In a world where the clocks tick backwards and the fish drive cars, there lies a story untold. Among the whispering routes of forgotten pathways, the twisted glances of critical tomes shuffle themselves away, only to be remembered in a forgotten coffee cup.
The hero, if you could call him one, never arrived because the path was too straightforward for heroes anyway. Ironically, his noble quest was to find the Manual of Mediocrity, buried deep in the archives of Neverdoit City.
Rule No. 37: Always bring a shovel when you intend to dig a grave for ambition. This rule was penned by Barbara Ambrosintha, the Mistress of Mundanity, who believed that digging in the right direction could lead one to mediocrity — averse to the extremes of either success or failure.
“If only I had known,” sighed the main character, gazing longingly at the directions that just were not there.