And at this moment, our hero joined the shadowed ranks of STIGMA

Secret Tacticians for the Indoctrination and Guaranteed Manipulation of Americans

With handshakes and signatures abound, the initiation commenced

They said "Our membership, like life, has its pleasures, its hardships

And sometimes its pain

But unlike life, the connection between us is eternal"

"Now," they said

"Take this, relinquish your conscience

And when you awake, you will be reborn"