A Hitchhiker in the Snow

If you’re interested in an adventure then I suggest you go for a drive between the hours of 7pm and 2am on a cold day when the ground is covered with snow and the temperature is well below zero. Make sure where you are going is away from the city, it’s far too populated. This is best done on a road located in the hills. As you drive you may be surprised to see a figure walking along the road in the distance sticking its thumb out in an attempt to get a ride.

Drive up to it, you’ll see a humanoid figure bundled from head to toe in warm clothes, ask the figure where it’s heading. The creature will say one of three things, either, somewhere exciting, home, or anywhere but here.

At this point, you can shake your head, say sorry and continue driving, or let the passenger in and be prepared for an interesting evening. If you take it with you, then the following will occur

If this figure said, something exciting, you’ll be in for an adventure. Drive where ever you feel you want to go, maybe turn around and start driving home. As you go you’ll come across a tunnel which was not there before. Go through this tunnel as strange as it seems. You’ll be driving for what will seem like an hour, but is merely a few minutes, going through your radio will only be static, even mp3 devices and CDs won’t be of any use. Once you have reached the exit of this tunnel, you’ll come to a desert like environment with a small building about the size of a garden shed baring an omega sign on the front of it. Your passenger will tell you to stop here, at this point the heavy layers will be replaced with street clothes, and the figure will reveal itself to be human. He or She will invite you to come in for some food or a drink. You may leave or oblige them, choosing to come in, will only lead to more surprises. If you enter the building, you’ll find a large and grand dining room with an open center where people will be dancing, if you ask how this is possible your companion will simply say that it’s bigger on the inside. Now go ahead and enjoy yourself, you can mingle, dance, enjoy a bite to eat do what you wish… except have liquor, after all you are the designated driver. You can continue until you’re partied out, or until a bell goes off, once this happens your partner will return to you and ask for a ride back to civilization. Return to your car and turn on the engine, within a moment of doing so everything will fade to white. If you remained sober you’ll wake up in your bed the following morning with a note from your friend saying to give him or her a call when you wish to return back to Omega. However if you had even one sip of alcohol… well the roads are already very treacherous, especially when there icy… I’ll let you guess what happens.

Now if your companion asked for a ride home, you’ll be given an address. Drive this creature to said address, it will thank you and leave a small wooden box on your seat. Take this home with you, once you are settled think of any skill within reality you wish to have. Extreme athletics, a photographic memory, speaking another language perhaps… whatever this may be, think hard about it, and then open the box. You’ll be overwhelmed with information, but then after a few minutes will begin processing the information, give yourself a few days and your wish will be granted.

Finally, if you were told anywhere but here, don’t focus on starting the car, but all your personal details such as your name, address, date of birth, and any next of kin. Why, you wonder? Well within a minute of hearing this, you’ll wake up in a hospital, being told that you were found on the road. Odd, yes but that’s just the beginning, you’ve been missing for a long time, a month to twenty years even. The only memory you will have is that you picked up a hitchhiker, what it said to you and whatever you focused on. Not such a bad fate I guess memories are such dangerous things, who knows where you’ve been or what you’ve done. You’re probably better off without them.

Just remember, if you decide to pick up a hitchhiker… the journey will be exciting regardless.