[ WP ] Whenever the protagonist blinks , they are sent into an alternate reality .

I'm the luckiest one I know. Not the best looking, certainly not the brightest, but I am the luckiest. Because, when we figured it out, that's when they came for us. Dr. Henrique was the first to know. If it was n't for his gadget we'd have all been shit outa luck - pardon my language. See, I do n't even know what to tell you - I'm not even one of the scientists. I'm just one of the janitors who cleaned the floors at the lab on weeknights. But Dr. Henrique, that man was smart. He managed to open some door - or hole he called it. A'worm hole', that's it. It was some crack outside of this world and into - well, he said it was the world around us. One that we ca n't see. Said there was another universe outside of ours, and that they - those things - made us. Apparently they were n't too happy when he found out either. One by one, I watched as everybody started vanishing. First there was a lab assistant, then Josia, the older man that helped me with the floor scrubbing machine. 
 
 I remember Dr. Henrique looked right at me when he saw what was going on. He said, `` Levi, keep your eyes open, do n't blink!'' He was going on and on about how it was something to do with observation and how when you blink they can use your new observation to make some probability wave collapse. I did n't really follow all of it, because, well you know how it is. If somebody says, `` Whatever you do, do n't think about an elephant!''. Well, hell, what's the first damn thing that's gon na pop into your head? An elephant, that's what. It's just human nature. My mama used to say, `` Do n't look now...'' and we'd always look, first thing. It's just how we are made, you know? 
 
 Well, I blinked. Next thing I know, I'm standin' in the middle of a grocery store aisle holding a can or creamed corn. I was so surprised that I blinked again, and damn if it did n't beat everything - sorry about the language again - but now I was on some big ship in the middle of the ocean. I could n't figure out what was going on, then I remembered the Dr saying, `` Do n't blink, do n't blink.'' And so I shut my eyes tight and held my hands over'em. I could still hear the sea gulls flying over head and I could smell something like fish - it was strong. Maybe just cause my sense of smell was stronger now that I could n't use my eyes. I heard some people talking a good distance away, somewhere over to the right of me. Sounded like some fishermen. One of them was angry. 
 
 `` What did I tell you, fool! Are you some kinda ignoramous? I said hold the net like this until I tell you to let it go. Just get! Go sit over there till I holler for you! ``, shouted the fisherman to someone close to him. I still could n't see with my hands cupped over my eyes, but I heard some heavy footsteps headed in my direction. I started to worry because I knew I was n't supposed to be on that boat. And I knew that whoever it was comin' around that corner was gon na know I was n't supposed to be there too. But something about his footsteps sounded strange. There was no confidence in his step. Kinda like he was unsure of his footing. He was sort of shuffling and I could hear him grabbing at the sides of the ships cabin as he got closer. I kept thinkin' if he's not careful, he's gon na run right into... And something collided with me. I managed to keep my hands over my eyes as I stumbled back. `` Oh excuse me, I apologize sir, pardon me. ``, came the voice of the other person. `` You see I have a vision impairment so I ca n't really see where I'm goin''. That voice sounded so familiar. In fact, I knew that I had worked alongside that same voice every weeknight for the last four years. `` Josia? Is that you?'' 
 
 `` How.... how'd you know my name? ``, came the bewildered sound of Josia. `` Nobody here knows my name - or not my real name anyway. Who are you?'' 
 
 `` Josia, it's me Levi! Do n't you even recognize my voice? Have you gone senile?'' 
 
 `` Levi Ellis, it's really you. It's really you! I thought I'd never see anybody again after that accident at the university all those years ago! ``, said Josia. 
 
 `` Years ago? What are you talkin' about Josi? ``, said Levi as he tried to keep from the temptation of taking a peek at his old buddy, `` You had n't been drinkin' the same stuff them sailors have been have you? All that stuff that happened in the lab, that was just about ten minutes ago.'' 
 
 `` Ten minutes? Ten minutes?! ``, Josia seemed lost for words. `` I ca n't keep it all straight. ``, he began again, `` I was bouncin around from place to place. Everything was different. I was underground at one place. On an old oil rig for a minute or two. Then I was standing on a stage holding a microphone. I looked out into the crowd and there had to be thousands out there. A whole football stadium full. I could just kick myself. I wish I had figured it out then.'Just keep your damn eyes shut', I should have said to myself. But I did n't. I blinked. And here I was, on this ship. After that, I decided to try and control it. So I put on this blindfold and convinced everybody that I had lost my vision to some disease, but it was n't contagious as long as I kept them covered with this thick scarf. As long as I was willing to work they did n't ask too many questions. Seem they get stowaways on ships like these from time to time. So Levi, tell me, how did you find me?'' 
 
 `` I did n't find you,'' exclaimed Levi, `` Hell, I would have never even known where to look. I just opened my eyes and wound up here just like you did.'' 
 
 That's when it happened. The first one arrived. Remember when I said something about Dr. Henriques device saving me? Well, back in the lab, we had to wear these little wristbands while we worked. It detected radiation, and if you ever heard it crackle you knew you better get the hell out of dodge. With my hands still over my eyes, I heard a crackle coming from my wrist. 
 
 Josia said, `` Is that... is that what I think it is?'' And with that, he let out the most unnatural, most ungodly scream I have ever heard in my life. 
 
 `` Josi, what is it!? Are you ok? I ca n't see you, I ca n't blink or I'll disappear! What's wrong Josi?!'' 
 
 `` It's got me, the damn thing's got me! ``, Josie shouted, `` Run Levi, run!'' 
 
 Run? Where the hell am I supposed to run? I thought to myself. I'm on a fishing ship out in the middle of the god forsaken ocean. Where am I gon na go? One of those damn creatures had found Josi and come for him, and now it was gon na get me too. Gon na get everybody that knew the truth. Everybody that could blink. That's when I decided to do it. I've got the ability to go anywhere, right in the palm of my hands - I just have to release it. So I dropped my hands and opened my eyes. Opened them up to a new reality. I'll be damned. I was holding a microphone, in front of a crowd of thousands. Except, I was n't singing a song. I was in a suit and had my hand on the holy word. I was about to take an oath - as the first blind and black president of the United States of Pangea. This is for you Josia, this is for you. 
 
 

