[ WP ] Every 24 hours , your mind is switched to another body , each in a stranger scenario than the last .

`` 10:24 again?'' You asked yourself. What began with a glance, immediately became a stare. Pupils dilated at the dreadful sight; a solar eclipse of the iris. Blocked by the moon, the sun shines black. Your eyes resplendent in a darkening fear. 
 
 You know what's coming, always do. Every day it happens. The Shift. Unsure what causes it, the origin no longer matters.Like trying to stop a bullet with your mind, shifting can not be stopped; you'd just end up getting shot. Instead of that pain, long since deciding to give up knowing, or stopping, you just accepting. It just is. 
 
 Shifting happens all at once, if it was n't for the clock then presumably the occurrence would never be noticed at all. By know, your body has accepted the event. You unconsciously elevated it to monstrous levels. That time is a fiery brand on your mind. Burning you whenever it is time. You will always know when it's time. 
 It happens in one moment. 
 
 One moment is all it takes for everything to change. One moment during 10:24, to be exact. That cursed time. The Minotaur wandering a labyrinth of the shift, chasing on your wanderings from passage to passage. Just when you think you've escaped this beast, going full circle the time that was lagging behind has turned up in front of you. Every day the cycle repeats. 
 
 Sweat beads on your head. It's here. The last couple shifts have been rough. No longer holding count, the shifts become like how many nights you sleep; or at least try for sleep. The number is meaningless. numbers of Infinity. 
 
 The worst part is not knowing what has changed. Every time the clock changes to 10:24 it happens. Something changes. You have no idea what it will be, or how it will affect you. Something happens. Closest you can guess is that you move between an infinite number of parallel universes. Time becoming a gate way into a whole new world, you shift. 
 
 A country's name has changed. Shift. Your house number is changed. Shift. Pizza does n't exist. Shift. One of your classmates never existed. Shift. Your mother died in child birth. Shift. You have a different name. 
 
 You never know the nature of these shifts. How much things can change in a single minute. The brief space between 10:23 and 10:25, is enough room for an entirely new universe to emerge. 
 
 For years this has been happening to you. Every day something new. Who knows what the next day will bring. You just want it to end. Deep down you fear the shift. The unknown on the other side. What if there is nothing more to shift into, and everything simply ends. While it probably would n't hurt much, shifting into nothing would not be a preferred outcome. Something suits you just fine, why the need to fundamentally change what you are? 
 
 At this rate, you are questioning how much longer you can carry on for. The past several shifts have been horrific. A war going on. Shift. Widespread disease. Shift. Starving people the world over dying. Shift. It's like the universes are getting darker. Moving towards the darkness, away from the light. No wonder it seems you are growing closer to nothing. 
 
 Wiping the sweat from your brow, you begin to calm down. `` Still here.'' You say to yourself. Something to be proud of. Like a baby relieved to find out that they still have their nose. Looking down your nose at the time, pure disdain and hate is painted on your face. This minute detail ticks away the seconds of your life. An hourglass flipped outside down, counting down the seconds until the next change. 
 
 Like a grain of sand in that clock, your face suddenly drops. `` That's impossible'' You affirm to the clock. A tremor in your voice like a failing heart shudders. The heart of the clock must be broken. Maybe it could be a trick.You know it is n't. The little voice in the back of your mind whispering to you the truth. 10:24 is the time. 
 
 It's been several minutes since the shift happened. The time has n't changed. Have you reached the end? Was the past shift the last one... You hesitate as you almost feel hope begin to arise. Running downstairs, a desperate attempt to outrun time, you look at all the clocks in the house. A joke that wo n't stop, the joke's on you, all the clocks do n't stop reading 10:24. 
 
 A burning arises in your stomach. Hope rises like smoke on a breeze. Dare you to let yourself hope and dream for more? No, too much hurt, you can not. A burning fire threatening to burn down everything you've come to know, you stomp the fire out. 
 Abandoning all hope, you enter into a quiet state of mind. 
 
 What does it mean, that the time never changes here. Is this world outside the confines of time? Glancing out of your window, you see cars moving and trees billowing in the breeze. Everything else seem normal. Just stop clocks. A stop watch, counting down the time until right now. 
 
 This day will be the worst yet. You already know that. Waiting until the next 10:24 to come around will be excruciating. The fact there is no time to tell will be aggravating. Your subconscious an alarm clock going off, waking you up to the fact that -yes, it's is still 10:24- You can hardly take that any more. How you will make it a whole day, you remain unsure. 
 
 If you stay here for more than 24hours.... IF... 
 You refuse to explore that possibility yet. Let down too many times. You have shifted into a pessimistic mindset. 
 
 Heading out into the world you keep your head down, but now you once again wonder what this brand new day will bring. An entire world, a new universe for you to get out there and explore. Even if it is for today only, on this one day time can not touch you, It will forever remain 10:24 
 
 It's amazing how much everything can change in one moment. In a single moment, nothing ever changed.
