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[kuritsun]

[ 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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[myselfexcluded]

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.

[kuritsun]

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. ]

[myselfexcluded]

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.

[kuritsun]

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.

[myselfexcluded]

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.

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[kuritsun]

[ 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.

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[myselfexcluded]

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.

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[kuritsun]

[ 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.

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[myselfexcluded]

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.

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[kuritsun]

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.

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[myselfexcluded]

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.