The Multiverse Adventures

The Unexpected

Ronald woke up in his bed. The year was 2033, he was 35 years old. He looked around and found himself in a large white-walled room with a golden mirror in front of him. The bed he was in was equally spacious and the fabric of the bedsheets seemed to be extremely gentle on his body. He did not remember how he got into his bed, but only that its been a long time since he last looked at any mathematical equations. He got out of bed and went into the adjacent room, in which hang a huge organic LED display showing all sorts of information. Upon closer inspection he figured that this was stock market data and his current portfolio.

“ Wow ” he said to himself “ I seem to be in the green..... ”

“ And have over …... 45 million dollars in my account!! ”

“ How the hell is that even possible??? ”

At this moment he was so bewildered as to what happened that he just collapsed onto the nearest armchair and began staring out of the window. Outside one could see the beach and hear the ocean waves. The beautiful music of nature was time to time interrupted by the automobile klaxons and the low pitched sound of traffic. His hand began feeling the back of his skull looking for an incision. Consciously, he did not know exactly what he was looking for but he felt that it could explain the mystery. After about a couple of minutes of searching he found a small scar behind his right ear.

“ Ahh.....so this is where it is. It must have bloody worked! The experiment must have been a success. I must have somehow influenced my past to bring along this wonderful reality. I wonder what it is that I've given myself.....” thought Ronald. At this moment he got up from the leather armchair and made his way to the small coffee table by the window. On it lay what appeared to be an iPhone. He picked it up with his right hand and said to himself upon feeling it:

“ Hmmm, carbon nanotube fibre.....optimized for weight. I wonder if it still uses silicon for the microprocessor ”

He decided to dial the person that he spoke to last and after waiting for a few brief moments a gentle female voice sounded on the other end of the line.

“ Hello Mr. Reagan. ”

“ Good Afternoon..... ” came a hesitant response.

“ How may I help you? ” asked the girl

“ Oh....may I find out who I am talking to? ”

“ Oh of course, you must have had another one of your crazy nights yesterday....this is miss Melinda, your personal secretary. ”

“ I see, well Melinda, could you tell me the profile of my initial investment again? Was just wondering how my current IRR compares to the old days? ” “ What the hell is IRR ?” thought Ronald momentarily

“ Well, Mr. Ronald, your first investment consisted of allocating the initial 1 million dollars across a pond of hedge funds according to a strictly confidential mathematical formula. Following that, you.... ”

“ A million dollars? ”

“ Yes! ”

“ Where did that million come from? ”

“ Oh.....you must have really drunk too much last night....oh maybe you've had too much of that...?? ” giggled Melinda

“ Yes, yes, don't remember really. Just remember waking up in bed wondering where I am ”

“ Well...you won the Nobel prize in physics in the year 2024 for helping to reconcile quantum mechanics with general relativity ”

“ I see....and what did I do after that? ”