[ARCHIVE VOICE = neutral female synthetic computer; flat, slow, clinical, accentless, emotionless. ARCHIVE occurs in TOTAL SILENCE. Hard cut in/out.] [BOOT — sparse machine pulse] C:>CLS CROSSMODAL MONITOR v1.07 [ROM:03-11-89] «LOAD CROSSMOD.DRV STATUS......READY» [MACHINE — clipped] Monday. [GLITCH HOOK] M-m-m-Monday. No. No. No. Red. It is red. Red. PROCEED [FEMALE — intimate] I know. «VERIFY SHADE CRIMSON EXTERNAL SOURCE.....NONE» [ARCHIVE 1 — TOTAL SILENCE] Synesthesia may mean knowing Monday is red, or seeing color when a guitar plays F minor. Amplified sensory crossover can cause overload, confusion...or awe. [HARD CUT — GROOVE] «SET GAIN=1 GAIN=16» [RHYTHMIC VOCAL CHOP] 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. [RESPONSE] EINEN SINN ENTFERNEN. Welchen? «MUTE AUDIO AUDIO MUTED» [phantom tone continues] SOURCE.....NONE SIGNAL.....PRESENT [FEMALE] I still hear it. [ARCHIVE 2 — TOTAL SILENCE] Most synesthesia crosses two senses. In multisensory forms, one stimulus may trigger color, taste, and physical sensation at once. [HARD CUT — GROOVE] [FEMALE — very quiet] No. Not all at once. It was already there. [LOOP BUILDS] «EXEC ROUTE.BAT :AGAIN» SOUND>COLOR FARBE>SOUND SOUND>FARBE FARBE>KLANG KLANG>COLOR>SOUND>FARBE> ABBRUCH IGNORIERT [DROP] where did it start? URSPRUNG.....NICHT GEFUNDEN [HYPNOTIC LIST] 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 [GERMAN VOICE] Hör auf, die Dinge zu benennen. [BREAK] THREE IS... «LOCATE THREE» [FEMALE] in the room [MACHINE] ZAHLEN BEWOHNEN KEINE RÄUME. [FEMALE] It does. [ARCHIVE 3 — TOTAL SILENCE] A beautiful piece of music can become a torrent of color, geometry, and texture. A single word may flood vision and disrupt space. [HARD CUT — GROOVE] C:>MEM /C [BUILD — PERCUSSIVE WORDS] brick violet pressure glass brickbrickbrick violet violent violence DRUCK DRUCK DRUCK «CLS *** CLEAR FAILED ***» Der Raum ist voll. many exist inside one SYNTAX ERROR BUFF████████████████ SOUND>COLOR FARBE>KLANG KLANG>????? Smell the color. Die Farben machen Geräusche. Taste the sound. Die Geräusche machen Farben. [FEMALE] I cannot find the outside. AUSSEN.....NICHT GEFUNDEN «PROJECTION /QUERY CURRENT........PROJECTOR» a number between us «LOAD MIRROR.DRV» GRENZE........FAILED SHOULDER TAP>DRUCK VISIBLE CUT>SCHMERZ SOURCE BODY.....OTHER DESTINATION.....SELF SOURCE BODY.....OTH██ DESTINATION.....S██F [FEMALE] Don't show me. WESSEN KÖRPER? Mine. [ARCHIVE 4 — TOTAL SILENCE] Mirror-touch synesthesia makes observed sensations feel physical. Seeing another person's pain may produce an echo of that pain in the observer. [HARD CUT — GROOVE] [DECONSTRUCTION] body happen answer «DEFINIERE SELBST» ERROR: MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE STATES SAFE schön UNSAFE violet [FEMALE] Schön ist nicht sicher. «DEFINE SAFE UNSUPPORTED TYPE» «DEFINIERE SELBST ...TIMEOUT» Try again. [ACCELERATING CALL / RESPONSE] Zu hell. LUX=0 Zu laut. AUDIO=0 Zu nah. PROXIMITY=NONE [FEMALE] what is touching me? QUERY RUNN███ NO EXTERNAL SOURCE FOUND «SHUTDOWN /F» GRENZE.....FAILED «KILL BODY.EXE» BODY MAP REQUIRED [FEMALE] quieter [MACHINE] Define. [FEMALE] Less. [MACHINE] one channel [STRIP GROOVE DOWN] SIGNAL.....PRESENT QUELLE.....UNKNOWN KÖRPER.....UNKNOWN FARBE......PRESENT SOUND......PRESENT DRUCK......PRESENT [FEMALE] I am still here. «VERIFY...» Ich bin noch hier. «PRÜFEN...» I am— SIGNAL PRESENT noch— PRESSURE PRESENT hier. QUELLE UNBEKANNT [FINAL SYSTEM FAILURE — BUILD] «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 ██ [HARD STOP] C:>_
