The Journal of Dr. V. Jasper,
In my younger days life, as it seemed, was going my way. I wasn't your straight a student, and then again not you're typical out going kid either. My parents were very proud, nevertheless and knew some day I'd do great things.
I had a great love of science when I was young, I would spend all my time in my apartment attic reading all the books I would take out from the library and would try to imitate some of the lab experiments in them. I also enjoyed inventing and building little gadgets, such as one of my favorite mishaps, the water sprinkler which ended up flooding the entire back yard of the house.
But even with the many mistakes I made, I always persevered and continued to love science to the extent that I got many different scholarships at the end of my high school career. I had so many different places I could have gone; I would have loved to go to, but of course cancer hit me at the age of nine-teen.
Throughout that period of my life, everything seemed hopeless. All my life's hopes and dreams had just been flushed down the toilet. I sat in that hospital bed until I was twenty four and I finally regained my ability to walk again after being in a bed for years. The last time my parents had come to visit me was 1946, I think. I had not seen them since then. The war was pretty much over and I would have fought for my country, had I been able to lift a finger.
But when I returned home, the apartment had been evicted for reasons unknown to me today. No one was there. My parents had apparently been gone for almost two years and I had no way to track them down. My life as it seemed was at its final destination.
No, for I had another chance. Someone had slipped a carefully sealed envelope in my jeans back pocket. It had no return address, just my name on the front, and a signature on the back which I made out as: Andrew Ryan. The name seemed oddly familiar. But I opened the letter without any further thought. The letter enclosed a ferry ticket and a note that read:
Dear my good friend,
I'm pleased to hear you are feeling better. I figured you'd want another start on your life, and I know you love science so I decided to take you somewhere where your scientific ability could flourish… underneath the ocean. Yes my friend, my dream of a city underneath the ocean had been a complete success. They laughed at me, but you! You thought it was a wonderful idea! That is why I'm bringing you here; I need someone with your senses by my side in the descent to RAPTURE!
ANDREW RYAN