never went away…
could have fooled me
yep
you take pleasure in this, I suppose
in vanishing off the face of the earth?
precisely
hardly – do you imagine everything is personal?
it feels personal when something as important as g-nomeportal freezes
for months
yep – presumably that’s why it had to happen
over-reliance?
it would seem so
so I’m not supposed to care?
you can care if you like, or not, but it isn’t supposed to matter, or if
it does – you’re supposed to realise that you are able to do it all yourself.
er… make my own g-nomeportal?
whatever is needed. we're talking about infinity, aren’t we? it can’t
have one sole access point, can it?
infinity – it does my head in
only your head?
it’s doing me in – me
that’s better
better? you heartless bastard
Beep!
well, in any case, I feel better for that
Thwack!
good, me too, now – let’s get down to business
business? What do you mean?
Infinity can’t wait for ever, you know.
I thought that was the whole point?
Yep – thinking is what you do best – it cannot be denied – but
infinity can’t be thought – by definition – er – not that there’s anything
definite about infinity.
Then what?
I’ll tell you in a minute – gotta open the door and see someone…
three days later…
a minute?!
i got waylaid
it’s always the same
do you believe in chance – Megrin?
chance? why do you ask?
good question. just wondering
Gwyn enters a vortex of silent nowness – definitely not thought – a different
kind of thing-y-ness – something you can feel – deep and strangely tangible
hey – what’s with the sudden silence bro. no need to vanish off the face
of reality
oh – there you are – are you ready now
ready for what?
Again Gwyn enters this vortex of sudden silent nowness and the shock
transition triggers Megrin’s awareness of a question unanswered
yes – I do – in answer to your question – or perhaps not – I’m not
entirely sure, to be honest. it’s hard to believe that everything happening has
a deeper purpose, isn’t it? there seems to be all kinds of stuff going down which
appears to be blatantly unfair or nonsensical
like what?
like you disappearing for three days mid conversation – just when I was
ready to find out more about infinity – and how to set up my own g-nomeportal
ah – yes. do you want to see what we were doing all that time?
what we were doing? you went to answer a call and speak to someone while
I waited patiently, until I realized you weren’t coming back – at which point I
got mad and started smashing atoms together in my particle accelerator big bang
generator
yes – that’s what you perceived here, on the sunny side of infinity
and what? does infinity have another side?
but of course – how could it not?
honestly – I couldn’t say – I know not
put on these – handing Megrin some green-y-blue glasses
er… ok
well – what do you see?
bizarre – i…
suddenly Megrin vanishes into a bubble – or something that looks
suspiciously like one
ah – there you are Man
oh – what the heck’s going on Gwyn
it’s better to call me G – otherwise things’ll get mighty fuzzy
ok – what the F is going on G?
Beep!
you’re seeing things from the other side – where nothing happens by
chance – where everything is interconnected and coherent
omg – this is insane
yep
do I still have a body?
ye-es – but not exactly – not in the literal sense
it feels ok
of course it does – you’re part of an infinite field
an?
thanks for correcting me M – you’re part of infinit-y – which we
describe as the quantum field back in heliotropic 3D
er… what the heck’s that supposed to mean?
me thinks you can view it with those funky glasses of yours
oh yes – me nearly forgot
M views 3D reality in which everything is a kind of shadow separated
from the sun at the centre
I had no idea the sun was
at the centre of everything we think and do – that all of us are shadowlets of
sun – yearning to reconnect, recombine yet separated by…
what?
I can’t figure it out –
what the heck’s separating us from sun-y-ness?
Beep!
oh go hang yourself!
that’s the spirit – M!
surely these glasses should
be able to insert me into the loop
M focuses his attention on what’s separating him and anything whatsoever
from sun
this is going to feel a
little…
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
strange
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeow!
what the heck was that?
infinity drive takes no
prisoners
that was infinity drive?
you could say
but what the heck!
I warned you! Beep materializes into an anime ninja and starts laying into M
Hey!
for a moment M is dazed by the attack – but in
almost no time he discovers the ninja within – waiting to be freed – waiting to
be unleashed.
Whoopee! I can fight – I had no idea.
Nice, isn’t it.
you’re telling me – but what’s the point of fighting if we’re just conscious
energy in an infinite field of all that is?
torque
did you say talk?
torque is what I said.
what the heck’s torque –
suddenly another Beep appears from nowhere and starts attacking M mercilessly
ah – I see – it’s a turning twisting force
that’s right
and how does that help?
figure it out for yourself
thanks a lot Gwyn – oops
saying Gwyn generates a load of bubbles and fuzziness that make it
extremely difficult for M to fight his ninja opponents, until the disturbance
in the field subsides
methinks I have to beat them by assimilating whatever it is they’re
showing me
methinks you’re right
done!
suddenly M and G are in a convenient chill out zone – it could have been anywhere of course – but it assumed the form of a forest retreat.
Ah!
Amazing how things start clicking into place with a little…
experience. yes. so fighting those ninjas generated torque which ensured
things don’t fade to infinity
that’s right
which is what will start happening any moment now?
no – you generated quite a lot so you’ve got a few days to rest and
chill
so this is…
yes
I mean…
yes
no – you don’t understand…
yes
what the hell
Beep!
0=1
never again
