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Описание: you're at wendy's with excitement, waiting to try out their brand new shake you just ordered, the Oreo Cookie Shake. needing more than just ice cream for your meal, you also order a double stack burger to go along with it. they yell your order, you walk over and grab, making a b-line back to your table. with your double stack in front of you and oreo shake ready, you gorge yourself on some fine dining on a late friday afternoon. finishing your meal, you decide to chill in your seat for a bit, letting your stomach settle and mind wander before you head on out. right before getting up, your stomach begins to rumble a little, then more, then more, then a LOT. thinking it was time to use the restroom, your vision starts to fade in and out, eventually blurring entirely. with a violently rumbling stomach and blurry vision, you get up from your chair and immediately lose your balance and hit the ground with a THUD. a couple customers sitting down and a few employees rush to your side, roll you over on your back, and you hear an echo of, "HEY!! YO!!! HEY!!!! SOMEONE CALL 911!! HEY, STAY WITH ME, STAY WITH M-" and your vision begins to fade into an array of bokeh in different colors and sizes, slowly taking shape in a vortex of random hues and forms. 30 seconds go by and slowly but surely, you begin to see clearly again. light is blinding your vision as you're left laying in the middle of a wheat field, and sitting in front of you is a medium sized gorilla wearing some VIEWTIFUL shades (pic). still disoriented as hell from the fall, you try to speak while on the ground, but are only able to mumble a few groans. the gorilla turns towards you, lifts up his glasses to rest on his head and says, "oh, good you're up. finally. you know how long i've been waiting here?". the fall from earlier disoriented you so much that a talking gorilla merely confuses you instead of scaring you outright. as you sit up, before you can get another peep out, the gorilla says, "we don't have much time, but there's something i have to show you". he places the sunglasses back on his eyes, waddles a bit to the left, uses his left arm to pull down the wheat blocking your view and says, "welcome......to the kingdom." behind the wheat, you see an extensive trail lead straight to a giant intricately red-designed white wall with an open wooden gate, bustling with a myriad of people and animals, going through and from it, behind the wall, towering buildings of different shapes, sizes and colors in the faded distance, to the left and right of the trail, fields of trees, bushes, water rows, all placed perfectly to harvest as many are as you watch, a sky blanketed in overcast with gasps of light beaming through the cloud coverage with mists of rain in the distance, and you also hear plenty of noise emitting from behind those very walls. every event leading to his instance has you baffled to the point of speechless. the gorilla then goes, "follow me. we don't have much time, but you can walk with me to the gate before you have to go." sitting up, you gather yourself to stand up and follow this gorilla off this patch of wheat onto the trail ahead. the trail splits into various directions going left and right, coalescing at a middle point, to which you and this gorilla take the wide middle path heading straight to the giant gate. casually walking to the right with the gorilla slightly ahead to your left, he says, "this city is about to go through a change so drastic, i don't know how long my family and colleagues will be able to keep it afloat in the long run. the Ophidia clan do not adhere to our economic model, will slowly debase our currency, redirect trade routes inefficiently, swap diplomacy for might, throw out fair judicial reforms to favor anyone willing to tow their line, nothing that will be net gain for this place. not to mention, they fund many smaller warring clans- they can barely handle themselves, much less other governing entities. i also have reason to believe that there's an enemy among their ranks, whispering bad advice into the ears of their advisors. the Ophidia have been our adversaries, but never like this. their policies will backfire, and when they do, anyone still here will take the brunt of the consequences." as you're 2/3's of the way to the gate, your vision begins to blur again, putting you to a halt. you murmur, "my- it's happe-" and the gorilla cuts you off with "forget that; you'll be back. i know you won't remember any of that, but i'll need your help. see you again..." and your faded vision alters and develops into you laying in a hospital bed with a doctor standing next to you with a clipboard. "oh, you're up" the doctor says "something in that burger and shake you had did NOT agree with you. give me a sec, i'll be back..." with some time to yourself now, you think to yourself, "what tf just happened....."

(pic edited by me, background from "julie aagaard" on Pexels - wheat field from Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway)