01. A man from nowhere

In a super remote part of eastern Poland, in a place where even the strongest crows could not reach, there was a city Mati's father lived in.

Quiet area, far away from everything, nearby the border, so many could not even speak proper Polish language, and illiteracy was still the case despite it being already twenty first century.

Mati's father decided to return there, to his family home, after completing military service. A gentle giant, after years in the army, decided to take it easy and nowadays worked as a local tailor, loving the most to make cute dresses for little girls.

Years have passed, and once his beloved son, Mati, reached adultery, that kid said he wanted to leave this forgotten city, to make it big, and what was a better place than the capital city, Warsaw?

While their city might have been out in the boonies, the distance to capital was not that big, therefore the father agreed for the son to go, but not without complaints. After all, it meant he was to be left alone after his wife disappeared several years ago in unexplained circumstances.

"Remember, son, the world is big and unfair", he told his son, "Not everyone has a proper job, believes in god and is straight. Take a good care of yourself, and don't let the surroundings corrupt you. If anything happens, remember I'm here for you, call me if anything."

Mati just nodded as he could not stand the father's shit. For many years, he had to cope with all these rules and the worldview he did not share. The truth was, Mati just wanted to live on his own.

With that, Mati's escapade began. Not only he went to Warsaw, quite soon he left the country and was going all around Europe, taking on a variety of jobs. The father was not complaining as the son seemed to doing good. And the situation continued for couple of years, until he got back to Warsaw, and Mati's father learned how to handle social media.

As every older person starting their adventure with this kind of stuff, he had to find everyone he knew, of course including his family members, and that obviously involved Mati.

We all know what Mati was thinking about it, not wanting the father to be too involved in his life, therefore he made sure to secure the profile before accepting his father's invitation.

Since that was the case, Mati's father could see only a portion of information the son was sharing, but this ended up being enough for the father to start worrying. The first red light appeared with Mati announcing his new workplace - what in the hell testing games mean? Is that an actual job? Or is he just fucking around? Seeing that, the father made a first call, but the son ensured him it is an actual work, and he is being paid well enough to survive in Warsaw. Though Mati's father was not entirely convinced, he stopped at that, told his son he is there for him if anything, while continued observing the situation.

What he kept seeing was making him more and more anxious. You could even say that he started changing into some kind of a weird stalker, looking for even the smallest info about his son around the internet. However, it was not an easy task given Mati made sure to restrict the information shared via social media.

Then, Mati's father expanded his knowledge about popular social media and found out one that was focused on sharing photos. There, he accidentally found photos with a cat, which felt to him quite disturbing.

Despite all of the positive reactions the post was getting, the comments he read made him decide to go and check on Mati. Somehow, the father felt this cat was acting suspicious and he absolutely needed to make sure he is not going crazy.

He disconnected the sewing machine, folded nearly completed gothic dress, and put it into the wardrobe. After doing that, he closed the shop, put a note for regulars and left for Warsaw, taking three packs of his favorite "Thunder" cigarettes - in the end, it was going to be a one-day trip.