’t what I wanted it to be but I was happy and that’s all that matters. The moral I got out of my Paradox encounter was that you would get what was promised to you when your time is right and you are not supposed to go for shortcuts.

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The Paradox-Find the key

Next thing I remember I was in my own memories. It was like a matrix or something. I was reliving all my memories. Suddenly the most unwanted person of my life whom I regret meeting to came in front of me. You know I’m talking about the one and only bitch. I’m going to kill that girl the first chance I get. She said, “Find the key to get out.” and she vanished.

I could not make out what she was trying to say. It was definitely a clue. Find the key? What key? Key to my locker room when I was in the high school? Was it the key to my car in which I lost my virginity? I had to find the key before the timer runs out and the worst part was I could not see how much time was left!

Right now I was with my prom date (the one I lost my virginity with). I could see the moment arriving. We were going towards my grandfather’s ’67 Impala. Holding my hand she took me into the back seat. I had the keys in my pocket. We had a wonderful time. I felt every little  sensation I had that day.

The first time is always amazing even for a boy. I remember I gave her the keys and next day I came to know that she died. Now I could change that just for my sake. I said, “Sorry darling, but it’s my grandfather’s car he’ll kill me!” She angrily went away. I had the key.

Now I time traveled to the time when one of my friends stole my vault’s only key just as a prank. I punched him on his face as I knew and took the key from him. The last key was my swiss bank key and I time travelled to that time. I was walking down the road which led to the Swiss Bank and went straight to my executive and asked for a duplicate key to the high security vault I personally paid them to open for me. He said, “I need some verification sir.”

I gave him what he wanted. He handed over the key in no time. Now I vanished and was standing in the middle of a black void. No one around me just a red light which showed me that I was in a small space. A voice said, “Choose one key which will open the door. If  you choose the wrong key you lose a life.”

I fortunately had one extra life. I went with the Swiss Bank’s vault key first. A voice said, “One life remaining.”

The Final Choice

I could hear my heart beating like a machine gun. I thought of the key to my car. Because it was the odd one out. But then it was possible the boss had a twist. Who knows? I kept the keys on the floor, closed my eyes and shuffled them well. I picked up a key and used it to open the lock. And I was correct! It was the car key. Now I entered a bright room with king size windows. I was at the 127th floor of the tallest building in the world, The Bhurj Khalifa… It was the final round… The round against the boss…. I was definitely gonna lose…

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The Paradox- Library Round

Before I could blink my eye, I had a butt-load of books in my hand and I was walking towards a table. Instinctively I kept the books on the table. The girl appeared in front of me. She said, “Find the oldest Bible in the library in 20 seconds.” She vanished after giving me a heart attack.

It was impossible to locate a 1000 year old book from a library which had over a million books. Instinctively I ran towards the librarian. He said, “We don’t keep old books at display. Follow me.” He took me through a narrow passage and we reached a big room full of old books. He slowly started checking each book not ruining the cover of any book.  I had very less time.

I knocked him out and threw every book on the ground and then hurriedly searched for the oldest book. There it was lying innocently alone in the dark side of the room. Fortunately my eyes caught it. I ran towards the book and after holding it I said loudly, “I found it.” The timer did not stop.

The correct choice

I checked the book. It read re-published. I was shocked. With less than 5 seconds left on the clock I went for the last try. I hurriedly went through the book shelves. All of them were empty. One of them looked pretty old and broken. I ran towards it and smashed it with one of the books. Inside there was an old book. With a sigh of relief I pulled it out and said, “I did it.” The timer stopped with 1 second remaining.

A voice said, “Well done, you’ve won this level. Level up!” I vanished again…

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The Paradox- The Unending Staircase round

After the hospital round I was at the unending staircase round. I had played this one before. This one would be easy but again I was sure that the boss had changed the round. The bitch suddenly appeared. She had a baby, a bacon, a beer, and a bread. She said, “Choose wisely.” Read more

The Paradox- The Hospital round

I was escorted into a dimly lit room. People in the room started leaving. I was injured badly. My head was spinning. I could see two of everything. I told myself to focus and I started looking for clues. My surroundings hinted that I was in a hospital.

There was an operating table beside me. Now I understood where the dim light was coming from. I was in an operating room. Those doctors were going to operate on me. A nurse came in. I recognized her on the first look.  She was the same bitch that put me back in here. Read more