the mind place

The Mind Place

The human mind is an amazing place. In my opinion, every person has a unique structure and different ways to function, even for the same tasks. That's what makes everyone different and special—or at least that's what I believe.

The first time I entered my own mind, it was an incredible experience. A memory, really, because that's what it became—a memory. Everything eventually turns into a memory.

Because of that, I wanted to create a place to store all my dear memories.

The first time I was there, it was simple at best—just an open green field with some bookshelves randomly placed here and there.

After a lot of thought about what I should build, I decided to create a simple library with a bit of my own creative touch. Instead of the regular square building, I made it circular.

Inside, the bookshelves curved along the walls, following the circular shape. This made the space feel more open. In the center, I placed a table for my studies. On that table, I put a new, advanced computer, so I wouldn't have to search through every book whenever I needed to recall something. After all, it's the worst feeling when you know you know something, but you can't recall it from your head.

I created a three-floor library because there was a lot of information to store and organize. But I realized that every time I read a book to know what it was about and where the best place to put it was, sometimes it disappeared. Or, more accurately, it merged with another book, and sometimes the book got thinner.

My theory is that my subconscious deletes and merges similar and repeated information. For example, the book I'm holding right now is called Nursing. It holds all the knowledge and experience of my four years in college and several years working in the hospital. And yet, it's only about 500 pages long.

But these books are just the way my subconscious represents information. They aren't real books, and they don't work like real books either.

Now, only the first floor is full, the second one is barely half-full, and the third floor is empty. In some form of protection, every book is locked with a series of numbers, letters, and words. That's just to remove it from the shelf. To unlock it, you have to use the computer in the center, which is also locked with its own passwords. One failed attempt, and the alarm will start. The whole library will become superconductive, trapping the intruder, and lightning will strike from the sky.

Even though I created a place to store my memories and knowledge and a defense system, I still had the problem of my unstable emotions, which were easily affected by my powers. It was hard to think of something that could work. I can literally create anything, and if I say it will work, it will. The problem is that I have to believe in it and understand it on some level.

So I thought: What calms me down whenever my emotions are rising, whether it's anger, sadness, joy, or fear? Then it came to me. I always liked to take walks in parks and near water, like the old lake I used to walk by whenever I felt down.

So, I created a combination of a lake, a fountain, and a garden of flowers. The idea is that I treat my emotions and feelings as water. The water can change color based on my emotions—like red for anger.

At the center of the garden is the lake, surrounded by a small fence. The fountain takes the water from the lake, circulates it through the garden in a little artificial stream, and returns it to the lake.

There are white flowers with roots connected to the stream of water. These flowers also change color, but in a way that balances my emotions. For example, if I feel red (anger), the flowers will turn blue (calming). The flowers will continue to change colors, balancing the emotions, and eventually purifying the water back to its colorless form before returning it to the lake.

This system won't activate unless my emotions are out of control or close to being so. With that, I don't have to worry about becoming emotionally numb.

After all this hard work, I can finally enjoy the results of my little project. First, for the library: As expected, I now have perfect memory, or something close to it. I can memorize any book in just a few minutes, depending on how fast I can read it. I can use that knowledge whenever I need it.

Second, my mind has never been this clear. It used to be like a messy room where I could never find anything and could barely move. But now I've cleaned it, and I can process information much faster. This includes my physical responses and reflexes, which has enhanced my telekinetic ability. I'll have to test it in the real world.

Third, the garden: I am now a much more stable person. My powers don't affect me as easily as they did before, so I don't have to worry about them slipping out of control. Like the day my parents found out about my powers—that was so embarrassing every time I think of it.

I may have the life experience of a full-grown man, but I still fall for stupid jokes. I think I'm done for today. I really need to rest.

In the forest, between the tall, old trees, there I was—my secret place. Not many people knew about it, only Eugene and Xavier. Both of them didn't like visiting this place much. Eugene claimed that some of the plants here gave him mild allergies and made him sneeze a lot. Xavier, on the other hand, disliked the dirt. He always said it was annoying to clean his shoes every time he came here.

Before I created the mind place, my record was being able to manipulate four telekinetic hands at the same time, with each hand able to carry about 70 kg. I could change the hands from a solid to semi-solid form.

But now, I'm no longer limited to the shape of hands when I use my power. It's finally transformed into something more like liquid, meaning I can shape it into whatever I like. I can now lift eight objects at the same time, and each one can weigh up to 100 kg.

For my current training, I've been focusing on body and physical enhancement, as well as telekinetic construction. Telekinetic construction is very simple in concept. I use my telekinetic energy to shape an object. For example, I can create a sword. But how strong the object is depends on various factors, like my imagination, my knowledge of the object, the amount of energy I put into it, and my overall skill.

Physical enhancement, on the other hand, is simple in concept but far more complicated in execution. The idea is to use psychic powers to make yourself physically stronger, faster, and more resilient. But when you actually try it, you realize how hard it is. One wrong step, and you could break your bones, tear your muscles, or even paralyze yourself. So, I've been focusing on training specific parts of my body. For now, I'm working on my heart and lungs to increase my stamina. I prefer not to engage in physical fights if I don't have to.

I really need to find a hobby, though. I can't spend all my days training. I already spend hours every day on it, but training shouldn't be the only thing on my mind. But what should I do?

I've been reading a lot of books and novels—even light novels online. I always dreamed of creating my own fantasy novel, with detailed world-building, a power system, and unique characters. I once thought about just copying some famous works from my past life, but they all exist here too. Some of the versions here are even complete, with good or great endings.

In my past life, I had always had this great idea for an open-world, high-fantasy story that didn't follow one main character but instead followed many characters—something like Game of Thrones but with superpowers. But because of my job at the hospital, and because I was a lazy person, I never did it. I was also afraid of failure.

But all of that is in the past. Now, I'm a whole new person, and I'm going to do it.

I just hope that if it succeeds, no one will want to kill me. God knows I plan on killing off a lot of characters, and I believe with all my heart that some people would love to chew my bones, especially now that I know werewolves are real in this world.