[WP] Open Concept: Instead of choosing between the red pill and the blue pill, Morpheus offers an ENTIRE rainbow of six pills to choose from.

"... or you take the red pill, and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."

Neo reached for the red pill, but Morpheus drew it back again, clearly wanting to add one last thing. Neo waited, somewhat impatiently.

"Or... you can take the green pill." And he laid that one out beside the other two.

"The what?"

"And instead of Wonderland, we move over to Oz."

"Which is different because..."

"Or, on a related note, you can choose the silver pill," Morpheus set this one in line with the others, "Which will grant you one wish. Anything you can imagine."

"Oh, alright, that kinda sounds..." Neo started to reach for it.

"But only if you can endure the worst pain imaginable, otherwise, you'll end up wishing you didn't take the silver pill and suddenly you won't have."

"Well, that's kind of a cheap trick. Listen, I think I'll just go with..."

"Of course, there's also the white pill, which is kind of more like Narnia, if you follow my analogy."

"I don't."

"That's okay. No one ever does. But wait! There's still more options."

"Yeah, I don't think I..."

"You've got the magenta pill with the little white question mark printed on it, which will answer any one question truthfully, although in the most unhelpful and misleading manner possible. And there's the yellow pill with the teeny tiny smiley face on it --- See? Isn't is adorable? --- which just brings about true happiness. Although, many wise men have said the yellow pill is actually just another layer of delusion wrapped around the one the Matrix already provides."

"Yeah, about that. Weren't you supposed to be telling me what the Matrix..."

"Unfortunately, no one can tell you what the Matrix is. You simply have to experience it for yourself." Morpheus gestured back to the growing line of pills that were now laid out on table. "Now, we also have the orange pill, which..."

"Okay, you know what?" said Neo, "You can stop now. I've made my decision."

Morpheus smiled gently. He knew it. This was The One. He had seen right through the many choices, and he arrived at the Answer. "Well, then, Neo. Which will it be?"

"Just give me the damned blue pill already. I've got an early day tomorrow, and frankly, this is just getting a lot weirder than I was counting on."

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