Introduction: Thought Experiment 2

I was thinking about what boundaries I haven't crossed were, and I found a way to make myself uncomfortable with writing again. It's called the Fictional Narrative. So here's my first two attempts at that, in two parts titled "The Arcanist" and "Solitary Confinement."
"The Arcanist" is mostly around to support "Solitary Confinement." I say this mainly because it has less thematic value, but also because Willem doesn't work without another context to put him in. It's definitely lighter, and I wanted to see if I could go somewhere where I wasn't completely lost in thought. Action is something I'll want to write about more in the future.

I wanted to call it "Solitary Confinement" because I feel that that's what it would be like if you were the only real person around, even if you're not isolated physically. I was going for a kind of "Tone Piece" with this second one. Willem's state of being in this half is exactly what drives us to social networking sites: the fear of being alone.