Description: this is fart fetish story with sci-fi, philosophy and other weird elements in it.
Chapter 3: Into Other Realities
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Location: somewhere in Pan
Time: unknown
I can't remember the day I was born, because it probably never happened. I always existed, but I won't always exist. My death is scheduled at 1,500 years from now.
I guess it's time to explain.
I live in a place where every minute, a person gets killed. By shooting. Okay, this doesn't tell the whole picture, I shall explain better.
I live in a place where there are infinite people standing in a line, constantly walking towards their death. No one is allowed to stop walking, and talking is also not allowed. I will die in 1,500 years, the people in front of me will die before me, and the people behind me will die after me. Since talking is not allowed, one might believe there's no escape from this reality, but I'm 100% sure that there are other, better realities than this one, and I think I just have to click one of the buttons on the walls. I know that when people disobey to the rules, they get killed before their time, but there's nothing to lose here, because...
There's no use in living like this. There's nothing to do here, I'd rather live in another, better reality, than stay here. I will probably get killed in this attempt of rebellion. Well, it's sure I will get killed, no rebel has ever survived after that day, but I still want to try.
10 billion years ago - oh, I remember as if it were yesterday - someone managed to escape. Probably nobody knows where she went, but I'm pretty sure she went into another reality. I wonder if she's still alive. I want to reach her, but so much time has passed, and I'm not sure where she is, and if she's still alive.
Since that day, probably around ten thousand rebels have been killed, the last one being around one million years ago. I want to be the next rebel, I don't care if I'll die. I'm tired of living like this, by the way.
Who am I fooling? I'm too afraid to die, I'll never be a rebel! But still, that desire is burning deep inside of me. Do I really want to die 1,500 years before my time? At this point, I don't care about living so little more time, I'll be a rebel! I just need some courage.
I've been very unlucky to be here since the existence of time, I've lived for infinite years, but I didn't know infinity could actually end this soon. 1,500 years is only a very short amount of time that remains to be lived, so I don't care if I'll die today. I've lived a miserable life, and I have to accept my death, no emotional support here. I always wondered what love felt like, but I guess I'll never know.
I keep walking towards my death, but I know that won't be the way I'll die, because my last day is indeed today. There's no reason I should keep walking now, but I need to prepare myself psychologically. To die today. I have to say goodbye to life forever, there won't be any crying for me, their lives will go on until the day they'll get killed. I wonder if there's a chance of escape from this gloomy place, but I guess there's not. My heart beats fast, I'm about to get killed: instead of living 1,500 more years, I'll get killed in a few hours. Big difference, but first, I need to think about the life I have lived so far and the life I wanted to live. I always wondered what could be outside of this reality, but I spent an eternity thinking about it, so I don't mind dying today. I always dreamed of a reality full of love and kindness where everyone smiles, but this one reality I'm thinking about might be pure speculation, perhaps only this one I'm living in exists. Why does Pan wants us to suffer this way? Is this a punishment for something we've done in our previous life? Impossible! We've been living here since the beginning of time.
I'm feeling numb, is this what people feel when they know they're about to die? I don't care, I want everyone to die now, so there will be no more suffering in this reality. This shouldn't be considered life, there shouldn't be any life in this reality. I wonder how much longer will I keep walking towards my death, which is scheduled to be 1,500 years from now, but I want to risk my life to discover new realities. I know I'll get murdered in this attempt, but I don't want to live 1,500 more years like this. I either want to live differently or die, with the first option having the highest priority. I'm looking around and thinking about my infinite years spent here: the only memories I have are my own thoughts, because nothing else happens here, it's like this reality is hopelessly lackluster.
If there's nothing more in Pan other than this, it means Pan hates us. If Pan is good, then why does evil exist? I believe Pan is both good and evil, and that I was just unlucky to be "born" here. I was never born, though, I always existed. If I think about infinity, it's a weird concept. If you divide infinity by two, it's still infinite, but it's different than what it was before. To understand this reality better, think about a half-open line segment. There is no beginning, but there is an end. This is our life, but I think there is more than this. I think Pan contains everything we can imagine and even more than that. Pan is all-inclusive, this is for sure. I know there is also a thing called "love", I need to find it somewhere, and I won't have peace until I find it. I've been waiting literally an eternity, and even though the hopes are high, I know I'll die without experiencing love. But I'll die knowing it exists, because everything exists, you just need to believe in it and you'll be fine. I look around, everything looks dark, I wonder if other places are brighter. I know happiness exists, I just need to believe in it. Before I die, I need to deeply think about life outside this reality, for the last time. This will be my last goodbye, so I need to prepare myself to meet my end. I know there is a reality just like this one, with a beginning but no end. Everything I imagine exists somewhere. Everything is one, it just manifests itself differently. Now, before I die, I need to curse Pan for making me be born here.
Sure, there can be other realities worse than this one: realities where souls get costantly tortured, realities where they would surely rather go here to get a relief from their suffering. I never felt like I belong here. I wonder what people around me think about, or if they think about anything at all. Do they accept the fact they're living here? Not that they have a choice by the way, but survival istinct is so strong, they don't want to die sooner than expected, so they keep walking and stay silent, just what the rules say how we should behave. 1,500 years are meaningless, I'm about to die anyway, so I don't care if I'll die today. It's getting dark for my soul, and I don't know what I'm supposed to do. Do all things come to an end? I know there are things that do not end, I'm totally sure. My life will end, but this reality will not. Infinite people are suffering now and will always suffer, forever. Infinite people are also happy, and will be happy forever. I guess Pan just creates everything. I know this isn't just the product of my mind, I know other realities are as real as this one, and I would have liked to explore them, but I know I can't and I will die without having never felt love or happiness. I want to feel something good, but the only thing I'm going to feel is utter emptiness. Void. The end of my life is drawing nearer. To me, nothing will exist anymore, it will be like Pan never existed. Only darkness, forever.
I guess I'm ready to face the raven. It's time to say goodbye to my life. I look around for the last time, then I run towards the wall to my left. A loud alarm rang, my heart was beating so fast. I know I'm dead. I hear something chasing me, but I don't look back. I need to press a button, I wonder what will happen next. I keep running, thinking about how bad my life was and what it will feel like to be dead. Goodbye everyone, I guess I was just very unlucky, but at this moment of death I smile, thinking about the poor souls of Pan that are living much worse than me and us. I know it's a matter of seconds, time seems to be slower now, and my last thoughts are strangely serene, I will never think anymore or see anything in my life, and this is good. All things need to end eventually, even good things, if they exist. I reached the wall, but now my life is over. I need to press that button, but they... are behind me. I'm dead, I know. I feel a presence behind me, but as soon as I pressed the button, the presence disappeared.
I wake up in a dark place. I shiver, what's this feeling? There are some stairs that lead to a warm but distant light. I want to follow that light. Where will it bring me? I start walking on the stairs and I start feeling better. Is this a new reality? I don't understand what's going on, but I keep walking towards that light. I don't know what is waiting for me, but I hope there will be at least some love. A lots of love. I know it exists. I wonder what are the things that exist. Oh, I know, everything exists in Pan. Will I meet other people? Will talking be allowed there? I want to exchange some information for the purpose of socializing. I know sociality exists. I know in some realities, people talk to each other to feel pleasure. I hope I won't end up in one of those realities where everyone suffers. Walking on these stairs feels so peaceful, is this 'love'? But I want to love another person, and I also want another person to love me. It would be beautiful.
I start fantasizing about what my life will be like in this new life. I seriously have no idea how life can be other than what I lived so far. I want to feel happy forever, but strangely, I feel sad. What about all the other infinite people who are still living in that reality? Why am I forsaking them? I look back, and everything is dark and scary down there. I'm sorry, my friends. I'm truly sorry. But I need to explore other realities, I can't give up now! I sigh, and follow the light again. Where will it take me, I don't know, but I'll let fate bring me wherever she wants, I'll try to be accepting about what fate decides, but I pray to Pan, please let me find love in my life. I want to be very happy. Pan, I know you can be sadistic at times, and merciful at other times, and I know you don't care about my prayers, but still I have hope in my soul. I have hope that everything goes alright and that I will finally feel some pleasure. I don't know how often people's hopes turn into reality, but I hope this is going to be one of those times.
I enter the light, and I'm enveloped in a pleasantly warm light. I never want to leave this light, but something is happening. It's starting to get cold here, and in a blink of an eye, I'm in a very strange place.
There's a sign that says:"Welcome to r̆r̆akt̜ê".
It's extremely cold here, and my hands are going numb. I need to find somewhere warmer. My stomach is growling, why? Also, I'm feeling dizzy. I want to close my eyes and lie on the ground. My throat is burning. All these bad feelings together are making me suffer. I'm not feeling okay. I've never felt like this before. I enter a place and see many people sitting and putting strange things in their mouths. I want to do that, too.
"Looks like you're ill", said a man, worried.
"I...", what? Is this my voice? I don't think I've ever heard the sound of my voice before. It feels very awkward.
"I'm feeling really bad", I admit.
"Are you hungry?", he asks.
What does that mean?
"I don't know...", I say, just wanting to close my eyes and lie on the ground. What is this feeling?
"It looks like you're hungry, thirsty and sleepy. Let me help you", he said, giving me a strange transparent liquid.
"What should I do with this?", I ask, confused.
"It's water. Drink it", he said, smiling.
I drank it, whatever that means, and my throat wasn't burning anymore. But I still felt really bad.
"Do you feel better now?", he asks, smiling.
"Yes", I replied. But still, I felt really bad.
"Please wait here. I'll give you something to eat", he said, putting some strange stuff on a fire.
I was waiting curiously.
"It's ready", he said, "you should eat it", he smiled.
I ate it and it felt really good. I never ate anything in my life before now, so it feels weird, but good.
"Are you still hungry? Do you want more?", he asked.
"Yes please, I feel like I need it to survive", I said.
"In fact you do need it to survive", he said, looking surprised and giving me more.
I ate more of it, then I felt happy. Maybe "full" is the right word?
"Are you sleepy?", he asks. I think he means the fact I want to lay down on the floor and close my eyes.
"Yes", I say, hoping I understood correctly.
"I'll give you a place where to sleep, follow me", he said.
I followed him and he brought me into a room with a strange object where I suppose people sleep on.
"Thank you", I say, but I was worried, "Will I wake up?", I ask.
"Of course you will. You need to sleep at least 8 hours everyday", he explained.
"I understand", I say, then I lie down on that thing called "bed" and close my eyes.
8 HOURS LATER
I feel good now, I suppose all my needs have been fulfilled, but why did that happen? I mean, I never had these needs before. Have I become something else? I got up, and the guy from before was still there. I smiled and greeted him waving my hand. Is this what love is? It might be love. I need to explain him my situation.
"So", I say, "I'm not from here. I come from another reality, where life has an end, but not a beginning. A reality where talking is not allowed, and we just walk towards our death. I managed to escape from there, and I ended up here. I never felt the need to eat, drink and sleep. Well, I didn't even know such needs existed before now"
"I understand. I will explain you how is life here. From now on, you will have various needs. Food, water and sleep are not the only needs that exist. You have other ones as well, such as going to the toilet, showering, and protecting yourself from extreme temperatures. Let me show you the toilet, follow me", he said.
"So, you need to sit on this thing naked and it will come naturally", he said.
"I don't know what you mean, but thank you anyway", I said, confused.
"You will understand soon, don't worry, and after you use the toilet, you need to shower. See this thing? Water comes out of it, and you need to be immersed in this water, then wash yourself with the soap", he said.
"I'll get used to it", I said.
"You also need to protect yourself from the extreme temperatures. This city, for example, is extremely cold and you will get frostbite quickly if you don't wear protective clothing", he said.
"What is frostbite?", I ask. This world is so confusing.
"Frostbite is when your body gets damaged by the cold. When you get frostbitten, it's already too late. I'll give you the right clothing soon. If you go to another city, though, the opposite problem might happen. The weather might be too hot, and you could get a heat stroke. Don't stay outside for too long and keep yourself hydrated in that case. I'll give you my thermometer, and I'll explain you what those numbers mean", he said.
"Good", I say.
"One last thing. You have become a mortal now, that means eventually, you'll die. Everyone dies eventually. I know it's hard to accept. You look like around 20 years old. Yeah, I know you're actually infinite years old, but now you are a mortal. That means you have around 60 years more to live. Do your best and enjoy your life now, before it's too late", he said.
What? Only 60 years? I need to do everything I want to do as soon as possible, then. But I don't regret my choice. I wanted to live a true life, even if a short one. There was no meaning in my past life.
"I understand. It's not a problem", I say, smiling.
I want to go around many good places, I want to explore Pan. Yes! I will explore Pan!
"What's your name?", he asked.
"What do you mean?", I ask, confused.
"Everyone has a name, you need it to be identified. My name is Ezeg", he explained.
"I don't have a name, but I can make it now. My name is Â̜!", I said. Wow! I have a name now!
"Welcome to Centralia, Â̜!", he said, smiling warmly.
I'm feeling loved. It feels better than what I imagined. I thought love was a very weak emotion, but it turned out I was wrong. What is Centralia, though?
"What is Centralia?", I ask.
"Centralia is the country we're both living in. It's the part of Pan where you can do everything you want except doing something to someone else against their will", he explained.
"I will never do such a thing. It doesn't feel pleasant to the person on the receiving end", I said. Seems to be a pretty free place.
"That's true", he said, "Wanna hug?", he asked.
"Yes... thank you", I said, and hugged him. It feels perfect. This is love. Now I know for sure, love exists.
I let go of the hug.
"Anything else I need to know about mortal life?", I ask, happy to learn.
"You'll see living it yourself", he said, with a tone I really liked.
"Yeah, I'll live my life!", I said, happy.
I'm proud of having traded an infinite, but sad and hopeless life, with a very short but pleasant life. Even though I have annoying needs now, I'll be much happier than I was back then. This is true life, not the hell I was living before. I can stand having these annoying needs if I get love in return. Living for loving, loving for living. I like these words, they will probably be my motto from now on.
I'll live a happy life and be finally free from my previous life's oppression. I finally found a place where I belong, although I'm sad for all the lost souls who still crawl within the darkness. I want to explore Pan and help those in need. I know Pan will never be wholly good, but still, I want to do my best. I need to explore the emotionally dark places and bring joy to people's lives. I want to improve Pan as much as it is possible, and never give up. This must have been a gift from Pan. I was in an emotionally painful situation back then, but now that I'm happy, I'll do my best to make others happy, too. Maybe all of this is a test from Pan to see what I can do. Might be? I need to explain Ezeg what I want to do, so he can bring me around.
"Ezeg, I want to bring happiness to some emotionally dark places in Pan. I want to make sad people happy. Please, let's explore Pan and bring me with you. This must be my goal in my life, to bring relief from suffering", I said.
"That makes no sense. I mean, Pan is very balanced between suffering and pleasure. If you want to 'improve' Pan, please know that somewhere in Pan there will be an anti-you that will make happy people suffer. You can't change Pan's balance", he explained.
"It doesn't matter. I want to do it anyway", I insisted.
"Okay then, let's go to the multiport and see what we can do", he said, serious.
He gave me some clothing. "You can't go outside without these. It's too cold", he said. I wore the clothing and went out.
We were going to the multiport and I had big hopes in my mind. I wanted to ask more about the anti-me but eventually I forgot about it. Not that it matters, anyway, because I'm going to bring some change to suffering people's lives. I'll make everyone happy to thank Pan for what it has done to me. I'm so grateful I can live a normal life now, and behold, demons of sadness, I will make you turn into angels of happiness! I'll never turn back, this is my destiny!
[...]
Meanwhile...
Ëļōðĝɔ Building, Chéngshì, Centralia.
January 6, 2020 (Day 1)
The lights were on. Samantha was listening to some cool hardbass music and she was feeling so energic. She'll never return in that hell called Gaia, that's for sure! She was ready for four days of tests, then she'll get that number and she'll finally be ready to explore Centralia as she pleases. Being a traveller is never easy as you never know what to expect, but sure thing it is exciting to discover a lot new places you never seen before.
"I'm ready", she said, proudly.
"Okay then, we can begin", said C̜âo, smiling.
Soon, a door opened, and a guy in his early 20's looked at Kxem.
"What's wrong?", asked Kxem, confused and scratching his head.
"Is this an eprocto-friendly place?", asked the guy, serious.
"I think so?", said Kxem, not understanding the guy's point.
"My name is Uli, and I come from Eproctophiliophobistan", he said.
"Never heard of that", said Kxem.
"Do you want me to tell you about my country?", asked Uli.
"Yes please!", said Kxem, excited to know more about Pan.
"Okay then. It's gonna be a long story. Basically, Eproctophiliophobistan is just one of the infinite countries of Pan. The pecularity of Eproctophiliophobistan is that everyone who has fart fetish in this country will be put to death, along with people who don't report fart fetishists to the authorities. I have a fart fetish myself, and because I have tried to watch a few skunk girl videos, I was sentenced to death. Luckily, I managed to escape from my country because I found a portal to a parallel universe. I didn't know where it would have lead me, but luckily, I ended up in a place with other humans, and they told me this building was eprocto-friendly. Eproctophiliophobistan is only one of the many Phobistani countries. In truth, everywhere can be thought with Phobistani terms. Where I live, the thing you call 'Centralia' was known as 'Coerciophobistan'. There are various Phobistani countries, the most popular of them is Homophobistan, where people who have sex with another person of the same gender will be imprisoned or put to death. But really, there are infinite Phobistani countries out there. In my city there were also a lot of Murdakists. Murdakism is a religion whose only teaching is to kill people who wear yellow T-Shirts, because God says so. Those who do that are a small minority, of course, but some Murdakist extremists go around the city to search and kill anyone who wears a yellow T-Shirt. The place where I lived was so scary, I'm glad I ended up here in Chéngshì, it looks pretty nice here", said Uli.
"I'm glad you think that, and thank you for the explanation. I didn't know such a place existed", said Kxem.
"Oh? Didn't you know Pan contains absolutely everything you can think of? I know somewhere out there is a place where strawberries are illegal, even though I've never seen it. I know it exists, because everything exists in Pan", explained Uli.
"I know, I know, but... yeah, my imagination has been pretty limited so far. I've only ever talked about countries I've heard from other people. I've never made them up", admitted Kxem.
"Oh, trust me, you can make up anything you want. It surely exists somewhere in the infinite Pan", said Uli.
"Have you been somewhere else, apart from Eprocto... well, whatever that country is called, and Centralia?", asked Kxem, curious.
"Yes! To reach Centralia I had to stay in the Republic of Murdakia for a night. It has been easy, because I didn't bring any yellow T-Shirt with me and I felt safe. As long as you don't bring any yellow T-Shirt with you in the Republic of Murdakia, you can feel safe. If the multiport security catches you with a yellow T-Shirt in your bag, though, you will be put to death. I hope I can have the permission to stay here in Centralia. I don't know how immigration works here, but sure thing I don't want to come back to Eproctophiliophobistan", said Uli, scared.
"You can stay at my house with me and Samantha!", said Kxem, smiling.
"I'll be very grateful", said Uli, happy.
A new life begins for Uli.
"Or even better! Uli, do you want to explore Centralia with us? We'll have fun!", said Kxem, excited.
"That's okay! I like travelling!", said Uli, smiling.
"That's good! Just, we have to be careful though, we could end up in dangerous places", warned Uli.
"How? Centralia is not dangerous!", said Kxem, proudly.
"I'm warning you, listen. Perhaps you've never heard about this, but it's a serious issue in many parts of Centralia. Not in Chéngshì, though. Ever heard about ostracism? An ostracized person cannot have any friends anymore, and also that person can't buy anything from any market, cannot go the hospital, he or she basically cannot interact with people anymore. Ostracism can happen for ridiculous reasons, even because a person ate a tomato in a tomatophobic region. Be very careful. What's your name by the way?", said Uli.
"My name is Kxem and are you sure these things happen within Centralia? I've never heard about ostracism", said Kxem.
"Before arriving in Chéngshì, near the border to Murdakia, there is a city called Ëguņ, which is in Centralia. Wearing a yellow T-Shirt there would get you ostracized, because it's a behaviour that is considered utterly unacceptable in that city. Actually, people there want yellow T-Shirts to become illegal, so that Ëguņ won't be part of Centralia anymore, it will be part of Murdakia. People there feel more Murdakian than Centralian", explained Uli.
"I understand. How can we understand what's considered acceptable or unacceptable in a city?", asked Kxem, wondering.
"It's impossible. If you travel to random places, be prepared for random, often bizzarre social norms and laws. Be very discrete when doing anything, you never know what's considered inappropriate or even illegal in a certain place", warned Uli.
"Oh yeah. I remember when travelling to Gaia, I discovered that somehow, sexual things were inappropriate there. When I asked why, they just told me it was something to do in private. Guess what? It was not just sex, but literally anything that might cause sexual pleasure. Also for some reason, not only sexual pleasure, but many kinds of pleasures were considered weird. You can't dance freely in Gaia because you would get ridiculized if you do that, or even if you look strangely happy. Smiling and being cheerful is considered rude in most of Gaia. Another weird in Gaia: they ask you how are you feeling, but if you tell them you're sad, they won't help you. Once I caught someone saying he was feeling well, but he was complaining a lot that his grandmother died, that he lost his job and that he was lonely. You know, Gaia is so freaking awful, that they have a different concept of "good". "Fine" said by a Gaian is like "my life is horrible" said by a Centralian. Some Gaians are trying to change Gaia into a better place, but still, the vast majority of Gaians couldn't care less, and most of the times that vast majority oppose the minority who want to change. Nevertheless, Gaia is a developing reality, and that means it's getting better. Realities are divided in static and dynamic: a static reality is one whose quality of life never changes, a dynamic reality is one whose quality of life changes. There are three types of dynamic realities: developing, polar and undeveloping. A developing reality means quality of life is getting better, a polar reality means some things are getting better while some are getting worse, and an undeveloping reality means quality of life is getting worse", explained Kxem.
"Interesting", said Uli, "how is Centralia classified?", he asked.
"Centralia is a developing reality as well", said Kxem.
"...I don't know what to say anymore", said Uli, giggling.
"Don't worry, it happens", reassured Kxem, smiling.
"So, is Chéngshì an eprocto-friendly place?", asked Uli.
"I think so, I mean, there are a lot of onara artists here and I think, like, a quarter of people would agree to fart on your face. I will not, though", said Kxem.
"Don't worry man, I only like female flatulence", said Uli, smiling.
"That's okay, I mean, most people are like that", said Kxem.
"I'm hungry, let's eat something", said Uli.
Uli and Kxem had lunch, chatted a whole lot again and then it was evening. Samantha was still farting in C̜âo's face and was in the process of getting her farts rated to know how stinky her farts actually are. The results will be shown in four days, because four people will smell all of her farts and nobody will know the partial result until all four results are put together and averaged. The Ëļōðĝɔ has a lot of experts in this sector, and they know how to give precise and unbiased results. Many people come from other cities and sometimes even from other realities just to have the smell of their farts rated by these experts, sometimes even just to have bragging rights. "My farts are stinkier than yours" has never been so scientific in Gaia. But in the rest of Pan, everything happens.
"I'm back!", said Samantha, proud.
Uli and Kxem explained to Samantha what they knew and all of the things said before.
"Ostracism? Sounds ugly!", said Samantha.
"It really is. Be careful what you do", said Uli.
"Because farts in Centralia can be inappropriate like in Gaia, and you can be ostracized. We'll never know which behaviours are considered inappropriate, so be very discrete", added Kxem.
"I still want to travel, though, let's travel anyway, maybe to more natural places like forests or deserts", suggested Samantha.
"But we'll need to eat and sleep, no? We'll need to interact with people. I know it will be awkward, but we need to do it", said Kxem.
"Let's do it! Three more days to go!", said Samantha.
Everything was nice and Samantha was anxiously waiting for the results. She wondered if her farts stunk more than average. In that case, she would be proud of herself, although she wondered, if Centralia is really infinite, does that mean... there's no limit in how stinky farts can be? Samantha was excited.
January 7, 2020 (Day 2)
Ffta is a nice and cute woman and the second judge of Samantha's farts.
"Are you ready, Sam?", asked Ffta, excited.
"Yes!", said Samantha, proud.
"Can I see you? I want to be there with you!", said Uli.
"Sure! If Samantha is okay with that", said Ffta.
"I am, come here!", said Samantha, opening her arms.
"You want to hug me?", said Uli, surprised, almost crying.
"If you want", said Samantha, keeping her arms open.
Samantha and Uli hugged each other tight and were very happy.
"I have never been loved this much", admitted Uli, with tears falling from his eyes.
"We'll be friends forever, Uli", said Samantha, smiling.
Uli tried not to cry, but his emotions were very intense.
Samantha sat on Ffta's face and the party was starting.
"Are you comfortable down there?~", asked Samantha, giggling. Samantha wanted to make Ffta's day a little bit stinkier.
"Sure! I'm looking forward to know how stinky your farts are!", said Ffta, happy.
"Oh~you will know soon", said Samantha, smiling.
Samantha's gas is stinky, but how much? Three days left to know the answer. Since milk is unavailable in Centralia, Samantha now isn't as gassy as she was before, but still, her farts are pretty nasty. Not anything trascendental, but a normal person would find that smell very annoying and would probably go to another room to breathe fresh air. Samantha knew her farts were probably stinkier than the average person's, but by what factor? Samantha loved to see other people's reactions to her farts, and usually people left the place. Her favourite part was farting inside a car and locking the windows so that people were left to suffer in the stench. She loves to giggle while other people hold their noses with their fingers and try not to puke from the smell. She considers her gas to be nice to breathe in and wants everyone to enjoy it, that's why she's happy now that Ffta is going to enjoy it.
"Ready?~", asks Samantha, happy.
*pppbbbfffrrrttt*
Ffta inhaled the putrid gas and tried to rate it. She knew very well how to measure the intensity of the stink, and wrote a number on a piece of paper. That number is secret for now, then she will average all the numbers and after the four day test will be complete the judges will all make the numbers public. Samantha didn't think that Ffta smelled farts much stinkier than the one she has just smelled. She knew it was probably true, but wasn't considering it at the moment.
"Are you okay down there?~", Samantha asked.
Ffta laughed. "Sure, girl! It smells good, please do it whenever you want!", she said, happy.
"Okay~", said Samantha, happy to be kind.
"I want to switch places with you, Ffta", said Uli, envious (in a good way), smiling.
"Don't worry dude, you'll be smelling a lot of my farts as soon as this test ends~", said Samantha, happy to help another person feel better, because deep inside Samantha is a very kind person.
Uli was feeling really happy. After about 20 years spent in Eproctophiliophobistan, he was finally going to smell a girl's farts. He felt really happy but anxious at the same time, because he needed to wait three more days to do that and was waiting impatiently. Life in Eproctophiliophobistan can be really difficult, especially if you're into certain things. All fart fetish content is censored there, and gets immediately deleted by an algorithm. The police arrests many people for posting such stuff and even puts them to death most of the times. Pan has everything in it, it's no wonder such things exist. Uli just wanted to live a happy life and not be persecuted from the government where he grew up and lived his whole life so far. He had high hopes in Centralia, he hoped he could have lived a happy and that Samantha's farts would be stinky enough for him, because he likes really stinky farts. He doesn't like odorless farts or the ones with a thin smell.
"Samantha... do you want me, you and Kxem to be best friends forever? I never had a friend before", asked Uli.
"Sure! We'll have lots of fun together!", said Samantha, happy.
Uli was about to cry, he felt really happy that his pain was finally over. Uli never had a close friend and spent most of his life alone so far. Eproctophiliophobistan can be a harsh lonely place, but so can Centralia, Uli just didn't know. Things were getting clearer: they were going to explore Centralia in a few days. Centralia is just the part of Pan where people are not allowed to do something to someone else against their will. Sometimes life can feel like your inner demons are torturing your soul, but Pan will always have something worse than what you're living. Sometimes you can feel alone in the darkness, but there are other people with you, you just can't see them because it's dark. Uli was feeling really happy and was grateful that he had made two friends so easily. Eproctophiliophobistanis can be friendly, and Centralians can be rude. It just depends mostly on the hyperspatial coordinates, but individual personality can play a somewhat influencing factor, too.
Gaia has cultural differences between geographical areas, too, but they're not as extreme as Centralia's. Near the border between Centralia and Tomatophobistan, there is an illegal tomato trafficking, and many people get arrested for attempting to sell tomatoes. Depending on how strict the tomatophobic laws are applied, those who are caught with tomato possession can even be put to death.
Anyway, Samantha was having so much fun farting in Ffta's face, and obviously she wasn't thinking about countries at all.
"Hey Ffta! Smells good down there? Stinky, uh? Well, too bad, I have another one!", said Samantha.
*pppbbbfffrrrttt*
It was very stinky, sure, but Ffta couldn't say anything about HOW stinky Samantha's farts were, because it was a secret. Ffta had surely smelled every type of fart in her work. Are Samantha's farts the stinkiest she had ever smelled? Only time will let Samantha know.
"Give me all your farts!", said Ffta, proud of her nose.
"You asked for it! Just wait and you'll regret it!~", said Samantha, proud of her butt.
Samantha was proud that her gas could clear a room, but still, as soon as she discovered Pan, she understood her farts were nothing in the grand scheme of things: there were people with much stinkier farts than hers. That gave her a bittersweet feeling, but them she thought about the Fermi's Paradox, as they call it in Gaia.
"(If there are infinite people with stinkier farts than mine... where are they?)", she wondered.
A possible explanation would have been there are in fact infinite people with stinkier farts than Samantha, it's just that they don't fart in public and release them at home. That speculation seemed perfectly rational to Samantha. It remained a speculation, though, until she will know how stinky everyone's farts are, which is impossible. Then, a clever thought was formed in Samantha's mind.
"(If Pan has everything, there MUST be a reality where everyone knows about the smell of everyone else's farts)", she thought.
She wanted to go there, but she didn't know how a multiplane worked and she didn't know how to reach such a place, anyway.
Pan has everything in it, and even visiting thousands of different places would say nothing about the true essence of Pan. Uli was very lucky that he has met a nice girl such as Samantha. He finally found happiness and feels like he's in a relaxing pleasant heaven. He was glad he was finally happy and didn't think about the poor sad suffering souls of Pan. Even if he thought about that, he would have been powerless. He thought that sometimes feeling sad for other people whom you can't help is unnecessary. Sure, there are infinite realities where everyone is happy and kind, but Pan as a whole is not like that. It's like seeing a glass as half full or half empty. Sometimes the place you call home is unpleasant, so you seek a different life, and sometimes you find happiness. Even if that's not your home, you still feel good and loved. That was the case for both Â̜ and Uli, plus infinite other people in Pan, and also in Gaia. Suffering does exist, and kindness is the cure for it.
There are infinite countries in Pan where everyone is rude and mean, for example one of those is called Urük. Kindness there is a huge taboo and everyone who dares to be kind there will be shamed and ridiculized, so that everyone will be rude. There are other countries in Pan, though, where everyone is happy and kind. Pan is perfectly balanced in everything. The problem of evil arises: if Pan is good, then why does bad stuff happen? Perhaps the answer is that Pan is not good. Pan is everything: good, evil, and anything in between. We are part of Pan, too. If we are evil, Pan will be evil. If we are good, Pan will be good. It's our choice. Uli wanted to make people feel good. Little did he know about the anti-him that will make others feel bad. Â̜ knew that if someone makes someone feel better, there will be an opposite person who will make someone feel worse. It's impossible to change Pan's perfect balance, but still, Uli and Â̜ wanted to bring positivity.
"The day is over, Uli, now I shall go to sleep. Wanna hug before I go to bed?", asked Samantha, smiling happy.
Uli felt like he was in heaven. Finally he got some love. Uli and Samantha hugged each other tight for at least 10 seconds and both felt good.
"I love you, Uli. Good night", said Samantha.
Uli almost cried, but thanked Samantha for her kindness.
"Kxem... we'll be friends forever. Me, you, and Samantha", said Uli, sighing but happy.
"Yes, Uli. We will be", said Kxem, smiling.
The second day was over and everyone in there was really happy and relaxed. Things were going to be really pleasant for Uli, Kxem and Samantha. They all had their difficulties in life, even though they all lived in three different realities. Difficulties are part of human life, but there are happy moments, too. Even in Urük (a very rude country) there can be moments of Schadenfreude. Happiness in Urük comes from the sadness of other people, but it's still happiness nonetheless. Selective memory makes us remember mostly negative parts of our life.
January 8, 2020 (Day 3)
"Hello Samantha, I will be your third judge", said S̄eèt̜, a young man, smiling.
"Can't wait to blast your nose with my stink bombs~", said Samantha, biting her lips sexily.
S̄eèt̜ laughed.
"Show me what you got!", he said, ready and proud.
Samantha sat on his nose and waited to unleash some rancid smells on his nostrils. Samantha was having so much fun but was also feeling bittersweet. She wanted this test to last forever, but she also wanted to know the results and fart on Uli's face and make him very happy. Things were going to be interesting when the test will end. Samantha will endure the experience of not knowing social norms and being socially awkward for the first time in her life. Right and wrong will be blurred and confused, so they all need to be careful.
Even within Gaia, which is a very small reality, cultural differences can be huge, to the point one wonders how much someone should be willing to tolerate other cultures, especially if they clash with each other. But Centralia and Eproctophiliophobistan... they are so infinitely huge, that there's every possible culture you can think of, they just have one thing in common:
-Centralia's laws are based on the fact that you can't do something to someone else against their will -Eproctophiliophobistan's laws are based on eproctophilian genocide: everyone who has a fart fetish in Eproctophiliophobistan must be killed, along with people who supports or hides them.
Apart from that, things can vary hugely, for example near the border with Tomatophobistan, people in both countries hate tomatoes even if they're legal. There are various "criteria" when naming a country of Pan:
-Law criteria: that is, when the whole country shares one or more laws in common. Countries like these are Centralia, Tomatophobistan and Murdakia, for example.
-Behavioural criteria: that is, when the whole population of a country (or the vast majority) shares a behaviour in common. For example in Urük people are very rude, and in the Sunshine Land they're very kind.
-Climate criteria: when a whole country shares a similar climate, for example Icyland or The Great Desert.
And many other criteria. Obviously, all these criteria can intersect with each other, so that you can have an intersection between Eproctophiliophobistan and Icyland (a country that has both criteria). Generally, an intersection is when a country shares two or more unrelated criteria.
Anyway, back to the story.
Uli wanted to understand Pan's reality in a deeper way. He already knew about the criteria and the intersections, and also that Pan is everything, but he needed more information. He asked himself:"How do I find a place's hyperspatial coordinates?". He needed to find a way to do that, and luckily he brought his studies from Eproctophiliophobistan. He managed to hide those papers when he was at the multiport. If he will be able to figure how to find a place's hyperspatial coordinates, then they will all be able to travel to utopian heavenly places. He already created a device that can analyze reality's source down to the quantum strings. He can see and calculate the vibrations of those strings in all their 11 dimensions. Sadly, he hasn't figured out what kind of vibration causes people's behaviour to be in a certain way, even though he spent countless hours studying quantum neurobiology from secret sources of the deep web. In his free time he also searched for anime girls farting, but eventually the secret Eproctophiliophobistan's police tracked him with a spyware and sentenced him to death. Luckily, he managed to escape to Murdakia at first, then Centralia. He thinks he might be safe now, but is the police secretly chasing him? He doesn't know, but he's careful indeed.
In the meanwhile...
*pppbbbfffrrrttt*
Samantha let out a nasty fart on S̄eèt̜'s nose. He took it like a brave man and didn't complain. Still, we don't know how stinky Samantha's farts are. Might even be milder than the average fart? We simply don't know! Samantha was looking forward to know how stinky her farts were, but after S̄eèt̜ there will be another judge, and Samantha was getting tired of waiting so long.
Sometimes, Uli still has flashbacks about his life spent in Eproctophiliophobistan. Life there wasn't good for a fart fetishist, he needed to hide and repress all those thoughts. He's glad that he's now accepted by two wonderful people, and feels really happy now. "Nobody can hurt me now", he thought, happy. Still, he lost all hope in being able to wear a yellow T-Shirt, in fear that a murdakist can hurt or even insult him.
Everyone has still a lot to understand the secrets of Pan, but somewhere, there is a girl who knows almost everything about Pan. Her name is Anna Purna, and she lives in Philosophistan. She is well know there, and a mystery for all. How can she know so many things? The legend tells she is able to teleport anywhere she wants, and that she's virtually omniscient. Could she give Uli a helping hand in his research? Giving that Pan is infinite, the chances are very slim. Uli didn't know about her, so he knew that he would need to work on his project alone. He needed to rest a bit sometimes, though, because what he was trying to accomplish was really difficult, even though infinite people have already done that, though.
Uli knew that demons could open a portal from hell in any moment, as it already happened in many apparently peaceful realities. It can happen anytime, without prior warning, but he decided not to worry, because he never experienced it and probably never will. Uli also knew that infinite people, including the Eproctophiliophobistan's police, were constantly watching him and monitoring everything he did. If Uli wanted, he could watch other people as well with his technology, but he decided not to do so, because he found it unethical. He also knew that everytime he made a decision, reality splits in half. He spent so much time researching about Pan that his knowledge was at least one tenth that of Anna's, which is incredible. There are many things Uli doesn't know yet, but he knows more than Kxem, and Kxem knows a lot!
There are infinite realities where Uli (or at least, one of his infinite doppelgänger) has been killed by a spell casted by a witch, for example. But even if Uli dies in this reality, there will always be other realities where he'll be well and alive. In a certain sense, nobody ever dies, and everybody is constantly dying. Death is only an illusion, just like time. Magicians can cast spells that curse or bless people in other realities, and that happens constantly. Also, everyone, everywhere, has angels and demons that influence a person's life. Sometimes angels win, and a person his happy and lucky, and other times demons win, and a person is sad and unlucky. The forces of good and evil are constantly battling to prevail unto each other.
Uli has managed to escape, at least in this reality, because he has been blessed by an angel, which is not necessarily a mythological creature with wings, but can also be a good and kind person blessing Uli from another reality. Samantha was happy, too. Speaking of her...
*pppbbbfffrrrttt*
She farted a lot today, and S̄eèt̜ was having fun smelling her farts. Everyone in that room was happy, even though Uli sometimes kept thinking about his past. "But it's over now", he thought, hopeful that he will always be happy from now on. Happiness feels really good and he hoped that feeling will never fade away into a distant memory of the past. He thought that everyone should be happy but also understood that Pan has also its unfair share of suffering and misery. Sometimes angels win, sometimes demons win.
There are also two types of neutral forces: summatory and factorial. Summatory forces don't change anything, just like adding or subtracting zero doesn't change anything. Factorial forces, on the other hand, make people's feelings in a way that is neither good or bad, just like multiplying a number by zero yields zero. All these positive, neutral and negative forces come from a reality an ancient Gaian philosopher called Hyperuranion, and interact with every reality in Pan makings things good or bad, better or worse. Uli hoped that the positive forces will help him. Those forces are not inherently positive or negative, they just influence every reality in Pan: it's humans and other sentient species who interpret them as being good or bad. One person's demon can be another person's angel. For many people, these forces don't even exist, but for them, every event in the future is already determined. Do these forces exist? It all depends on how you perceive reality. Uli knew that infinite people were costantly influencing his life, and even his actions. Everything he was doing was decided by infinite people who were commanding him like one does with a videogame character. It was also true that infinite people were writing a story about him and upload it on the Internet, so that everyone could know what was happening in his life. He knew a story was being written about him and that infinite people were reading his biography, but he didn't care about his life being private anymore since he knew he was constantly being watched. Everyone is subjected to the same phenomenon. Samantha, Kxem, S̄eèt̜... even Anna! Though Anna is completely aware I'm writing about her, but she doesn't care that much. She has knowledge about Pan so deep, and she knows infinite other people know more about Pan than her. Her nearly unlimited omniscience is caused by the fact she can see how strings vibrate with her naked eye, therefore she can even predict the future. People treat her as a Goddess, but she doesn't like being treated that way: since Pan is infinite, infinite people with a nearly unlimited omniscience are bound to be constantly born. I know Anna is watching me. She's watching you, too.
January 9, 2020 (Day 4)
"Hello Samantha, I'm Ctur, your fourth and final judge!", said another young man.
"I'm so anxious to know the results!", said Samantha, very tired of waiting.
"You'll know them tomorrow. Now let's have some fun!", said Ctur.
Samantha sat on Ctur's face and, as she did with the other three judges, waited to have some farts to rip.
"I hope your nose is comfortable down there~", said Samantha, happy.
"I'm ready!", said Ctur, happy.
Uli still hasn't finished his technology, therefore exploring Centralia with the current technology will be awkward, as they will end up in totally random places without being able to choose their places' characteristics. They won't even know what will be appropriate or inappropriate and their social skills will be very poor in those places. What if wearing green clothing will be considered obscene there? What if only green clothing will be considered appropriate there? They just won't know, so they'll just behave randomly and awkwardly without being able to tell if what they're doing is right or wrong and living in a constant state of stress and anxiety.
Each vibration of any string splits reality into multiple realities, giving birth to new ones constantly. Uli's (and everyone else's) current sensorial experience follows random paths of this set of realities, but actually, other versions of himself are experiencing other realities. In some of them, he never managed to escape Eproctophiliophobistan and he was put to death. That's not him, though, but merely one of his doppelgänger that lived exactly his same life up to a certain point, until reality split and followed a different path than the Uli we're talking about. Reality is constantly splitting. Most of these realities are virtually undistinguishable from this one except for the smallest details. Some of those, though, are vastly different. There is surely a reality where Chéngshì is being attacked by fascists, and they will win and the city will be run by a fascist government and not be a part of Centralia anymore. If you can think about something, then it exists somewhere in Pan. The creator of Gaia's universe could have been a printer. As you might know, the Universe was caused by a Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, but what caused the Big Bang? Secret Gaian scientists think that it was caused by two other universes colliding with each other. New universes are constantly being born at an infinitely high rate.
Uli was constantly thinking and researching about Pan. Samantha was interested, too, but she was afraid to know the truth, and preferred to live a simple life without too much science in it. Although she wondered if she really wanted to know more about Pan. Uli and Kxem already explained her a lot of stuff, and Samantha found it really interesting and cool, but at the same time, she wanted her life to be simple and without worries. Little did she know that infinite people were constantly watching her.
*pppbbbfffrrrttt*
"Whew! This one reeks! I hope that will get a high score~", she said, giggling.
Ctur sniffed it happily. Ctur was indeed the most ignorant person about Pan in that room. He just lived a simple life just like almost everyone else in Chéngshì. Many (infinite) people in Pan don't know they're living in Pan nor that there are other realities other than their own. The more you know about Pan, though, the weirder things become. It can be a positive feeling, a negative one, or a bittersweet one. Knowledge is power, but ignorance is bliss.
Knowledge can make people depressed, indeed. Ignorant people are often happier than highly educated people, although this is not true in every reality. There is a reality called R̆r̆, for example, where highly educated people are happy, and ignorant people are usually depressed. R̆r̆ has both good and bad stuff happening, sure, but people there get educated to feel happy.
Gaian governments don't hide Pan that much, but sure thing they don't want anyone to travel into other realities, and they're making their best not to let anyone in there, but still, several thousand Gaians currently live in another reality. Most of them have made a digital "Gaia Hub" to keep in touch with each other and share their experiences. Samantha, Lauren, Juliet and Katie don't know it, though, and neither do Uli, Kxem, Miyoko and all of Miyoko's family and friends. Gaia Hub is quite secret, because if the anti-immigration police finds them, they're going to be in trouble, unless they live in Centralia. Outside of Centralia, people are allowed to do things to others against their will. Will Samantha, Lauren, Juliet and Katie discover the Gaia Hub? They might never discover it anyway, at least not in the current reality.
Uli and Kxem were feeling happy around each other. Uli has finally found his safe haven, but will people in other parts of Centralia be as nice as the ones in Chéngshì? Tomorrow they will know. Randomness can be truly scary and unpredictable, but Uli, Kxem and Samantha will find a way to cope, especially if they won't feel any sense of belonging. Being a traveller is never easy, and Kxem knew it. Travelling to Gaia was a culture shock for Kxem even though he knew virtually everything about Gaia beforehand. It was a different experience for Uli, though, because he didn't really know what he was going through and hoped for the best. Luckily, he managed to escape from Eproctophiliophobistan to random places and decided to settle in Centralia, because he liked the Centralian laws and philosophy. He knew people could be rude and mean in Centralia, too, but at least his body will be safe. Nobody will hurt him in Centralia. He needed to make sure to stay in Centralia, though, because otherwise the Eproctophiliophobistan police could catch him anytime. They're probably waiting for him at Centralia's outer borders. He already understood Centralia's vibrations and knew a way to make sure they were going to stay in Centralia.
"I have a technology that makes sure we stay in Centralia and that we won't roam into politically unstable countries", said Uli, proud of his technology.
"That's great man! We'll use that!", said Kxem, smiling.
He needed to understand much more about how strings vibrate in the 11 dimensions, but he was getting there. Anna already knew it all. Anna knows Uli, Kxem and Samantha, but these three travellers don't know Anna. Uli was getting a break from studying the strings' vibrations, but he decided he will keep studying them starting from tomorrow. He needed to find out what kind of vibration makes people kind. Uli is part of a secret group of people in Eproctophiliophobistan who's studying Pan and its strings. He could only communicate with them through the deep web, but after managing to escape, he discarded his old devices, otherwise the police would know his location.
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Samantha had farted a lot today, too! She's really gassy and Ctur is having fun in smelling them deeply. Evening started to approach and Samantha was really happy that she'll know the results.
"Will I know the results tonight?", she asked.
"Sure! I and the other judges will exchange our opinions and we'll let you know soon!", said Ctur, proud of his job.
Samantha was anxious. What if her farts weren't as stinky as she thought? Her heart was beating fast and she couldn't handle her emotions. She was waiting very anxiously, but time suddenly seemed to slow down tremendously. She wanted to know the results now, but she had to wait a few hours or more. "It's almost over, I can wait", she thought, panting silently. She was expecting the worst case scenario: her farts will be much less stinky than the average person and her self-esteem will be absolute zero. What if she'll never be proud again for her whole life? Samantha was sweating cold a little bit, shivers down her spine but she needed to carry on. She pretended to smile but she wasn't feeling any better.
Uli didn't care that much about the rating Samantha will receive, the important thing for Uli is that Samantha's farts will be nasty enough to make his eyes water. He really hoped that, but even if that won't be the case, he will love Samantha and her farts anyway. Kxem didn't want to smell Samantha's farts so they will all be for Uli to smell. Uli wanted to smell all of Samantha's farts but was a bit shy to ask, so he was preparing himself psychologically to ask such an embarrassing question. He took some deep breaths and waited for the right moment to show up. Samantha was looking at the walls, not a good moment to ask her, until... yeah, Samantha was looking at Uli and smiling. Such a chance cannot be wasted, in any case. Words were being released from Uli's mouth and he prepared for the worst that could happen.
"Samantha, I want to smell all of your farts when we'll be travelling across Centralia!", said Uli, with his heart beating like crazy.
"Okay", said Samantha, shrugging like it was a normal thing to say.
"Great...", said Uli, calming down a lot. His heartbeat returned to a normal frequency.
*pppbbbfffrrrtttrrrfffbbbppp*
"Wooow!!! This one was big~eheheh!!!", said Samantha, giggling.
Uli was really happy to have a gassy female friend with him that is willing to make him smell all of her farts. Uli felt like his life was slowly turning into heaven. Everything was so incredibly good that he needed to check twice that he wasn't dreaming. He wasn't dreaming, and that made him feel an overwhelming joy that he couldn't contain and smiled with both his mouth and eyes. Kxem noticed Uli's happy face and was really happy for him. Kxem's opinion was that after all the things Uli went through, he needed a lot of happiness to make up for the bad things he went through. Mission accomplished.
"Please, Samantha, wait a moment, we'll give you the results soon", said Ctur, going into a room with the three other judges.
"I hope everything goes well!", said Samantha, biting her fingernails nervously.
"Sure girl! And don't worry that much, the rating will be just a number... I will always love to smell your farts!", said Uli, trying to cheer her up.
"Thank you Uli, wanna hug?", she asked.
"Sure!", said Uli, happy to hug Samantha.
They hugged each other for 25 seconds and both felt really good and calmed down.
"These minutes feel like forever", said Samantha, sighing.
"Don't worry Sam, I'm sure it will go well!", said Uli, cheering her up.
Samantha was wondering if her farts were as stinky as she thought. What if her farts were average? That couldn't be! She was always so proud of her farts, her feelings would be shattered if she discovered her farts were average. She needed to sit down otherwise she would have fainted from the emotions.
A door opened.
"So, Samantha", said Ffta, "The fart smell intensity of the average person is 1.0 while yours is 3.2 Congratulations girl, your farts are really nasty!", she continued, looking happy.
Samantha jumped, danced happily, grunted and screeched a bit from the joy.
"I told you!", said Uli, proud of her, and Samantha hugged him really tight, then he hugged Kxem really tight, who was happy for the energetic hug.
C̜âo gave her a certificate, "Certified Stinky", there was written on it. Samantha was crying from the joy.
"Let's go exploring Centralia!", she said, wiping her tears with a cloth.
They all went outside with a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
"I'm gonna melt! Let's hope the next place we'll go to is gonna be much cooler!", said Samantha, sweating.
"Unfortunately, I don't know how the strings' vibrations affect temperature, but I'm working on it!", said Uli, proud.
"I need to drink some icy cold water", said Samantha, thirsty.
They all went to the Mizu bar and they all drank icy cold non-alcoholic drinks. When it's very hot, it's also very important to keep yourself hydrated if you plan to stay a lot of time outside. Centralia has every possible climate, but Samantha wanted to go somewhere cooler, because Chéngshì can resemble a giant outdoor furnace sometimes. They all hoped the randomness would bring them to a cooler place, but you really cannot trust randomness. The next place might be even hotter, who knows. While in the bar, they were slowly drinking icy cold fruit juice and water and their thirst was quickly quenched. They also chatted a bit happily, wondering what life would bring to them. Uli was positive that this journey will be very pleasant and calm. Finally, the pain was over, or was it? Uli decided to keep thinking positive no matter what happened, because he knew things couldn't go worse than in his previous life in Eproctophiliophobistan. Sometimes, if you go through horrible things, you will see life differently.
They paid to the waitress and went outside again.
"Let's go somewhere outside the city, then I'll summon my multiship and with Uli's technology we'll go to a random place in Centralia!", said Kxem.
They went outside the city, Kxem summoned his multiship.
"These are our rooms. One for me, one for you and one for Samantha. Samantha, if you need to fart, for Pan's sake go to your room and don't stink up the control's room!", said Kxem. Samantha giggled.
Kxem activated the engine and after a few seconds they landed to an unknown placed called Tree City.
"I need to fart. Uli, come in my room and put your nose in my butt!~", said Samantha, happy.
*pppbbbfffrrrttt*
This fart made Uli's eyes water.
"Whoah girl! Your farts are deadly!", said Uli, almost puking and leaving her room, happily gasping for fresh air. His life was heaven now.
They exited the multiship and Kxem folded it into his pockets.
"Let's explore this place!", said Samantha, very happy and excited.
A new epic adventure was waiting for them.