Everything is fake (Part 1)

The two new goblins had gone off to train with their new armor, gliders, and in Yuto's case, pumpkin bombs. I also instructed Vi'kog to teach Yuto martial arts in his spare time. 

Although I myself had a lot to do due to just acquiring Oscorp, I wanted a break and so I figured id make a little time to quickly go to a new world. 

All alone on the first floor of Oscorp in an empty office, I raised my hand and opened a portal to a random world. With the portal spinning in front of me, I stepped through. 

The moment I stepped through, I found myself in a very normal looking town, that was of course if I had gone back in time to the 70's. With my power I felt technology all around me. All of which seemed to be cameras, microphones, and lights. The more I walked around in this small city or town, the more artificial it felt. 

It was around mid-day and I couldn't see anyone nearby and so I walked further into town until I found a place filled with numerous people. The place in question was called Seahaven middle school. Getting closer I noticed a number of kids standing outside the school, but it was odd. They weren't moving. They were standing still in different places as if frozen in time, but I could clearly see each of them move here and there. 

Suddenly the school doors opened and a young kid with dark brown hair and a big smile stepped out while talking with who I assume was his friend that was holding a football. Weirdly enough, right when the doors had opened the people who had been pretending to be frozen in time started to move. Some kids had started to play basketball, a girl was jump roping, and people were coming and going in different ways as if they suddenly had places to be. 

At this moment a school bus that had been parked on the side of the school suddenly drove to the front and picked a number of people up, including the kid and his friend that had just exited the school. 

The kid with the football spoke to the brown haired kid as he got on the school bus. "Truman, why don't you come over to my place later? We just got a pool out in our backyard."

The young boy named Truman smiled at his friend. "Gee Marlon, I'll have to check with my mom, but I don't see why not." 

After the group of kids loaded onto the bus, the bus began to take off. Once it was gone, the people in the area suddenly stopped what they were doing and began to all walk towards the same area. Curious, I began to follow them. 

Not long after I heard a female voice call out to the group I had joined. "Those of you who are done for the day please make your way over here and we will take you to the exit, those that still have interactions with Truman later please be on stand by. We are also currently looking for extras to fill up the ice cream store and the block it's on when Truman gets ice cream after swimming with Marlon."

The woman placed down a clipboard and then continued talking. "Those that are interested, please sign your name here and then show up on set later. No need to change into a new costume, just keep the school clothing on. We will be giving an extra bonus for those that do sign up. Remember to keep the atmosphere lively. We don't have enough people today so we will need to do the most with who we have."

Hearing the woman speak, I had a hard time understanding what was going on, but it appeared that I had found myself on some kind of movie set. Not wanting to be a part of it anymore, I began to leave to try and find if this world was special in any way. 

I hadn't even walked fifteen steps when I heard a male voice call out to me this time. "Is this your first time working on the Truman Show? You seem lost. It's a little different than other acting gigs so I get it. Luckily the pay is good and even if it is a little hard to get used to, we get to be on America's number one show." 

'The Truman Show?' I had heard of it, but I never thought id find such a place on the other side of my timer portal. I couldn't think of anything worthwhile to take from this world. Should I just leave?

After thinking about it a bit, I remembered the young Truman walking out of the school doors earlier. He had unknowingly been living the life of a clown for everyone else's entertainment. I didn't typically feel bad for people, but for whatever reason, this kind of bothered me. 

Truman was currently in middle school and has yet to waste most of his life away on this giant movie set. The least I could do was wake him up from his dream and show him all the fake people that were around him. Criminals even live better than this. 

I decided. Today I will tear down this fake world and free Truman of it. It shouldn't take much time to do and if the kid is grateful enough, he will work hard in the future while working under me. 

"Did you also sign up to be an Ice cream shop extra?" I asked the boy who had just been speaking to me. 

"Oh yeah, since you aren't very familiar with this set yet, you can just follow me. I'll make sure you get there." 

I couldn't help but smile. "Ha...thanks."