Ramble on

Louis stared at his alarm clock. He had to be up in three hours for work and he hadn't slept a wink. All Louis could think about was the man he met walking home late from the bar last night. He had been out with a couple friends on Saturday night and as the night came to an end, Louis split off and began his walk home. He had made it over half the way back when he heard something around the corner, which he found to be a man replacing a man hole cover. The man spots Louis eye balling him and walks over to him. As he gets close Louis notices he's wearing raggedy, filthy clothes, is covered in dirt, and smells like raw sewage. Louis asks what he was doing down there when the man responds almost giddy with joy. The Sewer Man expresses his love for the sewers and how they made him truly free. Louis stands there, dumbstruck. Who is this man? He's just spouting nonsense about how great the sewers are. Why on earth would anyone voluntarily go down there? Louis slowly started to ba

"It's not going to kill you" Ben told him. He'd heard it several times before, that it's perfectly safe, it won't kill you or give you flashbacks every time you crack your back.  Ben continued on about how it makes you feel like a kid again, full of curiosity and joy, and it seemed like Nick was starting to come around on the matter.  "Well maybe I'll try one and see how it goes." Nick said as he took a small piece of paper and placed it on his tongue. The next day, Nick was awestruck. Why are people so against this? It's wonderful, everyone should try it and then maybe we would all come together and make peace instead of war. He started taking it every few months, wanting to keep the magic but not overdo it.  A couple years went by with nothing out of the ordinary until one day, when Nick had a life changing trip. It wasn't life changing in the sense of becoming a new person, or becoming some higher entity, but it opened his eyes to some