Sites Around Odyssey
The Room of
Consequence at Whit's End
 Because of the immense
popularity of the Imagination Station at Whit's End, few people are aware of
another equally exciting invention there. It's called the "Room of
Consequence" and involves using the imagination for time travel in a
direction to possible futures.
"It's a look into what
might happen if you follow a particular course of action," Jack Allen,
co-manager of Whit's End, explained. "For example, if your parents tell you
not to do something and you want to do it anyway, the Room of Consequence
will give you a peek at what might happen to you as a result.
But the Room of Consequence
isn't simply an adventure of cause-and-effect. "Jason has toyed with it a
little and figured out a way to actually let kids play out certain kinds of
adventures like they're real. For instance, one girl who was hooked on a
soap opera went into the Room of Consequence and got to play her favorite
character on the show. She learned that with all the lies, back-stabbing and
betrayals, soap operas aren't very healthy for you. I don't think she
watches is anymore."
The Room lives up to its name
by being just that: a room. "Once you go through the door, almost anything
can happen," Allen smiles.
Allen confesses that he
doesn't know exactly how the Room of Consequence works. "Whit created it and
Jason has been refining it and, honestly, it's all computer chips and code
numbers to me. All I know is that it helps the kids."
Whit's End is open from 9 AM
to 9 PM every day, except Sundays and holidays. Admission is free.
[Editorial note:
Adventures in the Room of Consequence can be heard on the Adventures
in Odyssey episodes called For Thine Is the Kingdom, Soaplessly Devoted,
Into Temptation, and Why Don't You Grow Up? And some of the best
and most popular Imagination Station episodes can be heard in the
cassette/compact disc collection called Chronicles, Kings & Crosses.
Contains previously released material.]
This
article originally appeared in "The Odyssey Times," a
special fictional newspaper produced by Focus on the Family to promote
Adventures in Odyssey.
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