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By the time Shawn was a High School senior he had broken every Rio
Grande Valley football record, he had rushed for 6,7! yards in a single
season, he had !" career touchdowns, and ran a #"# He was a very
$romising young athlete# %hough he was hounded by all the nation&s to$
recruiters, he decided to go to '#%# (ustin on a full ride#
Shawn graduated "7th in his class and was well on his way to '#%#
(ustin# %he )rst day of $ractice came and on the )rst $lay, a linebacker got
through the o*line and delivered a career ending in+ury to his knee# He was
rushed to the hos$ital and the doctor told him he had shattered his knee ca$
and torn his a#c#l# Shawn would never $lay football again# He lost his
scholarshi$ and decided to go to '#%##(#
Shawn was a self*taught right handed guitarist, mostly because his
$arents could not a-ord to give him lessons# He did not know it, but he had
terrible techni.ue# He only used three )ngers on his fretting hand and would
awkwardly bend his wrist on his $icking hand when he $layed# Shawn had
not $layed guitar since middle school, but now that he had to be o- his knee
he decided to give it another shot# His dream was still to go to '#%# (ustin,
but this time to become a rock star/ (ustin is the live music ca$itol of the
world#
(t the end of that summer he got a +ob at a bank and started working
0! hours $er week# %he semester at '#%##(# started and he did well# He got
four (&s at the end of the semester# By the end of the second semester he
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had burned out from working and going to school, so he deiced he would
focus on school# Second semester )nished and he got four (&s again# He
decided that he would a$$ly to %e1as that fall of 2336# He had a $erfect
G##(# a "43 on his S(%&s and had $reviously gotten a full ride, how could
(ustin say no# 5ctober 20, 2336 came around and he got his acce$tance
letter# He was so e1cited# Shawn was in the middle of an avid obsession
with imi Hendri1 and had managed to teach himself Purple Haze, Foxey
Lady , Along the watchtower , and Manic Depression# Besides the studio
version solo of Purple Haze and Foxey Lady , he could never .uite $lay the
solos# Shawn +ust did not have any s$eed# He learned a few other songs by
imi Hendri1, but always unsuccessful in $laying the solos#
Shawn became a Hendri1 fan in anuary 2336 when he was chatting
with a girl on the internet and she said she always wanted to stri$ to Purple
Haze# %his instantly $i.ued his interest and )gured $laying guitar like imi
Hendri1 could $robably hel$ him get girls# So he burned a Hendri1 8 with
all his greatest hits and obsessively listened to it until he could sing all the
guitar $arts in his head# 9t was ironic that besides the Star-Spangled Banner ,
Shawn was not familiar with Hendri1&s live guitar work, which is what he is
best known for#
%he fall semester )nished and once again got straight (&s# (lthough
his $arents could not a-ord it, they took out a loan for :"6,333 and situated
him at what was su$$osed to be the best dorm in (ustin, 8obie enter# He
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got a single room, that was on the corner of the 27th ;oor and every evening
he had a view of beautiful sunsets, he could see the a$itol Building and
could also see all of ike and Robert, already went to '#%# (ustin# 9t was anuary "7, 2337 and
>ike o-ered to give Robert and Shawn a ride u$ to (ustin# 9t was a dreary
day and the weather was su$$osed to get nasty# Shawn and his buds made
it $ast San (ntonio, from >c(llen, in three hours and were about to get to
(ustin in less than four when >ike says ? @9 heard Ross has sum killa $ur$le
haAe for :63# o Robert, wanna go halfers on an eighthCD Shawn did not
smoke cannabis all that often, but he suggested they s$lit it three ways,
smoke half a gram out of >ike&s bong and each kee$ a gram# So it was
settled# %hey got to (ustin, got the bud, left Robert&s things at his
a$artment, Shawn left his guitar and clothes at 8obie enter and they made
their way to >ike&s ;at# >ike had a co$y of the Victoria&s Secret fashion
show on his 8VR so they decided to watch that before they loaded u$ the
bong# Shawn $layed Hendri1&s Purple Haze on his music $hone in honor of
what they were about to do and the gang let it ri$# (fterwards they went to
Vanessa&s E>ike&s girlfriendF a$artment and had to stay the night because it
started snowing#
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%he semester, that s$ring, started late on account of the snow# Shawn
was enrolled in History of Rock, onstitutional aw, ongress and the
residency, and British iterature# ven though Shawn was $retty $o$ular in
High School, once he got in+ured, he never really got much attention from the
o$$osite se1# He was 6&3D, "!4lbs, handsome, and >e1ican, $art 9talian# =or
some reason unknown to him valley girls never $aid much attention to him,
and the ones that did $ay attention to him only liked him because he was a
star in high schoolI he would always mess u$ with one thing or another and
never manage to bed any of those ladies that liked him# But once he got u$
to (ustin, he would get looks from beautiful aucasian women and he
started a$$roaching them with un$recedented success# He was getting
numbers from ladies on cam$us and ladies at his dorm#
Shawn had to go to the music library to check out some 8&s for his
History of Rock class# 5nce he was there, he did a search for imi Hendri1#
He would )nd Blue
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the main mall# He was 23, but had a fake 9#8#, so he could go to 6th street
and go bar ho$$ing with >ike# %he trio also $artied every once in a while
with Vanessa and her girlfriends# 9t was a genuine good time#
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Shawn&s dad )nished situating him and left the dorm# >oments after Shawn
took out a glass $i$e, loaded a bowl, went to the rest room and got
e1tremely high# %his semester he had changed to the fourth ;oor, he was
tired of )fteen minute elevator rides# So fully baked, he got his guitar rig out
E=ender Strat, boss $edals, and 43 watt >arshallF and started rocking away
the imi Hendri1 tunes he knew# %hough he did not end u$ learning all of Red
House on the guitar, the songs he did know sounded really good# >oments
later his 27th ;oor neighbor showed u$ because he said he heard someone
$laying guitar# His name was (lan and he talked about how his new
roommate had facebooked him and asked him if he would mind if he smoked
weed# (lan said that his new roommate, (dam, would $robably get along
with Shawn#
( few days later Shawn was hanging out in (lan&s room when (dam
)nally shows u$# (dam&s dad was hel$ing move in and came in with a big
brown bo1# @(dam&s been waiting for this oneD and $rom$tly set the bo1
down# (dam got on one knee and uncovered a se1y, black, 7 string guitar,
he got it out, $lugged into his $eavey am$ and started $laying Korn&s Frea
on a leash# %hen he segued into a$a Roach&s Last Resort # Shawn was
convinced he was better than (dam# (dam&s dad left and (lan, Shawn, and
(dam were all chilling and talking, when Shawn asked (dam ?@wanna
smokeCD
@Smoke whatCD
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@some weed#D
@Hell yeahLD
So Shawn went for his $i$e and the rest of his +oint, loaded a bowl, let
(dam get greens, and the rest was history#
(dam and Shawn became really good friends# Shawn continued to
meet beautiful womenI he could get numbers, but still could not )gure out
how to get laid#
( cou$le of weeks into the semester Shawn bum$ed into (dam at the
hall between their dorms and (dam said, @9 can now $lay things 9 never
thought $ossible#D
9t had been already two weeks and no one had been able to )nd any
cannabis on cam$us, until one evening >ike called Shawn and said, @9 found
some strawberry cough,D Shawn told (dam and (dam&s like,
@How much for an eighthCD
@:73#D
So Shawn told >ike to get him two eighths of strawberry cough# %hirty
minutes later >ike shows u$ with the said $roduct, Shawn rushes down stairs
to get it, swiftly comes back u$ and tosses a baggie to (dam, without
evening checking for the better nugs#
@et me get the $i$e,D said Shawn#
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@Shannon#D
So Shawn is chatting u$ both of these incredibly beautiful women and class
starts# aying little attention to the $rofessor he talks to Shannon and starts
getting the "" on her# He )nds out her ethnicity, that she&s from %em$le, %N
that she has a brother, that her dad hel$ed out in Oew ork as a doctor
during the JP"" crisis and that she is a transfer student from %e1as (Q># %he
class comes to an end# Shawn&s $hone is coming in the mail and he is
$honeless, and he tells Shannon
@Since you mentioned you have trouble with music, why don&t we e1change
numbers and you call me u$, if you need anything# HereD He hands her a
notebook# @ike later on that day and when he goes
back to 8obie for dinner, he sees Kim, a girl he met his )rst week the second
semester on his ;oor# She was eating with a stunning atina beauty# So all
sweaty, Shawn makes his way over and says to hi to Kim and introduces
himself to this atina by kissing her on the cheek and he says @Hi, 9&m
Shawn, what&s your nameCD
@Hi# 9&m essica, nice to meet you#D
@%he $leasure&s all mine#D
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So they had dinner and Shawn got to know them a litter better# %hen at the
end of dinner he asks Kim and essica, @Hey, you girls wanna meet my babyC
Her names Stella#D
@(ww, you have a babyC SureLD e1claimed essica#
So they made their way u$ to the fourth ;oor, walked into Shawn&s
dorm, he $ulls out his guitar and says, @>eet Stella,D and both girls giggle#
Shawn sets u$ his am$li)er and $edals and starts $laying Red House ? the
)rst minute and a half that he learned that summer# %hen he breaks into
Spanish !astle Magic u$ until the solo Ehe still didn&t have full command of
the guitar and couldn&t $lay as fast as imi Hendri1F# %he girls, still though,
were im$ressed# %hen Shawn says he has to shower and run a cou$le of
errands so he could e1cuse himself and they leave#
Oe1t >onday Shawn goes to his music class and sits ne1t to (udrey
again, and Shannon sits ne1t to Shawn## again# %hey all talk when Shawn
suddenly asks Shannon ? @So hey, are you singleCD
She says, @, that
they were going to get back together at the end of the Semester, and that
they $romised they wouldn&t date anyone#
@%hat sounds like a bad break u$ line to meD said Shawn#
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@Oo, 9&m seriousD said Shannon#
(nd they continued to ;irt all semester# %he $rofessor )nally got tired
of their incessant chatter and called their attention on three se$arate
occasions#
>id*5ctober came by and Shawn had become good friends with essica
and Kim, but was foolishly in love with Shannon#
essica mentioned she was going to a onghorn&s football game at 2
$#m#, it was ""3 $#m# She said she was going to go with a friend# So Shawn
and essica had lunch and at "03 essica left to the game in her orange
cotton dress and :433 boots# Shawn decided he wanted to sur$rise essica
and show u$ at the football gameI she had mentioned she was going to be in
the student section# So Shawn, goes back to his dorm, grabs :!3 , and
makes a list of what he has to do# =irst he needs '#%# a$$arel# So at "4 he
rushes to the drag and looks around a bit and settles on a :4 bargain, a
burnt orange %*shirt with the onghorn emblem# %hen he starts making his
way to the stadium and sees a scal$er#
@How much for a ticketCD
@:63#D
@9&ll give you :23#D
@:3#D
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So :4 is a shirt and a ticket and later )nally makes it to the stadium,
but now to )nd herL
%he student section is divided into si1 sections with about "433 $eo$le
in each# So he makes his way to the edge and starts scanning every row for
essica# Oothing in the )rst section# He em$loys the classic $incer
movement tactic and goes to the other side, goes head by head making sure
to ski$ no one# Oothing, goes to the third section on the o$$osite side#
Same strategy, still nothing# He does this for the fourth and )fth section#
Still no luck#
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Shawn suggested they go get a soda and head for cover# %he rain went
away and it was really muggy and sticky# '#%#, without olt >coy, started
losing really bad and essica and Shawn left by the end of the third .uarter#
Shawn S%9 hadn&t )gured out how to get laid# He would tell Kim that
he liked essica but not to tell her, secretly knowing Kim would tell essica#
So essica began ;irting with Shawn more and more# 5ne night Shawn had a
little get together with Kim, essica, and essica&s three roommates# %hey
drank Grey Goose and cranberry and listened to underground $arty music
that Shawn had# 5ne of essica&s friends from Houston had also come, but
she stayed to smoke some O Sour 8iesel with Shawn after the other girls
left# He thought nothing of it# (nother night Kim went over to Shawn&s
dorm# Shawn $ut on Kim&s favorite band, Red Hot hili e$$ers, on his
la$to$ so they could +am out# She&s only '( from Stadiu% Arcadiu% started
$laying and they were talking and sitting on his bed, one thing led to another
and Kim was laying on his bed# %hey had been sharing kinesthetic touches,
and she had been ;irting with him laughing at his +okes# His black light was
on and Shawn was going to score, or at least have a heavy make out session#
He $ositions himself over her and he&s about to $lant a big wet one when
Kim un*$outs her li$s, and closes her mouth# 9t was an awkward moment#
So Shawn sat u$ and Kim said, @9 think 9&d better go#D Shawn was confused#
He went for Kim because she seemed like an easy target and had a
bodacious ass to die for# 8es$ite the fact that essica $robably liked him and
they had been ;irting for a while#
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%he ne1t day essica came to Shawn&s dorm really u$set# Kim and
essica were su$$osed to be roommates ne1t year, but Kim broke o- the
agreement on account of one of essica&s friends had stayed to smoke
cannabis with Shawn one time after a get together and Kim said she didn&t
trust essica&s +udgment# 9t didn&t a$$ear as if Kim had told essica about the
night before# So Shawn called u$ Kim and invited her to 8irty >artin&s
Burgers and she agreed to go# %hey had dinner, came back and Shawn
asked Kim, @So you don&t have any feelings for me whatsoeverCD
@Shawn, 9 +ust got out of a relationshi$# 9&m not ready,D and she left#
Shawn vowed not to ;irt or make any moves on essica because he had
gone for her friend, Kim#
Shawn friend bo1ed essica, but she would still ;irt with him# Kim,
essica, and essica&s roommates, (shley and iA, would tend to have dinner
together, usually, along with Shawn#
%he semester went on# (dam and Shawn would +am out, but it was
usually Shawn holding back (dam# Shawn didn&t even use his $inky# Shawn
and (dam got some of the best dro in (ustin and had really good timesI at a
certain $oint, Shawn would +ust watch (dam, trying to soak u$ as much
talent from (dam as $ossible#
Halloween $assed# He met another girl named Rachel# %hat didn&t
work out# essica was friend bo1ed, so that didn&t work out either# So he
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decided to $ut all his eggs in one basket and go for Shannon# He asked her
out twice, but got re+ected# He )nally invited both (udrey and Shannon to a
cello recital and they agreed to go# Shannon was de)nitely interested, but
couldn&t muster the will to ditch her half boyfriend# So 8ecember )nally
came around, it was the )rst =riday, 8ecember 7I and Shawn was su$$osed
to meet u$ with Shannon and (udrey for a tower bells concert and a
Beethoven sym$hony concert# Shawn showed u$ to the east side of the '#%#
%ower and mingled with some of classmates and $rofessor# Shannon showed
u$ in a slender, long, black dress and looked absolutely +aw dro$$ing# 9t was
the )rst time Shawn had seen her with make*u$# Shannon was one of those
rare natural beauties that needed no make*u$ to be beautiful, but this was
over the to$# %he concert started, (udrey showed u$, but she was minding
her own business# %he concert went on and Shawn and Shannon were
sharing an intimate s$ace and conversation# %he bells concert ended and
they went to the Beethoven sym$hony# Shawn sat between (udrey and
Shannon, +ust like in class# 9t lasted 4 minutes and it ended# 9t was a
mediocre concertI it wasn&t '#%#&s best $layers# So Shawn suggested he walk
Shannon across cam$us to her car# %hey shared a romantic walk and
everything seemed $erfect for Shawn to make his move, but Shawn wasn&t
convinced that if he kissed Shannon, that she would kiss him back# So they
get to the car, he does nothing, but give her a hug and walks away# He will
forever wonder what could have been# %he ne1t week was )nals and the
semester would be over# (nd he S%9 hadn&t gotten laid#
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ater that night (dam goes over to Shawn&s dorm as usual and they&re
hitting Ricky Knobby, while Shawn $icks u$ his guitar to show (dam a new
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his all*time idol imi Hendri1 and had (dam for hel$ with develo$ing his
techni.ue#
Sunday came around and he s$ent the night at >ike&s a$artment to
ring in his 2"st birthday# >onday came, Shawn got some $arty essentials,
beer and te.uila included, and that night threw a $arty# But right before he
got to his dorm, the $erson at the front desk took away his beer because @he
wasn&t su$$osed to have alcohol,D but they didn&t see his bottle of Vodka and
%e.uila# He threw his $arty, got really drunk, but didn&t know his limit# He
almost $assed out after bar)ng twice, but then he drank a red bull and >ike,
Vanessa, and a few other friends of his headed downtown# %hey drank some
more and at closing time they made their way to ike&s a$artment and they all chilled#
Shawn asked Vanessa if she would give him a ride home, and when
they showed u$, Shawn told Vanessa he wanted to show her something#
Being stu$idly drunk, they went u$stairs to his dorm and he showed her a
cou$le of ecstasy $ills he had scored from Ross# 8ouble stacked tri$le
isces, it was a heroin based $ill# Vanessa had never done ecstasy and
neither had Shawn# So they took it and around 03 a#m# they were rolling
their asses o-# 5n a long shot, Shawn decides he doesn&t care and starts
making out with Vanessa# She kisses him back and they get on his bed#
%hey take each other&s clothes o- and they are about to have se1# Shawn
decides he doesn&t want to remember so he takes a roach from a list >ike
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had given him earlier in the semester, but without Vanessa knowing# Shawn
asks if Vanessa is on the $ill and they have un$rotected se1 for the ne1t
three hours# Shawn had heard the myth that if a guy has se1 on ecstasy that
the guy would never again get an erection# He didn&t care, it was totally
worth it# 8uring the course of the said intercourse Shawn began to fantasiAe
about Shannon, because he really desired her, and had three mind blowing
orgasms with Vanessa# (t around 703 am Vanessa was still rolling balls but
she decided she better go home#
Shawn woke u$ at around """0 a#m# feeling e1tremely fatigued
without any recollection of what had ha$$ened after they left >ike&s house,
he had no idea how he got home, let alone that he had had se1 with
Vanessa# So that morning, he woke u$, he took a hit from a two hitter .uitter
cannabis he had and ensued on writing a com$laint versus 8obie for taking
away his beer#
9t was %uesday and he had )nals %hursday, =riday, Saturday, and ne1t
%uesday# He saw (dam, and (dam asked @So did you get your dick wetCD
@OahD re$lied Shawn#
So the day went on and he couldn&t )nd his $honeI he $retty much
stayed in bed trying to recover from the $revious night# He saw some
$ictures from =acebook and attem$ted to $iece together the night to no
avail# ater that night he got a headache and Shawn felt like his brain was
on )re and going a hundred million miles an hour# He was u$set because for
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reasons he could not remember he had fucked u$ his brain, and to the best
of his knowledge he never got laid or became a rock star, and now he was
going to have to get some sort of treatment for his mental condition and was
going to $robably have to end u$ going home or dro$$ing out of school# But
that mental condition had s$arked his brain and hand motor coordination in
unfathomable ways# He somehow managed to rest and got an idea, @>aybe
9 can suck it u$ and become a rock star by this weekend and 9 won&t have to
worry about school or money ever again# 9f 9 could only clone (dam&s guitar
talent, 9 could de)nitely become a rock star#D
So Shawn showed u$ to (dam&s dorm and asked him to come over#
%hey smoked a bowl of that two hitter .uitter cannabis and Shawn dis$layed
the ergonomic factors he had discovered on his Stratocaster, that he could
hold his $ick without any tension in his left hand, and that his )ngers on his
right hand could move inordinately fast# Shawn told (dam about his idea to
clone (dam&s talent, but the technology for that seemed distant# 9t involved
using electromagnetic fre.uencies and transferring neurological $athways
between brains# %hey didn&t have the time or the technology to do that, but
it was a dream# Shawn then said, @how about you teach me right here right
now, all 9 gotta do is mirror you and coordinate both hands and synchroniAe
them to yours and each other/ but )rst 9 would like you to become my
smoking blood brother#D
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@=uck yeahLD (dam e1claimed# So they cut their )nger ti$s com$letely
and carved an @(TD on Shawns left and (dam&s right $alm, took a hit, blew it
into each others hands and +oined $alms# Shawn&s left one was (dam&s right
one# So to make a callous on their )ngers ti$s so they could $lay, they
slowly burned the bloody )nger ti$s into a hardened callousI (dam taught
Shawn a few e1ercises to get coordinated and did that until he got the
basics# Shawn then told (dam that he was going to )gure out the
im$rovisation slow, and then if he could only teach him how to shred# So
Shawn s$ent "7 hours )guring out how to $lay the )rst 4J seconds of imi
Hendri1&s 9m$rovisation of live at
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for )ve hours and $layed the entire album# Shawn had somehow managed
to synchroniAe his hands $erfectly to each other and $icked u$ (dam&s
blaAing s$eed in those )ve hours when Shawn challenges (dam to a guitar
duel# %hey were going back and forth with no clear victor when Shawn says,
(dam, grab the camera, 9 think 9 can )nally do it#
So (dam grabs the camera and Shawn ensues to $lay the )rst 4J
seconds of imi Hendri1&s
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heard in his head, he started $laying ike or why he had not called# Saturday comes and Vanessa shows u$
while Shawn is making out with essica right before starting the show and
Vanessa makes a scene# Shawn has one of his buddies escort Vanessa out
and he $layed imi Hendri1 tunes for the ne1t three hours, also blowing o-
the )nal he had earlier that day# He $layed for another three hours on
Sunday, and again for another 4 hours ne1t >onday# By then, he had
become a local celebrity and everyone in the town was raving about him#
%hat %uesday he went over to >ike&s and Vanessa had already
confessed to >ike that she had done ecstasy and that she had sle$t with
Shawn# >ike was $issed, but he was conniving too, so he invited Shawn for
dinner# He had made some food, and $ut $oison in Shawn&s 8rink# Shawn
didn&t feel the e-ects till a few hours later and $assed out in his room# Oo
one had heard from Shawn and his $arents showed u$ on
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San (ntonio because the hos$itals in (ustin were full and no one could
attend him, but he was in a coma#
%wo weeks went by and he )nally woke u$ with no recollection of what
had ha$$ened his last week in (ustin, but he also didn&t know he had woken
u$ in a virtual reality that mirrored his lifeI almost as if he had woken into a
lucid dream# 9n real life, he couldn&t move, he had lost all function of his
motor abilities# He couldn&t even stand u$# He could only shit, slee$, and
eat# =or ease of his $arents they transferred him to a Hos$ital in >c(llen and
Shawn had no idea he had learned how to $lay guitar like his hero and that
he had formed a Hendri1 cover band that was waiting and eager for Shawn
to $lay, his friend (dam had no idea where Shawn was, and Vanessa felt
horrible for what had ha$$ened# %o to$ it o- he had no idea what had
ha$$ened to his cell $hone with everyone&s number in it and >ike made u$
rumors on =acebook that caused all his good friends to unfriend him#
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would ma$ out $eo$le&s brains# He could essentially hack anyone&s brain
with his receiver and guitar and steal their thoughts, memories, information,
secrets, or subconsciously talk to anyone he chose to target#
Shawn&s $arents had agreed to let doctors $lace him in an
e1$erimental virtual reality because he was in a coma and they wanted him
to live his life# %his virtual reality basically allowed him to live his live as he
remembered it and it would use the functions of the brain that created
dreams to create his life# So naturally Shawn had to dro$ out from school
because he failed three of his classes and his $arents could not a-ord to
have him u$ in (ustin after he ruined his brain, at least that was his belief#
So he went home# 9n his dream life the doctors $rescribed medicine for him
that would make him slee$ in his lucid dream virtual reality/ but no one
really knew what would ha$$en down the line in his brain or if he would in
fact ever wake u$#
His friends found out that all the rumors >ike had started were fake
because of (dam and could a$$ear in Shawn&s reality as strangers that his
dream life would con+ure u$I and they could interact with him through other
beings, but the $owers that be would not allow it#
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$rogram that would $redict $robabilities and $redict the best course of action
based on the logic in$ut through syllogistic systems#
%he government then found out what (dam had develo$ed through
electromagnetic fre.uencies and his guitar and receivers and everything and
decided that he knew too much so they cast him away in a similar $rogram
to e1$loit his e1$ert knowledge and use of the guitar to try and advance
their own agenda# (dam was now in too dee$ and the government had
kidna$$ed him, drugged him, and $ut him in a similar virtual reality system
similar to the one Shawn was in#
%here were monitors and censors 2P7 to make sure that (dam would
never esca$e this dream world and would generate trillions of dollars for the
'#S# government by a$$lying (dam&s trademark technology#
(dam woke u$ in his virtual reality and he didn&t even know he was in
a dream# %hough he $icked u$ his guitar and started $laying bide1tral
unidirectional chromatics and it s$arked a memory in his brain that the
monitors could not censor# %he fre.uencies resonated through the universe
and somehow hit Shawn in his $lanar world# 'nknown to the monitors,
Shawn and (dam were now linked at a cosmic level and could $erceive each
other&s thoughts but not aurally, but via fre.uency# Shawn and (dam would
have conversations by themselves, but really communicate with each other#
(dam communicates to Shawn what ha$$ened his last week in (ustin
and that he is really in a coma and that none of his life is real# Shawn freaks
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out and does not know what to do# He tries to suicide but his body becomes
$aralyAed when he tried to take his life# ife went on but Shawn now knew
the truth#
ike
of $oisoning Shawn and an investigation took $lace# >ike got locked u$ and
is serving a tri$le life term# Shawn&s $arents and (dam&s arents heard 00
hours of original music that (dam and Shawn recorded and ke$t the
co$yrights and collect royalties from all their music# (ll of Shawn&s friends
were sad to see that a dear and close friend had to $ass on so early# ritics
today say that Shawn and (dam rede)ned rock music history#