"Before I can tell you anything I must first offer you a choice." He said, quickly, breathily, an edge to his voice that sounded almost like excitement."What kind of choice?""A choice that, once you have decided, you can never come back from." ------ Minseok had resigned himself to a life of routine and safety; a nameless face amongst the masses. That all changed when he met a mysterious stranger, and he offered him a choice that would alter his life forever.False normalcy or cruel reality?Red, or blue? ForewordTitle: InertiaPairing/Members: Xiumin-centric, slight!Tao/XiuminRating: PG-13Genre: Matrix!AU, dramaWordcount: 7.5KSummary: "Before I can tell you anything I must first offer you a choice." He said, quickly, breathily, an edge to his voice that sounded almost like excitement."What kind of choice?""A choice that, once you have decided, you can never come back from."Prompt: Prompt 1A/N: This was written for aideshous fifth challenge, its hurried and was written in bits and pieces while stressed out so its going to be really spotty, sorry ;; I think I changed styles and tense several times in this as well and uh, yeah, my apologies ;A;Also a huge thank you to karshortcake for aideshouing with me and lending me moral support and advice, good luck to you!! And to calarina for help as well. ilu ;; This is the longest fic I have ever written so far, My original post on lj is all in one, but I decided to split it up into chapters since its in 5 distinct parts. Some of them are pretty short and some are pretty long, so um yeah.Enjoy? --------  inertia [ in-ur-shuh ]noun1. inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. "You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes." - Morpheus, The Matrix