Lost Love Lust

A tip of a finger, a slight of the hand.

“Here’s the thing officer, I live and breathe Valvae. Much of which will never touch the tip of your tongue.”

Her confidence made him uneasy.

“10-4, we have a 415, I’m going to need another unit dispatched.”

She was honored to be a 415, it was rare to have an officer call that code.

“It is by law prohibited that any citizen shall escape the ground level and enter any other levels without legislative permission. Under jurisdiction 415 you are being seized for entering realms five, six, and nine.”

She puckered her lips and adjusted her cuffs.

“But you and I both know that being up there is where all is right. I can see it in your eyes. You’ve been there before. Every time you speak of it, your body flutters. When the words mentioning it escape your mouth, the sorrow fills your eyes. Once you’ve had the fun, you’re never done.”

In 2021 a group of medical students dedicated their time to finding the perfect combination of receptor exhibiting chemicals. At first, the search was only intended to aid severe psychological patients and sufferers of brain cancers, but in their trials the students discovered much more. The ingestion of this chemical cocktail aided the students in a discovery beyond belief. With every dose, they opened doors to different realms of the mind. Realms where others existed too, others who had managed to reach that level through deep spiritual exercise. The higher they went in levels, the more insight the people they met had. At first, the students kept these expeditions to themselves. Every night attempting to unlock more and more levels. Bringing people down to their level, exchanging knowledge, and attempting to understand the nature of how these realms functioned. One elderly man they met on a level four expedition explained:

“By understanding that your body is the trap, you can allow the mind to nestle its way out. A slow, yet progressive process ensues where one realizes that possibilities become endless if the mind is unleashed. A complete dedication of thought is necessary, going beyond obsession is required. It must engulf you. It must engulf the body until imprisonment is capable no longer. After reaching the first level, it’s only a matter of furthering mind expansion .”

The students took frantic notes, philosophized for days only to discover a new realm every week. Overwhelmed by more and more information, they began to share what they had come to call “Valvae”. (Latin for “folding doors”)

Soon intellects all over the city began to indulge in Valvae.

Riots ensued, rebellions began.

A new function to society was being demanded, and government power slowly declined as more and more people came to the realization of how Valvae could be used to change the world. It was a revolution, but unfortunately, a short lived one.

Authorities infiltrated the distribution of Valvae, and declared it illegal. After seeing how much disobedience it caused, government officials feared that they would no longer be able to control the masses. This was true. Some of the medical students fled. Some entered seclusion attempting to free their minds before officials managed to get to them. And some became leaders of the rebellion. Those who were rebels were given a code.

That code was 415.

She had two guns and a knife, the dispatch was in for a surprise.