The Third Level (Fictional Extract)

抖阴社区r - Rohan Budakoti

Psychiatrist Sam (happily) : What's the matter? You here ?
Charlie(sadtone) : Had to come for my wife, Actually.
Sam (in shock) : What happened to her?
Charlie : She isn't believing in me.
Sam : Why? What you told her?
Charlie : Last night when I was coming back from Central subway, I saw 3rd level.
Sam (chuckles then laugh) : What are you blabbering about ? 3rd level?
Charlie(in anger tone) : Are you making fun of me?
Sam: Of course I am, there was never 3rd level.
Charlie(annoyed) : All bullshit.
Sam : Exactly
Charlie (glanced at him) : It was waste of time to come at you.
Sam : Ok ok, sorry come back and sit here.

Charlie(looks at him annoyingly) : What do you wanna talk about? My wife will be ok without any help.
Sam: She was always Ok, the problem is in your mind.
Charlie: What problem? I am all OK.
Sam : We will know that, first sit down.
Charlie (sits): Now what?
Sam : What was the time when you were in subway?
Charlie : Why are you asking that?
Sam: You are with psychiatrist of course I will ask.
Charlie(breathes) : Well, it was around 10:00 P. M., I guess.
Sam : And at what time you go to office?
Chalie : Around 11:00 A. M.
Sam : That much work?
Charlie : No, office is just far away.
Sam : You said, you saw 3rd level.
Charlie nodes
Sam : What you saw in 3rd Level?
Charlie : Why do you want to know?
Sam : Just intrigued.
Charlie : You are annoying.
Sam : I am friend before Psychiatrist.
Charlie : Hell on earth.
Sam: Now tell me.
Charlie : I saw people from last century, there was a steam Locomotive, a woman wearing mutton sleeve and skirts and Man wearing an overcoat who was watching time in pocket watch.
Sam : What?
Charlie : Yeah, I saw newspaper and it was The World newspaper.
Sam(in confusion) : But that has stopped publishing since many years, Charlie .

Charlie (in angry tone) : What I am telling is what I saw. And if you think like Lousia then you shall witness it yourself.

Sam : Wait Wait, Don't be angry.
Charlie looks away

Sam : As much as I am following news papers it's impossible that there is any 3rd level.

*Charlie makes disgusted expression.*

Sam : But there are 2 things that you that you had to know.

*Charlie stares at Sam*

Sam : 1st is Time slip.

Charlie : What?

Sam: There's a theory which says that a person can experience time travel through a sudden accident or by mistake.

Charlie(with relieving expression) : See, that's what might happened to me at that time.

Sam : Yeah but there's a catch, it's said that whenever a person experience Time slip his body in real time might be unconscious.

Charlie(in confusing tone) : What do you mean?

Sam : Now here comes the 2nd thing
Delusion, Dream and Escape.

Charlie : I might have agreed with Delusion or Dream but Escape?
Sam : There's a thing called Waking Dream wish fulfillment,
When a person find something interesting in real world, it become their temporary refuge to escape from reality.

*Charlie stares at Sam in anger.*

Sam : For Example : TV, photography, or any hobby to escape from reality. To release stress from real world.

Charlie : All Bull shit. My grandfather used to collect stamp paper as a hobby, does that also mean he was escaping from reality? In that good old time?

Sam : WHO'S YOUR GRAND FATHER?

Charlie(in confused expression):
When we were kids, we used to play with him.

Sam(in serious face) : WE NEVER MET IN CHILDHOOD.

Charlie(laughs thinking of things as joke) : What are you talking about?

Sam : I am the one who's been collecting STAMP PAPER.

Charlie gets shocked.

His eyes got widened.

Sam(gets near him) : Am I also product of your delusion?

Or

Am I your Grandfather?