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

[wingstosee]

huh?
oh, the melting door
it's real? as far as i can tell.
a few people got stuck in a door when they tried to open it.
i don't think it was all the same door? so there's that.

[ you can just see the point whizzing right over venus's little head. ]

[neuralnet]

Alright... That explained that part of it.
What about the "god's crystallized word" part?

[wingstosee]

[ oh. oh. she gets it. she's had this exact situation like four times since she showed up. ]

oh! okay. sorry, i didn't really think much about that part
so, um. first off. are you from a planet where you know about god?

[ PSYCHE, SHE STILL DOESN'T EXACTLY GET IT ]

[neuralnet]

I'm from Earth. I'm aware of the concept of god/gods and religion.

[wingstosee]

right. okay. that makes this a lot easier? haha
so just like we can hear god through the radios, we can use those radios to fight off evil. right?

[ this guy JUST said he was from earth, so he's got to get at least that much. right??? ]

[neuralnet]

I'm sorry, I've lost you again. What do radios have to do with it?

[wingstosee]

[ ...sigh. okay. maybe he's just. not familiar with that part. other worlds are weird. ]

the radios are a connection to the divine.
you can hear god if you tune into 109.8 fm.
it might be different in different countries? i think i read somewhere that canada uses a different band
but also he kind of hates change, so who knows.

is that part also new to you?
i'm not trying to be rude! i just don't know how much you know about this kind of thing

[neuralnet]

Yes, that is also new.
I have never heard any deity, through a radio or otherwise.

[wingstosee]

uhh. okay.
this might be tougher to explain?
basically it's like

uh

hm.
actually, i'm not even sure it matters?
the easiest way would just be to show you...
but i'm really not sure god would be in the radios for me anymore.
being the devil kind of puts a damper on that.

sorry this is all kind of the worst??

[neuralnet]

That's alright. It's all just very hard for me to understand.

[ Try as he might, he just can't make sense of it. ]

I get the feeling our two Earths are very different.

[wingstosee]

yeah. i think that's true for a lot of people.
most of the people i've talked to have never even seen the devil before.
which is crazy to think about for me.

what's your earth like?
actually wait, hold up
do you still have pizza hut?

[neuralnet]

Um... I think so? I've never been to one.
I think Japanese pizza is different than American pizza, anyway.

[wingstosee]

well...
first off, that's probably good? don't go
domino's is a lot better anyway.
but second
i hope this is okay to ask? but
how is japanese pizza... different...

i mean pizza seems kind of like
pretty straightforward??

[neuralnet]

They put different toppings on it, like corn and seafood.

I don't see what pizza has to do with god/the devil...

[wingstosee]

corn?? that's so crazy.
i mean i guess it could work? off the cob at least.
but you could just butter and salt it at that point...
oh well.

i guess not very much?
it's a sort of. comparison.
you know, since things can be different from world to world, and...
alternate realities, and stuff?
i don't really get any of it.

[neuralnet]

Yes, off the cob.
I'm not sure how you would put corn on the cob on a pizza.
It would be too heavy.

So... You're saying, in your world, "god" is present through the radio.
Even though my world has no such parallel.
The same way different countries have different pizza toppings...

[wingstosee]

yeah!
exactly like that.

even if i had literally no idea it would work out that way.
i was just sort of asking to see if you had pizza hut. haha

[neuralnet]

...Right.

[ This conversation makes no sense. ]

[wingstosee]

right. yeah.

[ and then she just... sort of sits there? and doesn't say anything? venus that's SO AWKWARD ]

[neuralnet]

[ He disconnects. A+ conversation skills, guys. Way to go. ]