One Dual Consciousness

Meeting of the Minds
“You can go in now.” Says the indifferent receptionists. She is chewing chicle from the Sapodilla tree. To Rob Francis Freeman, the scene before him seems surrealistic, as a Salvador Dali painting. The woman wore a Poodle Skirt right out of the 1950's Gumshoe TV series, Rocky King; Detective. Her hair was a three foot high Beehive, “probably with the lice included,” Rob thinks to himself. Her attire is topped off with large black winged coke bottle glasses, black and white Saddle Shoes, and sheer black Fishnet Stockings. Not once did she ever look up at him, as she concentrated on filing her black finger nails the whole time he was there. “Thank you.” Is all Rob could think of saying? He pushes open a door to see that the surrealism continues in Doctor Claus Spreckels' office. Everything is white. Not just white, but white on different shades of white.With each section of furniture, knickknack, lamp, and piece of artwork, coming straight out of This Contract Agreement (herein “Agreement”), is made and entered into this Date of “September 30th, 2113, by the One Dual Consciousness Incorporated (herein “ODCI”), Host Client Rob Francis Freeman (herein “Host”) and Consciousness Client ____________________ (herein “Secondary Consciousness”). The parties hereto agree as follows:
1.0                 Scope of Services performed by ODCI
In compliance with all terms and conditions of this Agreement, ODCI shall provide those services specified in the “Scope of Services” issued by the World Court of Law on the date of January 1st, 2097. ODCI agrees to the “Highest Professional Standards” in performing those services, to the satisfaction of Host & Secondary Consciousness.
1.1                 Compliance with all Laws           All services rendered here-under shall be provided in accordance with all ordinances, resolutions, statutes, rules, and regulations of any World, Federal, State, or local governmental agency having jurisdiction in effect at the time service is rendered.
1.2                 Performance Schedule
Time is of the essence in the performance of entering the Secondary Consciousness into the Host. Once the Secondary Consciousness's vessel perishes, the Host must be present to receive the Secondary Consciousness. If any party, (aka ODCI, Host, or Secondary Consciousness), have second thoughts, regrets, or show signs of instability all services will be null and void.
1.3                 Records
ODCI will be responsible for all records of Host and Secondary Consciousness before, during, and after the date the procedure is performed. ODCI will then inform all Government and Licensing Regulating Bodies.
1.4                 Legal Actions
Host and Secondary Consciousness, after signing this agreement, give up all rights to suing ODCI and all Government Agencies regulating this process.
After twenty minutes of speed reading 30 odd pages of legal documents, Rob looks up at Doctor Claus Spreckels, who seems to be having a conversation with himself. “Yes Mr. Freeman. I also had the procedure done to myself.” Claus Spreckels says. To Rob, it almost seemed he heard a hint of irony in his words. “Myself and my lovely wife Bernadette, who actually was the first Secondary Consciousness transferred here at One Dual Consciousness.” Rob, seeing the strain in Doctor Spreckels' smile, wonders if it was a mutual consent to have his wife placed inside his mind. He has heard the old tales of men or women who couldn't live without their spouses and had paid handsomely to have the transfer done. When it was still illegal. Then, after a short time, either the Host takes his or hers own life, or goes insane, because no one had screened the Host or Secondary Consciousness back then to see if both parties were sane or not. Today, with the World Government having its hands in every business venture here on Earth, most people believe these underground operations are part of the past. But he investigated Doctor Spreckels' background, and found him to be as greedy as a prodigy of Plutus. The Greek God of wealth. And Rob feels, with the right amount of bitcoins, he will do any consciousness transfer he asks. “Again Mr. Rob Freeman. Whose consciousness do you want to transfer into your own?” Doctor Spreckels says with renewed vigor. “The application says you are not married, your parents are deceased, and you have no other close relatives to speak of.” The good Doctor cocks his head to one side, with an expression that surely wasn't his own, and asks, “Is there someone you are hiding from us Mr. Freeman?” “Let me just say, I have an unlimited access to any amount of bitcoins you ask.” Says Rob. “I made my fortune during the height of the lava tube mining on Mars.” “That's all good and well.” Interrupts Spreckels. “Just tell me whose consciousness are we transferring into your own?” Rob stares into the eyes of Claus Spreckels for a long time, then says, “My pet dog, Pepe.” The End

This is, I Really Do Have A Good Friend Who Loved His Dogs More Than He Loved PeopleYetWith My Magnetically Friendly DispositionI Reached OutGrab HoldAnd Brought Him Out Of The Depths Of SolitaryI Hope That Was A Good ThingJim Hauenstein,
And,  “Solitary. But not in the sense of being alone. Not solitary in the way Thoreau was, for example, exiling himself in order to find out where he was; not solitary in the way Jonah was, praying for deliverance in the belly of the whale. Solitary in the sense of retreat. In the sense of not having to see himself, of not having to see himself being seen by anyone else.”
- Paul Auster -
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