Travelling alone can cause several different feelings, depending on your destination and your personality traits. It can feel scary, lonely, exciting, boring, or any other feeling among many. For me, because of the destination and where I come from, it's feeling safe.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Terry. Terry Fying. I come from a planet called HEX-6EF79077FBB. It's a harsh environment, for sure. One year - that is, the time it takes for HEX-6EF79077FBB to orbit its star, is 10 Earth years. What is Earth? Oh, I don't know. Everyone talks about it but nobody knows for sure what it is, or if it even exists, for that matter. It is speculated that 'Earth' is the primordial planet from which all humans in the Universe come from. The cradle of humankind. Oh, but that is only a hypothesis. An unprovable speculation. We will never know for sure where humans really came from originally.
Anyway, as I was saying, HEX-6EF79077FBB is a harsh planet to live in. Not for the faint of heart. In the city I live in, the Royal City of Busta (Busta for short), the murder rate per Earth year is 1,000 for 1,000,000 inhabitants, there are relentless pestilences of deadly virulent diseases that put the population under great stress (one of the most severe was the Pestilentia Decimationis, that happened about one hundred Earth years ago, and made the population of Busta drop from 10 million people to 1 million people) there are occasional famines which cause many people to starve to death, sometimes there are civil wars and other deadly conflicts, about one third of the population consists of slaves (I'm not one, luckily), and the King of our city is known for his capricious personality and he puts to death anyone he doesn't like. The climate is also not particularly forgiving, the average summer temperature is about 320 Kelvin (576 Rankine) (and no, I'm not going to include the conversion to Celsius and Fahrenheit... those are false temperature scales since they don't start from the Absolute Zero, and I hope we all agree that we should do our best to combat all heretical false temperature scales that circulate among the misguided people... the true temperature scales, such as Kelvin and Rankine, always start from the Absolute Zero!), and the average winter temperature is about 220 Kelvin (396 Rankine). The temperature barely varies from day to night, especially considering the short stellar day of our planet (6 hours, compared to the 24 hours of what is thought the stellar day of 'Earth' was). The clear day sky of the planet where I live in has a bloody red color [HEX-DE1616, RGB 222,22,22]. School can also be particularly traumatizing as the teachers are allowed to torture and even kill the students for any reason, or even for no reason at all, at the teacher's sole discretion. But, despite all this, me and about one million other people are still managing to survive in such harsh city, and I'm proud of my luck and mental temperance. But sometimes, even I have mental breakdowns, and I need to go to another planet as a tourist for a little bit, in order to relax and be more productive later. Luckily, the King of Busta has granted me a special permit to visit another planet for the holidays (HAIL TO THE KING!), and so here I am, on HEX-309F102100. I'm now visiting a city that goes by the name of Kyttwn, known for its breathtaking scenery, landscapes, history, museums, festivals, a colorful and vibrant culture, and great hospitality towards visitors. However, I suspect that living in such a peaceful and easy environment might weaken people's minds and make them less tolerant towards pain and suffering compared to the people of a harsher enviromment such as the city of Busta. Am I wrong? I wonder.
Kyttwn's murder rate per Earth year is about 1 for 1,000,000 people, one-thousandth of that of the city I live in, there are no pandemics, plagues or pestilences here (and in fact I had to be subject to several medical tests to prove that I'm not currently infected... and luckily I'm not), there is plenty of food available for everyone and nobody starves to death here. There are no civil wars, no conflicts, slavery has been abolished at least a thousand years ago, and death penalty has also been abolished long ago. Here, individual rights are taken very seriously. The climate is pleasant and very warm year-round, with day-time temperatures always ranging between 295 Kelvin (531 Rankine) and 300 Kelvin (540 Rankine). Here, one year lasts the same as one Earth year, and one stellar day lasts the same as one Earth stellar day (so, 24 hours). The sky is blue [HEX-16DEDE, RGB 22,222,222] and the grass is green. There are oceans, mountains, lakes and birds flying in the sky. Some people say that this planet's conditions are very similar to that of Earth. But, of course, with trillions of planets, it's not surprising that at least a few thousands would be almost identical to Earth. Or to HEX-6EF79077FBB. Or to any other planet you could select in the galaxy, even more if you take the entire Universe into consideration. And yet, I think these people who live here in Kyttwn could never handle the harsh conditions of Busta. Their minds have not been tempered by pain, suffering and adversities. Ah, nevermind, I'm going to book a night at a hotel. Which hotel? This 'Hilbert Hotel' is one I find really fascinating, so let's go there.
As I walk towards the hotel, I feel horrified by a blasphemous writing on the hotel's wall.
"25 °C
77 °F"
Aaarrrggghhh!!! How dare they! This digital thermometer on the hotel's outdoor wall is displaying the temperature in two false temperature scales (Celsius and Fahrenheit☠☠), and no True Temperature Scale (like Kelvin and Rankine♥♥)! Come on! These people on this planet have no decency! The "zero" on both of those despicable scales is not the true zero!!! The "zero" on the Celsius scale is literally the melting point of ice☠!!!!!! And on the Fahrenheit scale the "zero" is a weird mixture that makes no sense and almost nobody remembers exactly what it is☠!!! The zero on Kelvin and Rankine, on the other hand, is the true zero, the Absolute Zero, below which no temperature can physically exist♥! Fuck the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales for allowing to have negative values!! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE!!!!☠☠☠☠
I need to calm down. It's still daytime, the star is shining bright, I'm going to book a room for tonight at Hilbert's Hotel and in the meanwhile I'm gonna try some restaurants in this almost lovely city (it is lovely, except for the blasphemous writing I have encountered). I enter the Hilbert Hotel, ready to book a room for tonight.
Me: "Good afternoon, madame *smiles gently and slightly bows* is this hotel full?"
Mana the Manager: "Yes, of course it is! *shrugs as if that was a normal thing*"
Me: "Oh, okay! Sorry for bothering, then..."
Mana: "Oh you're not bothering, dear! Would you like to book a bedroom for tonight?"
Me: "W-wait... isn't this hotel full already?"
Mana: "Of course it is! Is that a problem for you?"
Me: "W-well... I would like to have a room for myself only... you know... I'm kinda shy around strangers"
Mana: "You don't have to share a room with anyone! You will have your own room, dear! *smiles*"
Me: "But w-wait... isn't this hotel full?"
Mana: "*pauses and thinks for a few seconds* You haven't been to this hotel before, right? *smiles curiously*"
Me: "I haven't! I have never been on this planet before either! But I assume this is a hotel just like any other, right? I mean, it doesn't defy the laws of logic, I would assume"
Mana: "*chuckles* Oh, dear. Let me explain what is so unique about this hotel! You see, this is an infinite hotel. Well, it has a finite size from the outside, but infinite size from the inside. This hotel consists of an infinitely long hall with an infinite number of rooms on the left side, and an infinite number of dining rooms on the right side, where guests can eat the food of this Hotel. There is one dining room for 10 guests, so guests that sleep in bedrooms 1-10 will eat in dining room 1, guests that sleep in bedrooms 11-20 will eat in dining room 2 and so on. However, the number of bedrooms and dining rooms is exactly the same. I know, infinity can be counter-intuitive! This hotel is always full! But that doesn't mean we don't have room for more clients! In fact, we always do. See, as soon as you need your bedroom, everyone moves to the next room. The guest on the 1st room will move to the 2nd room, the guest on the 2nd room will move on the 3rd room, the guest on the 1,000,000th room will move on the 1,000,001st room and so on. So, your bedroom will be the first room! Understood? *smiles warmly*"
Me: "Oh, right! I haven't thought about that! What about the person on the last room? Where will he or she go? *wonders*"
Mana: "*raises an eyebrow and chuckles* Last room? There is no last room! This hotel has infinite rooms, you forgot? *smiles*"
Me: "Oh, right. What if a thousand people come here and want to book a room for tonight?"
Mana: "Well, the guest on the 1st room will move to the 1,001st room and so on. Obviously"
Me: "What if an infinite number of people comes here and books a room?"
Mana: "*has a creepy proud smirk on her face* well then, every guest will move to the room double the current room. So, the guest on the 1st room moves to the 2nd room, the guest on the 2nd room will move to the 4th room, the guest on the 1,000th room will move to the 2,000th room and so on! This way we are able to accomodate even an infinite number of new guests, if they come! They'll all sleep in the odd-numbered rooms! *smiles proudly*"
Me: "*mindblown* Oh... that is a smart solution! Anyway... I would like to book a room for tonight. How much will it cost?"
Mana: "60G"
Me: "Okay *gives 60G to Mana the Manager*. My name is Terry. Terry Fying. I'll come back this evening!"
Mana: "See you later, Terry! *grins warmly and waves her hand*"
Such a weird hotel. But it sounds so mysterious and interesting. I really wanna spend the next nights there to see what it's like. Infinite rooms. Wow. Wait... if infinite people have paid her money to sleep in the hotel... does that mean she has infinite money? Wow.
Anyway, now I'm gonna go to a fast food restaurant near me. The closest to me is called "☉w☉ Meals". I'm gonna try that. I enter the building and ask for a plate of ∛w∛, the specialty typical of ☉w☉ Meals. I pay 6G for the ∛w∛ and I start eating. I start feeling happy and satisfied of this tasty and delicious meal... until I overhear an ominous conversation between a couple sitting in front of me.
"Oh yeah the weather here is great! Same thing cannot be said for where I live in. Last winter the temperature dropped to minus ten degrees!"
I feel sick to my stomach after hearing that. 'Minus ten degrees'. My mood suddenly changed, and I feel mad, angry, disappointed, I have lost faith towards people. There's no such thing as 'minus' when it comes to temperature. All temperature is positive. I wonder how these people will react when they discover that there's a minimum temperature below which there's no other temperature. Do they think their scale goes down to minus infinity? They're in for a nasty surprise. They should switch to a true temperature scale that starts from the absolute zero (for example Kelvin or Rankine♥♥)... as soon as possible! Before they regret it. Before they find out the truth.
I reluctantly finish my place of ∛w∛, as this abominable conversation has dramatically worsened my mood. This is the second time it happens today. I have personally witnessed two separate uses of false temperature scales today. I need to calm down. As soon as I finish my plate of ∛w∛, I leave the area. I try to fake a big smile hoping that nobody will see how furious I am.
I come back at the Hotel, since it's evening and the star is going to set soon.
Me: "I'm back! I'm ready to spend time at my room!"
Mana: "Oh okay but your room now is number two! A girl has asked for a room tonight while you were away, so all the guests had to move to the next room! I hope you don't mind!"
Me: "Oh, of course not! I just hope nobody's gonna ask for a room while I'm sleeping!"
Mana: "Rooms can only be asked between 9 A.M. and 6 P.M. so I hope you don't sleep at those times!"
Me: "Oh I see, that's fine!"
I enter the dining room. I see that the food is 'free'... or, more accurately, included in the price of the hotel, it seems to be a self-service all you can eat buffet. There's a lot of nice food here, but I have already eaten those delicious ∛w∛ at ☉w☉ Meals, and in any case, I'm still feeling upset because of that conversation, even though I know I shouldn't be. I shouldn't care about it. It's just their (wrong) opinion. I know I use true temperature scales and they use false ones. I don't need to feel upset. They do. The scales I use all start from the absolute zero, and then the unit itself is arbitrary, but the important thing is that it starts from the absolute zero. The Celsius scale does not go down to minus infinity degrees. The lowest temperature possible is -273.15 °C. So why not just start from there? Those false temperature scales don't make sense! I don't care what scales other people use... I really don't... it's none of my business... it's their problem, not mine... I try to fake a big huge smile to lie to others as well as to myself, while in reality, an overwhelming feeling of anger, misanthropy and disappointment is burning inside of my soul. I look around the dining room to see if there's anything interesting to distract my mind from these intense dark thoughts.
Suddenly, a girl greeted me with a bubbly, energetic, innocent and sweet voice. This girl is strange, she has a black-and-white striped tail, could it be that she's a skunk girl? I've heard about them but I have never seen any on my native planet. Do I need to be careful? I've heard they release noxious smells through their flatulence.
The girl: "Hey!!!!!!"
What should I do now? Where I live, the default interaction between strangers is a feeling of hatred and a desire to inflict harm upon each other. I'm not used to this kind of situation and I feel uncomfortable. Nevertheless, I try to force a smile and not be rude.
Me: "H-hey... do we know each other? *feels a bit nervous*"
The girl: "Oh of course not, silly! *giggles* Nice to meet you, my name is Sukanekou [スカ猫う], what's your name? *smiles*"
Me: "My name is Terry. Terry Fying! *affirms proudly*"
Sukanekou: "I'm in room number one! At least at the moment. What about you?"
Me: "I'm in room number two"
A guy showed up as well, smiling and seemingly eager to get to know me and Sukanekou.
The guy: "Nice to meet you Terry and Sukanekou! My name is Hårg! I come from this planet, but from a different city, and I'm going to sleep at room number three, unless someone else will book a room before 6 P.M. what about you?"
Me: "I come from HEX-6EF79077FBB"
Sukanekou: "I come from HEX-16BCC41E9, a planet much closer to the Galactic Center than this"
Me: "The planet where I live in is further from the Galactic Center than this *laughs a bit*"
Hårg: "So, shall we eat something already?"
Me: "Oh, I have already eaten some ∛w∛ at ☉w☉ Meals, very delicious, so I'm not particularly hungry now. However, there is a food I would eat, if available. On my planet, cherries are extremely expensive and available only during spring and autumn, so back there it was a very rare opportunity to eat any"
Hårg: "*looks at me horrified, as if I used some kind of false temperature scale to describe the weather... he shook his head, looking very upset* no, no, no, Terry!!! Eating or even possessing cherries is strictly forbidden on this planet! It was actually legal until a few thousand years ago, but due to some people, especially children, accidentally ingesting cherry pits and either suffocating to death or getting poisoned by cyanide, they have finally prohibited the consumption or possession of cherries! We are very grateful towards our ancestors for doing that. To this day, eating or possessing cherries is the most heinous crime one could ever commit on this planet, and it's the only crime that is punished with death. The second most heinous crime on this planet is genocide and is punished with life in jail. All other crimes have a maximum of 25 years in jail, which is the punishment for terrorism, eating pizza with pineapple, mass shooting and some other crimes of that level. So, by all means, avoid even mentioning cherries, Terry! It's the most awful crime ever!"
Me: "*feels very uncomfortable*"
Sukanekou: "*nods her head in approval* where I live on my planet, eating cherries is allowed for adults, as long as they eat it in private or at most with other consensual adults. It's strictly forbidden on my planet to eat cherries in front of children, let alone giving cherries to children. But, although eating cherries is allowed for adults, I think it's a really scummy thing to do anyway. Those things contain cyanide and are like chemical weapons!"
Me: "*feels very uncomfortable* uhm... okay... I apologize... *becomes red like a cherry for the embarrassment and shame*"
Hårg and Sukanekou smiled at me and said that it was fine since I didn't know, but they told me not to mention cherries or other criminal stuff again.
Alright, I got it, no cherries on this planet. Instead, we eat some ɚɞʭ, chat a bit and then we get ready to go to sleep in our respective rooms.
Sukanekou: "I have loved meeting you two, Terry and Hårg. We can have fun again tomorrow! *smiles happily and hugs both of us*"
Wow. I've never been hugged before in my entire life. It feels... really good, actually. It feels even better than that time when I managed to avoid the boiling oil punishment for an entire month, when I was in middle school! I go to sleep in my room, room number 2. And as soon as I get on the bed...
Wow! This is the first time in my life I'm sleeping on a bed that doesn't cause skin irritation or burns, not even first-degree burns!! It feels so comfy!!! Yay!!!! I feel comfortable and happy, my skin is safe in this bed. I'm surprised by how comfortable it feels to be able to sleep without worrying about your skin being damaged in some way! Because of this, I fall asleep very quickly.
A few hours later, I wake up relaxed and happy. It's still the middle of the night, as the clock is displaying (2:22 A.M.), and I guess that since this planet has a rotation period of 24 hours - just like us humans' sleep/wake clock - it means one has to sleep when the sky is dark and one has to stay awake when the nearest star is lighting up the place, so I think it would be a good idea if I close my eyes and try to sleep again in this comfy bed and blankets that are a pleasure for my skin! However, I hear a very weird sound coming from Sukanekou's room.
(((PPPBBBRRRFFFTTTSSS)))
It sounds like she farted. Eww. And now it sounds like she's moaning and laughing. What the hell is going on?
I decide to sleep on the ground so that I can press my ear against the wall to hear it better. Sure, the ground is not as comfortable as the bed of this hotel, but it's still way more comfortable than any bed I've ever slept before. The ground is not causing me any skin irritation or burn either, so it's still very comfy, too! I press my ear against the wall so I can hear what's going in that room.
(((PPPBBBRRRFFFTTTSSS)))
Sukanekou: (((Mmmnnnhhhnnmmm... hahaha!!!)))
Wow... this is so weird. I keep my ear pressed against the wall but eventually I get sleepy and fall asleep.
[IN THE MORNING AT 8:00 A.M.]
Sukanekou: "*looks at me smiling happily* Hey Terry... did you sleep well? I did and hope you also did! *giggles cutely*" Me: "*blushes* Uhm... sure! I slept very comfortably! I mean, I don't even have a first-degree burn on my skin, so I would say I slept perfectly! *affirms satisfied*" Sukanekou: "*looks at me confused* Uhm... okay! *smiles*"
I think I have never slept so well before tonight! My skin is completely okay! This feels like heaven! Hårg also shows up.
Hårg: "Hey you two! Shall we eat something for breakfast?"
Me and Sukanekou nod in approval, and then we go eat breakfast in the dining room. "Dining Room Number 1". There is an infinite number of dining rooms in this hotel.
Even though I heard Sukanekou passing gas and moaning in her room tonight, I decide not to mention it. I don't want to make her feel uncomfortable. Sure, embarrassment is not as uncomfortable as skin irritation or burning, but it's not a good action to make someone else feel embarrassed, unless it's necessary to do something that makes the other person feel embarrassed, as long as causing embarrassment is not the goal by itself, but rather a 'side effect' of your goal. And of course, in this situation, there is absolutely no need to mention such a thing.
We eat some ŚwŜ for breakfast, we chat and we have a lot of fun together. This is the first time in my life that I'm happily chatting with strangers, rather than feeling suspicious all the time and being in guard for potential attacks, especially behind my back. It seems like people here in Kyttwn are far more friendly on average than in Busta where I live in. This planet's natural characteristics, such as the weather and other details, also seem far more hospitable than HEX-6EF79077FBB where I live in.
After a while spent chatting together, new guests arrive at the hotel. To my surprise, they are 100 skunk girls booking a room for tonight. Everyone then got the advice to move 100 rooms further. So tonight Sukanekou will sleep at room 101, I will sleep at room 102 and Hårg will sleep at room 103.
Sukanekou became red like a cherry. Did she do something she wasn't supposed to do? What's the problem?
Me: "Hey Sukanekou... is something wrong with your feelings? You feel upset. Or maybe nervous. Or maybe embarrassed about something"
Sukanekou: "*still red like a cherry and stuttering a bit* I h-hope t-they won't m-mind t-the... t-the... *becomes even more red*"
Me: "You hope they won't mind what exactly?"
Sukaneou: "T-the... t-the smell... *becomes red like a super ripe cherry full of cyanide and other toxic feelings*"
Oh. I understand now. I'm not sure whether or not I should mention that I have heard that. Perhaps I shouldn't. I pretend I didn't hear anything tonight.
Me: "What smell? *pretends to be confused*"
Sukanekou: "*takes a deep breath* I farted a lot tonight. The smell of my gas built up and now my room smells horrible. Anyone who will sleep at room 1 tonight will have a hard time because of the smell *she looks like she's about to cry from the embarrassment*"
Me: "Oh come on Sukanekou, it's okay! They're all skunk girls! All of them! I'm sure they won't mind the smell, they're probably used to bad smells like that! *smiles comfortingly* Would you like a hug?"
Sukanekou nodded and I hugged her.
Sukanekou: "T-thank you, Terry. You're a good friend *blushes*"
I blush too at Sukanekou's words. I have never heard those words in my life before, let alone by a stranger! The best compliment I have ever had before was "you don't seem someone who has dangerous intentions, I trust you", and that made me feel great back then! But that compliment was nothing compared to "you're a good friend"! I feel like I'm in heaven right now!
Me: "You're welcome, Sukanekou *smiles*"
A few hours later...
Hårg: "Hey you two! Seems like our dining room from now on will be Dining Room 11! Shall we go eat something there to test its vibes? *feels hungry and drools a little bit*"
Me and Sukanekou nodded and said "okay!", and then we looked at each other in the eyes and smiled happily. I think I feel something for Sukanekou and Hårg. A feeling I have never had before. Is it friendship? Is it something more? I'm so confused! I look at Hårg in his eyes and I smile and blush. He looks so cool! I would love to hug him and feel protected in his arms. Even Sukanekou's hugs feel so comforting! They both have such sweet and angelic faces...
I shook my head, feeling confused. What is this feeling? I guess I'll never know.
We eat some Ɛ3 and then we walk through the hall of the hotel, chatting and having fun together. It feels nice to feel so worryless and free!
Soon it's already late afternoon, it's 5 P.M. and if nobody books a room for tonight, then the room position for us and everyone else will be confirmed.
Me: "What??? So many hours have already passed? Wow, it was so fast! *shocked by how fast time passed*"
Hårg: "That means you had fun! *grins satisfied*"
Me: "Well... I did!"
Hårg: "When you're having a good time, a day seems like a moment. When you're having a bad time, a moment seems like a day"
Me: "By 'day' you mean the approximately 16-hour long wake period, right? Because you know, every planet has a different duration for a day!"
Hårg: "*laughs* Of course I mean that, silly! *pats my shoulder in sign of friendship*"
Me: "You're right. I suppose if you want to live a long life, then you should avoid fun *my face becomes a little serious*"
Hårg: "What's the point of desiring a long life, if it's one that is devoid of any pleasure?"
Me: "...I guess you're right..."
It's almost 6 P.M. and it seems like there will be new guests here at the Hilbert Hotel. Outside of the hotel, an infinite bus has arrived. What I'm seeing is truly shocking: an infinite number of skunk girls is here to book a room for tonight. This hotel is currently full, it has an infinite number of rooms, and all of them are occupied by a guest. And yet, there's always room for more guests, even an infinite number of them. The Manager of the hotel speaks to a microphone, and a message is being spread throughout the entire hotel.
"To all the guests of the Hilbert Hotel: please move to the room whose number is double the number of your current room"
I'm currently in Room 102 so that means I will have to sleep at Room 204 tonight. And that also means that at Room 203 and Room 205 there will be a skunk girl sleeping tonight. Well, as long as they don't stink up the hallway or the dining room with their nasty gas, I'm totally fine with skunk girls being at this hotel! Perhaps I could even become friends with them?
Hårg: "Let's go eat some more! There's some really delicious food in the dining room!"
Me: "Fine, fine. Let's go"
Sukanekou agreed. Me, Sukanekou and Hårg went to the Dining Room 21 (where we'll have to eat from now on) and enjoyed eating the ∛w∛. They're not as tasty as the ones I ate at ☉w☉ Meals, but it's fine! After all, this is a hotel, not a restaurant or a fast food. And the taste is okay, anyway. While we were eating, however, something unexpected happened.
***PPPBBBRRRFFFTTTSSS***
One of the skunk girls at Dining Room 21 farted! She started laughing and chuckling, and I think this spells disaster. It only took a few seconds before the nasty stench similar to that of hydrogen sulfide, methanethiol, rotten eggs and noxious flatulence in general started filling the entire Dining Room 21. It smelled horrible, my eyes started watering and I was feeling like I was going to throw up quite quickly if I didn't leave the room soon. The revolting miasma was intense, my stomach was churning and my lungs were burning. The entire room felt like it was hot and rotten, my face was feeling like it was melting from the smell alone. Me, Hårg and Sukanekou ran out of the room. Despite being a skunk girl, Sukanekou seemed to be affected by the smell as well, even if not as hard as us. We ran away from Dining Room 21 so that the smell wouldn't reach us.
Sukanekou: "*gasping for fresh air now that we are in the hallway, in front of Room 175, so a bit more distant from Dining Room 21* Wow... that skunk girl has really bad gas... whew... I was feeling sick smelling her gas... it's bad... it's really bad... it's worse than mine..."
Hårg: "This could really be a problem tomorrow, if a skunk girl farts again in our Dining Room, we won't be able to eat. Maybe we'll starve to death? *shivers nervously* if that happens again tomorrow, we'll need to complain to Nisha. She's the one who solves all the problems and complaints of the guests. However, we need to explain that to her on the second half of each hour, because in the first half she's busy solving the problems, and in the second half she listens to the problems. So for example if it's 10:01 A.M. we need to wait 29 minutes until we can complain about something to her. But we can give her only one complaint per person per hour. Every hour she receives an infinite number of complaints. There is a mathematical reason why she can solve an infinite number of problems in a finite amount of time, though. Let's say that she takes 15 minutes to solve the first problem, 7 minutes 30 seconds to solve the second problem, 3 minutes 45 seconds to solve the third problem and so on. If each problem takes half the time it took the previous problem to solve, then an infinite amount of problems can be solved in a finite amount of time. And that's exactly what she does. Is she even human? That, I don't know *laughs*"
Sukanekou: "I'll pray to the Goddess of Flatulence, Yourai Livingstone, so that She may help us in this time of need. So that nothing bad will happen to us tomorrow or while we are in this hotel *kneels to the ground and starts praying* Hail to you, Yourai Livingstone, Goddess of Flatulence. In the physical and metaphysical, in the transcendent and in the immanent, in the body and in the mind, in the abstract and in the concrete, in the phenomenal and in the noumenal, in the sacred and in the profane, in the darkness and in the light, in the monist, dualist and pluralist conceptions of theology, epistemology, ontology, ethics, cosmogony, mythology and metaphysics. I pray in faith that You, my Goddess, Yourai Livingstone, shall protect our noses, lungs and souls from the flatulent gases of skunk girls and anyone else who might just happen to have really bad gas. If that is Your will, I have faith that it shall be granted to us"
Me: "Uhm... thank you, Sukanekou *laughs nervously*"
Sukanekou: "You're welcome! *smiles happily* let's chat a little bit together and then we'll go to sleep, okay? If there's some problem tomorrow, we'll think about it tomorrow! It's useless to worry about it today"
Me: "Okay, we can chat and have fun together as friends, sure! *smiles confident*"
⏲ 30 Minutes Later ⏲
Hårg: "Well, yes, the nomenclature of planets within this galaxy is based on the planet's distance from the Galactic Center. Of course, other galaxies have other types of nomenclature, but here in the HEX-ORDER Galaxy it works like this. All of us three come from the HEX-ORDER Galaxy. Sometimes people from other galaxies do come in this hotel. In fact, there is an infinite number of tourists from other galaxies in this hotel right now! Because of the nomenclature, of course, HEX-0 is the closest planet to the Galactic Center, but considering how close it is to the Schwarzschild radius of the galaxy, I don't think it's possible to live on that planet. But who knows, maybe someone does live on there *shrugs*"
⏲ A few hours later ⏲
Sukanekou: "You two are great friends, Terry and Hårg, I'm so, so happy to have met you! We will have lots of fun together! *smiles happily and hugs both of us*"
I almost cry from the happiness. Sukanekou's hugs feel so nice and comforting! Now we all go to sleep, hoping that tomorrow there won't be any issues with the skunk girls and their farts.
Hårg: "We will eat a lot together at the Dining Room *smiles satisfied*"
I wish Hårg and Sukanekou a good night and happy dreams, and I go to bed again, it will be my second night here at the Hilbert Hotel. I lay on the ground, pressing my ear against the wall to hear what happens in Room 205. I want to know if these skunk girls will fart loudly in their bedrooms too, just like Sukanekou did. Apparently, if I can hear what happens in Room 205, so can Hårg, since he sleeps in Room 206.
After some time of silence, I finally hear it.
(((PPPBBBRRRTTTSSSFFF)))
"Mmmhhhhnnngggnnnmmm♥♥♥HAHAHA!!!~~~"
What the hell is wrong with these skunk girls?!? Sukanekou did the same thing. Now I'll press my ear against the wall to hear what happens in Room 203, to see if the other skunk girl also does that. Sukanekou is sleeping in Room 202, so I think she might be able to hear it, too.
Some time passes, and immediately after I start believing the skunk girl in Room 203 does not do that, I hear it.
(((PPPBBBRRRAAARRRBBBFFFSSS)))
"Mmmnnnggghhhgggnnnmmm♥HEHEHE!!!~"
Oh dear heavens. I really wonder what's wrong with them. Well, as long as they don't cause any trouble, I'm fine with them. I get up from the ground and sleep in the bed. It will be my first night sleeping on the bed, since last night I slept on the ground all night. This bed is so comfy, it's just like the ground in that it's not burning nor irritating my skin, but it's even more comfy and soft! I love it!
At 10 A.M.
Me: "Ah! What a wonderful night! I slept really well!"
Sukanekou: "I'm glad you did! *hugs me affectionately*"
Hårg: "I have great news! Dining Room 21 no longer stinks! Let's go eat something!"
Me, Sukanekou and Hårg went to eat something at Dining Room 21, when suddenly, we noticed a mysterious guy staring at us.
Sukanekou nervously smiled.
Sukanekou: "H-hi... *feels nervous*"
Mysterious guy: "You three... *emanates a gloomy vibe* would you be interested in trying some food from HEX-0?"
Hårg: "*smiles excited* Sure!!! *can't contain the hype* Let's go!!!"
Me: "You're so naive, Hårg! He could be dangerous!"
Hårg: "Oh come on, Terry! He just wants to offer us some food! It's an opportunity that I would never miss!! Let's go!!!"
Mysterious guy: "Follow me, then"
We followed the mysterious guy into a hidden underground room that could be accessed from Room 21. Wow. I didn't know this kind of place existed hidden within this hotel. I'm feeling nervous but also excited and curious.
Sukanekou: "S-so... w-what's your name? What room do you sleep in?"
Mysterious guy: "My name is Hakim, and I currently sleep at Room 208"
Hårg: "*panting in excitement* S-so... where is the food from HEX-0? *drools a little bit*"
Hakim: "Here it is, I have put it on this table. Here are two types of food that are common on HEX-0: the Hlakpar and the Distorpors"
On the table there were two plates, in one there was a small ball that moved by itself and changed color roughly once every second. Just looking at it makes me want to throw up, I have never seen anything like that before. On the other plate, there were some kind of strange blue noodles, and those do not seem so bad, to be fair. I'm no longer suspicious of Hakim. After all, we are in Kyttwn right now, not in Busta. I can trust people here. Or can I?
Hårg took a plastic fork and grabbed one of those small moving color-changing balls with it.
Hakim: "That is the Hlakpar"
As soon as Hårg grabbed the ball with the fork, it could no longer move, and for some reason it became a very depressing grey: the colors are now gone from the ball. He ate that ball and his facial expression became really strange. He looked like he was disconnected from our world.
Me: "Hey Hårg... are you okay?"
I'm worried about Hårg, and Sukanekou also looked worried for him. After about five seconds, Hårg seemed to return to normality.
Hårg: "Oh you two... you can't understand what I just went through..."
Me & Sukanekou: "*look visibly concerned*"
Hårg: "*smiles excitedly* you should try it yourself, it's great!!"
I trust Hårg, and apparently Sukanekou does, too.
I take one of those Hlakpar and ate it, trying not to think about what kind of strange stuff I'm ingesting into my body, so I swallowed as quickly as I could. The taste was actually kinda good, pleasantly sourish. However, not even one second after I swallowed it, I started feeling strange. Soon, the colors, sounds, feelings and sensations of life were all enhanced, amplified and distorted. A beautiful show of bright colors and rotating shapes, and for some reason I'm feeling connected to this whole galaxy. No, I'm feeling connected to the entire Universe. No, I AM the Universe, and there is no separation! This feeling only lasted for about five seconds, and then everything went back to normal. Wow, what an experience!
Me, Hårg, Sukanekou and Hakim looked at each other in the eyes and smiled happily.
Hakim pointed at those strange blue noodles.
Hakim: "Those are the Distorpors, they create a small space-time distortion around them where everything is much smaller than the surroundings and time passes much faster"
Hårg was very excited and quick to use his fork to try eating the Distorpors, however, as soon as his hand was too close to the plate, it became much smaller than the rest of his body and he could feel it aching and burning. He screamed in pain, especially since he wasn't expecting anything like that to happen, even though Hakim basically explained it. Me and Sukanekou are both very worried for him, but Hakim doesn't seem to care much.
Hårg: "Hakim, why does it hurt so much? *almost cries from the pain*"
Hakim: "Since your hand is so close to the Distorpors on the plate, it has become much smaller than the rest of your body, and since time passes much faster near the Distorpors, your blood is flowing much faster in your hand than in the rest of your body, causing you a burning pain"
Hårg: "I still want to eat these Distorpors! I'm determined! I won't give up! *serious proud face*"
Hårg had a proud confident smile on his face and he tried to pick the Distorpors with the fork, but trying to keep his hand as far away from the Distorpors as possible. However, his plan went wrong since the Distorpors started to hiss at him like a very angry cat.
Hårg: "What the hell happened? Hakim?"
Hakim: "The Distorpors don't like being eaten with a fork or any other artificial object. You need to eat them with your hands"
Hårg: "Uhm okay I give up! *laughs nervously, admitting defeat* ... I have really enjoyed the Hlakpar, though! Now, Hakim, please tell me, is this food really from HEX-0?"
Hakim: "It is"
Hårg: "How do you know?"
Hakim: "I come from there"
Me, Hårg and Sukanekou looked at Hakim, feeling shocked at his disclosure.
Hårg: "W-wait... really? That planet is habitable?"
Hakim: "Not by most people's standards. But there are ways to survive there. We have to live below the surface and we never see the light of the star our planet orbits around"
Hårg: "*stays silent and just smiles shocked*"
Hakim: "Let's go back to Dining Room 21. We are not supposed to stay here"
Hakim has such a serious, confident expression. I have to admit I find him attractive... oh wait what am I thinking? Maybe I'm just confused. I don't know what this feeling is. It's so confusing.
As soon as we go back to Dining Room 21, we are assaulted by a nasty stench of overpowered flatulence that one might think it can't possibly come out from the body of a human, and the skunk girls in Dining Room 21 are laughing. As soon as they look at us gagging, they laugh at us and mock us for our reaction. I try to run away and escape the Dining Room 21, but five skunk girls were blocking the way, and I couldn't escape, and neither could Hårg or Sukanekou. The skunk girls were really strong, I tried to push them away in order to get out of the Dining Room, but there was no use, they were too strong, and they blocked me by grabbing my arms. I could no longer escape, and the stench that was permeating the room was choking me. It smelled so awful, and there was no way to get out. I feel like I'm going to throw up soon. One of the skunk girls is pulling her pants down, and now I'm seeing her round butt below her fluffy tail. Her butt looks nice and round, but I'm pretty sure what she's going to use it for, and it's not going to be pretty. She moved her butt closer to my face and was starting to laugh mischievously. If she passes gas on my face, it's the end. It already smells so awful in this room, getting blasted with her gas at this close distance will surely knock me out!
Soon, I hear Hakim rapidly dashing towards us, and with great stength, he pushed the skunk girls away and we were able to escape to the hallway. Are we safe?
The skunk girl was threatening us: "You can't escape your fate forever, you fools! *evil laugh*"
Hårg: "Eww... puuu... gaahh... I feel like I'm gonna throw up... let's complain about this to Nisha"
Just like me and Hakim, Hårg looked like he was very sick from the smell that we were forced to endure for longer than we would had willingly tolerated. I'm feeling very nauseous and disgusted too, and that was just by staying in the same room where those skunk girls farted. I can't imagine what it would feel like to experience their gas from very close distance. I hope I'll never experience that. I really hope so. I hope the prayer Sukanekou directed towards her goddess Yourai Livingstone will prevent that, at the very least. Sukanekou was looking quite sick from the smell too, even if not as sick as the rest of us three.
Sukanekou: "The smell of those skunk girls' farts is so revolting... so pungent, so suffocating... it's definitely worse than mine. Their level of stink is certainly superior, it makes me want to throw up just thinking about it *gags a little bit*"
My eyes are still watering from the horrible smell, and it's a struggle not to throw up. But throwing up wouldn't solve the problem, the rotten sulfuric smell would still be here.
Me: "It's 11:01 A.M. Nisha will be busy solving problems. We have to way 29 more minutes"
Hårg: "Let's walk towards there anyway. We can wait once we're there"
We walk towards the exit of the hotel, Nisha will be right at the entrance.
As we walk through the hallway, I look at the doors' numbers. So many rooms! But compared to the entire hotel, this is literally nothing. It's difficult for me to imagine an infinite number of rooms. Infinity is so hard for me to grasp. I look at the doors' numbers while we walk.
[Room 151]
[Room 150]
[Room 149]
...
[Room 51]
[Room 50]
[Room 49]
...
[Room 1]
Hårg: "We have arrived! Now let's wait"
Me: "Hey Hårg, Sukanekou, Hakim! Look! *I say as I point outside*"
Something truly incredible is happening. Right outside of the hotel, there is an infinite number of infinite buses, and in each of them there was an infinite number of skunk girls.
Me: "One bus was enough already... now there's an infinite amount of them *sigh*"
Hårg: "Don't let your mind fool you, Terry! An infinite number of infinite buses of infinite skunk girls is exactly the same as one infinite bus of infinite skunk girls. It's exactly the same amount"
Me: "*dumbfounded* W-what? You're saying that an infinite number of infinite buses contain the same number of people as one infinite bus?"
Hårg: "That's right, Terry! I know, infinity can be counter-intuitive. Just wait and see!"
As the skunk girls approach Mana the Manager, they say they are booking an infinite number of rooms for tonight. Mana the Manager creates an infinite spreadsheet on her quantum laptop. I see that she's using a program called "LibreOffice" to do that, but I'm not exactly sure what that is.
In her infinite spreadsheet, there are two values: "Bus" and "Seat". Each skunk girl is identified by a unique combination of the bus and seat. So there is B1S1, B1S2, B2S1, B2S2 and so on. She's ordering each combination through a zig-zag line and then, instead of a 2D spreadsheet, all the combinations are ordered within a one-dimensional straight line. I see...
Hårg looked at me with a self-congratulatory smile: "I told you!"
Once again, Mana speaks into the microphone, and the message is being spread throughout the entire hotel.
"To all the guests of the Hilbert Hotel: please move to the room whose number is double the number of your current room"
I guess the message will always be worded the same way. It must be a habit since she likely said it an infinite number of times.
Hårg: "It was nice to eat with you two, good friends, Terry and Sukanekou"
Me: "Wait, what do you mean?"
Hårg: "From now on, we won't eat in the same dining room. Sukanekou will have to sleep at Room 404. You, Terry, will have to sleep at Room 408. You both will eat at the same dining room, the Dining Room 41. On the other hand, me and Hakim will eat at Dining Room 42, because I will have to sleep at Room 412, and Hakim will have to sleep at Room 416. This is how this hotel works. Each time an infinite number of new guests show up, the difference between the rooms of the guests increases. I wish you good luck, you two. I have really enjoyed eating with you two"
Hårg opened his arms and looked at me with an affectionate smile. I know it, he wants to offer me a hug. It's finally my opportunity! I walk towards him and hug him, enjoying his hug. I suddenly have a strange feeling and I'm about to cry. I try to hold my tears but I fail and I start to cry. What is this feeling? I have never felt so much affection towards a person before, the highest I could feel was just trusting someone not to harm me. But this feeling... is completely new to me!!!
Hårg: "There's no need to feel sad, Terry. We will still see each other in the hallway. We can't eat in the same dining room anymore, but we can keep chatting and having fun together in the hallways. Please don't feel sad..."
Hårg hugged me a bit tighter and it felt really good. I feel comforted and I no longer cry, even though my face is still red like a cherry due to the tears. I smile and say goodbye to Hårg and Hakim. Hårg hugged Sukanekou, too. I asked Hakim if I could hug him too, but
he said: "I apologize, Terry, I'm not a huggy person. I will say goodbye to you two through a bow *bows to me in sign of respect and friendship* may you be blessed by good fortune, Terry and Sukanekou. You two have my great respect. We will see each other again in the hallway. Take care"
Hakim is so cool!!! Now I guess I'm left alone with Sukanekou. Which is okay, she's a good friend, too. Now we'll have a really long time of walking, we'll have to walk through over 400 rooms of distance, which is a lot! I can't imagine how stressful it must be for someone who was at room one billion, to have to walk another billion of rooms of distance! While we walk, me and Sukanekou chat with each other to distract ourselves.
[...]
Sukanekou: "Well, Terry, I think it's a good idea to not be clingy when you make new friends. If someone wants to be your friend, they'll stay with you, by their own choice. Even if you manage to keep more friends by being clingy, those will be fake friends, since if they could had made a free choice, they would had left you. Being clingy might potentially gain you more friends, but it will be the kind of friendship that is very unsatisfying"
[...]
Me: "The people who are stronger will rule, and the people who are weaker will perish. It has nothing to do whether you're 'good' or 'evil', although being evil helps you in life, while being good will result in people taking advantage of you, turning you into their slave, and then they annihilate you, because you refused to compromise your morality even when it comes to your own survival and well-being. I call it the law of inverted karma."
Sukanekou: "The law of inverted karma, as you call it, is a divine test to see what kind of morality we abide by. Principled and virtuous but self-defeating, or victorious but cruel and machiavellian. Personally, I prefer to be the loser who suffers and gets defeated, than causing harm to anyone!"
[...]
Me: "If your happiness depends on what other people do for you, that means they have control over your happiness, and as soon as they notice it, they'll refuse to do what makes you happy unless you obey to their increasingly demanding requirements, therefore turning you into their slave. It's better if happiness comes from within"
[...]
Me: "We have finally arrived!"
Sukanekou: "Yay!"
We see Hårg and Hakim in front of us in the hallway. As soon as I see Hårg, I run towards him and hug him. I'm so happy when I'm around him! My heart beats fast and I feel so good! Hårg hugged Sukanekou too.
Hårg: "It's nice to see you two again! Now, if you don't mind, me and Hakim are going to eat something right there at Dining Room 42. We can chat and have fun again later in the hallway!"
Hakim didn't say anything, he just smiled and bowed to us in sign of respect and friendship. As soon as we turn our backs around, we hear Hårg and Hakim screaming for help. We turn around and we see at least ten (or so it seems) skunk girls grabbing their (i.e. Hårg's and Hakim's) arms and legs and immobilizing them, while having a creepy evil sadistic laughter. Two skunk girls were about to fart on their faces, one was about to fart on Hårg's face, and the other was about to fart on Hakim's face. The two skunk girls are pressing their butts right on their noses, it will be awful to smell the skunk girls' farts at such point blank distance. They are in serious troubles, and I panic and I don't know what to do to help them. I'm paralyzed by fear.
Sukanekou: "Terry, we have to help them. Let's go ask Mana or Nisha for help"
Terry: "R-right"
Sukanekou: "My legs are so tired from walking, Terry. I don't know if I can go with you. I'm sorry *her face becomes red and she's about to cry*"
Terry: "Don't worry, Sukanekou, jump on my back! I'll carry you"
Sukanekou: "Are you s-sure? *blushes*"
Terry: "To help two friends, well, three friends actually, I'll do this and more. This is the first time I have ever met nice people like you three in my entire life, I want to return the favor"
Sukanekou: "Thank you, Terry! *smiles and blushes, and jumps on my back*"
Terry: "Let's go! We have two friends to save!"
***PPPBBBRRRFFFTTTSSS***
***PPPBBBRRRAAARRRBBBPPP***
Hårg & Hakim: "HAAA!!! PLEASE STOP!!! WE BEG YOU!!! HAVE MERCY!!! HELP!!!"
Even though me and Sukanekou are quite distant from the skunk girls, we can still smell their horrendous farts, the smell was noxious, pungent, nauseating.
Me: "Even at this distance, the smell makes me want to throw up. I can't imagine how much Hårg and Hakim are suffering right now. We need to be quick"
Sukanekou: "You care about your friends. You're so virtuous, Terry!"
I blush at her compliment and say: "T-thank you!"
I walk through the hallway of the hotel, carrying Sukanekou on my back since she's to tired, and looking at the doors' numbers. Before coming here to Kyttwn, I never would had thought that helping others would feel so glorious. I'm truly a hero!
[Room 401]
[Room 400]
[Room 399]
...
[Room 321]
[Room 320]
[Room 319]
My legs are starting to feel a little bit tired, but this is nothing compared to the forest wandering punishment of the middle school. Me and plenty other students of my class were forced to wander through an icy forest in the winter (and with temperatures around 220 Kelvin (396 Rankine)) it was a struggle to survive, and we also had to survive by hunting the ferocious animals and using their skin and fur trying to stay warm in the extreme cold. Trying to find a source of liquid water was not exactly easy either, we had to drill into the frozen lakes in order to drink. Four of my classmates died because of that forest wandering punishment: one died of frostbite, one died of starvation, one died by falling into the water below the frozen lake, and one died killed by a ferocious predator. Luckily me and a few others have survived. In the planet HEX-6EF79077FBB, only the strong will survive. And I am one of them.
[Room 241]
[Room 240]
[Room 239]
I am one of the strong. I can walk even for millions of rooms!
[Room 161]
[Room 160]
[Room 159]
I'm a legend and a hero!
[Room 81]
[Room 80]
[Room 79]
I can do this!
[Room 1]
As soon as I reach the entrance of the hotel, I collapse on the floor, exhausted.
Sukanekou: "TERRY!!! Are you okay?"
I smile and say: "I have never felt better, Sukanekou. This is what victory feels like, it seems. I'll get up in a few minutes, don't worry. Now, please, explain to Mana, Nisha or both, what's the problem. We have two friends to save, remember?"
Sukanekou smiles and nods.
Suddenly, we hear some very loud electronic music coming from a bus that has just arrived outside of the hotel. It's some really strange music, I can hear it saying "A NU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE!". Outside of that bus, even though I'm currently collapsed on the ground, I can see there are infinite skunk girls who are dancing to the rhytm of the music, which is now saying "TRIP ALOSKY! TRIP A, TRIP ALOSKY!!!" or something like that. The skunk girls wear black clothes with white stripes, just like their tail, and on their clothes there is a weird symbol with the writing "Adigas" below it.
Despite the loud music, I can hear the skunk girl saying she wants to book an infinite number of rooms for tonight. She told Mana that her name was TATYANAAAAAAAAAA(with infinite A's, so I'll refer to her as "Tatyana" for short), and that the bus was an infinite party bus with no seats, and she explained that to identify the infinite skunk girls, she (Mana) could just use their names, which is unique for every skunk girl in that bus, with no homonyms. Mana shook her head, apologized and said that there's no way the Hilbert Hotel could accomodate all of them, since the skunk girls in that bus are "uncountably infinite", and the Hilbert Hotel can only accomodate a countably infinite number of new guests.
Tatyana: "SUKA BLYAT! We heard this hotel could accomodate an infinite number of new guests, we had no idea there were different kinds of infinities! Well, we're all going to give this hotel a negative review! Good luck with an uncountably infinite number of negative reviews! I hope your blessings are countable! I'm going to give this hotel a punishment! POKA POKA!!!"
Tatyana turned around, raised her tail and let out a huge, loud bubbly and airy fart.
***PpPpBbBbRrRrTtTtSsSsFfFfSsSs***
As soon as she farted, the smell immediately reached my nostrils, as well as Sukanekou and Mana. The loud, deafening music is now gone, but the smell is absolutely horrendous, this is far, far worse than even those skunk girls in Dining Room 21, and probably also the ones in Dining Room 42 could do. Even Sukanekou is gagging really hard from this unbearable, toxic stench. My eyes water and I convulse on the floor, suffering. Mana appears out of nowhere with a motorcycle.
Mana: "QUICK, YOU TWO! Jump on my motorcycle, or we'll pass out from this horrible smell!"
We both jump on the motorcycle and we were surprised by how fast it was.
Sukanekou: "Hey Mana be careful! We might kill someone by running over them with this vehicle, if they happen to be walking through the hallway!"
Mana: "It doesn't matter, Sukanekou! It's better to harm others and save yourself, than defeating yourself by blindly following your naive principles!"
Soon, we reach the part of the hallway in front of the Room 10,000.
Me: "Wow... we have travelled far. But at least there's no stink here!"vv
I gag a little bit from the stench I had to endure, but luckily now I can take a fresh air of relief.
?: "Are you sure? *evil laugh*"
I turn around and I see Mana being tied up to a chair by five skunk girls, and four skunk girls behind me are grabbing my arms and legs, keeping me from moving. I scream and beg for help, but there was no use, the skunk girls were too strong.
?: "Yǔtóng! Set the temperature of every room in the hotel at minus 40 degrees, so none of our victims can go hide there!"
Yǔtóng: "Sure, I will!"
Minus 40 degrees? MINUS 40 DEGREES? MINUS 40 FUCKING DEGREES?!?!!! I feel a burst of anger, but I try to calm down, otherwise I might very well kill someone.
? "Fun fact, Yǔtóng, minus 40 degrees is the same temperature both in the Celsius scale and in the Fahrenheit scale! It's pretty damn cold, nobody will go hide here!"
Yǔtóng: "Haha! This fact is very fun, Yǔxī! We will be able to fart in these victims' faces! Infinite skunk girls farting on the faces of infinite victims!"
Yǔtóng went somewhere, apparently where the centralized thermostat was. However, because this skunk girl "Yǔxī" mentioned two false temperature scales and used them as if they were true and genuine, I can no longer contain my rage. My rage is turning me into a beast, and I manage to break free from the grip of the four skunk girls, and I punch the blasphemous skunk girl "Yǔxī" on her nose, making her nose bleed and making her collapse on the ground. I dash towards her, ready to torture her with my fists and kicks, but eight skunk girls grabbed me and kept me from moving. Not even my anger could contain them.
Another skunk girl walked in front of me: "Wow, Terry. I didn't know you could be so strong. We might had underestimated you"
I'm weak. It was my rage that made me so powerful. But this skunk girl has not blasphemed, so I don't feel any anger against her. Oh wait, I have an idea!
Me: "What temperature are y'all going to set the room at?"
?: "Minus 40 degrees! Nobody will go hide there!"
I feel another burst of rage and it's making me so strong that I manage to break free from the grip of the eight skunk girls and I punch the blasphemous skunk girl on her nose, making her collapse on the ground as well.
Now there's twelve skunk girls grabbing me and keeping me from moving.
One of them warned the others: "This idiot seems to be powered by us pronouncing the temperature, for some very strange reason. We have no idea why, but let's forbid pronouncing the temperature!"
All of the other skunk girls agreed. Damn, they noticed the pattern really quickly. I'm doomed.
A skunk girl told Sukanekou: "Sukanekou, I have a deal for you. You fart on Terry's face, and none of us will fart on your face. If you agree to fart on Terry's face, you'll be spared of the stinky doom that awaits everyone else. Especially considering you're technically a skunk girl like us, it seems like a fair deal to me. If you refuse, you will be farted on by us as well. Deal?"
Sukanekou: "No! Terry is my friend! As I already explained to Terry once, I prefer to be the loser who suffers and gets defeated, than causing harm to anyone!"
The skunk girl: "Alright Sukanekou! Get ready! *moves her butt closer to Sukanekou's nose*"
Sukanekou: "NO! NO! NO! NO NO NO!!! I'LL FART ON TERRY! PLEASE HAVE MERCY!!!"
The skunk girl: "*laughs mischievously*"
Terry: "Sukanekou, please don't let them manipulate you!"
I'm terrified now. The stinky doom is unescapable.
Sukanekou: "I'm really sorry, Terry. I'm a coward. A vile coward. I might be worthy the title of sheep girl more than skunk girl. I'm very sorry. I hope you will forgive me, Terry"
Sukanekou pressed her butt right on my nose, and I can feel the end is coming. Perhaps this was inevitable since the beginning. This is my fate, and it's gonna stink. Sukanekou's butt feels nice, it's soft like a pillow, and her tail is also soft, and fluffy.
Sukanekou: "I'm sorry, Terry, I have to do this! Nnngghhh!!!"
***PPPBBBRRRFFFTTTSSS***
I feel my nose burning from the heat and rotting from the stench. The stench of Sukanekou's fart is making me gag immediately, I can't hold the gagging, the smell is truly awful. Even though Sukanekou's gas is nowhere as bad the one of that of the skunk girls in Dining Room 21, being farted on by her at point blank distance smells a lot worse than simply being inside Dining Room 21 after those skunk girls farted in it. I gag so hard that I feel like the vomit is rising up my throat. My eyes are burning and breathing feels like hell. This feels so horrible that it reminds me of the punishments we had in middle school. I scream and yell and trying to break free, but the skunk girls behind are keeping me from moving. Sukanekou's gas smells so bad that it feels like my face is melting.
***PPPBBBRRRTTTSSSFFF***
Sukanekou: "I'm sorry, Terry. If I don't do this, the skunk girls will fart on my face. I don't want to do this. I know I said I prefer to be the one who suffers and gets defeated than harming others, but it turns out I'm way more cowardly than I thought I would be. I'm sorry *she starts sobbing and is about to cry*"
Sukanekou's flatulence is so smelly and awful that it feels like not only my face is melting, but also the muscles under the skin are melting from the stench alone. Of course this is not happening, but it really does feel like this. The smell is unbearable and I struggle with all my strength, but I'm too weak, and I have to smell this abhorrent miasma. My nose is weak and defenseless against the assault from Sukanekou's farts.
Sukanekou: "Hey Terry. Listen to me, please. *sighs* Minus fifty degrees"
I don't feel any anger. Because she's not actually praising false temperature scales, she's just saying that to make me angry, and therefore powerful. But because she doesn't actually mean it, I don't feel angry, and I explain this to her.
Sukanekou: "Oh no, Terry! You're mistaken! I actually measure the temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit! I have never used Kelvin, let alone Rankine! I know you hate me now, but I think I should had told you this, before saying goodbye. I don't think you won't survive long with me farting on your nose continuously like this. So I figured out I had to tell you, since it might be the last thing I ever tell you"
Me: "I don't believe you! You're just telling me this so that I can use my rage to break free! I know your trick!"
Sukanekou: "Well, look at this if you don't believe me!"
Sukanekou shows me her mobile phone, and in the weather app, there was written:
"Settlement: Kyttwn
Planet: HEX-309F102100
Temperature: 27 °C (81 °F)
Relative humidity: 49%
Wind speed: 5 km/h (3 mph)
Condition: Clear skies"
W-what? Oh, I see. She has just set the temperature on her app to Celsius and Fahrenheit just to anger me so that I can have enough strength to break free. Unfortunately, because I'm not believing that she actually uses those false temperature scales, I feel no anger, and therefore have no strength.
Sukanekou: "Well, I'm sorry, Terry. You'll have to smell my farts until these skunk girls will say it's enough. Get ready! Nnnggghhh..."
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Smelling one of her farts from up close was already traumatizing enough, perhaps not as much as the forest wandering punishment I was subjected to in middle school, but I was feeling so sick immediately. Now I can feel the taste of my own vomit in my mouth, and my lungs felt like they have completely rotten and decayed, my nose burns so hard it's feeling like it's being anesthetized.
Sukanekou: "Try not to breathe in my gas too much, Terry. It stinks so bad. I hope you can survive. NNNGGGHHH!!!"
***PPPBBBRRRAAARRRPPPTTTUUUFFFSSS***
Sukanekou: "Aaahhh~~~OH SORRY, TERRY! I'm sorry! I hope you'll be okay... oh what am I saying! My farts stink so much, you won't be okay *sobs and starts crying* I'm sorry! I have to!"
The skunk girl: "That's enough, Sukanekou!"
Sukanekou: "Terry will be spared from this torture? *feels excited and happy*"
The skunk girl: "*laughs mischievously* No, of course not! I'll fart on Terry's face now. Hey Terry, I hope you're ready! Sukanekou's farts were easy mode, mine will be ultra hard mode!"
The skunk girl moves her butt close to my face, and soon she presses her ass right on my nose. There's no way ou. Goodbye world. And by "world" I don't mean just HEX-309F102100. I mean goodbye Universe.
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Sukanekou's farts were horrible, pungent, noxious, suffocating, choking, unbearable, sulfuric, rotten, putrid, rancid, toxic, deadly, nasty and otherwise undescribably intense. But this skunk girl's farts have a stench that is far more intense and stinky than Sukanekou's farts, which smelled like a minor inconvenience in comparison. I can't stand this skunk girl's farts, my nose wants to kill itself. Under the unbearableness of an infinite amount of stink, I feel like I'm about to pass out. My vision starts turning dark.
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