compared to the confined space of a cell in a standard correctional facility in my old reality. The interior of the apartment had the same shiny white material as the hallway and was unbelievably clean, spacious and comfortable. Once inside, I was given my own Link device to assist me with any difficulties I might encounter while using the objects around the apartment.
The team of two read to me my rights, what I was allowed to do and what I was not and then disappeared behind the sliding door which smoothly came down once they reached the hallway. I was then left alone to rest but, although I felt tired from a sleepless night, how could I?
Less than an hour ago, I was walking on a beach in the Dominican Republic in the year 2012 and now, I was probably at the same geographical point, without a clue as to when exactly in time.
5
After being left alone for the day, the excitement and the anxiety of finding myself in the future took over me. My brain was still getting used to the idea of travelling forward in time. It felt like I was stuck in some weird dream and soon, I was going to wake up, disappointed and afraid. I had this hunger to learn everything I could from this world and being inside a dream wasn’t an option. No matter if this reality was a fruit of my imagination or not, the information was too precious to miss.
Since I wasn’t aware of how everything worked in my new accommodation, I started to explore the surroundings. The apartment was entirely airtight. It had no windows just the white shiny walls, the same type of walls as in the hallway. I thought it would be a good idea to interact with Link and ask if it could turn the walls and the pavement in the apartment into the view outside, just as it did in the hallway earlier. Link read my thoughts and in that instance the walls turned invisible, at least that was what I thought. I found myself staring at the outside view as if I was standing on a flat platform high up in the sky.
I felt the dizziness effect in my brain. My legs turned to jelly, my chest trembled with fear and my skin started to cover with sweat, when I tried to look down. Link turned the walls back into foggy white when it realised I was afraid of heights. The fact this device was able to capture my fear of heights, made me realise that Link was able to do more than read my every thought. This device was able to capture what a person felt and act upon it. From that moment, I had a fair idea as to how this device worked.
The first thought was to find out in which year I had travelled. I thought of a television, but all I got back was an historical explanation from the device explaining the definition of the word, which of course, I knew very well. Thanks to the Link’s explanation, I learned that the concept of television and newspaper was a thing of the past. I was sure at some point I was going to learn what had replaced these means of media. Meanwhile, I was still desperate to know what year it was. As soon as I finished my thought, Link’s metallic voice sounded in my head.
“You have travelled in the year 2572 and the date is June 18 th .”
Clearly, all I had to do was think and the Link acted upon my every thought. This fact scared me for what I was going to think next. Although, a moment later, my biggest concern became the confirmation that indeed, I had travelled far into the future. It was in this moment when the truth hit hard my perception of reality as I used to know it. I found it impossible to perceive the certainty of time travel, especially when I never went searching for such an experience. I barely had some general ideas from what a person randomly reads about the subject, but to experience it first-hand, was a different thing entirely.
My lungs barely held the air and my vocal cords were about to release the biggest scream ever produced, but somehow I managed to control my feelings and kept quiet. I am born on 12 th of July 1986, which meant I was going to