================================================================================ serial experiments lain layer:08 "RUMORS" http://lain.angelic-trust.net ================================================================================ A rumor in wired about Alice. A rumor that who peeped Alice and spread the rumor was Lain. Two rumors hurt Lain deeply. ================================================================================ Voice: Do you want to hurt yourself too? Voice: Do you want to feel your mind scraped by a rasp? Voice: If you want to, never to turn your eyes away. Title: RUMORS Layer:08 Taro: Nobody knows if there is God in this wired or not. Taro: There is no difference for us between there is God in the wired or not. Taro: Lain, wait for a while. I'll kill him. Lainwired:) Why are you interested in killing other players so much? Taro: Nobody knows what is fun and why it is fun for me. Lain: It was Tachibana Lab written on the doorplate. Voice: Tachibana is a huge company. Voice: They ought not to do an illegal work. But I've heard a rumor. Lain(w): Rumor? Voice: Do you know why we can communicate in the wired? Lain(w): Are you testing me? I believe you are arguing about "IP". Voice: Sorry. Yes. We don't usually aware of the protocol. Voice: But the current protocol, the 6th generation is already reached to the Voice: limit at the data throughput. Lain(w): The 7th protocol. Voice: Yes. the 7th protocol. Many company are making it their own Voice: infrastructure. Voice: Because, if they rule the protocol, they will rule the whole economy Voice: in the wired. Voice: I've heard that they were sabotaged persistently. Voice: Who is killing them is... Lain(w): Tachibana Lab. Lain: My sister? Mika: a... e... Lain: Mom, Dad, I... Lain: I was asked by someone. "Are you really Iwakura Lain? Are your parents Lain: really your parents?" It's strange. strange. They said strange things. Father,Mother: ... Girls: Good morning Lain: Alice... Alice: Good morning. Lain: ...What happened? Alice: I don't believe it. Lain: What? Alice: Lain, didn't you? Lain: What? Reika: She is just pretending not to know. Alice: Reika! Don't took her for the criminal:. Julie: Lain, didn't you do that? Lain: What are you...? Alice: Lain, in the wired, did you... Alice: No. It must not be Lain. I believe in you. Reika: Alice. Alice: ..... Julie: Alice! Man's mouth: That company is in danger. Avoid to be paid by draft. Woman's mouth: Can you believe he has such vulgar taste even though he look Woman's mouth: quite good? Man's mouth: There is a serious bug in Protocol 6. It will cause the enormous Man's mouth: loss to the wired. Woman's mouth: Every night, a man with red and green striped shirt appears in Woman's mouth: her room. Man's mouth: That Idol singer knocked down someone and ran away by her Man's mouth: boyfriend's car when she was in high school. Woman's mouth: This is true. I heard it from directly. Man's mouth: That building is famous for ghosts. When you look at the terminal Man's mouth: at midnight.. Woman's mouth: Knights doesn't exist. It's just a joke by an American student. Lain(w): Shut up! Why do you think them interesting? Deus: Don't you think them interesting? Deus: Aren't you looking for me? Lain(w): Is it an appearance of God? Deus: What is the definition of God? Deus: If you mean the creator of the world, I didn't. Deus: If you mean the almighty of the world, I can't. Lain(w): Where are you? Deus: If you mean the common existence of the world, yes, you may call me so. Deus: I'm only affecting the world a little. Lain(w): Who are you? Deus: I am you. Deus: I believe you noticed that there have been another "you" in the wired. Deus: You are just a hologram of it. You are only a flesh. Lain(w): I can't... believe. I can't. Deus: Even you can't believe that Lain in the real world is the same person as Deus: current Lain in the wired. Lain(w): But, I am myself... MobileNavi: Lain is a peeper. Lain: Alice? Alice, where are you? MobileNavi: Don't mind the rumors! from Alice. Lain: Alice? Alice, where are you? Alice! Lain: Alice? where are you? Alice? Lain: What did I do in wired? Lain: What am "I" doing who I don't know? MobileNavi: Don't mind the rumors! from Alice. Text: Searching... Teacher: Don't you think that you must not do this with your teacher? Alice: No... Teacher: If you must not do.. Why are you doing this? Alice: Because I want to... Lain(evil): Hehehe... Alice: ... Lain(e): Do you know? Do you know who Mizuki Alice loves? Lain(e): Do you know who Alice is remembering, while she is playing with Lain(e): herself? Alice: Did you spread it? Was the rumor correct? Lain(e): Hahaha... Alice: Lain! Have you been always watching me like now? Alice: What I made a secret of, and when I never want to be seen, and I... Lain(e): Hahaha.... Alice: Tell me it's not! Lain! Alice: Lain... you... Lain: Ahhh... Lain(e): Hahaha... Lainwired:) Who are you? You are not me. I won't do like you did. Lain(e): I... Lain(w): Stop it! Why do you imitate part of me which I don't like? Lain(e): Hahaha... Lain(w): You! Lain(e): I will kill myself... Hahaha.. Lain(w): Why? Why is your body so warm? Why do I feel your body temperature? Lain(e): Because I am Lain. Lain(w): No! Lain: No! Lain(e): Hahaha... Lain(w): What are these? Deus: Everything is you. Deus: I said that you have existed in the wired. Lain(w): ? Deus: You are equal to me. You were dispersed in the wired. Deus: Therefore, you were always everyone's side even everywhere. Deus: You saw everything what everyone never want to be known. Deus: You just spread them in the wired. Deus: You were right. Information in the wired would be shared among everyone. Lain(w): Everything you said must be lie. Deus: Why? Lain(w): Alice said that she saw me in the wired when I was not in. Lain(w): As I recognize myself, my absolute ego is inside of me. Lain(w): Do you say that these poor made dupes are me? Nonsense! Lain(w): Even if you are right... Deus: So what, Lain? Lain(w): I can delete their memory peeped by me. I can delete the information. Deus: Sure. Try it. You were born to be able to do it. Text: Deleting.. Girls: Good Morning. Alice: Lain! Julie: Lain! Lain: Did you forget them? Lain: Is it true? Alice,Julie,Reika: Lain! Lain: It's true! Lain: Alice! Lain: ...What? Lain(e): Alice! Lain(e): I want to go to Cyberia tonight. Please. Julie: I agree! Reika: It's unusual for you. Alice: OK. Change clothes at my home again. Lain(e): Good! Lain(e): How will I dress? Lain: Stop it! I am myself! Alice,Julie,Reika,Lain(e): Hahaha... Lain: I'm here! Julie: Quick! Lain(e): Yes. Lain is Lain. I am myself. Hehe... Lain: Hello, Navi. Navi: Hello, Lain. Lain: I am myself. Lain: There is no "I" other than myself, is there?