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Short Sci-Fi Story: Labyrinth and The Dream (English/Turkish)
muratkbesiroglu (69) in fiction • 2 hours ago
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Selim Ozben was proceeding with cautious steps in the multi-storey maze, which managed to surprise him every time with moving floors, secret elevators and changing walls. When the door of the exhibition room suddenly appeared in front of him, he thought it was a lucky evening, because he liked to spend time in this room. He sat in bordeaux in the exhibition room and watched the paintings on the opposite wall. There were screens on the wall showing the paintings of artists such as Cezanne, Chagall, Dali, Matisse, Kahlo, Klimt alternately. After looking at the pictures for a long time, he went to the next room through the open door on the left. The floor, the walls and the ceiling were white in this new room. He sat in the black chair in the middle of the room. He's obsessed with what looks like an astronaut heading on the bench next to the seat. He put on the heading. While there was no image in the hood, he pressed the only button on the chair. He heard a laugh and a three-dimensional image of a clown appeared in front of his eyes. Later, he watched a waterfall flowing through the mountains, tragic accidents recorded with traffic cameras, murder and injury images, birth videos, surgery images, snowflakes flying freely on the mountains, exploding volcanoes. The images continued with snapshots such as the sunrise, the tracks of porn movies, the night scenes of the city and the images of wild animals. When the session was over, Selim Ozben removed the heading and moved to a furnished room in the style of the 1970s through the door opened. There were posters of legendary soloists like Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse and Janis Choplin. The room swayed and moved, passing through the door across the stairs, and went to another room with a large bed in it.
As soon as he stepped inside the door, he met the menacing gaze of a black panther with blue eyes. Looking at her bright black hair, her white teeth and her icy blue eyes, he thought for a moment what he should do. Panther approached to him and roared. His heart was beating as he reluctantly threw himself back. The long chain that the Panther was connected to was rattled. Selim Ozben felt the breath of the panther roaring by pulling the chain where he threw himself, and hurried back and secured himself. The service android that appeared at the next door approached the panther and made a “stop” sign with his hand, caressed his head and clutched him away from Selim Ozben. He sat on the edge of the bed and waited for a while for his breath and his heart rhythm to return to normal. A few minutes later, a smaller android came into the room with a full glass of water in its hand. "Your sleep cocktail is ready", said the small android giving Selim Özben a red liquid in the glass. Selim Ozben took the cup and drank it carefully. He put the bonnet covered with electronic circuitry over his head, took off his shoes and laid to the bed. On the ceiling of the room, the images of the colorful planets appeared. After a while, the planets' images were replaced by an image of a starry sky, which gave the impression that it was taken on a cloudless night. While watching the stars, he calmed down and slept.