Where am i gong with this?

For this swap, everyone will write a short story, starting with the same sentences, which I've written below. You will then email your story to your partners (in the body of the email, so we don't have software compatibility issues) so everyone can read the different directions that people went with the same prompt. I'm starting this off with 5 partners, but may up that amount if I have more people signing up so that everyone can share their story with everyone else.

So, here's how the stories will begin:

Brian woke up and looked around. He wasn't quite sure where he was or how he had gotten there.