sirenspull | 0.001

[ There's only text. That's all she feels comfortable with right now - the swirl of confusion and emotion in her head makes her doubt her ability to speak publicly right now, provided that function of her cell phone really existed like the "Greeter" had said. And, deny it though she may, she was on the edge of panic. Kurisu didn't want conversation right now. She wanted answers.

Science always helped to calm her insecurities. ]

Hello. I just arrived. A few questions:

1. What determines who is "pulled" to this place? Does it involve deletion from the victim's original world line? If so, how do we retain our memories of that past time? Compressing memory data into a transportable size for just one person requires extremely powerful machinery; the concept of doing so for a whole city is unrealistic at best.

2. On that note, how many newcomers exist in this space? How long are we expected to live here?

3. What is known about the disappearance and reappearance of the [ the hesitation she takes before writing the next word is obviously not noticeable by the time she posts this, but boy, was it there when she wrote it-- ] "monsters" overnight?

4. Is there any public data on the mechanism of the Core at all?

[ the post sits for a few moments, and then the following is edited on. Honestly, she doesn't know what she's hoping for. The chances of any of them being here were infinitely small - quite literally, if anyone from any world and any timeline could be snatched. But where the hell would she be without hope right now, anyway? She bites her lip, invisible behind the wall of hastily-chosen words. ]

5. Is there anyone from Akihabara here?

Please answer. thx.

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[ Wow. This information is actually pretty solid. Well, nothing about it is soothing at all, but the mere presence of actual facts makes her feel a bit better. ]

What are Voids?

I agree with you. The fact that it can connect to multiple timelines and worlds is in line with what I already know; however, it's improbable that it could connect to everything at once and bring multiple people here without causing parodoxes or severe memory loss.

It might not be manmade, but it's not natural, either.

They can nullify special abilities and render a person completely human. Not very fun to be around, I might add. Or collapsing in on itself- that's my chief concern. There's only so much something like that can take before it completely unravels and takes every universe it's ever touched with it- and that's whether it's manmade, natural, or something else entirely.

Special abilities?

[ the implication that there are people who are not human surprises her, too, but the nature of the Port as she knows it so far suggests something like that anyway... ]

That sounds too dramatic. World lines exist parallel to one another. Even if this world enters a destructive paradox of some kind and contains people with memories of other worlds, I doubt it will touch any of those other worlds, because it "doesn't exist."

Yep! Everyone has them here- even the people who didn't before. Whether or not they actually use them or not is another story. [If this wasn't text, Washu would be pish-poshing.] Manipulating the time/space grid on this level is dramatic, but you have a point- that's only a best-case scenario, though.

What kind of special abilities do you mean?

It is. I haven't dealt with this problem on such a large scale before, so it's only a hypothesis.

Anything you can think of, really. Conversion of matter, telekinesis, pyrokinesis- things like that. You got that right. Even the Space Academy hadn't gotten extensive research for cross-dimensional travel approved when I was still there, and, as far as I know, they're still debating on whether or not it's a good investment of resources.

Are you serious?

[ why do things keep getting weirder! Maybe it's not that different from Okabe's Reading Steiner, though... maybe. Yes, she'll rationalize it that way.

... Wait, what did she just read? ]

Space Academy?

I can't recommend that kind of travel.

Serious as a heart attack. It's some kind of mutation from the Core's radiation- people who already had abilities are immune, but if you didn't have them... Weeeell. Obviously, you haven't been traveling in the right ships. [Or with Ryoko...]

That's bizarre. Then again, genetics aren't my specialty. Maybe it's possible.

I meant cross-dimensional. I've never traveled in any ships.
Your world must be more advanced than mine.

In that case, it's probably not the smartest way to travel. You risk time-stream corruption and all number of nasty little problems- whatever's responsible for the Core's made it into an artform. It's a good piece of work, even if it isn't stable. And if you're from Earth, then, of course, we're more advanced. You people are so behind the times, it's kinda embarassing. Can't fault you too much, though. You just weren't given the resources we've had with all the interplanet communication.

I'm aware. [ Very aware. Although not as aware as Okabe. She'd rather not imagine what he was going through. ] It is working extremely well. That's why I was hoping I could get a closer look, but it sounds like that's impossible.

Where are you from, if not Earth?

[ SHE'LL LET THE UNADVANCED COMMENT SLIDE FOR NOW... if she wasn't in such a state, she'd try and defend her planet's scientific achievements a little bit. ]

At the moment, but the fact that they let so many of us below the baseball diamond is a start. If they want it reversed so bad, you'd think they'd be paying us to study it. We'd be out of here by now with the minds gathered in this place. Ohhh. Here and there. I never really called one single planet home.

In that case, there must be something stopping them. You sound like you probably know this already, but using machines like that is very dangerous.

A space traveller, then? That sounds pretty outlandish to me. But considering all that's happened thus far, I don't really have a choice but to believe you.

Yep. But the fact is, the Core's in perpetual motion anyway, so... Damned if we do, damned if we don't, I guess. There's plenty to suggest that actually causing a dramatic change in the Core could affect the entire island- one of our newcomers slamming into the wall a few times reset its internal clock and put us all in a time loop. Something like that. And, honestly, that's the best way to be- much easier than digging your heels in and just refusing to believe in what can't happen. There's always a 99.9% chance it can.

[ a time loop, huh... ] That's a good point. But it doesn't change that they won't let us near it. Are you a scientist, too?

Certainly. Just being here has taught me that much.

Yep! Best in the universe. Mine, anyway. I won't be so presumptuous to assume I'm the best across multiple universes, but I'm pretty close.

[ that's quite a claim. Wow. She's a bit too frazzled to comment on the ego. ]

What's your field?

I'm Kurisu Makise. I'm a neuroscientist from Japan, Earth.

Ohhh a little of this, a little of that~ I don't like getting bogged down by one particular field when there's so much out there. And you can call me Washu. Nice to meet you. Neuroscience, huh? Say, here's an idea. I'm working on getting together a group of people here- a sort of think tank group to figure out all the mysteries of this place. You sound like someone who might fit right in.

And I prefer becoming adept at one particular field rather than spreading myself thin. But I dabble in physics and a few other things, as well.

Is that so?
I'm a little shaken up right now. But I'll consider it. I'd like to understand what's happening here myself.

That's only natural. The pull takes awhile to get used to and even after your body might never be the same with the radiation and all, but when you get yourself sorted out, you can find me at SPU any time.

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