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Cj: character from Debaser.
Cris: human being who animates Cj and is animated by him.
Location:
Homepage of Debaser.
Cj has just logged in.
Cris (sleepy eyes and a more groggy voice): what's up?
Cj: about what?
Cris: I don't know, won't someone say something?
Cj: yes, I wanted to write to someone about something somewhere. Here, on the site.
Cris: go ahead then. Write, and I'll watch you.
Cj: I don't know where to begin. Or how.
Silence.
Cris: would you like to write something witty?
Cj: yes, no.
Cris: maybe something provocative?
Cj: no, yes.
Cris: indolent?
Cj: maybe.
Cris: just something?
Cj: perhaps.
Cris gets up, pours a couple of fingers of whisky, and then returns. Cj waits for him with a certain anxiety.
Cj: why do you think we're here?
Cris: here where?
Cj: here. We could be anywhere and yet we're here. Why?
Cris: we are here because we are not there. Nor there. Nor elsewhere.
Cj: right, but why?
Cris: because.
Silence.
Cj: will it arrive?
Cris: I don't know. In the meantime, we've arrived.
Cj: and meanwhile?
Cris: meanwhile what?
Cj: meanwhile, what do we do?
Cris: meanwhile we're here.
Silence.
Cj: what’s it called?
Cris: who?
Cj: the one we are waiting for.
Cris: if I'm not mistaken, it has many names.
Cj: right. Maybe I remember a few. "Insight."
Cris: "Revelation."
Cj: "Enlightenment."
Cris: "Elevation."
Cj: "Enlightenment."
Cris scratches his left cheek distractedly. Then seems to become more focused.
Cris: do you happen to remember how it said it will arrive?
Cj: who?
Cris: the one with many names.
Cj: on something. Or someone.
Cris: like what?
Cj: with a record.
Cris: with a book.
Cj: with an image.
Cris: with a movie.
Cj: with an image.
Silence.
Cris: are you not writing anything then?
Cj: I don't know. What?
Cris: and especially why?
Cj: right. Why?
Cris: maybe to pass the time.
Cj: maybe. Waiting for the one with many names.
Cris: and what if it’s not here where it will arrive? If it were there or maybe over there? Perhaps elsewhere, but not here.
Silence.
Cj: maybe it would be better to leave here.
Cris: perhaps. Would you rather go there?
Cj: maybe.
Cris: or maybe over there?
Cj: maybe.
Cris: maybe the important thing is not to stay here. Let's log out and go.
Cj: yes, let's log out and go.
Cris: then shall we go?
Cj: yes, let's go.
Cris and Cj DO NOT log out and stare at the screen.
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