C:>CLS CROSSMODAL MONITOR v1.07 [ROM:03-11-89] «LOAD CROSSMOD.DRV STATUS......READY» [machine voice, flat] Monday. [glitch spoken] M-m-m-Monday. No. No. No. Red. It is red. [pause] Red. PROCEED [female voice, intimate] I know. «VERIFY SHADE CRIMSON EXTERNAL SOURCE.....NONE» [HARD CUT: TOTAL SILENCE. clinical narrator—slow, pristine, detached, precise.] While synesthesia might mean "knowing" Monday is red or seeing a faint vetiver hue when an acoustic guitar is strummed in F minor, amplified afferent collage can lead to pronounced sensory overload, confusion...or awe. [TECHNO RETURNS ABRUPTLY] «SET GAIN=1 GAIN=16» tktk KARI kari-kari GI GI KRR wait it was a G flat «TRACE A4 A4>COLOR>PRESSURE>SHAPE>SOUND>COLOR>COLOR>» *** STACK OVERFLOW *** [machine] removing one sense. EINEN SINN ENTFERNEN. Welchen? «MUTE AUDIO AUDIO MUTED [phantom tone continues]» SOURCE.....NONE SIGNAL.....PRESENT I still hear it [HARD CUT: TOTAL SILENCE. clinical narrator—slow, pristine, detached, precise.] Most synesthesia is a unidirectional crossover between two senses. In multi-sensory synesthesia, one stimulus can trigger three or more sensory overlays. A musical note might produce a taste, a color pattern, and a physical sensation across the skin all at once. [TECHNO RETURNS ABRUPTLY] [female, very quiet] No. Not all at once. It was already there. «EXEC ROUTE.BAT :AGAIN ECHO SOUND ^> COLOR ECHO FARBE ^> SOUND GOTO AGAIN» SOUND>COLOR FARBE>SOUND SOUND>FARBE FARBE>KLANG KLANG>COLOR>SOUND>FARBE> ABBRUCH IGNORIERT where did it start? URSPRUNG.....NICHT GEFUNDEN azure? I taste pure water seven always chromatic Wednesday is structural leaning left glass is a universe between two surfaces oxblood is the only place that is safe Hör auf, die Dinge zu benennen. THREE IS... «LOCATE THREE» in the room [machine] ZAHLEN BEWOHNEN KEINE RÄUME. It does. [HARD CUT: TOTAL SILENCE. clinical narrator—slow, pristine, detached, precise.] A beautiful musical piece can become an overwhelming torrent of flying colors, geometric bricks, and heavy textures. Everyday experience can take over reality. A specific word may seem to break into pieces and flood vision with darkness, temporarily disrupting spatial perception. [TECHNO RETURNS ABRUPTLY] C:>MEM /C «CLS brick violet pressure glass» «CLS brickbrickbrick violetviolentviolence DRUCKDRUCKDRUCK» «CLS *** CLEAR FAILED ***» Der Raum ist voll. many exist inside one SYNTAX ERROR BUFF████████████████ [HARD CUT: TOTAL SILENCE. clinical narrator—slow, pristine, detached, precise.] In two-way synesthesia, the process flips. A person might see colors from sounds, but hear phantom sounds from shifting colors. This bidirectional loop can create severe information overload, dizziness, and stress. [TECHNO RETURNS ABRUPTLY] SOUND>COLOR FARBE>KLANG KLANG>????? Smell the color. Die Farben machen Geräusche. Taste the sound. Die Geräusche machen Farben. I cannot find the outside. AUSSEN.....NICHT GEFUNDEN «PROJECTION /QUERY CURRENT........PROJECTOR» a number between us [HARD CUT: TOTAL SILENCE. clinical narrator—slow, pristine, detached, precise.] Projector synesthesia is an externalized form where the secondary sense appears integrated into the environment. A person may see words floating like three-dimensional subtitles, or colors physically painted onto real objects. [TECHNO RETURNS ABRUPTLY] «LOAD MIRROR.DRV» GRENZE........FAILED SHOULDER TAP>DRUCK VISIBLE CUT>SCHMERZ SOURCE BODY.....OTHER DESTINATION.....SELF SOURCE BODY.....OTH██ DESTINATION.....S██F Don't show me. WESSEN KÖRPER? Mine. [HARD CUT: TOTAL SILENCE. clinical narrator—slow, pristine, detached, precise.] Mirror-touch synesthesia is a tactile blending where watching another person experience a physical sensation triggers a localized feeling on the observer's body. In distressing forms, viewing another person's pain can trigger a strong echo of that pain in the observer. [TECHNO RETURNS ABRUPTLY] body happen answer «DEFINIERE SELBST» ERROR: MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE STATES SAFE / schön / UNSAFE / violet Schön ist nicht sicher. «DEFINE SAFE UNSUPPORTED TYPE» «DEFINIERE SELBST ...TIMEOUT» Try again. Zu hell. LUX=0 Zu laut. AUDIO=0 Zu nah. PROXIMITY=NONE what is touching me? QUERY RUNN███ NO EXTERNAL SOURCE FOUND «SHUTDOWN /F» GRENZE.....FAILED «KILL BODY.EXE» BODY MAP REQUIRED quieter [machine] Define. Less. [machine] one channel SIGNAL.....PRESENT QUELLE.....UNKNOWN KÖRPER.....UNKNOWN FARBE......PRESENT SOUND......PRESENT DRUCK......PRESENT I am still here. «VERIFY...» Ich bin noch hier. «PRÜFEN...» I am— SIGNAL PRESENT noch— PRESSURE PRESENT hier. QUELLE UNBEKANNT «OVERRIDE /FORCE» WARNING: SOURCE BODY UNRESOLVED CONTINUE (Y/N)? Y N J N Y J N J C:\SENSE>_ active C:\SENSE>_ undefined C:\SENSE>_ Metall berührt mein linkes Handgelenk C:\SENSE>_ WHOSE WRIST? C:\SENSE>_ WHOSE WR[IS]T? C:\SENSE>_ WESSEN HANDGELENK? C:\SENSE>_ WESSEN H██DGELENK? C:\SENSE>_ MEINS? C:\SENSE>_ M██NS? C:\SENSE>_ ██ ZUORDNUNG FEHLGESCHLAGEN ██ C:>_