Too many sins my hands have seen,
Too many lies been spoke,
Now I fall, though still unseen,
I cling by the strands of my rope...

24 - The New Series

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Hour 1- 7:00 AM

Vikramanaha Iyeranga Kumaraswamy Inderjith (a.k.a Viki) felt compltely relaxed. The sun was shining. The birds were dancing with joy, celebrating the gift of life. Even the cat that was sneaking up on the birds had a smile on its face. Life was good.
Viki felt completely relaxed. Viki knew this wasn´t gonna be a good day.

Viki was out of his element. A normal day would begin at 7:50, sometimes later. He took it as a personal goal to redefine the meaning of multi tasking and time management with each passing day, living each day by the Crank Handbook. That is where the challenge lies , he thought. The thrill of the chase to get attendence.
He started walking towards the cupboard. He didnt know why he did it, only that ity seemed like a good idea at that time. But the again perhaps it wasnt, so in midstep he decided to return to the bed and start over.
¨Crankś Rule #21 - When in the boot up stage, which can last upro 15 minutes upon waking, never change your destination in midstep. This results in a command mismatch between the two feet, the consequence of which is the crossing of the feet. Subsequent events are varied, but 78% of these events ends with the victim falling face first on the floor.¨
Viki had already reached the floor by the time he thought of Rule#21.

Luckily something had broken his fall. He looked up to see that he had fallen in a pile of newspapers that had been collecting by his door, some already yellow with age. He got up, dusted himself off and glaced at the headlines on the news paper at the top of the pile. Lot of stuff going on in the world , he thought
(Hey!! How come Gangulyś back in the team....and the WC should be 2 months away, not one week).
He shuffled his way over to the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror. ´Brush my teeth, seems like a good idea...Isnt it?´, he asked his reflection.
No reply.
´Hello?´
The reflection just kept staring at him. Boring into him with its dark cold eyes. Fear crept into him as he felt himself being drawn into the mirror. His reflectionś eyes started glowing and suddenly his world and the world in the mirror merged. He felt himself falling through an endless vortex, the energies of the cosmos flowing around him , through him. He looked up and saw himself...or at least what was his reflection in the mirror, the eyes still glowing.
¨Hello, Vikramanaha¨ boomed the reflection in a deep voice¨It is time you learnt about the truth about the Crankatar State¨
¨What is it that I must know?¨ asked Viki.
*Explanation censored as only those initiated to the Last Minute Rush Cult may know the Truth...*

Extract from the Crank Book Of Revelations: If the initiate stares at his reflection while still in the boot up stage, there occurs a collision of the Light and Dark energies, which results in the initiate entering the Whiskeyworld (the regional outlet of the Spiritworld). Real life accounts show that the truth about ones Crankatar State, when the initiate is granted tremendous power for a short time (usually from 7:50 to 8), is revealed to them.

¨Vikramanaha...you have been here a long time. You have a duty to fulfill¨ said the reflection ¨It is time for you to go.¨ Saying this, the relfection touched Viki´s forehead.
The next thing he knew, Viki was back in the real world. He checked his watch. 7:50.
The reflection was right. It was time.
He could feel it. The energies rushing through him. His chi rising.
Everything seemed to move so fast....and yet....so slow....He let himself go.

The next thing he knew he was in class. In time for attendence.
He had made it.