8 April | Video

[zealous_steiner]

[It appears Okabe has his eye jammed up against the mirror, as that's the only thing visible at the beginning of the video. Slowly he backs away, revealing a tired face, then bedraggled hair, then a hint of a lab coat.]

Hello, despaired networkers! I am the mad scientist Hououin Kyouma! Consider this video my debut, where all of Death City will soon know my name!

[He throws his head back and evil-laughs for a solid twenty seconds. This is a common problem, please stand by until he starts coughing.]

Now, to more pressing matters, as Screwhead Biologist was of no help. [Okabe certainly wasn't helping himself, but he chooses to omit that. He's distrustful of Shibusen as-is - they feel like SERN.]

I am interested in this device you call "BREW." Does anyone of this world know how it functions? Does Shibusen hold a monopoly on its powers? I'm... curious on its ability to manipulate time and space through multiple universes, and to take physical matter with it! Even the most advanced technology - my own, of course [he flips the lab coat for flourish] - of my time could send but small pieces of data without the target matter becoming jellified and... disgusting... How did Mayuri even eat that banana?

For that matter, does anyone of this world know of the space-time warp I, and assumably all you others, have traveled through? I'm curious on, specifically.... the structure of time in this world, and if I can reasonably apply the yarn-theory from my home world-line here.

Finally... [Okabe clears his throat and puts all his charm on.] Does anyone have any old or unused electronics they would kindly donate to the developing Future Gadget Laboratory? If anyone would like to build Future Gadgets with a genius mad scientist, I'd be glad to show you my plans... in private, of course.

Remember, you never know who's watching you.

[He jams his eye up to the mirror again.]

El. Psy. Congroooooo.

Comments

[zealous_steiner]

See, you're just not thinking with a wide enough scope. Wars aren't just fought with force, dear Pinkhair.

[He starts gesturing and drawing on a little piece of paper.]

BREW messes with the fabric of spacetime, right. If I had to guess, it has the capacity to selectively create a singulariy and transport life forms and objects through it. Now, I don't know much about war, but I know what I've played in RaiNet: you move people and things around to get the best advantage. Studying BREW and how it works could get us the leg up logistically, if not in brute force. Knowledge can only help us develop greater weaponry.

And if I'm wrong, and it actually has to do with this soul wavelength stuff, we can study it to help with the Madness problem. Simple, right? You with me, Pinkhair?

[punches]

I kno--[ Interrupting herself, she watches him scribble about with a raised brow. ]

Wait, that last line actually made a bit of sense. [ Completely disregarding the rest of that stuff (RaiNet? Seriously?), Sakura whips out her own notebook to start taking down notes. Because she's yet to realize that this device is a good way of doing it herself... ] If we can use that to combat the Madness, then there will be less casualties. It could turn the war entirely around!

[zealous_steiner]

See, that's what I've been trying to discuss with people. Madness is like a wavelength, right? I want to see if we can apply the same principles we can to, say, radio wave interference. If we can use something to neutralize the wavelength, like an equal and opposite kind of thing...

But I'm way ahead of myself. [He recognizes it, for once! A little laugh.] First, I need to study the nature of soul wavelengths. Do you know how I can do that?