James (18) and Matt (19) knew each other since childhood. They were
quite ordinary people, living life in a rather boring way, never
getting involved in anything over their heads.
James, who was the smarter of the two, was going to study a variety of
things related to computers that have no real place being enumerated
here, while Matt was more of an artist type, but not one to try and
find "hidden meaning" or subliminal messages in anything, and took art
as just that, art. James got on his nerves alot with his
interpretations and whatnot, and he had to fight quite often over the
TV set in their shared apartment, because James would gravitate to
wards the least comprehensible and most boring stuff that was on while
Matt liked to turn his brain off and just rewind.
That day James had gone to the library, while Matt, skipping his
classes for the day, was sitting on the couch enjoying a rare moment
of peace and solitude. Just then the doorbell rang. It was the
postman, hading him over a strange package. He didn't know what it was
, he sure wasn't expecting anything. He unpacked and installed what he
found inside, curious because the instructions that came with the
package said so little, if anything.
Then he looked at the options. He saw a wide array of features that he
couldn't grasp their practical application.
He decided to try: