The Adventures of Captain Adebisi

Chapter I

Adebisi is released from prison, and he says to the warden, "Please let me stay, Leo, I've nowhere to go!" The warden puffs his cigar, and says, "This is no hotel, sonny", his gold-toothed grin lighting up the office. Adebisi leaves the prison grounds, and the great metal gate of doom closes up behind him. He glances back at the gate, and reminisces about his stay in the prison. Tears fill his eyes, but he decides that it is time to go.

A broken man, Adebisi slowly makes his way to the closest town. It starts to rain, and he seeks shelter at a closed carnival, where he enters the maintenance tunnels. A strong smell of root beer hits his nose, and he gags.

Having gathered his senses, he walks up to an elevator, and presses the button. He enters the elevator, where he sees a large crate. The crate is heavy, but balancing the crate on his machete, which he luckily got back from the prison on his release, he succeeds in putting the crate in his inventory.

With the crate removed from the floor, the elevator is light enough to ascend, whereupon Adebisi presses the button to go to the top floor, something he has always wanted to do. The door opens, and reveals an alley. Adebisi realises that he has stumbled upon another city entirely. He smiles, thinking that this must be the beginning of a wonderful stroll.

He carefully closes the elevator door, having learned long ago the importance of covering one's tracks. He leaves the alley, thus beginning his exploration of the alien city. He enters a voodoo shop, as he is short on voodoo supplies for his journey.

The shop is dark, but he manages to find some miscellaneous voodoo supplies, the use for which he can only guess. He continues into the shop, and suddenly a mysterious voodoo lady appears. "Simon Adebisi, I have been waiting for you," the lady says, "I see that you are wearing a powerful voodoo hat." Adebisi gasps, but manages to stutter, "My hat is very good, but I just wanted to pay for these things."

He gives the lady a couple of pieces of eight, and then he asks her, "By the way, how do you know my name?" "I know much through the power of your voodoo hat, but also, I can see a web of your destiny in my voodoo magic."

She reads his fortune, after which he leaves the shop. He rents a room at the local tavern, and falls asleep in a comfortable bed.