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[EMAIL] A Midwinter Night's Dream

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akittencalledjen
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[EMAIL] A Midwinter Night's Dream

Subject: A Midwinter Night's Dream

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So I'm sure you're all wondering about the past few days. There was
so much that I wanted to tell you, so many insignificant details that
seemed important at the time. But much like any dream, a lot has
quietly dissapeared from memory. I wrote some of the most important
ones on a pad that a nurse gave me, after about twenty minutes of my
constantly ringing the HELP ME I'M DYING alarm.

The thing that stands out in my mind the most vividly was the "prison"
itself. I didn't have the words to describe it, until I read about
your discovery in the grid puzzle. I don't know much about the
mathematics or the physics or metaphysics of it, but from doing some
quick research I'm pretty sure that's about as close a definition we
have for it. All at once it felt huge...and empty. And there
are...junctions?...connections?...intersections?...I don't have the
right words for it. Places where you can see and feel time as if it
were just another direction, like up or down. Moments from his life
pressed together like a 3d filmstrip, complete with audio, video,
wind, smells and tastes. All of his life, cut apart and spread
throughout this infintely looping trap.

Therein lies his problem. His "Prison" ends at the moment of his
death; a moment he cannot continue past, although time indeed
continues on. I'm not sure if his current state is something created
by some avenging God, or by himself, or just bad karma. He's come to
the conclusion that the only way for him to escape, to move on, is to
resolve the identity of his killer.

Between the moment he died and when he became "trapped', he was
witness to some great universal...Understanding. A brief glimpse at
everything. Within this Understanding he was aware of all the
details related to his death. But he was falling, backwards, away
from the knowledge. The details of how were extremely fuzzy, but he
was able to reach out and save those clues necessary for us to track
down later through... someone? ... and into Alyssa's webpage.

It was very hard to arrive at these conclusions, and I could be wrong
about some. His communication methods are symbolic and metaphorical.
I could only interpret some of it, and even then I had no way to
confirm what I believed.

As for what drove him to such extreme measures....that night was the
most confusing of my life. I still feel so guilty about what I did,
and yet it was only out of an honest feeling of remorse and sympathy
and that things turned out the way they did. He understood that, but
he loved her and was selfishly jealous about our moment together. In
the end, he forgave me and seemed truely sorry for causing this.
There was even a brief moment of relief -- I didn't understand, but he
seemed to forgive himself for something (leaving her like this?)
afterwards.

I still worry about her, and part of me feels responsible for her now.
She's a very sweet person, and if she didn't change moods every few
minutes it would probably be nice spending time with her. How do I
integrate these feelings with those I still have for my girlfriend?
How do I sort out what's right to feel, and what's wrong, and for
whom? I still have a lot to figure out on my own.

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:02 pm

QBKooky
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Joined: 24 Jul 2004
Posts: 281

We have to figure out who killed Vic!! Razz

DUN DUN DAAAAH!! Smile

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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:08 pm

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