Jarold was a Mill-Worker. His boss was Jarold. He had a co-worker Friend, who was also Jarold. He Loved his wife and had a sweet wife, Jarold. They had babies who were Mini-Jarolds. They were living in a peaceful quite town run By Mayor Jarold.
One Day, as Jarold was Driving to work,With is new Jarold 420 car, he was brutally Hit By a 18-wheeler truck. It was a blind spot. The Truck driver was Jarold and was scared that he might be sentenced and made a run for it while the Mill worker Jarold was bleeding to death.Just Kidding, not a single scratch was on him. People just don't die in this town, except few "real" Jarolds. The truck driver Jarold, not knowing the physics of this town, went to a bar to clear his mind. He had two jugs of rum, was depressed he killed a Jarold.
He narrated the story to the bartender Jarold and few Other Jarolds only to listen to them burst out laughing. They then explained to the truck Driver Jarold that Jarolds don't die because they are inside of this town and only few real "Jarolds" die.
This Aroused a Question a question inside of the truck driver Jarold. Why is that all of them in this town are Jarolds, Including him? if there are "real" Jarolds, then is he a "real" one or a "fake" one? what is reality?
all these questions pondered Jarold and as he asked these questions to himself and others,more and more thoughts, conspiracies and questions were provoked. is life only about Jarolds? are we all just a whole lot of twins? Is moon landing fa-......No is even the moon fake!?
The truck driver Jarold became THE PHILOSOPHER JAROLD, and soon, he gained a massive followers who questioned the basis of their existence. Great minds think alike, but not all minds are great. some people were totally against this Organisation and thought god made them same, they have no right to question god or his creations.
But the opposers tolerated until the conspiracy theorists started a cult with the philosopher Jarold. they questioned the existence of god and questioned if themselves were real or just a simulation or just npc's in a video game.
The Mill-worker Jarold, unaware that technically the whole cult started because of him, was totally against them. He was a faithful devotee of the all-powerful god, JAROLD.
He spread consciousness about Jarold and preached JAROLDism; The ideology that all these people are one and that the god is within themselves.The "atheists" constantly debated and argued and soon, a violent massacre took place. Just because People won't die, doesn't mean that they can't experience pain. Bombings occurred and huge riots took place. many Jarolds were Homeless.
as all were in despair; suddenly the whole town started disintegrating. people began to tesser out from reality.
the god-believers simply thought that it was the action of god, that he was unhappy with the suffering and fighting and decided to end it once and for all
the opposers thought that the town was disintegrating due to the use of Bio-chemicals or the game was over thus the npc's dissolved
Of-course, there are many plot-Holes in both sides. What might be the explanation for all of this?
perhaps, it IS very simple*None of this is real*
Jarold is-......was a person In NYC. He complained Of having Multiple hallucinations and head-ache after the loss of his daughter.
he was Diagnosed with Brain Tumor. he had about 4 months to Live.
The entire town was a part of his hallucinations with parts of incidents from His real Life.The Town disintegrated as his mind slowly died, resulting in His death.
there wasn't "some" real Jarolds.he was the Only real Jarold in his own mind. He was the Mill-worker Jarold.
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Short Stories of Simple Paradoxes
Science FictionSimple Short sci-fi stories of time-loops, time paradoxes, time traveling, meta-reality, self-referential,Twisted tales