2023-08-08: A Hole In the Universe
- Log: 2023-08-08: A Hole In the Universe
- Cast: Kaname Chidori
- Where: Kaname Chidori's apartment, Jindai Ward, Nouvelle Tokyo
- Date: U.C. 0097 08 08
- Summary: Kaname has a nightmare, and Sousuke isn't answering his phone.
There is a hole in the universe.
It lies at the center of all things, blazing white-hot, a singleton star brighter than a galaxy, pure information so intense as to burn eyes from their sockets and flense flesh from bone. But Kaname Chidori finds herself standing before it, untouched, able to see the hole for what it is. The edges, ragged as if torn, outline a human form.
A woman. Completely unfamiliar to her--and yet, Kaname knows her. She's always known. A voice, just on the edge of hearing, carried along the blazing light... a light that burns at the edges of the void it pours from. -- No, that's wrong. The ragged void itself seems to hunger, consuming everything it touches, yawning wider with every moment that passes... and yet, it has always been this size, hasn't it?
It is an all-consuming void-goddess of wisdom, beyond any possible comprehension. It whispers to her some secret truth, and in that moment, she understands. Kaname takes a step forward, and in an instant, everyth
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Kaname wakes up with a startled scream, gasping for breath, heart pounding in her ears. The dream remains vivid; the light lingers like an imprint on her mind's eye, and the whisper echoes in her ears, though her waking mind can't make sense of the words.
She needs to talk to someone. She needs support. Someone who will listen... hands still trembling, she reaches for her phone and calls Sousuke.
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