5.2 - “A Better Tomorrow”

You wake up and feel the desire to reconnect with the world.

You reach out and plug into the Matrix, catching up on what you missed during your slumber.

The Matrix feeds you a curated onslaught of content designed to trigger your synapses in ways that generate feelings of euphoria, desire and psychodrama. 

It directly shapes your subconscious, turning you into an amalgamation of memories, fabrications and emotions. One second you’re crying, the next you're laughing hysterically.

Within seconds, you experience the full spectrum of emotions available for conscious beings. 

Your life force pools into the forms of hatred, obsessive love and other manifestations of polarized energy. 

The Matrix is priming you for consumption.

It’s time for work.

You pilot your physical vessel towards the heart of the Metropolis, where you exchange your life energy for a package of materials needed to maintain your physical form within this reality.

You are surrounded by millions of other faceless beings, all indistinguishable from one another, all seeking the same thing.

Everyone is clueless as to the real purpose behind their own intentions and behaviors, including yourself. 

The Metropolis is a physical extension of the Matrix.

It is a tangible mechanism used to address the logistics needed in creating a farm of beings for energy consumption.

It feeds off your life force, taking your blood, sweat, tears, and emotions, and converting them into zeroes and ones that are then used to generate content to inflict the same energy upon other beings at an incomprehensible scale.

The concept of real and fake has become irrelevant.

Technology has advanced so far that any conceivable content can be manifested.

There are millions of content variations that directly use your persona.

Immersive virtual experiences involving your holistic self are being used to drive the experience of the collective consciousness. 

Photos and videos of you performing the unimaginable, with millions of eyes watching, are running 24/7 all throughout the Matrix. 

The same is true for everyone else.

And you watch.

Just like everyone else.

Everyday, you contemplate the futility of your physical existence.

Your physical pains are annoying and troublesome.

The walls around you are crumbling and grey.

It seems so easy to assimilate into the Matrix itself and leave this world behind.

There are countless advertisements throughout the Metropolis for assimilation services that are quick, easy and cheap.

They're even running deals where you can experience pure sexual fulfillment for a week if you sign up today. 

Everyday, someone you know takes the leap, never to be seen again.

It’s tempting, but there's something that keeps you rooted in this reality.

Maybe tomorrow, you’ll find out what that is.