Original Creepypasta: The Quantum Man
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Pyro sat back in the chair after affixing the final electrodes to his skull. He is currently sitting in the medbay containing the most expensive and advanced technologies in all of the TF industry's history and today was the fruition of his team's Medic, and many others, efforts. The aim of the project was to open a human beings mind and allow them to perceive one of the spatial dimensions above the mediocre three we already know about.
The actual result was still a point of contestation, but it was suspected that the individual would be able to study all possible universes that could be created from his actions, and then choose the one that he wished to follow. A man whose every action would be perfect as he had already witnessed the results.
Medic had asked Pyro to be his test subject as, since he was already known to hallucinate often the sudden visions wouldn't unsettle him as much as it might have for other individuals. Besides he was both young unlike the rest of the team as well as obedient; unlike Scout. He gave the final thumbs up to the German behind the safety glass, and he activated the first stages of the machine. A microphone in the room relayed his words as the process started.
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." Pyro didn't quite understand what that meant, but he just shrugged it off as Medic's usual nonsense.
The chair reclined back until it became a flat table, and a large rotating dome lowered down to encompass his entire body. Within the dome, there was a complex crystalline structure lining the inside. He focused on the facets of the crystals, and noticed that they had started to morph, shifting in ways his mind just could not understand. He started to feel light-headed and dizzy.
His sight was suddenly filled with explosions of light, and his body started to spasm. Reading his health signs in the control room, Medic instantly halted the operation. He ran in to check the vitals of Pyro, and was pleased to find a weak, yet consistent heartbeat.
Pyro opened his eyes a couple of minutes later. He looked up at the doctor and suddenly jerked up as he realized where he was.
"What happened? I don't feel any different….." he mumbled quietly.
The doctor smiled and patted him on the shoulder
"Any landing you can walk away from, right?"
The doctor turned to walk away, caught his ankle on a trailing cable, tripped forwards, and cracked his forehead against the corner of the table. His head twisted to a sickening angle…
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The doctor turned to walk away, caught his ankle on a trailing cable and tripped forwards before being grabbed from behind as Pyro threw himself from the chair, stopping him inches from the table corner.
Pyro collapsed and threw up. His hands shaking, he realized that he had just perceived two universes and had actively chosen the one he wanted. He smiled at the doctor.
"I did it! I can see them …I can see them all…"
Pyro's smile faded.
He now saw two new universes, both the same as far as he was aware. Suddenly, a third, a fourth, a fifth blossomed in his mind. He could suddenly see all of the possibilities that he was capable of, some he didn't wish to see. His mind began to fracture.
Pyro grabbed the Medic and in an act of unnatural rage plunged his thumbs into the German's eyes…
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Pyro looked despairingly into the eyes of the Medic and started to scream, refusing to stop even when bubbles of blood foamed around the corners of his mouth…..
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Pyro grabbed the table leg and forcefully headbutted the corner, only achieving his goal of shattering his skull on the fourth strike…..
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Pyro sat on the floor experiencing all the potential evil that he was physically capable of. His body shook as he was racked by sobs of horror. He grabbed the doctor by the collar and drew him face to face.
"TOO FAR! TOO FAR!" he screamed
His eyes blurred for a second, then started to turn yellow and shriveled. At the same moment his hair changed to the purest white. Pyro in his final moments became aware of a magnitude of universes bearing down on him, and he would have to live through every single one. His grip slipped and his mind was lost to the abyss.
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