I woke up in my pod. That’s where the “chosen ones” dwell.

It is year 2030. We live in a dystopian society now, where people are not discriminated on the basis of caste, creed, colour, sex, language or ethnicity. Wait, then why did I say “dystopian”?

Well… the world has been taken over by colonizers who divide humans on the basis their views on Dream Tube.

So… Dream Tube, what’s that? That’s new age YouTube where humans need to get the maximum views on their videos. Anyone with less than 10 million views is sent to Social Banners, a new age prison.

Don’t you want to know why I live in a pod? So… anyone with more than 10 million views lives in the fancy pods. What do we upload on our Dream Tube channel? Our dreams every alternate day.

The more interesting your dream, the more views on your video. Simple! But, how do we ensure our dreams are entertaining or viral worthy? Not in our hands, folks! So, every alternate night, I sleep after reading fascinating stories or watching intriguing videos. That’s the only way we can control our subconscious mind, isn’t it?
But being a fancy pod dweller comes with the pressure of living up to the expectations of fans and viewers every alternate night, lest we are sent off to Social Banners forever.

As I plug in my Dream Catcher chip to my device, I am shocked and my heart is thumping. My dream starts.

In my dream, I am in an argument with Joyce, my neighbour. He is a pod dweller too. During the argument, he tries to hit me with a vase. In self defence, I stab him with a knife and he dies.

Immediately after I upload my dream, my video receives 12 Million views, in a matter of 5 seconds. I have apparently broken all records.

I am about to get ready for a party with the government officials to celebrate my record when the bell rings. I am up for the biggest shock, it’s the Social Banner officers at the entrance of my pod.

You are under arrest, come with us to Social Banners. You are held for the brutal murder of Joyce.

“What? It was just a dream!”
“We have found camera footages in Joyce’s pod. They show that you stabbed him with a knife and fled from the scene.”