text/video; un: tokumei

[neuralnet]

Apparently a number of us have been experiencing hallucinations. Some aural, some visual. I happened to be able to record mine...

[ What follows is a shaky, first person visual of a corridor on deck 3. It might have been recorded via the wrist communicator, but savvy viewers will be able to tell that the perspective is more eye-level than wrist level. At first, nothing happens, then suddenly there's a loud CRASH! and a shower of sparks as the wall and ceiling panels explode, exposing wires from behind them. The perspective changes as Haruto falls to the ground, and after a stunned moment, everything is suddenly back to normal. There are no sparks, no exposed wires, no collapsed panels. The video ends just as the sound of approaching footsteps begins. ]

I do not know if others witnessed the same hallucination I did, or something else. But this should be impossible. Anyone with any insight would be appreciated.

Comments

[mapsio]

I feel the same. I thought that I might be crazy.

[neuralnet]

I know I'm not crazy. But this... shouldn't have been possible.

[mapsio]

I started to wonder if I was the only one who experienced it. It felt so real, didn't it?

It shouldn't have happened, not something like this.

[neuralnet]

It sounds strange to say, but I think it -was- real. At least for a moment.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to record it.

[mapsio]

I agree with you.
I wouldn't have these scrapes and bruises from being tossed around otherwise.

It was like a glimpse of something, wasn't it? Like a glimpse of something may have happened in the past?

[neuralnet]

Like... some kind of temporal echo?

[ That sounds completely impossible, but then so does them all being kidnapped to space. ]

[mapsio]

I know it sounds impossible, but... is anything on this station normal?

[It's a thought, even if she might be way off the mark.]

[neuralnet]

No. I think we left "normal" behind on Earth.
... For those of us who came from Earth, anyway.

[mapsio]

So it only makes sense that we start thinking far outside of our normal. How many more people have experienced the hallucinations? Have they all been the same hallucination as you and I had?

[neuralnet]

That's what I'm trying to find out with this post. Someone told me about auditory hallucinations, people hearing voices, but she didn't mention what they heard specifically.

[mapsio]

If you don't mind, I would be rather interested in the results of your information gathering.

[She's going to use it for her own reasons, but, that was besides the point. It's good to be on the same page as everyone else.]

[neuralnet]

Of course. It only makes sense to share whatever information we gather.

[mapsio]

[She knows whatever information that this person can bring her will be beneficial to the thieves. They had a lot of things to bring to the table after all.]

Thank you, then. You have no idea how grateful I am.

[neuralnet]

It's nothing. What good would it do to keep any information I find to myself? I'm not the only one here. It's best if we work together.

[mapsio]

I am glad we are of similar minds then. My name is Haru Okumura, it is a pleasure.

[neuralnet]

Hideki Matsukawa.

[ A fake name, but the one he's giving everybody so far. ]

It's nice to meet you, Okumura-san.

[mapsio]

[You guys and your fake names.]

You as well, Matsukawa-san. Please feel free to contact me at any time.

[neuralnet]

Likewise.