Tokitoki Channel ch2: I Tried Drinking the Universe (2)

I apologise...
for that unsightly display.

Um... Why did I end up like that...?
Why am I crying!?

I feel like you get like that when your stomach absorbs stuff.
I guess it has that kind of composition...?
Composition has nothing to do with it.

It may appear liquid, but it's not a liquid at all.
It's the universe itself.

I only drank a little, so why did I get so, um... omnipotent?
Be it a portion or its entirety, it's all the same.
You were originally a part of the universe, after all.

What happens if you drop a water molecule on a drop of water? They combine and become one, right?

In this case, the mug is the drop
and you're the molecule, Sakura.

Even merely touching it has the same effect,
but from my experimentation, drinking is the fastest.

Can I have just one more sip?
Alright, but keep it in moderation.

You're clearly going beyond human knowledge,
so I don't know what'll happen if you make too much contact.

Aren't you the one who foisted this on me!?
I didn't know, so I was about to test it on myself before you came in.

There you go, doing dangerous stuff again... You should take better care of yourself.
Leave me alone.
I'm worried, okay!? We're roommates, after all.

No, all we're doing is living together.
We're practically strangers.

!!?

Moron! If you gulp it down like that...

Are you okay? How many fingers do you see?

I see lots of fingers overlapping each other...
Should I really be the one to decide?
Oh, I see.

What's with that blurry face?
You making fun of me?

Are you drunk?
I'm sober.
You're clearly not.

My mind could not be any clearer.

I now understand lots of things.

First,
I
am the universe.
Me = universe. Universe = me.
From the moment I drank it, no, from the moment I was born...
No, even before then.

Everything's connected.
Whether they're at opposite ends of the universe
or right next to each other, it's all the same.

Yes.
That's the non-localisation of space-time.

Also, the cause and effect of things
doesn't necessarily have to happen in that order at all.

For example,
I feel like I'm gonna trip over something right now.

Ah.
Here it comes. 3, 2, 1...

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What are you doing?
Oh man.
I'm being carried like a princess~

Why are you so blurry even when you're this close, Tatara-san?
Can't you be a little more in focus?

Well, this has its own perks.
What perks?

Can I put you down now?
Eh~? I'm totally fine like this.
Get down.

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Wah~ Amazing.

Can you see this, everyone?
A whole bunch of lines are intersecting all over the place.

Everything that happens in this universe is connected.
You must be seeing the higher dimension's energy network.

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I doubt it'll pick up on camera.
There's a lot of lines growing out of me...

Ah.
They're connecting to you guys too.

I can see all of you right now.

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Eh? Me?
That's scary
Huh...?

No, it's not like I see you with my eyes.
It's like the net link is sticking to me.

Ah, some people left the stream just now,
but I'm still linked to them.

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You're being creepy right now.
Don't be afraid~
I don't see your personal information.

Ah, the viewers have gone down again.

Ah, there it is.

Wow, amazing.
What's up?

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There's a whole bunch of lines coming from the PC.

Ah, that's Internet3.

You said that earlier, right?
What is that anyway?

It's a network between the higher dimensional particles.
That's likely those lines you're seeing.

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When the connection of particles surpass this space,
they link to another dimension and create more energy, right?
With this network, we could communicate with transcendental beings.
It's pretty interesting when you look into it.

That's a creepy smile.

Erm, so basically, this could become the internet for aliens?
I don't know what lies on the end of this network, so "alien" might be the appropriate term.

Heh~
I should connect with it too.
Don't.

You shouldn't get used to this.

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Eh~? But I wanna see the same things you do, Tatara-san~
It's bad for your body, your mind, and your conscious.
Same to you, Tatara-san.
Besides,

It's impossible for us to see the same thing.
We're from different universes, after all.

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Even if we're in the same space, the things we observe are different.

Different...
But you and I are totally linked.

That network is overlaying every possibility.
What you're seeing is the universe you have chosen to see.

It's different from the universe I see.

Should you really be keeping quiet while on stream?

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Every universe has its possibilities, right?

I'm gonna search for the possiility of my universe intersecting with yours, Tatari-san.
Come on, don't stay quiet.
We're streaming right now.
Huh?

Huh?
What's wrong?
Well, a whole bunch of links have shown themselves.

Viewers: 61

The number of viewers hasn't changed all that much, though.

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Thousands? Billions? Maybe even more...

Right now,
a huge number of listeners
are watching me...

A bug?
...No.
Hmm.
Going viral on a debut stream would definitely be big news.

It's many, or rather...
big?

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They're watching.
You too, Tatara-san.
Me too?

It looks like they've noticed that I've noticed.
Hey, Sakura.
Could it be...

Well, whatever.
More importantly, I need to find the point where our universes overlap.
No, no.

Here maybe?
Or around here?
We should really focus on these mystery listeners.

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There!

This is it.
Huh? There's no way.
More importantly, the mystery...

No doubt about it.
This is it.
Your confidence is scaring me...

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Ah!

It's disappearing...
I'm losing my grasp on it again...

Ah
Ah

Ah~...
...Let's stop here, shall we?

Aah~.

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Hah...

We finally connected...
but I'm alone again.

All humans are alone by nature.

Woah, did you hear that, guys?
Hearing that from Miss Know-it-all has me all eager now.
Just end the stream already.

That's enough, isn't it?
I guess so. I'll wrap it up.

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Well then, time to end the stream~

Ah! 22 subscribers!
Thank you so much!
Please like and subscribe, everyone!

This was Totoki Sakura from Tokitoki Channel!
What do you want?

You say goodbye too, Tatara-san.
Come on!

Come on!

Bye-bye~

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Heh~ That was nerve-wracking~

Shut up.
Good work today.

Hey, Miki-chan.
What is it?

That whole "all humans are alone by nature" thing
was pretty shocking.

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And here I thought we were connected somewhere deeper than the universe.
You really are a pain.

I know it sounds pessimistic,
but the fact that two different people are here together is more amazing, right?

...Yeah.

By the way, you're still on the screen.
Did the stream end?
Ah.

Oh crap!

Stream has ended.

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Even without intersecting, they're right next to each other.

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