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Mebio.us

2016-02-09T23:17:53Z

Ian:

Launched in May 2015 as a clone of [[mebious.co.uk]], '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious.mobi]].

It has several unique features, such as:
* All traffic is encrypted via SSL to prevent eavesdropping.
* The code is completely open source and it's encouraged that users create their own instances of it to create a decentralized community.
* The site has an ongoing effort to protect the anonymity of its users.
* It has a REST API which allows anonymous reading, and with an API key, posting to the site.

==Other Features==
* 512 character limit as opposed to the original site.
* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.
* Actively monitors for and censors abusive/illegal content.

==Anonymity==
In the interest of preserving anonymity, the site takes the following precautions:
* All webserver logs disabled completely.
* User IPs are hashed immediately as SHA512 and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. This is vulnerable to comparing the hash against a set of all hashed IPv4 addresses, if an alternative to this system is not found, the site will disable banning in the interest of user anonymity, thus no IP logs in any form at all will be kept.

==External Links==
* [https://mebio.us mebio.us]
* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.]
* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us]
* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.]

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Layer 13

2016-01-29T18:14:51Z

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==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] regrets how she always hurts [[Alice]] and gives [[reality]] a [[reset]]
*Conspicuous lack of Lain in her [[Lain's house|house]], although only [[Yasuo]] notices
*[[Alice]], [[Reika]] and [[Juri]] discuss going to [[Cyberia]] and only Alice remembers Lain
*[[Taro]], [[Masayuki]] and [[Myu-Myu]] forget Lain
*The [[Accela]] user and [[Eiri]] are alive and the [[Men in Black]] are construction workers
*Lain cries and argues with herself about her current state of being but is comforted by her "father"
*Lain meets a grown-up Alice and pretends not to know her
*Lain is always here in the [[Wired]] and will always be with you

==Long summary==
A screen is clicked on. A digitized image of Lain is on the screen. Lain says, "Well, it became unclear again. Where am I? Here, or where you are? I exist everywhere where you are. I know it. Because I am connected to you. But I…. Where is the true Me? Well, I know there is no true me. I am only inside of people who know I exist. But is this really me talking right now? Am I myself? I… Who am I?" The screen is clicked off.

[Title Ego Layer 13]

This episode starts off with scenes just before the end of episode 12.

Masami Eiri's flesh is reassembling. He howls in pain and outrage. Alice and Lain cling to each other. Alice is terrified while Lain remains strangely calm. One of Masami's appendages wraps around the girls and lifts them off the ground. Lain cries, "Alice!" Lain's Navi equipment seems to be propelled towards the seething mass that is Masami. Lain yells at Masami, "You said that your flesh wasn't necessary, didn't you?" Alice screams hysterically. Lain tries to calm her friend down by saying her name, "Alice," and holding onto her trembling hands. Alice is not able to realize that Masami is gone. His body had been smashed by the Navi equipment. His reign as a god has ended. Alice tries to fight out of Lain's grasp. Her hand makes contact with Lain's face and draws blood. Lain's lip starts to quiver as she realizes how she again has hurt Alice. Lain thinks, "Everything I ever did for Alice was always wrong… I am really…" Lain grabs Alice and deeply embraces her. This seems to finally quiet her friend down. Alice is in shock. She is unable to return the embrace. Lain clings to Alice and cries her name, "Alice. Alice." Still holding onto her, Lain says, "Alice I'm so sorry…I'm sorry."

A computer screen reads, "All Reset…Return" The back screen has many English words on it like, raw, mean, and lastly, sad. Past scenes of the show seem to rewind in a quick manner. The computer screen goes blank.

It is light outside. The power lines are humming. The door to Lain's house opens. A combination of Japanese and Western style breakfast items is being served. Mika pushes herself away from the table and says, "It was a nice meal." She has left some food on her plate. Her dad notices this and quips, "There's a little left." Mom says, "She's on a diet." Mika scolds her, "Don't say such a thing." Mom is eating rice. (Still her favorite thing to do- Shades) Dad informs her, "Some merchandise may come today. Please pay for it when it comes." His wife guesses, "A computer part again?" He does not respond. Both continue to eat their breakfast. Dad glances at the empty chair at the table. It is almost as if he is looking for someone else to be there. Such is not the case. This is a family of three, not four, so of course there is only a place setting for three. He says, "Say." His wife replies, "What?" He continues to stare at the empty chair. It almost appears as if he has a half remembered memory about someone sitting in the chair but can't bring it to the surface. He dismisses the thought, "No…nothing."

The door has been left open to Lain's house. Scenes are shown of the path once taken by Lain on her way to school. She is not at her usual place on the train. (A really cool song by Chabo plays in the background throughout the next sequence-Shades)

Girls are walking to school. Alice stops and looks up at the building. Juri and Reika call her name, "Alice!" They run and catch up with her. Reika asks, "Where should we go tonight?" Juri tugs on Alice's arm and pleads, "Cyberia! Cyberia!" Alice replies, "Sure." She then reaches for her pocket Navi and says, "I'll send a mail." Juri and Reika look at each other with curious expressions. Juri asks, "Alice, who are you sending mail to?" Alice seems to ponder the question. Her Navi screen is set to its mail server. She doesn't seem to be able to remember who it is she wanted to write. Juri thinks she know who Alice had in mind and asks, "Will you call her again?" Alice asks, "Who?" Juri points to someone in the crowd of girls. It is Chisa. Alice says, "Chisa?" Juri replies, "Yes, Yomada Chisa. We took her to Cybria once because you suggested it. But she didn't seem interested whatsoever." Reika quips, "It seems useless." Alice says, "I see." Alice then looks down and smiles. Her friends inquire what is on her mind. Alice replies, "Nothing. I just had a strange thought." Reika repeats, "A strange thought?" Alice recites, "It never happened if there is no memory of it." Reika asks, "Memory?" Alice continues, "Someone never existed if there is no memory of them." Reika and Juri exchange quizzical glances with each other. Reika finally asks, "What are you talking about?" Alice replies, "It has to be no one then." She starts to walk to class and says, "Now let's hurry so we can study." Reika and Juri yell, "Alice", and run to catch up with her.

Masayuki, Myu Myu, and Taro are playing a scissors, paper, and stone type of game. Masayuki whines, "I lost again." The three are crossing a street. Taro says, "Let's play." Myu Myu says, "Hurry! Hurry!" Masayuki cries, "Wait for me!" Myu Myu scolds him, "Moron." Taro stops to attend to his beeping Navi. It is shaped like a gun. He pushes a button and says, "A mail?" Myu Myu peeks over his shoulder, "What? What?" The screen reads "KIDS Technology." Lain's image appears briefly then quickly disappears. Myu Myu puts her hands on her hips and asks, "Who is that girl?" Taro replies, "No… I don't know her." Masayuki finally catches up and asks, "What?"

A teenage boy and his little sister are also walking down the street. The twosome draw near Taro, Myu Myu and Masayuki. The teen says to Taro, "You're machine looks good." Taro looks at him and says, "What?" The teen is the Accela boy who killed himself at Cyberia. The teen says, "I also altered mine a little." His sister pulls his sleeve and says, "Hurry brother! Hurry! Hurry! Mom is waiting!" He answers, "I know," then to Taro and company he says, "Bye." The brother and sister walk away. Myu Myu and Masayuki start to run. Myu Myu yells, "Go! Go!" Masayuki pleads "Let's toss for it again!" Taro has not moved. He looks down at his Navi then follows his friends. Myu Myu mock threatens him, "Taro, I'll leave you!" Masayuki is still whining, "It's not fair. Let's toss for it again." Taro and a man walk by each other. The man is talking to himself, "I'll quit. I'll quit that damned company. They make me do this job…" He is Masami Eiri. He shakes his fist angrily and continues his jabbering, "They look down on me…" Taro puts his Navi away and joins his friends. Masami is still walking and grumbling, "I'll quit, I'll quit." He looks up at two men fixing a street light. It is Carl and the short guy. Masami stops to watch them work for a few minutes. He then resumes his walking and grumbling, "I'll quit…quit…I'm definitely quitting today!"

Scenes of power lines are shown. That familiar hum is in the air.

A black screen has text words which read, "It never happened if there is no memory of it. Human memory is just a record. You can rewrite the record." Lain's voice says, "Really?"

Present day…. Present time…. Ha ha ha ha!!!!!

The stock opening footage is shown. Lain is in the Wired. She is standing on a deserted street. She is upset. She bends down and starts to cry. All is silent around her. Lain in the Wired's voice asks, "Why are you crying? Because you deleted yourself from everybody's memory?" Lain continues to cry. Lain in the Wired says, "But that's what you wanted, isn't it?" Lain in the Wired appears near Lain. Lain says, "Yes, but…" Lain in the Wired interrupts her, "The information of a dead person won't leak from the Wired again." Lain's crying has subsided to sobs. Lain in the Wired says, "So Lain doesn't need to exist. That's what you wished for, right?" Lain says, "You talk like that man." Lain in the Wired reminds her, "That man? There has been no 'that man'. Even if he exists, he won't get any funny ideas about becoming a god again." Lain notes, "I'm nowhere. If I'm nowhere, what am I? Who am I?" Lain in the Wired says, "You said it yourself." Lain asks, "What?" Lain in the Wired replies, "The Wired is not the upper layer of the real World. He was wrong. The network is a field to transport information. Information doesn't stand still. Information always functions by flowing." Lain says, "I see. Human memory…Personal memory…and the history of mankind." Lain in the Wired says, "Yes. Commonly owned unconsciousness."

The two Lains are now on a train. Lain in the Wired continues, "Do you think human beings can create a way to store such an enormous memory by themselves?" Lain says, "The Wired was only for connecting. But where was it connected to?" The two Lains are now on a stairway. Lain in the Wired says, "Do you think humans need to know?" Lain asks, "What?" Lain in the Wired says, "Although they haven't known, they could make a go for it." The two Lains are now at Cyberia watching the people dance. Lain in the Wired says, "The human world has created its own god and they've prayed to it. They have defined the world in their own way." JJ the DJ is spinning tracks in his booth. Lain says, "I hate what you just said." The two Lains have made their way to a classroom. Lain in the Wired says, "Even if you don't like it, it is Lain. It is me. You know this. Yes, Lain is not human." Lain in the Wired laughs. Lain is looking out a classroom window. Lain in the Wired says, "Lain exists everywhere. Lain watches still. Yes, Lain is a goddess." Lain says, "You're wrong! You're wrong!" The two Lains are outside at night on a busy street. Lain in the Wired says, "Its easy to be a goddess. I think its easier than being a human." The two Lains are on the roof at the school. Lain in the Wired says, "You won't need to do anything. You should only be and observe. Nobody looks down on Lain. Nobody hates Lain." Lain looks dejected and says, "That…" but doesn't finish. Lain in the Wired says, "Well Lain, perhaps you should start again, since you reset them." Lain angrily turns and yells at Lain in the Wired, "Stop it!" Lain in the Wired looks stunned and her image begins to tune out and get fuzzy. Lain in the Wired disappears. Lain is alone. Lain in the Wired delivers a parting remark, "So what are you Lain?" Lain falls to her knees and says, "I…I…what am I?"

The voice of Lain's dad commands, "Come here, Lain." Lain looks up. Her father's face looms large in the sky above her. Lain asks, "Dad?"

Lain is in her bear suit.(That should make Balto happy, but it still scares me!-Shades Yipee! - Balto) She and her father are sitting at a table that is floating in the air. Her dad says, "Lain you don't need to wear such a thing anymore."(Ha- looks like someone besides me thinks that bear suit is…wrong- Shades But it's fun! - Balto) Lain concedes to his statement with a little smile. She asks, "Dad, do you know?" He replies, "What?" Lain stammers, "I…everyone…" He tries to fill in the blanks, "You love everyone? Isn't that right?" Lain shakes her head and starts to cry. Her dad says, "Lain, next time I'll prepare a good tea. And a madeleine. Certainly that would taste good."

The city is shown at night. Lain's voice says, "There are just not memories of the past. There are also memories of today and tomorrow."

A man says, "I declare." A woman responds, "Really!" They are a nice looking young couple who are walking in the shopping district of the city. The woman grabs his arm and says, "Wait." It is Alice. She is about 22 years old. She has let her hair grow longer. Alice says to her boyfriend, "I did what you wanted last time. Very tolerantly." She grins and says, "I'll choose a curtain for our bedroom." He boyfriend smiles and agrees, "Okay, okay." Someone is watching the couple. The boyfriend adds, "I'll do whatever you like." Alice teases, "Yes, you are a good student." The couple then laughs and continue to walk. Alice's attention is drawn to an overhead walkway. Her boyfriend asks, "What happened?" Lain is on the walkway. She is peering over the railing and watching Alice. Alice is mesmerized by Lain. She turns to her boyfriend and says, "Sorry… wait a bit." Alice then heads for the walkway. Her boyfriend yells, "Hey, wait!"

Alice runs up the steps and closes in on Lain. Lain smiles at her. Alice returns the smile and walks closer to her. Alice bends down to get eye level with her and says, "Good afternoon." Lain softly returns the greeting. Alice asks, "I've met you haven't I?" Lain does not answer. Alice gets an idea and says, "Were you a student where I taught as a student teacher?" She answers her own question with, "No, that's not it. Hmm." Lain continues to smile at her. Lain finally says, "How do you do?" (Lain uses a very formal Japanese greeting here that is used exclusively for the first time you meet a person- Shades) Alice replies, "What?" She is confused by the use of such a formal greeting because she was convinced that she knew this girl. Lain stresses that they have never met by saying, "It is how do you do?" Alice stands corrected, "Really? Well, how do you do? I am Alice. Don't you think my name sounds funny? I'm a bit embarrassed about it. And you are?" Lain replies, "Lain." Alice stands up and repeats the name, "Lain." The name seems to resonate in her mind but she is unable to make a connection. Her boyfriend has joined them and asks, "Do you know her?" Alice replies, "No. Wrong person." Alice bends down towards Lain and says, "Goodbye. Maybe I'll see you again sometime." Lain smiles. Alice gets up and says, "Bye." Her boyfriend says, "Bye, Lain." The couple walk off together. Lain continues to watch them and says, "Yes. I can see you anytime."

A computer screen is turned on. Lain's image appears. Lain says, "I'm here. So I will always be with you. Always." The screen is turned off.

It is nighttime. The power lines are humming.
( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer13.php Source] )

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Layer 12

2016-01-29T18:13:40Z

Ian: oops

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==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] tells [[Alice]] about how [[memories]] can be rewritten
*Let's all love Lain
*[[Eiri]] talks about the body as a machine and the mind as data
*The [[MIB]], with nowhere to run, are terrified of the idea of merging [[reality]] with the [[Wired]]
*[[Alice]] visits [[Lain's house]] and confronts her about her memories
*Alice convinces Lain of the value in having a body
*Lain speaks to Eiri although Alice cannot see or hear him and denies that he is [[God]]
*Eiri tries to regain a body and captures Lain and Alice until Lain's [[NAVI]] attacks him

==Long summary==
Stock opening footage. Lain says, “I see that is so. This world’s so simple. I’ve never known that. I had felt that this world was only scary and vast… But now I understand. I feel very relieved.” A female voice replies, “I said so didn’t I?”

[Title: Landscape Layer 12]

It is daytime. Alice is sitting in class. Her head is resting heavily on her hand. She is watching Reika and Juri talk with Lain at Lain’s desk. Juri giggles, “No, Lain!” Reika adds, “You said that so brazenly, Lain.” Alice thinks to herself, “Lain.” Lain responds to Juri and Reika in an earnest manner, “But it’s true,” then she giggles. Alice thinks, “What does it mean?” Alice closes her eyes. She feels the gaze of someone upon her. Alice opens her eyes and sees Lain is watching her. Reika and Juri continue their conversation. Lain smiles at Alice. Alice is unable to reciprocate so she looks away. Alice hears a buzz from her pocket. She checks her pocket Navi. The message on her screen reads, “You can rewrite unpleasant memories.” Alice says aloud, “Really?” The message disappears. Alice looks at Lain and asks, “Really?” Lain continues to smile at Alice. Alice looks confused.

Digital Lain’s image is in the Wired. She says, “Humans can really only exist inside another human’s memory. So many versions of myself existed. Not that there were many of myself out there. I was just inside of many people.” Her image is tuned out.

The mirror ball at Cyberia is still. The club is relatively empty again except for Myu Myu, Masayuki, and Taro. JJ the DJ can be seen in the distance at his booth. Taro has on some type of Navi goggles. He says, “I see!” Myu Myu asks, “Hey Taro. Who are you talking to?” Taro laughs. Masayuki asks, “What happened?” Taro turns to look at his friends and says, “I…kissed an angel.” Masayuki and Myu Myu look at each other with stunned expressions. Myu Myu’s face then looks suspicious and she scolds, “Taro.”

Crowds of people are walking in the city. A variety of voices call, “Lain.”

Digital Lain comes back on line. She quickly tunes back out again.

An on screen male reporter says, “After this adaptation of Protocol 7, the Wired and the real World will share information seamlessly. Next story: Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain.” The news is tuned out.

Digital Lain pops back on screen. She looks around, then zooms out.

A flashback to the crime investigators finding Masami Eiri’s body on Track 13. Masami does a voice-over while a variety of tripped out images are shown. Masami says, “All of the functions of a human’s flesh can be described in terms of materialism. Flesh is merely an engine. If the physical limitations of the flesh limits the evolution of mankind, humans are likely to be forced to end their race by a god that actually doesn’t exist. Information inside humans is not only what they gained by themselves from the point when they had an unconsciousness. Humans have been connected with their ancestors, who thus formed the human race. They received information from their ancestors. But that is just data if it isn’t shared. Humans can evolve by themselves. In order to do so, they have to know their actual structures. Do you think about; what you really are? Humans have always been connected. I just restored them. You did cause it. So, you may do anything you want.”

Digital Lain is standing outside. She is smiling as a brisk wind blows around her body.

A vehicle is parked in a barely lit parking garage. It is the car of the men in black. Carl lights a cigarette and exhales deeply. Smoke fills the front seat of the car. The shorter man does not appreciate the second hand smoke and bats it away. He asks Carl, “Haven’t you quit yet?” No answer is given by Carl. The shorter man leans back into the drivers seat and says, “Why did things come to this? Certainly, we did our job.” Carl answers, “Not only did our client believe the computer maniacs playing at a secret society were burdensome…” The shorter man asks for clarification, “What do you mean?” Carl replies, “Our client has been communicating with Masami Eiri. No, they may have been controlled by Eiri.” The shorter man snaps, “stop talking about Eiri.” He is already dead.” Carl hits his cigarette and puffs out smoke and a reply, ‘He is not dead.” His partner is stunned. Carl explains, “In fact, the existence of flesh really does not matter..” The shorter man is appalled by Carl’s statement, so he quips, “You…” Their conversation is interrupted by the sound of an approaching vehicle. A car stops near theirs and its headlights illuminate them. Carl and the shorter man get out of their car. Both have on their goggle/visors. A man gets out of the other car and lays a suitcase down on the ground. The shorter man snaps, “Is this the reward for our work? Have we been suckered?” The man turns out to be their boss/client who previously grilled Lain about her family. He answers, “You may interpret this however you like.” Carl reminds him, “You said that we should escape. Where should we go?” The man smugly replies, “Well, somewhere where there is no electric wires and no electromagnetic waves from satellites.” The shorter man yells, “There is no such place on Earth!” The man turns and heads back to his car and says, “You must find such a place if you want to escape.” Carl asks, “What will happen?” The man does not answer. Carl continues, “What will occur by connecting the Wired and the real World without devices?” The man smiles and says, “Something wonderful. I’m looking forward to seeing it.” He gets in his car and drives away. The shorter man says, “What,” and is unable to finish as his body goes into convulsions. He screams from the pain and fear. Carl yells, “What happened?” The shorter man’s body begins to contort into strange positions. Carl pleads, “What are you seeing?” He runs to his fallen partner and scans him with his visor. He pulls the shorter man’s visor off and checks his eyes. An image of Lain can be perceived within the shorter man’s retina. Carl is shocked. He lets go of his partners body, which he had been cradling. The shorter man’s head lands hard on the concrete. He is dead. Carl is terrified. He begins to sweat profusely and makes frightened cries. He scans the garage and is in a full panic mode. He sees an image approaching him and screams in mortal fear.

The power lines are humming. It is dusk outside. Alice is walking towards Lain’s house. She looks up at Lain’s window and sees the mass of wires extending from the house. She pushes the doorbell. When no one responds, she opens the gate and heads for the front door. The door is already open. Alice tentatively walks into the house. She is shocked to see the house is in total disarray. Graffiti is sprayed on the walls. Mountains of trash line the floors. Alice maintains polite custom and removes her shoes before heading further into the house. She softly calls, “Lain?” No matter where she looks everything is a mess. As she gets closer to the staircase she notices the house is filled with a strange mist. The stench of the air chokes her and she has to stifle a cough. Alice begins to climb the stairs. She is forced to take a step back when she sees Mika sitting on a step. Mika is using her hand phone and saying, “Pee…pee…gaaa.” Alice is frightened and slams herself into the wall. She puts her hands to her head and cries, “No.” when she looks up again, Mika is gone. Alice determinedly resumes her climb up the stairs. She swallows her fear and approaches Lain’s door. She gently pushes the door open and asks, “Is this Lain’s room?” Alice stumbles past all the machinery that is Lain’s Navi system. She calls, “Lain.” Alice’s eyes widen and she jumps back and knocks over some equipment. Lain’s arm is raised just in front of her. Lain emerges from under a pile of wires and clothes. Alice yells, “Lain!” Lain slowly replies, “A..li…ce?” Fear is in Alice’s face but she has come to confront Lain and get her questions answered. Alice asks, “Lain, what did you do?” Lain appears to be somewhat dazed. She replies, “Nothing. I was only watching.” Alice snaps, “What?” Lain just smiles at her. Alice says, “I… I thought that I’d gone crazy. But that’s not it. Why did you leave only mine?” Lain remains silent. Alice continues, “Why did you leave only my memory?” Alice falls to her knees. She is crying. Alice asks, “Why? Why do I only have to remember such a painful memory?” Tears are streaming down Alice’s face. She yells at Lain, “Do you hate me that much? Lain?” Lain looks up at Alice. She is confused by this angry response to all her hard work to erase the rumors about Alice. Shouldn’t she be happy things are better? No one knows about her and the teacher. Alice says, “I can no longer bear this…” Lain says, “No, Alice,” and moves closer to her distraught friend. Lain is now only inches from Alice. Lain says, “Because I don’t want to make you sad.” Alice cries, “No, you did this!” Lain moves closer to Alice. Their faces are almost touching. Lain says, “Alice was alright. You became my friend even though I didn’t connect to you.” Alice says, “What are you saying?” Lain pushes her face closer to Alice’s, almost as if she is going to kiss her, but instead she says, “Alice is my only friend. I don’t need to connect to you.” Alice sits back, away from Lain. “Connect? What do you mean?,” Alice asks. Lain closes her eyes and smiles. She answers, “Everybody and me…” then again gets herself right up into Alice’s face. Alice turns, gets up and runs to get away yelling, “NO!” Lain says, “I love Alice.” Alice stops and turns to Lain and says “Do you know what you are saying?” Lain replies, “Humans have all been connected in their unconsciousness. I’m just reconnecting them. Alice says, “Lain, you…?” Lain interrupts, “I did nothing . Nothing to do with ‘I’ was real here or there. But I was there. I am a program designed to break the barrier between the real World and the Wired.” Alice repeats, “Lain is a program?” Lain explains, “Alice and everyone else are just applications too. In fact, you don’t need your flesh.” Alice and Lain stare at each other. Alice drops back onto her knees. She gently reaches out one of her hands to cup the side of Lain’s face. Lain is startled by her touch. Alice’s face softens as she says, “No.” Lain says, “Eh?” Alice continues, “I’m not sure. But I think you’re wrong. Your body is cold but it’s alive.” Alice removes her hand from Lain’s face. She then takes one of Lain’s hands between her own and places it on her chest. Alice says, “Mine is too. Here.” She allows Lain to feel her beating heart. The two girls remain in that position for several minutes. Alice says, “Doki doki.” (This is a Japanese phrase that is supposed to signify the sound of a beating heart- Shades) Lain repeats, “Doki doki.” The two girls continue to repeat this in unison, then start to laugh. Lain asks, “Why? Why?” Alice replies, “Because I’m scared. My heart is racing because I’m scared.” Lain notes, “But Alice is also laughing.” Alice agrees, “Yes, but I’m scared. I’ve been scared. I wonder why?” Lain repeats, “Why?” The voice of Masami Eiri answers so only Lain can hear, “She is afraid of losing her flesh. You can control that emotion by dodging the impulses of the brain.” Masami appears behind Lain. He is not visible or audible to Alice. Masami continues, “You can refuse unpleasant impulses. You can choose only pleasant and comfortable things.” Lain replies, “Really?” Alice asks, “Lain, are you talking to someone?” Masami says, “Lain if you love her, why don’t you connect with her?” Lain replies, “I don’t know.” Alice grabs Lain by the hands and demands, “Lain, who are you talking to?” Masami says, “You have a little bug. No problem. I’ll debug you for a long time. Come, Lain.” Masami reaches for Lain. Alice jumps as she sees a ghostly hand reach for her friend. Alice stands up and backs away and shrieks. Lain says, “I can’t understand you, God.” Alice gasps, “Are you talking to God?” Masami asks, “What can’t you understand, Lain?” Lain says, “You could make the Wired free from devices. Telephones, televisions, networks. Without them you can’t do a thing.” Masami agrees, “Yes, they were born with human evolution. The most evolved person has the right to evolve them…” Lain turns to look at him and asks, “Who gave you that right?” Masami gasps. Alice becomes even more afraid. Lain states, “A program to synchronize to a peculiar resonance of the Earth is Protocol 7. It makes the group of the unconscious into a consciousness. Did you really invent it by yourself?” Masami’s hand begins to shake. He replies, “What are you saying. It can’t be! It can’t!” He is enraged and spits out, “Are you saying there is no true God?” Lain stands up before replying, “As you already lost your flesh, you can no longer understand it.” She begins to walk towards Alice. Masami cries, “NO! I am all powerful! I made your flesh in the real World.” Lain protectively embraces Alice and begins to pull her away. Masami continues, “I gave you flesh and an absolute ego, which were dispersed in the Wired. And…” Lain calmly interrupts him to ask, “If I am that, what are you?” Masami replies, “I’m not! I…” The girls watch as Masami begins to painfully reclaim his lost flesh from the Wired. His body forms into unnatural configurations of flesh, rendering him into a monstrosity. Lain says, “The Wired is not an upper layer of the real World.” Masami slurs, “What do you mean?” Meanwhile, Alice is trembling with terror. Lain remains calm and says, “Yes, you were a God in the Wired. But before the Wired appeared… You were only the proxy God for those who were waiting for the appearance of the Wired.” Masami is still contorting into a hideous flesh being. He says, “Proxy? That’s not true!” A huge tongue like appendage shoots out of his mouth. It wraps itself around Lain and Alice. Alice screams even more. The tongue lifts them off the ground and squeezes them together. Alice scerams hysterically. Lain cries, “Alice,” and tries to calm her friend down. Lain angrily confronts Masami, “You said that your flesh wasn’t necessary, didn’t you?” All around the room Lain’s Navi equipment begins to explode. Wires come unattached and writhe around like snakes. Lain’s Navi equipment propels towards Masami’s flesh and crushes it into a bloody pulp. Lain and Alice are freed from his grasp. A mountain of the equipment has buried Masami Eiri. Lain holds onto Alice.
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'''LAYER 12: LANDSCAPE'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.09.21

'''Main Characters Introduced: ''' None

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 12 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 12 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 11]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 13]]

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|airdate = 1998.09.21
|maincharintro = None
|script = [[Layer 12 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 12 Analysis]]
|prevep = [[Layer 11]]
|nextep = [[Layer 13]]
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==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] tells [[Alice]] about how [[memories]] can be rewritten
*Let's all love Lain
*[[Eiri]] talks about the body as a machine and the mind as data
*The [[MIB]], with nowhere to run, are terrified of the idea of merging [[reality]] with the [[Wired]]
*[[Alice]] visits [[Lain's house]] and confronts her about her memories
*Alice convinces Lain of the value in having a body
*Lain speaks to Eiri although Alice cannot see or hear him and denies that he is [[God]]
*Eiri tries to regain a body and captures Lain and Alice until Lain's [[NAVI]] attacks him

==Long summary==
Stock opening footage. Lain says, “I see that is so. This world’s so simple. I’ve never known that. I had felt that this world was only scary and vast… But now I understand. I feel very relieved.” A female voice replies, “I said so didn’t I?”

[Title: Landscape Layer 12]

It is daytime. Alice is sitting in class. Her head is resting heavily on her hand. She is watching Reika and Juri talk with Lain at Lain’s desk. Juri giggles, “No, Lain!” Reika adds, “You said that so brazenly, Lain.” Alice thinks to herself, “Lain.” Lain responds to Juri and Reika in an earnest manner, “But it’s true,” then she giggles. Alice thinks, “What does it mean?” Alice closes her eyes. She feels the gaze of someone upon her. Alice opens her eyes and sees Lain is watching her. Reika and Juri continue their conversation. Lain smiles at Alice. Alice is unable to reciprocate so she looks away. Alice hears a buzz from her pocket. She checks her pocket Navi. The message on her screen reads, “You can rewrite unpleasant memories.” Alice says aloud, “Really?” The message disappears. Alice looks at Lain and asks, “Really?” Lain continues to smile at Alice. Alice looks confused.

Digital Lain’s image is in the Wired. She says, “Humans can really only exist inside another human’s memory. So many versions of myself existed. Not that there were many of myself out there. I was just inside of many people.” Her image is tuned out.

The mirror ball at Cyberia is still. The club is relatively empty again except for Myu Myu, Masayuki, and Taro. JJ the DJ can be seen in the distance at his booth. Taro has on some type of Navi goggles. He says, “I see!” Myu Myu asks, “Hey Taro. Who are you talking to?” Taro laughs. Masayuki asks, “What happened?” Taro turns to look at his friends and says, “I…kissed an angel.” Masayuki and Myu Myu look at each other with stunned expressions. Myu Myu’s face then looks suspicious and she scolds, “Taro.”

Crowds of people are walking in the city. A variety of voices call, “Lain.”

Digital Lain comes back on line. She quickly tunes back out again.

An on screen male reporter says, “After this adaptation of Protocol 7, the Wired and the real World will share information seamlessly. Next story: Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain.” The news is tuned out.

Digital Lain pops back on screen. She looks around, then zooms out.

A flashback to the crime investigators finding Masami Eiri’s body on Track 13. Masami does a voice-over while a variety of tripped out images are shown. Masami says, “All of the functions of a human’s flesh can be described in terms of materialism. Flesh is merely an engine. If the physical limitations of the flesh limits the evolution of mankind, humans are likely to be forced to end their race by a god that actually doesn’t exist. Information inside humans is not only what they gained by themselves from the point when they had an unconsciousness. Humans have been connected with their ancestors, who thus formed the human race. They received information from their ancestors. But that is just data if it isn’t shared. Humans can evolve by themselves. In order to do so, they have to know their actual structures. Do you think about; what you really are? Humans have always been connected. I just restored them. You did cause it. So, you may do anything you want.”

Digital Lain is standing outside. She is smiling as a brisk wind blows around her body.

A vehicle is parked in a barely lit parking garage. It is the car of the men in black. Carl lights a cigarette and exhales deeply. Smoke fills the front seat of the car. The shorter man does not appreciate the second hand smoke and bats it away. He asks Carl, “Haven’t you quit yet?” No answer is given by Carl. The shorter man leans back into the drivers seat and says, “Why did things come to this? Certainly, we did our job.” Carl answers, “Not only did our client believe the computer maniacs playing at a secret society were burdensome…” The shorter man asks for clarification, “What do you mean?” Carl replies, “Our client has been communicating with Masami Eiri. No, they may have been controlled by Eiri.” The shorter man snaps, “stop talking about Eiri.” He is already dead.” Carl hits his cigarette and puffs out smoke and a reply, ‘He is not dead.” His partner is stunned. Carl explains, “In fact, the existence of flesh really does not matter..” The shorter man is appalled by Carl’s statement, so he quips, “You…” Their conversation is interrupted by the sound of an approaching vehicle. A car stops near theirs and its headlights illuminate them. Carl and the shorter man get out of their car. Both have on their goggle/visors. A man gets out of the other car and lays a suitcase down on the ground. The shorter man snaps, “Is this the reward for our work? Have we been suckered?” The man turns out to be their boss/client who previously grilled Lain about her family. He answers, “You may interpret this however you like.” Carl reminds him, “You said that we should escape. Where should we go?” The man smugly replies, “Well, somewhere where there is no electric wires and no electromagnetic waves from satellites.” The shorter man yells, “There is no such place on Earth!” The man turns and heads back to his car and says, “You must find such a place if you want to escape.” Carl asks, “What will happen?” The man does not answer. Carl continues, “What will occur by connecting the Wired and the real World without devices?” The man smiles and says, “Something wonderful. I’m looking forward to seeing it.” He gets in his car and drives away. The shorter man says, “What,” and is unable to finish as his body goes into convulsions. He screams from the pain and fear. Carl yells, “What happened?” The shorter man’s body begins to contort into strange positions. Carl pleads, “What are you seeing?” He runs to his fallen partner and scans him with his visor. He pulls the shorter man’s visor off and checks his eyes. An image of Lain can be perceived within the shorter man’s retina. Carl is shocked. He lets go of his partners body, which he had been cradling. The shorter man’s head lands hard on the concrete. He is dead. Carl is terrified. He begins to sweat profusely and makes frightened cries. He scans the garage and is in a full panic mode. He sees an image approaching him and screams in mortal fear.

The power lines are humming. It is dusk outside. Alice is walking towards Lain’s house. She looks up at Lain’s window and sees the mass of wires extending from the house. She pushes the doorbell. When no one responds, she opens the gate and heads for the front door. The door is already open. Alice tentatively walks into the house. She is shocked to see the house is in total disarray. Graffiti is sprayed on the walls. Mountains of trash line the floors. Alice maintains polite custom and removes her shoes before heading further into the house. She softly calls, “Lain?” No matter where she looks everything is a mess. As she gets closer to the staircase she notices the house is filled with a strange mist. The stench of the air chokes her and she has to stifle a cough. Alice begins to climb the stairs. She is forced to take a step back when she sees Mika sitting on a step. Mika is using her hand phone and saying, “Pee…pee…gaaa.” Alice is frightened and slams herself into the wall. She puts her hands to her head and cries, “No.” when she looks up again, Mika is gone. Alice determinedly resumes her climb up the stairs. She swallows her fear and approaches Lain’s door. She gently pushes the door open and asks, “Is this Lain’s room?” Alice stumbles past all the machinery that is Lain’s Navi system. She calls, “Lain.” Alice’s eyes widen and she jumps back and knocks over some equipment. Lain’s arm is raised just in front of her. Lain emerges from under a pile of wires and clothes. Alice yells, “Lain!” Lain slowly replies, “A..li…ce?” Fear is in Alice’s face but she has come to confront Lain and get her questions answered. Alice asks, “Lain, what did you do?” Lain appears to be somewhat dazed. She replies, “Nothing. I was only watching.” Alice snaps, “What?” Lain just smiles at her. Alice says, “I… I thought that I’d gone crazy. But that’s not it. Why did you leave only mine?” Lain remains silent. Alice continues, “Why did you leave only my memory?” Alice falls to her knees. She is crying. Alice asks, “Why? Why do I only have to remember such a painful memory?” Tears are streaming down Alice’s face. She yells at Lain, “Do you hate me that much? Lain?” Lain looks up at Alice. She is confused by this angry response to all her hard work to erase the rumors about Alice. Shouldn’t she be happy things are better? No one knows about her and the teacher. Alice says, “I can no longer bear this…” Lain says, “No, Alice,” and moves closer to her distraught friend. Lain is now only inches from Alice. Lain says, “Because I don’t want to make you sad.” Alice cries, “No, you did this!” Lain moves closer to Alice. Their faces are almost touching. Lain says, “Alice was alright. You became my friend even though I didn’t connect to you.” Alice says, “What are you saying?” Lain pushes her face closer to Alice’s, almost as if she is going to kiss her, but instead she says, “Alice is my only friend. I don’t need to connect to you.” Alice sits back, away from Lain. “Connect? What do you mean?,” Alice asks. Lain closes her eyes and smiles. She answers, “Everybody and me…” then again gets herself right up into Alice’s face. Alice turns, gets up and runs to get away yelling, “NO!” Lain says, “I love Alice.” Alice stops and turns to Lain and says “Do you know what you are saying?” Lain replies, “Humans have all been connected in their unconsciousness. I’m just reconnecting them. Alice says, “Lain, you…?” Lain interrupts, “I did nothing . Nothing to do with ‘I’ was real here or there. But I was there. I am a program designed to break the barrier between the real World and the Wired.” Alice repeats, “Lain is a program?” Lain explains, “Alice and everyone else are just applications too. In fact, you don’t need your flesh.” Alice and Lain stare at each other. Alice drops back onto her knees. She gently reaches out one of her hands to cup the side of Lain’s face. Lain is startled by her touch. Alice’s face softens as she says, “No.” Lain says, “Eh?” Alice continues, “I’m not sure. But I think you’re wrong. Your body is cold but it’s alive.” Alice removes her hand from Lain’s face. She then takes one of Lain’s hands between her own and places it on her chest. Alice says, “Mine is too. Here.” She allows Lain to feel her beating heart. The two girls remain in that position for several minutes. Alice says, “Doki doki.” (This is a Japanese phrase that is supposed to signify the sound of a beating heart- Shades) Lain repeats, “Doki doki.” The two girls continue to repeat this in unison, then start to laugh. Lain asks, “Why? Why?” Alice replies, “Because I’m scared. My heart is racing because I’m scared.” Lain notes, “But Alice is also laughing.” Alice agrees, “Yes, but I’m scared. I’ve been scared. I wonder why?” Lain repeats, “Why?” The voice of Masami Eiri answers so only Lain can hear, “She is afraid of losing her flesh. You can control that emotion by dodging the impulses of the brain.” Masami appears behind Lain. He is not visible or audible to Alice. Masami continues, “You can refuse unpleasant impulses. You can choose only pleasant and comfortable things.” Lain replies, “Really?” Alice asks, “Lain, are you talking to someone?” Masami says, “Lain if you love her, why don’t you connect with her?” Lain replies, “I don’t know.” Alice grabs Lain by the hands and demands, “Lain, who are you talking to?” Masami says, “You have a little bug. No problem. I’ll debug you for a long time. Come, Lain.” Masami reaches for Lain. Alice jumps as she sees a ghostly hand reach for her friend. Alice stands up and backs away and shrieks. Lain says, “I can’t understand you, God.” Alice gasps, “Are you talking to God?” Masami asks, “What can’t you understand, Lain?” Lain says, “You could make the Wired free from devices. Telephones, televisions, networks. Without them you can’t do a thing.” Masami agrees, “Yes, they were born with human evolution. The most evolved person has the right to evolve them…” Lain turns to look at him and asks, “Who gave you that right?” Masami gasps. Alice becomes even more afraid. Lain states, “A program to synchronize to a peculiar resonance of the Earth is Protocol 7. It makes the group of the unconscious into a consciousness. Did you really invent it by yourself?” Masami’s hand begins to shake. He replies, “What are you saying. It can’t be! It can’t!” He is enraged and spits out, “Are you saying there is no true God?” Lain stands up before replying, “As you already lost your flesh, you can no longer understand it.” She begins to walk towards Alice. Masami cries, “NO! I am all powerful! I made your flesh in the real World.” Lain protectively embraces Alice and begins to pull her away. Masami continues, “I gave you flesh and an absolute ego, which were dispersed in the Wired. And…” Lain calmly interrupts him to ask, “If I am that, what are you?” Masami replies, “I’m not! I…” The girls watch as Masami begins to painfully reclaim his lost flesh from the Wired. His body forms into unnatural configurations of flesh, rendering him into a monstrosity. Lain says, “The Wired is not an upper layer of the real World.” Masami slurs, “What do you mean?” Meanwhile, Alice is trembling with terror. Lain remains calm and says, “Yes, you were a God in the Wired. But before the Wired appeared… You were only the proxy God for those who were waiting for the appearance of the Wired.” Masami is still contorting into a hideous flesh being. He says, “Proxy? That’s not true!” A huge tongue like appendage shoots out of his mouth. It wraps itself around Lain and Alice. Alice screams even more. The tongue lifts them off the ground and squeezes them together. Alice scerams hysterically. Lain cries, “Alice,” and tries to calm her friend down. Lain angrily confronts Masami, “You said that your flesh wasn’t necessary, didn’t you?” All around the room Lain’s Navi equipment begins to explode. Wires come unattached and writhe around like snakes. Lain’s Navi equipment propels towards Masami’s flesh and crushes it into a bloody pulp. Lain and Alice are freed from his grasp. A mountain of the equipment has buried Masami Eiri. Lain holds onto Alice.
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2016-01-29T18:12:17Z

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|layername = INFORNOGRAPHY
|airdate = 1998.09.14
|maincharintro = None
|script = [[Layer 11 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 11 Analysis]]
|prevep = [[Layer 10]]
|nextep = [[Layer 12]]
}}

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] wires herself to her [[NAVI]]
*Various scenes asserting Lain's [[identity]]
*Half an episode's worth of flashbacks
*[[Eiri]] talks to Lain and calls her a piece of software
*[[Chisa]] appears again and Lain speaks to her
*The boy who took [[Accela]] instructs Lain on using a gun to [[suicide|abandon the flesh]]
*Alien Lain visits [[Alice]] and tries to reassure her
*[[Reika]] and [[Juri]] remember nothing about Alice's affair with her [[Alice's teacher|teacher]]

==Long summary==
People are walking in the city. Lain is in her room. She raises an arm towards the ceiling. An electrical cord is wrapped around her arm. A cross walk light turns red. An electrical clip is attached to Lain’s hair. The sound of energy moving through its various conduits can be heard. Numbers and figures scroll on a computer screen. More scenes of the city are presented. Lain connects two electrical plugs. She then attaches an electric conduit patch to her face.

[Title: Infornography Layer 11]

Note from the Cyberia Managers: The first half of this episode consists of a variety of flashback sequences. The sequences do not follow the flow of the story line but rather are presented in some sort of haphazard fashion that ultimately makes… sense. Please consider this as a disclaimer for the content of the first half of this summary. It really will not make much sense until you view it.

It is night time. A bright light illuminates Lain’s bedroom window. The house is quiet. Floating text words appear, “It is now suspicious enough to be called a memory.” Water drips into the kitchen sink which is overfilled with dishes. Clothing is strewn on the floor.

A main menu screen pops up on a Navi screen. It dissolves to show the flow of information through the Wired. The word “Inconvenient Body Hardware” appears on a screen.

Power lines snap and fall to the ground.

A message on a classroom blackboard reads, “I am myself.”

More power lines snap and fall to the ground.

The blackboard now reads, “Lain is Lain.”

Flashback: The mirror ball is spinning at the Cyberia Café and Club. People are dancing. A gunshot causes a stampede of dancers to flee the dance floor. Lain watches as the Accela user shoots himself in the head. His blood splatters onto Lain’s face.

Lain is sitting half dazed on her bedroom floor.

The stock city scenes are shown at an increased rate of speed.

Flashback: Chisa begins her leap off of the building. She says, “You should come here.”

Lain has somehow enabled herself to be a witness to Chisa’s final moments. She is standing a short distance behind Chisa. Lain closes her eyes and looks away as Chisa jumps to her death.

A computer screen scrolls lists of words written in English. An image is present behind the words.

Flashback: Lain and Chisa are walking home from school together. Chisa stops and indicates she must go in a different direction. She waves good bye to Lain.

The floating text words appear and read, “I don’t need to remain here.”

Flashback: Alice is running in her school uniform.

Flashback: Juri and Reika are talking in the city. They are wearing regular clothing.

Flashback: Different quick cut images of the men in black and JJ the DJ of Cyberia.

The words, “Think Different” appear on a screen.

Flashback: Lain is smiling.

Flashback: Mika is standing in Lain’s doorway.

Flashback: The delivery man brings Lain her brand new Navi.

Flashback: Digital Lain watches a female dancer.

Flashback: The PK boy with the ugly cat sweater is sitting on the roof.

Flashback: Professor Hodgeson tells Digital Lain, “Now, let me go. I’m tired.”

Flashback: Lain’s dad laughs at his Navi.

Flashback: Lain’s mom is doing the dishes.

Flashback: Street camera man is walking down the street and smiling.

Flashback: Lain’s teacher is reading from a book.

Flashback: Taro is showing something to Myu Myu and Masayuki. Myu Myu says, “This is the first time I’ve ever seen this.”

Flashback: The men in black’s boss asks Lain, “Iwakura Lain, are you the same person as ‘Lain in the Wired’?”

Flashback: Lain opens the door to her parent’s bedroom and finds it to be empty.

Flashback: Lain’s parents are kissing on the couch.

Flashback: Mika stands in the hall and watches the image of herself fade away. Lain approaches her and catches the tail end of this phenomena

A camera seems to lose its signal and breaks up the image of Mika.

A view of the city at night. An onscreen clock indicates that the time is 1:23 am. Text rolls across the screen. It reads, “A biochemical research group at Tachibana Lab succeeded in analyzing the molecular structure of the genome of a human.”

Flashback: Lain watches in horror as a girl in a sailor school uniform runs in front of a train.

The signal strength starts to waver again and images begin to lose their integrity.

Flashback: Taro kisses Lain at the end of their “date”.

Flashback: Lain is in class. Her hand held Navi is blinking with the message, “Lain is a peeper.”

Flashback: Digital Lain watches in horror as the energy of children is used to fuel the KIDS project.

Flashback: People are dancing at Cyberia.

Flashback: The shorter man in black’s visor shatters as a result of Lain’s anger.

Flashback: A chattering Lain head from the Wired lies disembodied on the ground.

Flashback: Lain runs out of her bedroom to go outside and confront the men in black.

Flashback: A newspaper obituary announces the death of Masami Eiri

Floating text words read, “Come.”

Flashback: A digital image of Lain is in the Wired. It is the image viewed by Lain and the men in black’s boss.

Flashback: The godlike image of Lain parts the clouds in the sky for all to see.

Flashback: The digital body parts are conversing with Digital Lain while she is in the Wired.

Lain’s Navi system is utilizing its cooling unit. Pressure gauges begin to spin.

Flashback: Masami Eiri is holding Digital Lain’s hair. He says, “Poor Lain.”

Flashback: A close up is shown of the alien in Lain’s room .

Flashback: Mika and her parents are standing in a row.

A brief montage of images shows Lain and various groups of people.

Flashback: Digital Lain is choking Lain in the Wired. Lain in the Wired says, “Because I am Lain.” Digital Lain yells, “No!”

A brief montage of images of Lain and her family is shown.

Flashback: The false image of Alice says, “You are no longer needed in the real World.”

Flashback: Digital Lain has her hands around Lain in the Wired’s throat. Lain in the Wired says, “I’ll kill myself?” Digital Lain says, “Why? Why is your body so warm? Why do I feel your body temperature?”

Flashback: Chisa plummets to the ground.

Flashback: Digital Lain and Masami Eiri have their first in person meeting. He informs her, “Yes. I’m God.”

Flashback: Alice is angry as she says, “You…”

A brief montage of images of Lain is shown.

A long montage of footage of Alice is shown. Most of the scenes seem to demonstrate Alice caring for Lain.

A sentence pops up on a screen. It keeps rewriting the message, “Alice love needs you.”

The end of the flashback part of the episode…..

It is dark outside. A bright light illuminates from Lain’s bedroom window. Lain is slumped on the floor. Electrical cords are wrapped all around her. She has a device clipped to her lower lip. She appears to be exhausted from her work as she melts to a laying position on the floor.

Masami Eiri appears in Lain’s room. Her hovers above her and asks, “Are you tired?” Lain replies, “I’m tired.” Masami says, “You’ve certainly something, as I expected. You downloaded the emulators for all of your Navis into your brain. But that is dangerous. It’s too much for your current brain capacity.” Lain asks him, “Am I a machine?” Masami does not reply. Lain continues, “Don’t talk to me as if I’m a machine…” Masami seems apologetic, “I didn’t mean to. It’s a problem due to software. Lain you are software not hardware.” Lain repeats, “Software?” Masami says, “Yes. You are an executable program of flesh.” Lain shakes her head no and slowly attempts to get up. She is too weak to do so and falls back down. Masami left the room.

The hum of the power lines echo in the night. Digital Lain is walking down a street. She tells the wires, “Shut up.” (Finally! I’m so sick of that hum- Shades) The hum persists so Digital Lain again yells, “Shut up!” The second time was the charm and all is silent. A strange energy form is crouched by a street light pole. It passes before Digital Lain. As it passes out of her vision another image has been left in its path. It is Chisa. Digital Lain’s eyes light up and she says, “Chisa.” Digital Lain walks closer to Chisa. Digital Lain says, “Chisa, I used to walk home with you every day.” Chisa does not reply. Digital Lain continues, “Now I understand what you said, Chisa.” Chisa says, “Lain,” and shakes her head “no”. Lain says, “What?”

A male voice says from behind Digital Lain, “It’s simple to die Lain, isn’t it?” He is the boy who killed himself at Cyberia while high on Accela. He has his laser sight handgun with him. Chisa says, “Death is not simple.” Accela boy corrects her, “It’s simple Lain. You already have a tool for it.” Lain asks, “What?” She looks down and sees his gun is now in her hand. She tests the heft of it. Accela boy says, “I already released the safety. Its trigger is too heavy. Hold it with both of your hands. Push it with your thumb. It’s too heavy for a girl.” Digital Lain turns the gun towards her head. The red laser light pinpoints several targets on her face. Accela boy asks Lain, “Why? Why do you still want to stay in the real World? You called me here.” Digital Lain says, “I can’t.” Accela boy reminds her, “The flesh in not necessary.” Digital Lain disagrees, “No.”

“Lain.” A muffled female voice has called her name. Digital Lain turns to see who it is. Accela boy and Chisa have disappeared. The background around her has changed. Digial Lain now appears to be standing in a ditch with dirt mounds and power lines above her. Digital Lain asks aloud, “What is this?”

A light shines from Alice’s bedroom widow. A female voice says, “We’ll meet him after school tomorrow. He looks pretty good.” Alice is watching a video Navi mail message from Juri. Juri continues in her message, “If you make him your boyfriend everybody will think that the rumor about the teacher is untrue. I’ll tell you more tomorrow. Good bye.”

Alice remains sitting on the floor of her bedroom. She ponders the implications of her situation with the teacher. She thinks to herself, “It is not a lie.” Alice’s door creaks open. Alice looks up and is shocked to see a short figure is at her door. Alice asks, “Who?” It appears to be the alien wearing the stripped red and green sweater. Alice still can’t make out the identity of her guest so she asks again, “Who’s there?” Alice now sees that it is Lain at the door. But Lain has the arms, legs, and stripped green and red sweater of the alien. Alice is upset upon seeing Lain and says, “Lain. Why…because…?” Alice is barely able to say the words. She is still devastated by Lain’s apparent betrayal of her privacy. Alien Lain says, “It was not me. I didn’t peek at your secret. I didn’t spread the rumor in the Wired.” Alice composes herself and moves to sit on her bed. She swallows the lump caught in her throat. Alice says, “It was Lain. Lain did it. I definitely saw you.” Alien Lain defends herself, “It was not me. It would seem that there are many ‘I’s’. The other ‘I’ did it.” Alice is confused. “What are you saying,” she asks. Alien Lain replies, “There may also be more than one Alice.” Alice’s eyes widen in shock. Alien Lain says, “but even if I say it wasn’t me, you’ll still believe it. So I’ll make it so that it never happened. I made all possible efforts to do so.” She seems to be pleased with herself. Alice asks, “What do you mean?” Alien Lain explains, “We no longer need devices. I already broke the barrier between the Wired and the real World. So I can go anywhere I want. So I’m here now. I can make anything that has already happened never have happened.” Alice can only reply, “Lain.” Alien Lain shrinks back towards the door. Alice looks confused and concerned. The image of Lain has disappeared. Alice begins to cry. She repeats to herself, “I’m scared. I’m scared.”

Alice is walking to school. Juri and Reika greet her, “Alice, good morning.” They both seem to be in good moods. Alice is not. She politely returns the greeting, “Good morning,” but there is no real feeling to her statement. Reika does not miss a beat and asks, “What is wrong? You look depressed today.” Juri has a different thought about the cause of Alice’s down mood and asks, “Are you having your period today?” Reika, the queen of insensitivity, uncharacteristically scolds Juri for a comment she herself usually might make. She tells Juri, “You’re so insensitive.” Juri appears to be incredulous at the new, sensitive Reika and sputters, “But…!” Alice says, “Juri, I’m not sure I want to go today.” She is making reference to the plans Juri left on her message regarding hooking up with a new guy. Juri appears to be confused, “What ? What will you do today?” Alice asks her, “Didn’t you give me a [[CU Mail]]?” Juri replies, “What? Yesterday I…” Reika interjects, “Alice you’re acting strange today.” Alice’s gaze shifts towards the school guard gate. Her teacher/lover is checking in with the guard. Reika sees who she is looking at and says, “Alice.” Juri notes, “That teacher looks good.” Reika declares, “There is a rumor that he loves a girl who’s a third year student in this school.” Juri is shocked by this information and says, “Really? That’s immoral.” Alice looks at her two friends. She thinks they are playing with her by pretending not to know that she is the girl in question and says, “Um…a…” They reply in unison, “What? What is it?” Alice says, “I…that teacher…” Juri and Reika look stunned. Reika asks, “What? Is there some relationship between you and that teacher?’ Juri adds, “Could it be? Do you love him?” Alice looks perplexed. Reika and Juri were both aware of her secret affair with the teacher, yet they both are acting like they have no knowledge of it. Reika shoots down Juri’s question by stating, “No. It’s too late.” Juri agrees, “He already has a girl.” Alice casts her gaze downwards. Reika says, “You look unusual today.” Juri adds, “It’s strange.” Alice’s eyes widen. She is beginning to realize that her two friends really do not know about her affair with the teacher. It then dawns on her how this could have come to pass. Alice turns and sees Lain approaching the school. Alice and Lain stare at each other. Juri waves and yells, “Lain! Good morning!” Reika yells, “Hurry up!” Juri repeats this sentiment, “Hurry! Hurry Lain!” Alice studies Lain’s face. Alice thinks to herself, “Lain, did you really…?” Lain smiles at Alice. Alice notes this, “Lain smiled.”
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==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] and [[Eiri]] talk in exchanged bodies about [[God]]
*Lain is treated as nonexistent in school and [[Alice]] tells her she is unneeded in the [[real world]]
*Lain goes [[Lain's house|home]] to find an empty house with wilted plants
*Lain's "father", [[Yasuo]], gives her a final farewell
*[[Taro]], [[Masayuki]] and [[Myu-Myu]] see the [[news]] in an empty [[Cyberia]]
*As the list of the [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]] members plays on the [[Net News]], the [[Men in Black]] assassinate many of the Knights. Others commit [[Suicide in Serial Experiments Lain|suicide]].
*The MIB talk to Lain and the taller one, Carl, tells her he loves her
*Eiri speaks with his sole living believer, Lain, again and is soon rejected

==Long summary==
The stock opening footage is shown. No voice over is added. Only the ever present hum of the electrical wires is heard….

[Title: Love Layer 10]

A close up view of Lain's eye. "The one truth…God," she says to herself. She is facing the visage of Masami Eiri. He is the self proclaimed God in the Wired, Deus. He says, "Yes it is me Lain." Lain just looks at him.

Flashback to the Yamanote Line rail track 13. This is where Masami Eiri was killed by a train.

Lain asks Masami, "Are you God?" He replies, "Yes, I'm God." He verbalizes the questions flooding her mind, "How can you be a God? I don't understand. Aren't you already dead as a human? You can't be a God." Lain replies, "I understand that the flesh is not necessary. Death is only a means to abandon the flesh." Masami seems surprised that she is so matter of fact about the subject. He says, "This is about Chisa."

Flashback to Chisa's death. The floating text words appear, "I… don't need to be here."

Lain confirms his statement, "It is… yes…. But I improved the Protocol that rules the Wired." Masami smiles, "Yes, you did. But the Protocol is only an agreement." Lain agrees, "Yes. But I programmed a code that will function in a higher phase." Masami rebukes her, "So what?" Lain looks up at him and says, "I programmed some compressed information into the Protocol as a code." Masami asks, "What kind of information?" Lain replies, "A human's memory…. All the thoughts, problems, memories, and emotions of myself," then she lets him know she is aware of his true identity, "Masami Eiri." Masami asks, "What does it mean?" Lain says, "I can live forever in the Wired as an anonymous existence, and rule there by information."

"What should you be called," Masami asks of her. Lain replies, "God." Masami cautions, "There is no God." Lain is unfazed by his remark, "Even if I could be a common existence in the Wired and affect it, I can't be a God without believers." Masami says, "But there are. No, you created them." Lain replies, "Knights." Masami and Lain stare at each other. Masami ends the stare down and disappears. He does not leave without a few parting words, "You don't need your flesh Lain." Lain gets an angry look on her face. "No. You're lying," she emphatically declares. Thus concludes their first "in person" meeting.

Lain walks into her classroom. Her classmates are giggling and talking amongst themselves. Lain watches as Alice and Reika hang out with Juri at Juri's desk. The three girls seem to be deeply engrossed in their conversation. Lain walks to the front row towards her desk. She becomes alarmed as she realizes her desk is missing. She stands dumbfounded in the space it once occupied. The teacher walks in and the class representative commands the class, " Stand up! Bow!" Lain remains motionless. The teacher instructs her class, "Now put away your textbooks." (Ahhh….Pop quiz!!…@#%#!!Thank God those days are looonnggg goonnee- Shades ^ /^;) The teacher starts to hand out a test. When she gets to Lain's row, she hands the test right past Lain, as though she cannot see her. Lain's hands are set in a position indicating she is ready to receive the test. She is stunned that the teacher is unaware of her presence. Lain looks down at her empty hands and says, "I…I'm real…. I'm alive….I'm here…. Why have things come to this? Did I do something wrong? I've always tried not to do so. I've always tried not to say something wrong…. Is it true? I really might not have flesh?" Lain turns to look for Alice, her protector, her friend. Alice says, "You're right Lain. You are no longer needed in the real World." Lain's eyes widen. Alice is quietly completing her quiz. She has said nothing in reality. Lain looks as if her life is spinning out of control. Her classmates continue to take their exam, unaware of her.

Lain is walking home. Her shadow seems to be full of energy. Lain's house is very dark. She enters and announces, "I'm home." No one responds. Lain begins to check each room. They are all devoid of any human presence. Her parents room is unoccupied, its beds stripped. It almost seems as though the house was quickly abandoned. The refrigerator door was left open. Plants have died on the window sill from lack of care. Mika's room is messy and minus Mika. Clothes and personal effects are strewn on the floor.

Lain has a flashback of Mika. Mika is saying, "Pee pee. Gaaa…." Lain bends down and starts to collect her sister's belongings. She hears a noise from behind her. Lain turns and sees her dad is standing in the doorway. She puts the items down and stands up to greet him, "Papa?" Her dad says, "It is now time for us to say goodbye, Lain." Lain looks puzzled. He continues, "Didn't you notice? Our job is over. Although it was a short time, I couldn't do enough for you. Now you are free. You can do whatever you wish." Lain continues to stand and look at her father with a blank look on her face. Lain's dad says, "No, you have been free since the beginning. Although I was not allowed to tell you goodbye, I loved you." Lain is still motionless and speechless. Her dad adds, "I didn't enjoy pretending to be a family. But I think that I did envy you. Bye." He turns and leaves the room. Lain stares at the spot he vacated. She collects herself and yells, "Wait," then runs after him. He is walking down the stairs when he hears her. Lain yells down to him, "Don't leave me alone!" Without turning to look at her he replies, "Alone? You are not alone." Lain gasps. Her dad continues, "When you connect to the Wired, you will always be welcomed. That is the reason you were born." He continues his exit from the household they shared. Lain stands confused and afraid at the top of the stairs. Her family, if that's who they really were, is gone.

A scene of the city. A light mist rolls across the streets. Lain says, "I am not alone." Digital Lain is in the Wired. Shadowy figures walk by her. Energy passes through the circuit wires. A female voice asks her, "Do you want to do something Lain? This is your world, Lain." Digital Lain looks up and asks, "Who are the Knights? They may have created a false me." A male voice answers, "I don't agree." Another male voice interjects, "It's possible. It seems that the Knights of Eastern Calculus originated with the temple Knights. They have used 'the group of the unconscious' before the appearance of the Wired. 'The group of the unconscious' is an invisible network between humans." The female voice asks, "What do you want to know Lain?" Digital Lain now seems to be standing in the cityscape with the light mist. Her question is, "Knights…. Who are the Knights?" The female voice replies, "Do you want to know, Lain?" Digital Lain says, "God in the Wired can be God because there are believers of God." Everything fades to black around Digital Lain. She gasps in surprise as huge amounts of energy seem to blast through the Wired.

An outside view of the Cyberia Café and Club. The club is empty save for Taro, Masayuki, and Myu Myu. Masayuki says, "Taro, shall we go to another place? Don't you feel bored?" Taro is preoccupied with his pocket Navi. Myu Myu agrees, "How about going to my house?" Myu Myu looks at Masayuki and says, "Masayuki, you don't need to come." Masayuki is clueless, "What are you saying?" Myu Myu answers, "Taro will not keep you company. You are still a child." Masayuki grimaces and says, "What are you saying? You're also a child, Myu Myu." Taro is still staring at his Navi, oblivious to their conversation. The screen displays the words, "Knights of the Eastern Calculus." Images of the Knights and their names appear under the banner. The image of [[Takuyoshi Masuoka]], and [[Masatsugu Shoko]] appear, along with their names. Taro's eyes widen. He is concerned with the implications of this information. Myu Myu says, "I'm a girl. Younger is always better for girls. Right, Taro?" ( I hope she's not talking about what I think she's talking about. That would be…wrong- Shades) Taro ignores the both of them and continues to watch as the secret membership of the Knights became public knowledge. Masayuki asks him, "What does the Net News say?" Taro can only respond with, "List." Myu Myu asks, "What list?" She and Masayuki try to peer over Taro's shoulder. Taro says, "Why is there a list of the members of Knights on the Net News?" Myu Myu and Masayuki look at each other with puzzled looks on their faces. They don't grasp the gravity of the situation and resume peeking over Taro's shoulder.

The businessman's name is [[Takuyoshi Masuoka]]. He is in his office and is horrified to see his name and image posted on the Net News. He rolls his chair away from his Navi. He begins to shove papers and disks into a briefcase. Panic spreads across his features. There is a knock on his door. "Y..yes…" he asks? In walk the men in black, Carl and the shorter guy. They stop in front of Takuyoshi's desk. The shorter man says, "Don't say a thing." Takuyoshi backs away from them. His back is pressed to a huge window, which overlooks the city. Carl moves closer and says, "Take your responsibility." Carl them muffles Takuyoshi's mouth with one hand and injects a liquid into the stunned man's neck with his other hand. Takuyoshi falls to the floor. A lightning bolt punctuates the moment.

The secretary of Takuyoshi Masuoka softly knocks on her boss's door. He does not respond. She opens the door and gasps as she sees her boss slumped over in his chair with his head on his desk, dead.

The scene shifts to the apartment of red headband man. He is laying spread-eagled on his bed, dead. A small reading lamp is pointed down at his mouth. The light illuminates the fact that his mouth will remain frozen open in silent protest.

The scene shifts to the home of [[Masatsugu Shoko]]. The jet fighter game is once again being played by her son, Syo. Syo informs his mom, "Mom, I lost." So engrossed in his game is he that Syo does not notice his mother is slumped at the kitchen table, her Navi before her. Syo says, "Earth to mom." An overheard view of her at the table confirms she is not only slumped at the table, but that she is dead. A pool of what appears to be blood, seeps from her head. Syo continues to talk with her, "It's your turn. If you won't play I'll continue it." Her Navi is still on. The last name Graver scrolls on the screen. It is followed by the name Janet Ginger. Syo says, "Mom, I'll beat you."

A news reporter announces, "Many people killed themselves all over the world today. The information agency and the police in each country started to investigate the cases." The screen shows the lifeless forms of some of the deceased. "All of them were concerned with network service. Informed sources says that they were members of a group called 'Knights'." The screen shows the symbol of the Knights. The news is turned off.

Lain is sitting in front of her Navi. Her eyes are half shut. (I could have said half open, so I guess that makes me a 'the glass is half empty' kind of girl- Shades) Some type of instrument is clipped to her lower lip. A cord is wrapped all around her body. Her multiple Navi screens flash with different messages behind her. Lain looks exhausted. Two pairs of feet are going upstairs to Lain's room. It is the men in black, Carl and the shorter guy. They open the door to her room. Carl enters first. The shorter man chuckles. Lain asks them, "Why did you do it?" Carl answers, "It was a request from our client. You found out the members of Knights all over the world. Now we are killing them all over the world." Lain says, "But that's…" She is interrupted by Carl. He continues, "The Wired must not be a special world. It must only help the real world." Lain says, "But…" Now she is interrupted by the shorter man, "You also must not exist in the Wired. But you are still alive." He chuckles before finishing his thought, "You may have the protection of God," and chuckles again. Carl says, "Soon, the remaining ghost of Masami Eiri in the Wired will be disinfected. Our client is now working to rewrite all of Protocol 7." Lain does not reply so Carl says, "We don't need God." The shorter man adds, "In the Wired or in the real World." He chuckles and leaves the room. Carl stares at Lain. He removes his visor and says, "We still can't even understand what you are." Lain remains unresponsive. Carl adds, "But I love you. Love is a strange emotion, isn't it?" Carl leaves the room. He walks past his still chuckling partner. Lain closes her eyes.

Digital Lain is in the Wired. Her image has returned to the location where she first met Masami Eiri. Digital Lain asks, "What will you do?" Masami Eiri appears. He repeats the question, "Well, what shall I do?" Digital Lain says, "You have no believers left." Wind whips by both Digital Lain and Masami. He says, "If so, I can't remain God. But there's one believer left. If there is one believer I'm still God." Digital Lain asks, "Who?" Masami chides her, "Don't say that! It's you Lain." When she does not respond he continues, "You can be you, because of me. You were born in the Wired. You were a legend in the Wired and a fairy tale heroine in the Wired." Digital Lain says, "A lie." Masami responds, "Iwakura Lain in the real World is only a hologram of it. You are a homologous by artificial ribosome. You have never had a true body." At this, Digital Lain turns her head to look at Masami. She again says, "A lie."

Scene shift to another part of the city. Masami says, "False family, false friends…everything was false." Digital Lain says, "A lie" and her eyes brim up with tears. Then she yells, "No, that's not true!" Masami is holding Digital Lain's hair. He says, "I pity you, Lain. You are completely alone now. But I am with you. I love you. You'll love me, the one who sent you to this world." Tears freely fall from Digital Lain's eyes. Masami says, "I am your creator." He nuzzles his face into her hair then says, "Love me…please, Lain."

Digital Lain says, "Another." Masami looks a little worried and asks, "What?" Digital Lain pulls away from him and says, "Another me." Masami says, "Not another you. It's the real you." He puts his hand on Digital Lain's shoulder. She quickly shrugs it off and turns to look at him. She angrily says, "It doesn't matter which it is!" Her words seem to ripple with power. Masami is literally almost blown away by them. He chuckles. Power lines snap around Digital Lain and fall to her feet. She is left standing alone.
( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer10.php Source] )

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|airdate = 1998.08.31
|maincharintro = None
|script = [[Layer 09 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 09 Analysis]]
|prevep = [[Layer 08]]
|nextep = [[Layer 10]]
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==Short summary==
*An alien walks into [[Lain]]'s room
*Information about various [[memory]] storage [[conspiracy|theories]] such as MEMEX and Project Xanadu
*[[JJ]] gives Lain a mysterious chip
*Lain invites [[Taro]] to her room and interrogates him about the chip
*[[Mika]] starts being a modem
*Information on the [[Schumann resonances]]
*Exposition about [[Eiri]]'s [[Protocol 7]] involvement, dismissal and death
*Eiri appears before Lain

==Long summary==
Stock opening footage replays scenes of the city and its people at night. A female voice says, "If you want to avoid the pain, you should believe in God. Whether you believe in God or not, he is always with you."

[Title: Protocol Layer 09]

Old newsreel style footage is showing scenes of a desert. A male voice announces over the footage, "On July 4, 1947 an unidentified flying object fell in a New Mexico desert." The footage seems to pan over a strange object. The announcer continues, "It has still not been proven what it was. Guesses became facts and rumors became histories."

The power lines are humming. Lain is wearing her bear suit. She appears sad. Her Navi equipment is running with out her participation. The door to her room creaks open. Light can be seen through the crack. 'KERPLOSH.' It sounds as if someone has taken a step into Lain's room. Lain's bedroom floor is still covered with a layer of water from her Navi's cooling system. Lain hears the sound and asks, "Who?" Another splash is the only reply to her question. A steam valve releases pressure with soft exhales of air. Yet another splashy step is heard. Lain moves into a more alert sitting position. She crawls over her bed to peek around the corner of all her equipment. There is a short figure standing by the bedroom door. Lain's eyes widen and she sucks in air in surprise. The figure has an alien like appearance. It has long arms and a too big for its body head. It is also wearing a red and green striped sweater. Lain's eyes practically bug out of her head. The figure is an alien. It has the large, dark, almond shaped eyes often described by alien enthusiasts. The alien is smiling at Lain. After staring at each other for a moment, the alien disappears. Lain assumes a more compact sitting position. The sad look has returned to her face.

More newsreel information is shown. A photo of a man and a manila envelope is exhibited. The announcer explains, "In 1984, Jaime Shandera, a television producer, received an undeveloped film and some documents in a brown envelope from an anonymous person." An image of a document labeled 'Top Secret/ Majic' is shown. The announcer continues, "The so-called 'MJ-12 document' was in the film." The names of thirteen men and their corresponding photos are shown. The men are: Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Dr. Vannevar Bush, Secretary James V. Forrestal, General Nathan F. Twining, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Dr. Detlev Bronk, Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, Mr. Sidney W. Souers, Mr. Gordan Gray, Dr. Donald Menzel, General Robert M. Montague, and Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner. The announcer informs, "It was said that following the Roswell incident, twelve people made a secret promise with extra-terrestrials under President Truman's direct orders. Roscoe Hillenkoetter, Director of the CIA at the time, was among the twelve people. Now it is well known that President Truman's signature was only copied from another document. Vannevar Bush, the head of the department at MIT, was also of the twelve 'MJ-12' members."

Lain commands her Navi, "Connect Wired." The menu screen appears. Lain closes her eyes and appears to go into a meditative state. In the Wired, three energy beings are present. One has only a mouth, one an eye, and the third, an ear. Digital Lain appears among the figures. She is questioning someone, "How can you make something that has already happened never have happened?" One of the images responds, "Are you Lain? I see." Digital Lain replies, "I don't know you, but you know me." The image tells her, "Information may not always flow bi-directional." Digital Lain is wearing the bear suit. There are several more energy beings standing around her. A male voice says, "You have been here since this Wired was created. You are free in here." Digital Lain gestures angrily and states, "But it's not me!" The male voiced image continues, "Yes, how long have we been here?" Digital Lain turns her head towards the voice. It continues, "I know we have not been here since the World was created." Another voice yells, "It's nothing to be concerned about! If existence can be remembered, it is already a record." A female being continues, "Do you wonder how old she is. She's still a child." Digital Lain snaps, "We're not talking about me now!" All of the energy beings disappear. Digital Lain is left alone. A look of fury is etched on her face.

More old photos from the newsreel collection are shown. This time the photos are of people and historical events. The male announcer says, "Vannevar Bush put forward a new plan to extend memories called MEMEX, in 1945. It was a system to review information in a microfilm on a half transparent screen. He planned to compress information and access it quickly. Bush led the Manhatten Project, an experiment with the atom bomb. He also made a basis for multimedia at the same time."

Lights reflect off of the mirror ball at Cyberia. A dance track pounds bass through the air. JJ the disc jockey looks up from his booth and sees Lain. He puts his fingers to his mouth and whistles to get her attention. His attempt is successful and she looks his direction. JJ gestures with his finger for Lain to come to him. Lain walks over to his booth. He bends down and gets an envelope. He tells Lain, "You forgot this." Lain asks, "What?" JJ moves to hand her the envelope. "Here- you forgot this yesterday. I'll trash it if you don't need it." Lain asks, "Did I forget this?" JJ replies, "I said you did." Lain gingerly takes the envelope from JJ's hand. She opens it on the dance floor and empties its contents into her hand. It is a microchip. Lain's eye widen. The sound of the music goes silent to her as she focuses all of her attention on the item in her hand.

Another photo of a man is exhibited. The male announcer says, "John C. Lilly searched the human unconsciousness with an experiment that cut off the senses by using drugs and an isolation tank. He thought that he was connected to something like an existence in space. He called it E.C.C.O., Earth Coincidence Control Office, which he led." Images of an isolation tank and alien type figures are shown. Next the image of a dolphin swimming underwater is shown. The male announcer states, "After that, Lilly became a researcher of dolphins. Dolphins can communicate in water via ultrasonic waves of a wide range.

At Cyberia, Myu-Myu, Masayuki, and Taro are seated around a table. Lain is still there. Masayuki looks up and gently elbows Taro. Taro lazily asks, "What?" Masayuki points and Taro looks up to see Lain. She says to him, "I promised you before." Taro seems confused, "Huh…What?" Lain clarifies, "I'll go on a date with you." Myu- Myu almost falls out of her seat when she hears the statement. There is a moment of silence as her words sink in with all three children. Lain repeats, "I'll go out on a date with you." Myu-Myu is beyond jealous. "Really? Did you really say that?" Taro seems confused. "Did I promise?" Myu-Myu answers for him, "No way! No way!" Taro closes his eyes and says, "Even if I did, I don't want to date the current you, Lain." Myu- Myu snaps, "Taro, you idiot." Lain says, "She is the same as me. I am myself. I am only one person." Taro's eyes open wide. Myu-Myu and Masayuki sit back in shock. Lain has an angry look in her eyes.

It is nighttime. Light can be seen from Lain's bedroom window. Taro's voice can be heard, "Awesome." Taro and Lain are standing in her room. Taro is impressed by the complexity of her Navi system. He continues, "You made this very well." Pressure gauges spin and steam is released. Taro says, "I see. This synchronizes those parallel processors. It's not smart, but it is extendible. How do you cool this thing down?" Lain softly says, "Taro." Taro does not seem to hear her. He excitedly attempts to answer his own question. "Is this liquid carbon?" he asks. Lain says, "Sit over there." Taro says, "Huh?" and turns toward Lain.

Taro seats himself in front of Lain's main Navi screen. Lain places an object down in front of him. "You know what this is don't you?" she asks. It is the microchip she received at Cyberia from JJ. Taro looks shocked. Lain asks, "You are Taro aren't you?" A bead of sweat forms on his brow. His stunned expression changes to one of concern. Lain asks, "You are a Knight, aren't you?" Taro looks like a deer that was caught in the headlights. He turns and looks at Lain. She is standing over him. She does not look happy. Fear spreads across Taro's face. He cries, "You are… the true Lain!" Lain states, "I'm not sure if there's another me in the Wired or not. But in the real world, there is no other me than myself." Lain leans down to get closer to Taro. She continues, "One other me with flesh only appeared in the club. It would be enough to modify the memories of those who were there." Taro casts his eyes away from Lain's face. He stammers, "I can't…" Then Taro jumps out of the chair and moves away from Lain. He accidentally falls to the floor. Lain is standing over him. Several wall mounted computer screens turn on behind her. Lain commands, "Play track 44." Industrial type music pulsates in her room. Taro's teeth are clenched as he watches her.

Downstairs the muffled sounds of music can be heard. Lain's parents are in the family room. Her mom is sitting on her dad's lap. Lain's dad says, "It'll all be over soon." His wife does not reply. Lain's dad continues, "Finally…" His wife gently caresses his face and draws her face closer to his. She says, "So please, before it's too late…" Then she plants a big kiss upon his lips.

Mika is sitting in the next room. She is slumped against the wall in the dark. She is still unsuccessfully attempting to speak. Her eyes glance to the left as though she hears something. Mika then positions the pinky and thumb of her right hand to look like a phone. She lifts her "phone" to her head and clearly speaks for the first time in a while. "Pee, pee, pee. Roger. Pee, pee, pee…. Now transmitting. Pee pee , pee…" Mika keeps repeating the same message.

Upstairs the music is still blaring. Lain begins to walk towards Taro. He is very afraid. Lain commands the music to stop. Taro sits up, "It wasn't me. But I know that the data JJ receives has such an effect." Lain crouches down to get more eye level with Taro. Lain shows Taro the microchip again and asks, "If I install this chip, how will I be? Commit suicide? Lose my senses?" Taro snaps, "I don't know. I'm too young to be a formal member of the Knights. I'm only…" Lain interrupts him by shoving the microchip in his mouth. "What will I do," she again asks him. Taro attempts to answer with the object still held in his mouth by Lain. He says, "It's an involatile memory. It'll rewrite the memories that already exist." Lain asks, "What kind of memories?" He replies, "I don't know." Lain takes the chip out of his mouth. Taro breathes a sigh of relief. He stands up and informs Lain, "The Knights are not just crackers, Lain." She turns her head to look at him. Taro says, "You are strange. So the Knights became interested in you. The Knights fight in order to make only one truth real." Lain appears confused by this so she says, "I can't understand. What's the one truth?" Taro replies, "I've never been told because I'm not a formal member of Knights. But it's true. Truth is strong because it is true. Truth is justice because it is true. Don't you think it's very persuasive? Don't you also want such a truth?" No reply from Lain.

Taro says, "I should go back. Myu-Myu will get jealous of you." He starts to walk out of the room. Lain says, "Taro, thank you." Taro stops and says, "You…" He turns, walks back to Lain, and plants a kiss on her lips. Lain is stunned. Taro explains his behavior, "It is a date. I am a man." Taro leaves the room. Lain watches him go with a still shocked look on her face. She puts her fingers to her lips. She retrieves a gum like substance from her mouth and looks at it.

Yet more newsreel photos are shown. The photo of a man is onscreen. The announcer states, "Ted Nelson who learned from renegade pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly claimed a plan called 'Xanadu' (So that' s who is responsible for that awful but strangely addicting movie starring Olivia Newton John. One of my guilty pleasures- Shades) that is an electric library in a satellite that can be used from anywhere on earth via electromagnetic waves and a telephone receiver. (Oops, wrong Xanadu. I'll have to continue my pursuit of the creator of that movie elsewhere- Shades). It is a Mongolian Utopia where every text culture will exist forever. That is why it is called Xanadu, because its hypertext can make it real in the world. Ted Nelson will go down in history as a proponent of it."

Lain is wearing her school uniform and standing outside a door with the two men in black. The shorter one opens it for her. Mika and her parents are in the room. A hand pushes Lain into the room. Lain looks on in silence at her motionless family. Another hand grabs Lain's hand and leads her away. It is her dad and he is taking her to another room. The room is fully furnished. They head to another door.

At the same moment in time, Lain is sitting in front of her Navi. She turns her head and sees a blurred figure at her door. It is her dad and the "Lain" wearing the school uniform. Lain asks, "Is that me?" "Lain," replies, "Yes. This is me." Lain asks, "Who are those people." "Lain" answers, "I don't know because I'm you." Lain's face falls, "It's not true…everything must be a lie. Why do you do that?"

An image of the Earth spinning is the next topic of the newsreel. The announcer says, "The Earth itself has peculiar electromagnetic waves. There are always resonances at 8HZ in ELF bands between the ground and the ionosphere. It is called the Schumann Resonance. It is a brain wave of the Earth. However we still don't know how it affects humans. The human population of the Earth will become the same number as the number of neurons in the brain. Douglas Rachov claims that it will awaken the consciousness of the Earth itself by connecting humans to each other via a network. The network has spread so quickly, it has become like a neural network in the brain. Therefore the Earth itself will become one neural network of electromagnetic synapse signals."

Lain is again alone in her room. She is looking upwards. Lain says, "The one truth, God." The Wired God replies, "Yes it is me."

A sheet of paper has the words "The effectiveness of the applying Schumann Resonance to the Wired Network" written on it. The male announcer says, "Eiri Masami was a chief research worker for Tachibana Lab." The sheet of paper has the name Masami Eiri M. Sc written on the bottom of it. The announcer continues his discussion of Masami, "He improved the theory of the neural network of the Earth itself. He said that the unconsciousness of all humankind would be connected to a wireless network with out devices by means of the Schumann Effect." An image of two men working at a computer is shown. One is Masami Eiri. The other man bears more than a strong resemblance to Lain's dad. The announcer continues, "He added a function to use the Schumann Resonance to the 7th protocol in code by his own discretion."

A railroad track is marked with a placard bearing the number 13. Rain is gently falling. People are walking by the track. The announcer says, "When Tachibana Lab learned of this they dismissed him. One week later, Eiri was found dead, killed after being run over at the Yamanote Line railway." The people are investigators. They carefully collect the remains of Masami Eiri. There is an obituary for him in the paper along with a photograph of his face.

Lain seems to be standing outside. The power lines emit their hum. A figure is standing down away, directly across from Lain. Lain strains to see who the figure is. It is a man in a lab coat. He has some kind of thick adhesive tape wrapped around one arm and his torso. It looks as if he has been taped back together. He has a bare chest under his coat. Long hair cannot conceal that it is the face of Masami Eiri. He has two red lines painted vertically on his face. One line is drawn under each eye. He stares at Lain.
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Layer 08

2016-01-29T18:09:27Z

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|layername = RUMORS
|airdate = 1998.08.24
|maincharintro = [[Alice's teacher]]
|script = [[Layer 08 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 08 Analysis]]
|prevep = [[Layer 07]]
|nextep = [[Layer 09]]
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==Short summary==
*Someone on the [[Wired]] tells Lain about [[Tachibana Labs]]' involvement in [[Protocol 7]]
*Lain tells her parents about [[Boss|someone]] questioning her [[identity]] and they stare at her
*[[Deus]] speaks to Lain
*Everyone stares at Lain and she is called a peeping-tom
*Evil Lain spies on [[Alice]]
*Lain tries to choke her evil self to death and then sees millions of chattering Lain mannequins
*Lain wipes the [[memory]] of the rumours
*Lain tries to greet Alice, [[Reika]] and [[Juri]] but another Lain replaces her

==Long summary==
Night time in the city. Stock footage of cars and people. A female voice asks, “Do you want to hurt yourself too? Do you want to feel your mind scraped by a rasp? If you want that never turn your eyes away.”

[Title: Rumors Layer: 08]

A sword slices across the screen. A digitized image of a boy is the user of the sword. He is Taro. He is disposing a digitized foe. The foe is defeated and the sword is sheathed. Taro is speaking to someone, “Nobody knows if there’s a God in the Wired or not. Whether there is a God here or not makes no difference to the user. Lain, wait for a while. I’ll get him!” Taro summons the sword back to his hands. He is fighting a giant monster. A [[Metaphorize|metaphorized]] Lain is watching him battle. She asks, “Why are you interested in killing other players so much?” Taro replies, “Nobody knows what's fun or why.” Digital Lain appears skeptical, “Hmmm..”

Lain is seated in front of her Navi. “Tachibana Lab was written on that door plate,” she comments to her Navi. Lain clicks on her mouse and her image on the battlefield with Taro disappears. A screen pops up with the English sentence “CUM ON IN”. A glowing, multicolored image of a woman floats in midair. Wired Lain is watching. A male voice says, “Tachibana is a huge company. So they shy away from illegal activities. But I’ve heard a rumor.” Digital Lain scowls, “A rumor?” The male voice says, “Do you know why we can communicate in the Wired?” Lain counters, “So you're testing me? I believe you are referring to the IP.” The male voice says laughingly, “Sorry. That's right. We aren’t usually aware of the protocol. But the current protocol, the 6th generation, has already reached its data throughput limit.” Digital Lain says, “The 7th protocol.” The male voice agrees, “Yes, the 7th protocol. The ones in control of its infrastructure are the corporations. The reasoning is that if they rule the protocol, they will rule the whole economy in the Wired. Because of this, there have been many sabotage attempts. The people behind it are…” “…Tachibana Labs,” Lain completes for him. She then turns to leave. The male voice softly chuckles.

Lain walks out of her room. Her sister Mika is slumped in the hallway. Lain says, “Sister.” Mika is only able to articulate guttural sounds. Lain walks downstairs and sees the television news is on. Her parents are sitting motionless at the kitchen table. Lain walks by them. She notes that they do not move or acknowledge her in any way. Lain opens the refrigerator and pours herself a drink. Lain addresses her parents, “Mom… dad… I…. A while ago somebody asked me, ‘Are you really Iwakura Lain? Are your parents really your parents?’ Isn't that weird? Isn't that a funny thing to ask?” Her parents remain still and do not respond. No response. Lain washes her glass in the sink. She turns around and sees both of her parents are looking at her. Not a word is spoken as Lain and her parents just stare at each other.

Morning light shines on the electrical wires. Lain is walking toward her school. A hand pats her on the shoulder. Lain turns around and acknowledges the owner of the hand, “Alice. Good morning.” Alice is standing with Juri and Reika. The three girls are staring at Lain. Lain asks, “What happened?” Alice says, “I don’t believe it.” Lain grows concerned, “What?” Alice replies with a question of her own. “Lain, it’s not true is it?” Lain again asks, “What?” Reika snaps, “She’s just pretending not to know.” Alice backs her down, “Reika, don’t jump to conclusions.” Juri pipes in, “Lain, you did it, didn’t you?” Lain is now thoroughly confused, “What are you…?” Alice interrupts her, “Lain, in the Wired, did you…?” Lain has a blank look on her face. Alice watches Lain’s reaction to detect if she is being honest. Relief spreads over Alice’s face as she concludes, “No. It must not have been Lain. I believe in you.” Juri interjects, “Alice”, and nods her head to steer Alice’s attention to the right. Alice looks over and gasps as she sees a red car checking in at the school gate. A handsome man is behind the wheel. Alice and the other girls stare as he drives into the school lot. Alice turns and runs towards the school. Reika yells after her then she and Juri follow her path. Lain is left standing alone. She looks in the direction of the red car but it has already passed out of sight. Lain casts her gaze downwards.

The teacher is writing on the blackboard. Lain is accessing the Wired on her pocket Navi. She clicks on the Tool Manager button and the screen changes. Lain is in the Wired as her Wired persona. She hears a male voice say, “That company is in danger. They must avoid being taken over.” Digital Lain sees rows of digital figures. The figures are made up of a variety of clothing styles, both for men and women. All that is visible of their faces is chattering mouths.

A female mouth reports, “Can you believe he has such vulgar taste even though he looks quite good.” A male mouth says, “There is a serious bug in Protocol 6. It will cause an enormous loss to the Wired.” Another female mouth adds, “Every night, a man in a red and green striped shirt appears in her room.” Wired Lain has moved to the middle of the digital mouths. A male mouth tattles, “When she was in high school, that idol singer knocked down someone and ran away with her boyfriend’s car.” Wired Lain starts to walk. A female mouth confirms something, “That’s true. I heard it directly.” A different male mouth warns, “that building is famous for ghosts. When you look at the terminal at midnight…” A female mouth states, “Knights doesn’t exist. It’s just a hoax made up by an American student.” Lain says exasperatedly, “Shut up! Why do you care about any of this stuff?” A new male voice enters the discussion.

The new male voice does not seem to have a corresponding mouth. He answers Digital Lain, “Don’t you think it's interesting?” Lain looks around. “Who’s there?” she asks. The male voice continues, “Aren’t you looking for me?” Lain sarcastically asks, “Is it an appearance of God?” He responds with another question, “What is the definition of God? If you mean the creator of the world, it’s not me. If you mean an omnipotent ruler of the world, it’s not me.” Digital Lain asks, “Where are you?” He does not answer her question. Instead he continues with his own line of thinking, “If you mean an omnipresent being in some world, then I suppose I do fit that description. Though I only have a little power over that world.” Digital Lain is angered, “Who are you?” He replies, “I am you. I believe you noticed that there has been another ‘You’ in the Wired.” Lain glances downwards. He continues, “You’re a hologram of it. You are only flesh.” Lain utters, “I can’t…believe that. It’s crazy.” The male voice says, “Even you can’t believe that the Lain in the real world is the same person as the current Lain in the Wired?” Lain falls to her knees, “But I am myself.”

Lain has fully returned to real world and is sweating in her classroom seat. She clicks off her Navi. Lain looks up and sees all of her classmates are staring at her. Her teacher is standing directly in front of her desk. The pocket Navi beeps. Lain looks down at the screen and sees the message, “Lain is a peeping tom.”

Lain runs through the hallway. Her HandiNAVI is clutched to her chest. Several groups of her classmates are standing in the hall. They all stare as she goes by. Lain becomes afraid. She accesses her pocket Navi and asks, “Alice? Alice where are you?’ She keeps repeating and repeating the question aloud. Lain drops to her knees in the hallway. A large window over her head cracks. Lain in the Wired hears Lain looking for Alice. She wears an evil smirk.

Lain has gone outside. She is sitting against the door to the gym equipment shed. She is resting her head on her knees. Lain sobs, “What did I do in the Wired? What is my unknown self doing?” Lain looks down at her HandiNAVI. On the screen, a message says, “Don’t mind the rumors! from Alice.” Lain sniffles and picks up her Navi. She holds it near her chest. A strange energy orb appears and passes over Lain. The force of it breaks through the shed's door and causes the equipment to disintegrate, almost like an explosion. Lain walks through the flames with her brow furrowed.

A computer screen scrolls the word SEARCHING. It is nighttime. A light can be seen through the window of an apartment building. The silhouette of two figures embracing can be seen through the window shade. A man runs his hand over a young female’s face. She is moaning with pleasure. It is the man from the red car. The young female is Alice. The man says, “Is it right to do this kind of thing with your teacher?” Alice gasps, “It's not right...” The teacher continues, “It isn't right, is it? Then why are you doing it?” Alice replies, “Because I want to…”

Alice’s eyes snap open. Out of the corner of her eye she sees evil Lain sitting cross legged on her bed. Alice is not aware that this is not the same Lain she sees at school every day.

Evil Lain has interrupted Alice in the middle of a fantasy. The teacher is not really in the room. Alice is sitting in a chair at her desk. Evil Lain giggles gleefully. Alice is stunned. Sweat drips down her face. She guiltily moves her hand away from her groin. Lain taunts her, “Do you know? Do you know whom Mizuki Alice loves?” Alice gasps. Lain in the Wired’s grin broadens as she continues, “Do you know who Alice thinks about when she does lewd things?” Alice is incensed at this breech of her privacy. She turns to face the being she believes to be Lain and asks, “Did you spread it? Was that rumor true?”. Lain laughs. Alice stands up. “Lain! Have you always been watching me like you are now? That was my secret, and something I never wanted to be known…I…” Lain in the Wired just laughs at her. Alice’s eyes well up with tears. “Tell me it’s not true Lain!” Lain in the Wired continues to laugh at Alice’s pain. Alice cries, “Lain…you…” Her face registers total betrayal.

Electric currents can be viewed sparking outside of the power lines. Lain is lying in her bed. She sees the electricity and gasps in fear. Different locations float by. First an apartment building, then the Cyberia Café. The electricity continues to pulse through the lines. A person is standing in the middle of the power lines. A mass of energy leaves the person’s body. The person appears to be Lain. Lain is wearing her bear suit and is floating around the high tension lines. Her bear suit disappears. Lain appears to be a pure energy form.

Evil Lain is laughing. She is sitting cross legged on a bed. It is pitch black all around her. Wired Lain is standing in front of her nemesis for the first time. Wired Lain asks, “Who are you? You are not me. I won’t be like you.” Evil Lain starts to answer, “I,” but Wired Lain cuts her off, “Stop it! Why do you mimic the part of me I hate?” Evil Lain just laughs at her. Wired Lain leaps and pounces on Evil Lain. She grabs the still laughing Lain around the throat and begins to choke her. Wired Lain says, “You…” Evil Lain taunts her, “I’m committing suicide.” Electrical energy flashes around them. Wired Lain asks, “Why? Why is your body so warm? Why do I feel your body temperature?” Lain in the Wired responds, “Because I am Lain.” Digital Lain cries, “No…No!”

Shift of scenes. In the Wired, the rows of digital mouths/clothed beings all now bear Lain’s face. Their heads bob in unison and their mouths chatter nonstop. Digital Lain is again standing in the middle of the row of these images. She asks aloud, “What are these?” A silver energy orb appears before her. It almost looks like liquid metal. It possesses the same male voice that was questioning Lain on her last trip to the Wired. The orb again waxes philosophical with her, “They are all you. I said that you have always existed in the Wired.” Digital Lain is perplexed, “Huh?” The orb says, “You are my equal. You are omnipresent in the Wired. Therefore you were always by everyone’s side, everywhere. You saw everything that everyone never wanted to be known. And you've told others about it. You were right. Information in the Wired would be shared with everybody.”

Lain considers what the orb has told her. “Everything you said must be a lie”, she retorts. The orb asks, “Why.” Digital Lain says, “Alice said she saw me in the Wired when I wasn’t there. As long as I'm self-aware, my ego has to be inside of me!” Lain angrily runs over to the chattering Lain dummies and knocks several over. “Are you saying that these poorly made up dupes are me? Nonsense! Even if you are right…” The orb interjects, “Then what Lain?” Digital Lain finishes, “Then I can delete the memories of those I spied on.” The orb is agreeable, perhaps too much so. “Sure. Try it. You were born to be able to do it.” Digital Lain grimaces as she considers his statement.

A computer screen shows the word DELETING.

It is morning. Lain’s classmates stream into the school yard. Lain is walking alone. Her shadow seems to be made up of moving energy. A muffled voice yells, “Lain!” Lain’s eyes open wide. She turns and sees Alice, Reika, and Juri excitedly running towards her and all are calling her name. Lain asks herself, “Did you forget?” She is hoping that her deletion of the rumors has been effective. Alice looks happy. Lain is guarded and still hoping, “Is it true?” The three girls continue to run towards Lain. Lain concludes, “It is true!” She turns and says, “Alice!” As Lain completes her turn, an exact image of herself propels from her body and runs towards her three friends. Lain thinks to herself, “What?” and watches as Alice, Reika and Juri embrace the duplicate of herself. The duplicate Lain is very physically affectionate. She group hugs the girls and grabs onto Alice. Duplicate Lain says, “I want to go to Cyberia tonight, please.” Juri says, “I agree.” Reika notes, “It’s unusual for you.” Alice says, “Okay. Change clothes at my place again.” Duplicate Lain says, “Yippee!!” Then she jumps up and down with Alice. Lain watches as the four girls make their plans. Duplicated Lain rubs her head against Alice and asks, “How should I dress?” Lain yells, “Stop it! I am myself.” Duplicate Lain leads Alice by the hand. Juri and Reika follow. All four girls are giggling. Lain yells after them, “I’m right here!” The girls hurry to Alice’s. Evil Lain pops up in front of Lain and says, “Yes, Lain is Lain. I am myself,” Then she laughs her wicked laugh. Lain is stunned once more. Lain in the Wired disappears. Lain is left alone.

Lain says, “Hello Navi.” The female Navi voice responds, “Hello, Lain.” Lain places her hand on the screen. She says aloud, “I am myself. There is no ‘I’ other than myself, is there?”
( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer08.php Source] )

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Layer 07

2016-01-29T18:08:24Z

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{{LayerInfo
|layername = SOCIETY
|airdate = 1998.08.17
|maincharintro = [[The Knights]], [[Men in Black]], [[Boss]], [[Masatsugu Shou]], [[Msatsugu Shoko]], [[Nezumi]]
|script = [[Layer 07 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 07 Analysis]]
|prevep = [[Layer 06]]
|nextep = [[Layer 08]]
}}

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] talks to her [[NAVI]] while [[Mika]] watches blankly
*A weird wannabe [[Knight]], [[Nezumi]], wanders the streets, drawing a lot of attention
*[[Alice]] shows concern about Lain's recent quietness
*The [[delivery man]] gives [[Shoko]] a package with a PCB assembly in it.
*The [[MIB]] take Lain to their [[Boss]] in [[Tachibana Labs]] and she fixes a NAVI for him
*The Boss questions Lain's knowledge of herself and her family
*Shoko disposes of the PCB that had been delivered to her
*Nezumi is seen dead in a ditch

==Long summary==
The very, very familiar opening of the city at night. A female voice says, “I’ll tell this only to you. You’re the only one who doesn’t know what happened in this society, and what is going on.”

[Title: SOCIETY Layer:07]

It is twilight. Outside of Lain’s window is a grouping of wires. The wires are all coiled together in a manner reminiscent of internal organs. Lain’s Navi system is even larger than ever. It fills most of her room. Lain is seated in front of her Navi. She is once again having a conversation with the voices from the Wired. Lain says, “No, it’s not.. I’m just looking at …” The voices communicate via strange sounds. Lain says, “In the Wired… I will change.” A strange sound is heard then Lain says, “I’m not certain.” Another strange sound is heard. Lain asks, “Who?” then turns her head towards the doorway. There stands her sister Mika. Mika attempts to speak but can only make guttural sounds, “a….e…” Lain asks, “My sister?” Lain then turns back to her Navi. “My sister has changed nowadays.” She pauses. “I wonder.” Lain pauses again. “ I don’t know.” The Navi responds with more strange sounds. Suddenly the word ”WARNING” flashes on her Navi screen.

The scene shifts to show an infrared style camera scanning people in a crowd. A male voice declares, “I know that the Wired and the real world have a linear connection. I can exist anywhere.” A message flashes across the camera screen in English, “ I am the best.” The man’s voice continues, “No matter where my flesh is, I can send my consciousness anywhere.” The voice belongs to a bizarre man. He is walking around the city wearing a strange head-mounted display apparatus on his head. It is connected to a large backpack which seems to weigh heavily between his shoulders. People in the crowd cast curious glances in his direction before moving out of his way. He is walking with a broad smile across his face. He seems to be bobbing his head to sounds only he can hear.

An office door is pushed open by an attractive female. She crosses the room and seats herself across from a man typing on a computer keypad. She appears to be his secretary as she announces his next meeting time. “EMA Motors Consortium. It’s time for dinner with them.” He looks up at his secretary. He appears to be somewhat young and must be very important to have such a grand office. He grunts to acknowledge her statement. There seems to be a flirtatious quality to their interaction. The secretary does a little ‘Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct’ crossing and uncrossing of her legs. Her boss is watching. His Navi interrupts the moment by announcing he has mail. The boss informs the secretary, “Wait for three minutes. I’ll come downstairs.” The secretary acknowledges his statement, gets up, and leaves. The boss waits until he hears her close the door before activating his mail. A strange symbol appears. It looks like the compass used for drawing circles but this image has a triangle behind it. The man grins at the screen. He asks it, “What would you like to play this time?”

Lain’s teacher is writing on the blackboard. Lain is accessing her HandiNAVI during class. Alice is watching Lain. Alice looks concerned as she notes what her friend is doing.

The sky appears to be overcast. The power lines are humming. A man is sitting in an extremely messy apartment room. Trash is all over and the sink is overfilled with dishes. The man is working on a Navi. The man laughs and says, “take this!” On his screen is the same symbol and message that was sent to the business man. The messy man laughs again. “He he. That's right, you idiots.” The man has an unkempt appearance. He is wearing glasses and a thick red headband. He gleefully mutters, “I’m better than you. Hee hee!”

Lain is outside on the roof of her school. She is kneeling and holding onto the railing as she peers down at the buildings around her school. She says aloud, “ The real world is not real at all.” Alice appears and speaks her name, “Lain.” Lain looks up to see her friend standing next to her. Alice continues, “Lain are you okay? “ Lain responds, “ Eh, what do you mean?” Alice answers. “You look like your old self lately.” Lain gives a nod. Alice says, “We only wanted you to cheer up, so we took you out to some places.” Lain has a sad look on her face. Alice continues, “We’d really hoped you would. But if that’s not what you wanted I apologize.” Lain hurriedly stands up and faces her friend. “No,” Lain says, “not at all. I was happy to…” Lain shakes her head no repeatedly and emphasizes, “That’s not it at all.” Alice turns to look at her. Lain seems very earnest, as if she really does not want Alice to think going out was a mistake. Alice’s smile broadens. She reaches down and gently takes Lain’s hand in between her own. Alice says, “I’m glad,” then walks away. Lain stands there momentarily looking at her hand. She quickly turns and stops Alice’s departure by saying, “Alice, thank you for worrying about me.” Alice replies, “We’re friends aren’t we? See ya.” then turns to leave. Lain watches her go. A truly happy look is on Lain’s face.

A computer screen is showing a variety of images of scenery and animals. A male voice states, “This afternoon, someone cracked the firewall of the Information Agency’s　Information Monitoring Center. Now the information in the Wired is disordered. Be aware that although this news was sent now, it may be received tomorrow or yesterday.”

A different computer screen is flashing lights and images. The word “KNIGHTS” can be seen. Muttering voices can be heard. A male voice says, “I heard it was done by Knights.” Another voice asks, “What are Knights?” The screen shows the words, “What’s Knights?” The female Navi voice answers. “Knights. They are very influential in the Wired. There is no information about the members. They are not only distributing information in the Wired but they are also developing and distributing illegal information devices.” The computer flashes a sentence in English, “Take aim? Shooting down?”. A male voice says, “I heard that Lain was　being targeted.” Another male voice asks, “Who is Lain?” The computer screen shifts to show the Infomana search engine. The keyword for the onscreen search is “Lain” The female Navi voice reports, “There is zero information about ‘Lain’” The English words “make me sad” twist across the screen. A male voice says, “I haven’t seen Lain lately.” More English words roll across the screen, “With no wings…with no things…one love” then “make me mad” then “double bind…no double minds” and last, Cmake me feel all right”. Another male voice asks, “Who’s Lain?” Someone responds, “A girl.” Incredulous voice, “A girl?” Another voice says, “She’s strong!” Male voice, “What’s strong about her?” Someone answers and their words float across the screen in English, “[[Metaphorize]]. Will. Power. The light in the eyes. Existence.”

A dialogue written in kanji and hiragana is also on the screen. The text reads, “Live monotony the rest of your life.” A new line appears, “God bless you.” Another line appears and reads, “Who are you?” “Have you ever seen the Lain?” The male voice questions the other speaker, “May I ask a question?” The response is, “What?” He states the question, “Are you are member of Knights?” The screen clicks off.

A doorbell rings at a nice apartment complex. A female voice yells, “Yes.” The door opens and a delivery man is waiting. He walks into the apartment and announces, “It’s for you.” The home owner approaches him. She has short brown hair. She says, “Oh, you need my signature.” and runs off to get her name stamp. The delivery man checks out her rear as she hurries to fetch the item. He notices a Navi system on her table. She reappears and apologizes, “Sorry to keep you waiting.” He says, “No problem.” The woman hands him her stamp, “Here you go.” The delivery man attempts a conversation with the woman. “Is that the newest Navi? It’s nice isn’t it?” he asks her. She giggles and says, “My side job let me buy it.” The delivery man says, “I can’t afford one, even though I’m working at this job.” He hands her a package. She replies, “Keep working at it.” He says, “Yes. I have to work more. I’ll teach you how to use it, if you want.” His eyes roam down her body, and seem to say, “I have a special package of my own I’d like to teach you to use.” The woman does not miss the innuendo and coyly responds, “Hmm, you’ll teach me?” The delivery man does not back down and says, “Yes. I’m confident enough in my ability.” The woman teases him, “Do you often tempt wives like this?” The delivery man runs his fingers through his hair and says, “Not at all…well maybe.” A young boy with a backpack runs past them, shouting, “I’m home.” The woman thanks the delivery man and shows him out the door. He stands outside, stunned that his seduction has failed and walks off in a huff.

The woman’s boy is seated in front of the television. He is playing a jet fighter video game. He asks, “Mom, may I go play at Kinya’s house?” His mother replies, “You can play a game with him over the net.” She removes a bubble wrapped item from the package. It's a PCB assembly. Her son continues, “He's going to teach me how to play it.” His mom is not listening. She stares at the PCB. It has the strange compass/pyramid shape on it. The mom says, “The Wired is the same as the real world.”

It is dusk. Lain is walking home from school. She is startled to see the black car is parked in front of her house. The doors open and the two men in black get out. Lain appears to be slightly shaken by their appearance. She mutters to herself, “What?” The shorter man says, “Iwakura Lain? Would you come with us?” The taller man says, “We won’t force you to come. We are only asking that you do.” The shorter man says, “We won’t harm you physically.” Lain asks, “Who are you?” The taller man removers his headgear/visor to reveal his face. Lain seems shocked. He says, “We’ll tell you when you come with us.”

The strange street camera man is still walking the streets. He continues to view the Wired and the real world simultaneously through his visor. He comments, “I don’t want to remain in such a place. I can do this. Look! I’m breaking the barrier between the real world and the Wired.” The word “PEEPING” pops up in a window in his visor screen. The man continues to talk into his headset. “Please. I am as skilled as any member of Knights. Please let me join you in Knights.” A window pops up and with the English word “ACCEPTED” in it. The man continues, “Applaud me. I found it myself. Your secret channel. Please let me join.” His camera lens moves around. It focuses on a blurred infra scanned image of Lain. The man asks, “Who?” The Lain image just grins.

The black car pulls up to an apartment building. Lain’s image is reflected in the car window. She is looking up at the building. The shorter man has also removed his headgear. He opens the door to let Lain out of the vehicle. Lain exits and follows the men into the building and up a flight of stairs. A sign on the wall reads, “Tachibana Lab- Shinbashi Office”. The taller man opens a door. Lain is reluctant to enter. The shorter man gives her a gentle push into the room. A male voice says, “Come here. I can’t make this machine be recognized by the firewall at the head office. I did all I could with the applications.” Lain looks around and sees the room is empty except for the man, the chair he is sitting on, and his Navi system, which is on the floor.

The equipment is rather primitive. A standard rotary phone and an older computer make up this man’s system. “It seems impossible to do with this outdated Navi”, he says. “I’ve been using this for a long time so I don’t want to have to get a new Navi.” Lain walks towards the man. She has yet to see his face as he has kept his back to her. He turns toward Lain and says, “I’m so old.” He does not look all that old. No sign of gray in his hair and relatively few lines on his face. He laments, “If I were young like you…” Lain looks from the man to his system and says, “That jumper…” She kneels down by the Navi and points out, “Pull this…and that jumper off.” The man points and says, “I’m sorry, but would you do it?” Lain turns back and looks at him. The two men in black are standing guard at the door. Lain uses a set of tweezers supplied by the man to make the alterations to his Navi. She completes her task and turns on his Navi. The female Navi voice says, “Authorized.” Lain’s name appears as the user identification. The man leans down to the Navi and says, "huh."

A male voice emits from the Navi, “Lain! Are you a member of the Knights?” Lain sits up and is clearly shocked. The voice continues, “You are, aren’t you Lain? I didn’t know that you are.” On the screen is an image of Lain. It is similar to the image seen by the strange HMD man. The screen Lain calls the male voice an idiot.

The scene shifts and we are seeing the world through street camera man’s eyes again. He pleads, “Wait! Wait! It was so much fun what you did with the kids.” But I have better ideas. Please let me join you in Knights.” A window appears in his visor, again with the word, “PEEPING”. Lain is watching the street camera man on the outdated Navi with the mystery man. He tells Lain, “There are no national barriers in the Wired.” He pushes a button to turn off the screen. He continues, “There are many anarchists who are talking nonsense.” Lain stands up. The man is sill talking, “And there are too many fools who believe that causing mischief in a society is a revolution. But Knights seem different from them.” Lain repeats, “Knights…” The man replies, “I don’t know if you were aware of it, but your existence in the Wired is very unnatural. And Knights seemed to have a special interest in you.” Lain has started to perspire. She asks, “what are you saying?” She is trembling with fear. The man says, “Knights. You have talked directly to them.”. Lain stammers, “But I um…what?” The man closes his eyes and says, “Anyway, they want to use you for something. We have to stop it. No matter what.” Lain asks him, “You…what…? Who are you guys?” He does not respond.

It is nighttime and augmented reality man is still lurking about. He says, “I’ll keep the secret of course. I know you believe in Deus. I’ll obey you too.” Augmented reality man heads for a flight of stairs. He says, “But is it true? I can’t believe that there’s a God in the Wired now. But I’ll know more about it when I join. I’ll believe in him.” His camera zooms in on the image of three people standing in front of him. They appear to be the blurred images of the businessman, the housewife/mother, and the messy red headband guy. Street camera man says to them, “ You guys? You’ve come to meet me?” Then his camera blinks out.

Lain and the man are still in the empty room. “My name?” he says. “My name is of no value to you. They have no names”, he refers to the men in black. “Nor do I.” Lain walked away from him and towards the men in black who are standing by the door. The man asks, “Tell me, Iwakura Lain. Are you the same person as ‘Lain in the Wired’?” Lain just stands there sweating and trembling. He repeats, “Who are you?. Lain stammers, “I…I…” He fires another question at her, “Are your parents really your parents?. Lain spins around to face him. “What?”, she asks. His barrage continues. “Is your sister really your sister?” Lain is stunned. “What are you saying. Of course they…” He shows no mercy. “When is your father’s birthday? Lain is sweating profusely. She says, “My dad is…” He does not let her finish. Instead he stands for the first time and asks, “When is your mother’s birthday? When did your parents marry? Did they marry for love? Or was it an arranged marriage.” Lain is almost hyperventilating as she gasps, “They are…” Cruelly he declares, “Why don’t you know? Have you never heard? Have you never celebrated their birthdays with your family?” Lain collapses to her knees, sobbing. He asks more gently, “When and where were you born?” Lain is still sweating and crying. She pleads for him to stop. The man states, “You don’t know anything about yourself. Are you all right? You really know absolutely nothing…”

Lain staggers to her feet. She steadies herself and snorts, “Annoying jerk. You ask about trivial matters. Nonsense.” She is strangely calm and decidedly different than the Lain who was crying. All three of the men notice the tremendous change in her personality. It is almost as if she is another person. The main man asks, “Are you ‘Lain in the Wired’?” ‘Lain’ responds, “So what if I am.” The man continues. “You know the border between the Wired and the real world began to break without devices.” ‘Lain’ says, “So What.” The man replies, “We think it is dangerous.” ‘Lain’ has an arrogant look on her face as she retorts, “It’s interesting.” She then turns to leave. ‘Lain’ commands the two men in black to let her pass. She pushes on through them when they don’t respond. The taller man grabs her arm and pulls her back. He tells her, “You are also dangerous.” ‘Lain’ glares up at him. The main man addressed the taller man by his name, “Carl”. Carl let’s ‘Lain’s’ arm go and she struts out of the room.. The main man tells Carl and the shorter man , "She’s right. Something interesting is beginning. Let us sit back and observe.”

The scene shifts back to the housewife’s home. Her son is still playing the jet fighter video game. The moms sing songs his name, “Sho-chan.”. He answers, “What’s up mom?” She replies, “Let’s play together!” Sho says, “Did you finish your business?” She replies, “Of course. I’m awesome. I’ll beat you Sho chan!” She then flops down on the floor beside him and grabs a controller. She squeals, “Get ready for it! See?” In the kitchen we see her garbage can. At the top of the trash is a burnt object. It is the remains of the PCB assembly that was delivered to her.

Cars are zooming on a busy street. It is nighttime. There is a ravine off the shoulder of the road. A body lies still at the bottom. It is the augmented reality man. He is dead but his visor is still operating. The symbol of the compass/pyramid can be seen on the screen of the dead man's Navi screen.
( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer07.php Source] )

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|layername = DISTORTION
|airdate = 1998.08.03
|maincharintro = None
|script = [[Layer 05 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 05 Analysis]]
|prevep = [[Layer 04]]
|nextep = [[Layer 06]]
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==Short summary==
*[[Deus]] speaks to [[Lain]]
*Lain asks a doll to tell her a story that she doesn't know yet - but there is nothing she doesn't know
*The [[news]] reports a traffic information transmission error that caused an accident
*[[Mika]] receives a pack of tissues with a bad omen written on it
*Lain stands at an intersection and her face appears on a screen
*[[Alice]], [[Reika]] and [[Juri]] comment on junk mail that says "fulfill the prophecy"
*Mika is haunted by the words "fulfill the prophecy"
*Mika loses her soul

==Long summary==
The Tokyo streets pass at night with the familiar flash of the crosswalk lights. A voice is heard "If you can hear it, it is talking to you. If you can see it, it is your…"

[Title: Distortion Layer:05]

A variety of cityscapes and crowd scenes pass, as if viewed through a distortion filter. A male voice narrates: "Humans may not evolve anymore. The occurrence of cancer in humans is much less than in other animals. There is a theory that the human being will never further evolve. If that is true what stupid animals they have become. They forgot the force which operates them, and they are merely satisfying their desires. Don't you think they are worthless? Human beings aren't much at all." The view now shifts and the distortion comes into focus. The narrator continues: "But you don't have to remain such a miserable human. Now human beings have created the only exit." Through the crowd we see Lain walking. "What is it? She asks. "Network. The Wired. Lain" the narrator responds. "Who are you?" Lain asks. "I am God" the narrator responds. Hearing that, Lain is frozen staring upward at the sky as busy city dwellers pass her by.

The scene shifts to Mika dressing in her school uniform and checking herself in a mirror. A boy's face comes up behind her. She is in his apartment. He asks "Shall we get a bite to eat?" Mika just ignores him and turns to leave. "Why don't we go to a swimming pool next time?" the boy asks, but again he is ignored and is greeted with the sound of a shutting door.

Out on the street, Mika surveys the crowd waiting for the crossing light to change. She crosses the street against a current of people walking in the opposite direction. She turns as a wild car races through the crowd. As others seem to watch in horror, Mika walks away disinterested.

The scene shifts to a smiling Lain. "Tell me a story," she says and we see the black-and-white image of a Jenny doll in a frilly lace-collared dress. Lain kneels on the floor in her room, looking into a dark corner where the doll appears to be floating in air. "Please, please," Lain implores, "tell me a story." A female voice, apparently coming from the doll, responds "Which story do you want, Lain?" Smiling, Lain says "Tell me one I don't know." "What you don't know doesn't exist," the doll explains. "I can't tell a story which does not exist. You understand don't you?" Then the doll continues, "Well how about this? Every event is predated by a prophecy. Only when the prophecy is there, will the event occur." Lain stares, stunned. "Who? Who will tell the prophecy?" Lain asks.

From the flashing screen of Lain's Navi, a voice is heard reading some news. "At various places in Tokyo, the VTCZX Traffic Information Service System sent some wrong information. At the crowded crossings, the automatic driving control systems for cars and trucks interfered with each other and went out of control. This resulted in an accident which led to a fatality in Shibuya, Tokyo. In addition, the information agency reported that the system was already fixed and that it will never happen again."

On the Navi a view of one of Tokyo's many giant video screens shows news footage of car accident in one of the city's complex intersections. Lain now appears to be standing in the intersection, still, almost floating, as others pass by. Lain then walks through the crowd and a man hands her a packet of tissue. The man tries to give tissues to others who do not accept them. Lain turns, walking away. Mika then appears, making her way through the small assembled crowd. The tissue man comes to her and hands her a packet. Mika stares at the packet and stands stopped in the middle of the street. From behind she hears a boy saying "excuse me." She turns and sees Taro standing behind her. Casually taking a sip from his soda can he asks, "Mind if I hit on you?" Mika turns, offended, and tries to pass him. She bumps him and he spills soda on her uniform jacket. Taro turns and says "Later" then runs through the crowd. "Wait a minute!" Mika cries. To avoid a stain, she takes out the tissue packet from her pocket and begins to open it. She is about to use the tissue to wipe her jacket when she notices writing on the tissue. Scrawled across it in red characters is a message reading "Hell is full of the dead and the dead will wander." "What is this?" she asks herself, then wads the tissue up and throws it to the ground. "It's a bad omen."

Mika places her hand to her head as if to thwart off an impending headache. She hears voices around her saying "How terrible… what is she doing?… she must be crazy." The red "don't walk" crossing light flashes and we see Lain standing in the middle of the busy intersection as cars whiz by. Crowds of people cross the walk in the opposite direction. Lain looks at the ground with dead eyes and whispers. Mika is among the people crossing with the flow and stops in the middle of the crosswalk, looking stunned and watching Lain standing in the traffic lane as cars zip by. "Lain? What is she doing?" Mika asks her self as she beings to continue on her way. Mika stops in the crosswalk again, and stares up at one of giant Video screens on a building. The screen is flashing a ghostly pale, and then suddenly Lain's super-deformed face appears in it, staring back at Mika.

We are now back in Lain's bedroom, where she kneels as she did before. A tribal mask hovers above her office chair. The mask says, "The prophecy will be executed, Lain." "It couldn't be a prophecy," Lain protests. "Yes, it is a prophecy," the mask responds. "History is not just a collection of independent points which were passed by. The lines were connected by someone, in fact they were forced to connect." "Who? Who connected them?" Lain asks.

We now see Mika again, standing at the intersection, staring at the green flashing crossing light as it prepares to change to its red, "Don't Walk" state.

Now we see Lain's classroom at school. Lain is sitting at her desk opening her school bag as the other girls mill about the room. Lain looks up into the hall and sees Alice, Juri, and Reika waving to her. She gets up and joins them. "What did you do yesteray?" Juri asks. "I didn't know you were already that advanced." Alice adds "You're already able to do such a 'hacker' thing!" "What do you mean?" Lain asks, confused. "Don't play innocent," Reika chides. "I really don't know," Lain protests. "Didn't you do that?" Alice asks. "What?" Lain inquires blankly.

We now see Lain's Navi screen with the flashing Tachibana logo. A male reporter announces "They reported that the network accident yesterday afternoon may have been deliberate and the Information Agency’s　Information Monitoring Center began to investigate the cause. The network was…" as the voice fades off, we again see Lain's face appear on the screen.

We now see a digital display. The numbers "218" followed by "948" appear. The camera pans back and we are in a fast food establishment. A boy is at the counter placing an order. As we survey the restaurant we see Alice, Reika, and Juri sitting in a booth. Alice is looking at her hand-held computer display. "I got more today," she says. "More of what?" Juri asks. "Spam. Its indiscriminate mail. It is so persistent." Reika says, "Let me guess, it says 'Execute the Prophecy.'" "Is it a declaration of war by some group?" Juri asks. "I talked to this geeky friend of mine," Alice explains, "she said that they were sent by the 'Knights'". "Who are the Knights?" Juri asks. "I've heard it's a group of super-hackers," Alice replies. "But I thought that hackers don't usually get together," Reika insists. Alice looks up and says "True, but I don't think the Knights are really the type of thing one usually describes as a group. At any rate, they are very influential in the Wired and do many things behind the scene." "It's a secret society!" Juri interjects. "Do they think it's fun to do these kinds of things?" Reika wonders. Alice continues "I get the feeling that they aren't in it for the money or for kicks."

We see Lain in a dark room. She turns her head and sees a black and white projection of her mother. "It is appropriate that the wired is an upper layer of the real world," her mother appears to say. Now we see Lain kneeling again, staring at the apparition as it hovers over the floor. Her mother continues "The physical world is just a hologram of the information in the Wired." "Mama?" Lain asks, but her mother continues, "Because human consciousness is just a physical phenomenon of electrical synapse signals."

"I…" Lain says. She outstretches her hands and stares at them. "The reason your flesh exists," her mother continues, "is to confirm your existence, as you're doing now." "Are you really my mother?" Lain asks. The image of her mother just fades away. "Please…" Lain says.

We are now in Lain's dining room and the entire family is gathered at the table. Mika watches the proceedings. She appears to be distant and disturbed as she watches her mother serve more tea to her father from a thermal carafe. The father sits with his head turned from the family as he watches something in the distance, out of site. Lain sits and stirs her food, not eating, just playing with it. "Lain," Mika asks, "weren't you in Shibuya earlier?" Lain looks up, surprised. "Never mind." Mika says. Mother and Father seem to be ignoring this conversation engrossed in her rice and his tea.

Mika goes to take a drink of milk. The surface of the liquid in the glass sparkles and we are back in Shibuya at the intersection with the crossing light flashing red. Mika looks up, stunned. Mika has now become the one standing unprotected in the center of the intersection with the cars passing her by. She falls to her knees and looks up, seeing the gaping crowd. As she stares at them, the images of the crowd change from discrete figures to wispy shadows of energy. They approach her and terror wells in her eyes. The camera pans back and she becomes small and super-deformed. We see her sitting in the middle of an interesting shadow. It projects her kneeling at the top of a pyramid. Crossing the top of the pyramid is a archway that is topped by a crescented "G" like shape. The entire shape is in a circle with hash marks, like minute markings, around the outside.

Suddenly we are back at the fast food restaurant from earlier. The view is from the booth next to the one where Alice, Juri, and Reika were sitting. From this vantage we can see the back of Mika's head as she watches the other girls in the next booth. She turns her head and then the girls in the next booth appear to be different girls, not Lain's friends. Mika appears to be disappointed. She reaches down to open her cup of coffee, with a packet of sugar and stirrer at the ready. She struggles to remove the lid from the cup and spills its contents on the table. As she licks her finger the liquid on the table begins to move and form a message. "Execute the Prophecy" it reads. Shocked, Mika stands. "What prophecy?" she asks. She stands, and the restaurant is now deserted and quiet as the scene shifts to video static.

Footsteps as Mika runs to the restaurant's restroom. She looks at herself in the mirror. "Why? I was having dinner with mom and dad.." The lights suddenly go out and Mika stands in darkness "Why?" The squeak of a door opens behind her and she turns to look. "Is somebody there?" she asks. "I know you're there," she says, and proceeds, walking through the darkness into a bathroom stall. The lights come on behind her and the stall door slowly swings shut. "Execute the Prophecy" is scrawled across the door in red lettering. Breathing heavily she backs against the wall.

A bright light appears. As the camera pans back the light appears to emanate from the reflections of Father's glasses in black and white. We are in Lain's room again. She kneels in front of the floating figure of her father. "Are you really my father?" Lain asks. "In the Wired there may be more than just electrical information," he explains. "When the telephone network and the radio were created, I believe that the other world may have been generated." "Excuse me…" Lain asks. Her father just continues, "God is only a concept in this real world. But I think that there may be a Deus-like entity in the Wired." "A God?" Lain asks. "I don't know if it should be called a God or not," her father says. "But I think that he may rule the Wired, as it is written in myth." "I may have talked to God," Lain replies. "Deus in the Wired may affect this real world in some way," Father continues. "Yes, by a prophecy." "Prophecy?" Lain asks.

Mika runs to through the front door of her house. She is frightened and totally disturbed. She slams the door behind her and crouches to her feet, her back to the front door, crying. Suddenly she looks up. Another Mika is there already, dressed in a pink hooded sweater. Fearful and crazed, the Mika at the door watches, stunned. She stands and runs forward and the two Mikas face one another in the hall staring. As Lain approaches the "new" Mika, the school-girl Mika disappears. "What's up?" Lain asks. The "new" Mika turns and responds mechanically "Nothing to be worried about," then turns and walks mechanically up the steps. Lain turns to look in the entry. There she sees an ethereal phantom of a girl, in which the faint figure of Mika can be made out, with hollow eyes and a huge frown. Lain looks on, concerned. The figure then fades away.

Lain enters her darkened room and turns on her monitor. While we cannot see the entire Navi, there are now several monitors glowing in the dark surrounding Lain in an eerie light. As she stares into the screen she asks "Who will it be today?"
( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer05.php Source] )

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|layername = RELIGION
|airdate = 1998.07.27
|maincharintro = None
|script = [[Layer 04 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 04 Analysis]]
|prevep = [[Layer 03]]
|nextep = [[Layer 05]]
}}

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]]'s family talk about her recent behaviour
*A man is chased by a little girl
*[[Alice]], [[Reika]] and [[Juri]] comment on how Lain has changed
*Lain asks [[JJ]] about [[PHANTOMa]], the latest popular MMORPG
*The man from before shoots the girl with his PHANTOMa weapon
*Someone on the [[Wired]] tells Lain about PHANTOMa and how it interferes with [[reality]]
*[[Iwakura Yasuo]] warns Lain that the Wired cannot be mixed with the real world and Lain disagrees
*Lain sees the [[MIB]] watching outside her window and makes his eyepiece shatter

==Long summary==
Again we see a busy Tokyo street, the familiar opening. A voice is heard: "I don't need parents. Every human is alone and is connected to nobody."

[Title: Layer:04 Religion]

It is evening and the wires are humming. In Lain's room, fans blow cooling her upgraded Navi. Many pieces are strewn about, as Lain consults a textbook. The computer system is significantly larger. Lain's father peers in the room, frowning, watching Lain's activity. In the kitchen of the house, Mika sneaks a drink of a soft drink directly from the bottle. In the living room, Lain's father sits with her mother. Lain's mother asks "How is she?" Mika enters and comments: "Lain is weird, I mean she's naturally weird, but.." "She's not weird," her father interjects. "What do you mean?" Mika asks. Amazingly, Mom speaks to tell Mika its not good to talk to her father like that. As Mika leaves, the Mother asks "Is it so?" and Father says it is. Mother rubs Dad on the head and then Dad draws her near him.

The scene shifts to a man running, panicked up a flight of stairs. As the man screams we see the foot of a small child walking, apparently in the man's direction. The man continues to scream as night scenes float by. The man tries to open an apartment but cannot get the key in the door in his panic. He drops his keys and tries to find the correct one. As he turns, he see a small girl in a frilly pink dress and holding a stuffed dog. The girl stands and watches but her eyes cannot be seen. As the man watches her, the girl's face shifts to appear like a head with large black holes for eyes. The man cries "Why are you doing this to me." As he tries again for the door the girl's hand reaches around him. She appears to be floating, eyes closed with a contented smile on her face. An adult voice comes from her saying in English, "Gotcha". The scene shifts away to the man's scream.

At the school Reika , Alice, and Juri are discussing some news. There will be a study hall because a special staff meeting has been scheduled. Apparently an upperclassman committed suicide the previous night. Alice asks Lain, who had her back turned to them, "Right, Lain?". Lain turns to face them. She is smiling and holding a book behind her back. "Sorry, what is it?" Lain asks. Juri says "Lain wouldn't know anything about it," but Lain continues "about the suicide?" Reika is surprised and asks Lain, "You know something about it?" Lain explains "I only heard from someone." Alice asks where, and Lain responds "On the Wired." Alice comments "Then you must have used your new Navi. Could you show it to us later?" Lain agrees, noting "but I'm modifying it a little at the moment." Juri is surprised and adds "I didn't know that you were interested in hacking." Reika has noticed the improvement in Lain's demeanor and points this out to Lain. Lain, pleased, responds "You think so?" Juri agrees, but Alice looks at Lain, with worried eyes, frowning.

After school the girls have stopped to buy some ice cream. Juri asks "What other rumors are there in the wired?" Lain responds "I heard there's a game." Alice asks "Is it a network game?" Lain responds that she doesn't play it, but adds "I heard that all of the kids that died were hooked on it." Juri notes "Boys like those kinds of things." Alice wonders "A game, but why?" Lain starts to reply but then gags as she stuffs the rest of her ice cream in her mouth. Alice tells her to be more careful, and Lain asks "May I go home now?" Reika responds quizzically, "You don't need our permission!" Juri asks what Lain's hurry is and Lain tells her that she can't wait to get home and work on her Navi. Juri whines "You prefer a machine to friends," but Alice defends Lain saying "You shouldn't be saying something like that." Juri thinks her comments are just fine. Alice smiles and asks "Lain, show it to us when you complete it." And Lain smiles and nods yes, then skips off down the street. Alice, showing her worried frown again, notes "Lain certainly has changed."

Suddenly Alice turns as something bumps into her. The strangely scary stuffed dog from earlier lands at her feet. Alice apologizes and picks up the dog and hands it to the girl. It is the strange girl from earlier, but she does not look as threatening. The girl hugs her dog, looking as cute as can be, and says "No, it was my fault." She turns to walk away with an older female.

Evening and Lain is in her bedroom working on the Navi. Larger than ever, it now encompasses several machines that appear to be networked together with multiple monitors. We see a number of communication devices including an ISDN terminal adapter. Lain speaks to the Navi to login. She checks for mail and has a new voice mail. A man's voice is played: "Hello Lain. Since I can't answer your question I asked my friend in my laboratory. If you really have a Psyche processor you have to set the oscillator to 'Variable' mode as you thought. Almost all parts of the Navi are up to standards. But there are still some differences. I wish you luck." While listening to the message Lain continues to tinker with the computer parts. The message finishes "Well, ask me again if you've got other questions." Lain returns to the keyboard and stares blankly into the flashing displays.

At Cyberia we see JJ the DJ sorting out recordings. A voice calls "JJ" and continues "Do you know the game that those brats are hooked on?" He responds "Yeah, its Phantoma. Forget about it. It's not for adults like you." He turns then and says "Right, Lain?" but no one is there. "I don't get it," he says, "I could have sworn that I heard her."

It is still night and the camera pans across outside scenes. We see the top of a building and the patter of running feet. On the roof of the building we see a boy who appears to have been cornered against a chain link fence. As he stares at what appears to be chasing him our view shifts to a view of passage ways reminiscent of the popular real video game Doom. The boy turns saying "I already stopped it! I'm done with it!" He appears to be yelling at no one. He runs again falling down some steps. As he looks up, the game like passages appear again with a shadowy figure which faintly resembles lain approaching. The boy screams with fright as the figure advances. The figure is seen more clearly and is definitely Lain. The boy runs back on the rooftop again, and the scene fades away into the game grid again. It seems as if the game itself is chasing the boy. He runs through clotheslines hung with white sheets. As he leans over to catch his breath he throws the handheld computer which was in his back pocket to the ground, shattering it. Its display, however, continues to glow eerily.

We hear the boy's voice again, searching through the game maze. "This is not the Wired!" he cries. "Why?" Lain's voice calls out "Wait. Don't run away." The boy stands, looking almost digitized and says "Who are you? Are you also a 'PK'? Help me!" Lain responds "I can't go to your place." "What's going on," the boy pleads. Suddenly an array of glowing hands appear blocking his way. "Stop messing with me!" the boy says, quivering. As he backs up he stops and turns to see a short haired little girl smiling at him, floating above the floor. She opens her mouth and moves forward looking as if to bite. The boy raises his hands as if he was holding a gun and says "Blast Charge, Gauge 5!" He cocks the invisible weapon and states "Go to Hell!" He pulls the invisible trigger and fires again and again saying "Die! Die! Die!" We see the girl floating and bullet holes appear to riddle her jumper. Her face changes from menacing to surprised. A very different looking girl as she falls to the ground. The boy continues to shoot until his invisible gun just seems to click, its rounds spent. The virtual world fades away and we again see the rooftop. The boy sits against the fence dazed and staring into space, as the white laundry sheets flap in the wind. In front of him, wrapped in a sheet, lies a lifeless body. As the camera pans backward we see an ethereal vision of Lain, standing on the edge of the building, looking sadly over the scene.

We now see the boy talking, as if from a digital display. He says "I was only scared. I didn't notice that it was just a little girl." As the scene fades to black he says "But I didn't know."

Now we see visions of the strange game-like halls. A voice tells us: "Phantoma is a client application, a network game played over the Wired. I downloaded the client from an illegal server and played it. Its interface looked like a video game set in a dungeon. I don't know why it was attached to a tag game for little kids." We now see a strange screen that looks says Phantoma. The camera pulls back and we notice that this is on the screen of Lain's Navi. She is crouched, turned away from the screen as it shifts to the standard Tachibana logo. "Mail has arrived," the Navi announces. "Open it," Lain instructs. A male voices is heard: "Hi Lain. I didn't expect you to be interested in Phantoma. Yes, I investigated. But I'm not sure. It's a very common game in the Wired. But the problem is in its function of connecting to other programs. It seems that there is a strange 'hole' in the protocol. We guess that it was made by he Knights." Lain turns back to the Navi and re-loads Phantoma. Her dad has stealthily entered and speaks to her: "Lain. Looks like you've gotten used to communicating in the Wired a lot." "Yes," Lain replies cautiously. "Let me give you a warning," her father says, "The wired is just a means of communication. You must not mix it up with the real world." Lain stares at her father as he continues, gravely "Do you understand my warning?" Lain smiles and says, "You're wrong. The border is not so well-defined. Soon, I'll be able to enter it and I'll be [[Metaphorize|metaphorized]] completely with full range and motion." Her father responds "Even with the newest model, a commercial Navi can't do it." Lain laughs, almost snidely "I can because I modified it." "Is it the Psyche processor?" her father asks. Lain, smiling with wide eyes tells him, "Don't worry. I will always be myself." "Is that so?" he asks and turns to leave. Lain just smiles as he exits, then returns to the screen.

The Navi screen flashes text of an apparent chat room. A variety of voices speak, first a female: "I was waiting for you for a long time." Another female voice: "Why? Why didn't you come?" An incoherent male voice shouts. Yet another female voice: "This is a fortune. If you get…" A male voice: "As a result, Knights is not a real group, but rather a belief that has prevalence in the Wired. In a matter of speaking, Knights rule like a religion in the Wired." A different male voice: "If you love someone more than I, I'll give up you. But if…" A female voice: "Believe me, I was being followed by someone…"

Lain is just hunched over the keyboard as the camera pans back. The computer seems to have grown yet again, with huge stack of processors to Lain's left. Then a voice: "Lain, how come you're not in a hurry to get here?" Suddenly the red dot of a laser passes over Lain's face and dances around her room. It is coming through the window and Lain gets up to investigate it. Outside, the two men who have been watching Lain are outside the car looking up. Lain stares at them angrily as the laser pointers affixed to men's head gear flash over her face. "Go away!" Lain calls out. The men speak to one another for a moment, then Lain looks at them more intently and says "Go away!" Suddenly, Lain's bedroom window begins to oscillate and rumble. The dark haired man's headpiece shatters on his face, and blood drips from his eye. The car bolts away as Lain watches from her window. The Navi calls out "Intruder interrupted." And the hum of the electrical wires are heard over the city.
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|layername = PSYCHE
|airdate = 1998.07.20
|maincharintro = [[JJ]]
|script = [[Layer 03 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 03 Analysis]]
|prevep = [[Layer 02]]
|nextep = [[Layer 04]]
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==Short summary==
*The police interrogate [[Lain]]
*A voice speaks to Lain on the train
*Lain finds a [[Psyche]] chip in her locker
*Lain sees the [[MIB]] car outside her home
*Lain goes to [[Cyberia]] and someone comments on how long they haven't seen her for
*Lain asks [[Taro]], [[Masayuki]] and [[Myu-Myu]] about the Psyche chip
*[[Mika]] sees the MIB outside her door
*Lain modifies her [[NAVI]] with the Psyche chip

==Long summary==
The episode opens again on a crowded Tokyo street. In front of the Cyberia Café, the police have arrived to investigate the shooting. A voiceover states: "You've probably heard of Lain". Lain and Alice exit the club among police. The voice continues "Lain of the Wired."

[Title Layer 03: Psyche]

Flashbacks of the shooting, the laser site, and flowing blood and then we see Lain being questioned by a policeman at the station. The police comment that they have been unable to reach Lain's parents by telephone. Lain is confused about this. The police are concerned because they cannot reach anyone by telephone at Lain's house. As the interrogation continues Alice watches from an outer room. She enters and apologizes to Lain. She grabs her hands and tells her it was her fault. Lain, confused, has trouble even speaking Alice's name, when she does, she sounds practically robotic. Alice is called by her mother to leave. The policeman tells Lain that she can go home.

As the police car carrying Lain pulls up to her house it is noticeably dark while others in the neighborhood are inhabited. Lain walks around the dark house looking for her parents. She goes to their bedroom to find it empty except for two double beds. Lain enters her room, finding it deserted as well, except for the glowing light of her Navi's screen. She sits down in front of her computer. As she stares into the monitor, a plasma-like ball approaches her. She just sighs and then again looks around the house to see if anyone is there. No one can be found. Back at her Navi she checks for messages. None are there. She says "Good Night, Navi".. the Navi responds "Good Night, Lain." Lain falls asleep in her bearsuit.

When morning arrives she opens her door to the sound of her mother in the kitchen. A hearty western breakfast awaits her. Her mother chides her for oversleeping. Lain tries to tell her mother something about last night, but then stops. She leaves the house and again notices someone watching her. This time it is a black car with mysterious red lights that seem to track her. She runs away. On the train to school she seems to be hearing a male voce calling her name. It says "Do you understand". Lain asks "Who are you," to no one in particular. The voice responds "You are not alone." Lain gasps and stares out the window at the passing wires.

At school, Lain's classmates are talking about the events at Cyberia the prior night. Reika, Juri, and Alice seem to be very popular for witnessing the crimes. Juri screams across the room asking Lain if she got in trouble last night. Reika adds "It wasn't our fault." Alice starts to move toward Lain but is bombarded with questions about the gorry details. They ask her to tell her about it and Lain gives a strange smile. Later, during class Lain is at her desk doodling frantically in spiral balls. A mail voice says: "One misses the whole point if one regards the Psyche as a processor. As a multi-purpose information terminal Navi is already popular, even among school children. But the activity in the Wired is limited by the machine performance even now."

The blob that Lain is drawing starts to spin in a smokey swirl. The voice continues: "Psyche can enhance the functions of the Navi." Chisa's voice interrupts as the swirl grows larger: "There is no need for me to be in the real world." Lain turns and sees a shadow that appears like Chisa looking in on the classroom. Chisa continues "It didn't matter whether I was in the real world or not." When we see the shadow closer, it looks like an old woman. Chisa's voice says "When I realized that my fear of losing losing my flesh disappeared." Lain begins to shake and places her hands to her ears. A distorted male voice is heard: "Who is Lain?" and then the spinning paper returns.

In the school hallway Alice is talking with Juri, Reika and Lain. Alice comments "Something weird happened to us. I know that we saw someone die up close last night." Reika butts in saying "But we felt as if we just saw a movie or a TV show. I'm sure we were there but if felt like it wasn't real." Juri agrees and tells Alice not to take it too seriously. Meanwhile, Lain opens her locker and seems a small manilla envelope on top of her shoes. Alice responds that she thinks its strange that they can't take it more seriously. She turns and says "Right Lain?" and then notices the letter in Lain's hand. Alice asks if is a love letter. Lain says "No, but maybe." Juri and Reika descend on her saying "Show me, show me." Reika takes the envelope from Lain and says "You shouldn't hide things like this from us." Alice chimes in "Stop it you're picking on her again." Reika opens the envelope and a small brown looking square comes out. No one seems to know what it is, including Lain.

Lain is walking home to the familiar electrical hum. She removes the small object from her pocket and looks at it. Suddenly she says "Psyche" and she just stands there and stares.

The scene changes to a PSYCHEdelic view of wires in the night. Several disembodied conversations are overheard, as if they are traversing over the wires we see. Female voice: "No, my voice mail was tapped! I can't believe it." Male voice: "There's no relevant information in the resume received. We're examining it for your company." Female voice: "I love kissing. Even by myself it makes me happy." Male voce: "After that silly incident with the kid and Accela the supplier got scared and now we can't hardly get any of them." Another male voice: "Psyche appears to be made in Taiwan and there is a rumor that it was designed by a group called Knights. But I'm not sure if the Knights really exist." Female voice: "Did you feel good while dying?" And now we see Lain sitting at her Navi. Male voice: "Yes. I felt like hugging myself with joy." Female voice: "No! There is someone in my room! A small child-like but wrinkled man is looking at me." The voice is crying. "Help me!" Lain watches on into a typical Navi screen. A different female voice says "I have a photograph taken when you were with your secret lover. If I take this to your company…" Lain turns away from the Navi screen and looks at the small device. We hear "Lain, why aren't you here yet?"

As she grips the device in her hand the Navi announces: "You have mail." Lain's father interrupts before she can read it. He asks if she has started using her new Navi, and then turns on the lights in her room. He asks if there is something wrong. Lain shows him he device she received. He says he does not know what it is. She implores "But Dad, I believe that you do." He says "I told you I don't know" and leaves.

It is later and we see Lain leaving her house. She sees the black car with the small red lights watching her again. Lain runs away. We see Lain in the city approaching the Cyberia Café. Lain tentatively enters the club. A man stops her and says "Lain, you haven't been here for a while." Lain looks at him. The man is surprised and says "You look too girlish today." He leaves to go back to his partying. Lain looks at a table in the corner where Taro, Myu-Myu, and Masayuki are seated. They are the three Lain ran into in the stairway the night before. Taro and Masayuki are teasing one another. Lain interrupts asking "Do you know what this is" showing them the device. Taro asks "isn't that the Psyche". Masayuki and Myu-Myu can't believe it. Masayuki asks "where did you buy it", but Lain just asks again what it is. Taro is shocked and says "With that you can gain access to the Wired perfectly, even with this" indicating his hand-held computer. Lain asks "How do I use this?" Myu-Myu cattily says: "How stupid!" Masayuki asks Lain if she will sell it. Taro retorts: "Idiot, you could never buy it." Taro then turns to Lain and asks "What is your Navi?" Lain isn't sure, but thinks it is the latest Tachibana model. The group is impressed.

Taro asks if she has worked on the inside of it and Lain nods her head "No." Masayuki asks if she's in second or third year of Junior High. Lain replies "Second." Masayuki points out that she should have studied information basics and tells her that the Navi layout is in her textbook. As Taro stares at Lain, Masayuki gives detailed instructions: "Connect this on the backside of the main processor board. It will re-rout the original information back to the processor and it will work automatically. Its easier than building a plastic model kit. Just be aware of static electricity." Lain smiles and thanks the boy. Now we hear Taro calling to Lain: "Wait a minute. Information is not free both in the Wired and the real world." Masayuki asks "How much, How much?" Taro continues: "Aren't you Lain?" Lain turns, surprised. Taro says "I saw you in the Wired once." Lain asks: "Me? In the Wired?" Taro responds: "But you look quite different. Its common to assume a different character in the Wired, but yours is quite the opposite." Myu-Myu says "Really?" Taro continues: "You were here when that stupid incident happened, weren't you." Then he asks: "What are you up to?" Lain responds "What can I do?" Taro says "Go out on a date with me." Taro says that he would rather go out with the wild Lain, though, instead of the current one. Lain turns angrily to him, but then Taro says "I'm just kidding! When ever you like." Myu-Myu jealously asks "What are you talking about?" But Taro says to never mind and beckons the group to leave. Myu-Myu snipes at Lain on her way out.

Outside, the next day, we see Lain's sister coming home from school. As she passes the black car, the red lights do not follow her. Mika sees two men standing on the doorstep. She asks what them men are doing there. "Who are you?" One man just responds "You didn't meet us." [Shades says "The Jedi Mind Trick!"] Mika says "What are you talking about? I'll call the police. [Shades: "Damn! The Jedi Mind Trick didn't work!!"] The other man asks "What for, we were never here," and they walk away. Mika is angry and tells her mom to call the police if the men come again. Mika heads upstairs and stops at Lain's open door. She looks in and asks what she's doing. Lain is seated on the floor in her underwear surrounded by pieces of her Navi. Mika asks again "What are you doing… dressed like that?" Lain tells here she has to avoid static electricity. Mika thinks that's silly. Suddenly the scene becomes static-like. A strangely happy Lain sits up in strobed action and says "Welcome Home, Sister!"
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|layername = GIRLS
|airdate = 1998.07.13
|maincharintro = [[Delivery Man]], [[Taro]], [[Myu-Myu]], [[Masayuki]]
|script = [[Layer 02 Script]]
|analysis = [[Layer 02 Analysis]]
|credits = [[Layer 02 Credits]]
|prevep = [[Layer 01]]
|nextep = [[Layer 03]]
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==Short summary==
*A boy takes [[Accela]]
*[[Lain]] sees a [[MIB]] stalking her
*[[Juri]] and [[Reika]] think they saw Lain at [[Cyberia]], while [[Alice]] disagrees
*Lain's new [[NAVI]] is set up
*Lain goes to Cyberia upon Alice's invitation
*They conclude that the girl they saw yesterday was not Lain
*The boy who took Accela begins shooting randomly
*Lain says her signature line: "No matter where you are, everyone is connected." and the boy shoots himself

==Long summary==
The episode starts with an image of a busy Tokyo street, then a voice over "What are you afraid of? Just try a little bit."

[Title: Girls Layer:02]

The spinning mirror ball and heavy beat blare from the dance club. Floating text appears: "Cyberia. I don't want to be there." A boy is sitting at a table in the club and is approached by strange woman wearing a gas mask. She hands him a small packet and he pays her for it. Floating text appears: "10,000 Yen. That's Expensive! The Market price is only about 4,000 Yen." (Note: 10,000 Yen is about $100US, 4,000 Yen is about $40US). The boy stares at the packet. More floating text appears: "We call it 'Accela'. Although its from the same supplier its not exactly a drug."

Licking his lips, the boy opens the the packet which reveals a caspule surrounding a small object inside. Sweating and breathing heavily, the boy slits open the capsule with a hobby knife revealing the small device. He ingests the device and washes it down with his drink. Immediately his perceptions begin to change and he starts to foam at the mouth. Floating text appears: "I feel accelerated." Everyone he sees appears to be moving in slow motion. He sees an image of Lain's friends Alice, Reika, and Juri at a table. A man falls to the ground. He has been pushed down by a woman. We see her face, which appears to be an angry, more mature looking Lain. She mouths words.

The boy leaves his seat. Floating text appears: "Come on quickly."

Now a scene of the streets at daytime and the familiar buzz of power lines. Now in Lain's room, she talks to her Navi: "No its not. No mail received. I don't get it." Mika appears at the door to the room. She comments "I thought I heard someone else in here." Lain asks "Who?" Mika responds "Your imaginary friend, or something like that". Mika closes the door warning "You'll be late for school again." Lain pads down the hall and leaves the house.

While walking Lain sees a shadow behind a telephone pole, she then sees a strange, slightly bearded man staring at her. Frightened, Lain breaks into a run down the street. Shortly she runs into her three friends. Alice calls to her "Lain, Good Morning!". Reika comments: "See I knew she's not the one." Juri isn't sure. Lain says "What?". Alice chides the others "Stop it, you're picking on poor Lain," but the other girls just giggle. Alice says "Never mind them let's go."

Walking, Lain asks Juri if she's received anymore mail. Juri seems to have forgotten. Lain inquires further, "from Chisa?". Juri says no. Alice asks Lain if she received another prank mail. Juri asks: "Is it true?" Lain replies: "I'm just a little curious." Reika asks "About what? Now that I think about it she really looks like... " and then continues "Lain, where you last night." Lain is confused. Juri adds: "It was you, wasn't it." Alice corrects them: "I told you it wasn't her." The others say "well probably not." Reika explains to Lain that there was someone who looked like her at Cyberia last night.

Lain asks "Cyberia?" Juri explains that the Girls had gone there for the first time the previous night. Reika casually adds: "It was no big deal." Alice teases the other two: "You looked so tense," then turns to Lain and explains that it is an club where kids gather at midnight. Alice tells Lain that there was someone there who looked like her. Lain replies: "Yesterday I was..." but is cut off by Alice saying: "I already said it wasn't Lain. She was wearing a provocative dress and had a terrible temper." Reika breaks in "Her personality was completely opposite." Juri suggests: "How about taking Lain there tonight". Reika sarcastically expresses her doubt that Lain would go. Alice tells her to knock it off. Juri says: "Lain you might change if you went to the club." Alice agrees: "Lain might become even more outgoing." Juri thinks its a wonderful idea, while Reika thinks it will be interesting. Alice thinks that going would improve Lain's mood and tells Lain it will be fun.

The scene shifts to some sort of informational display. The Accela device spins while this commentary is recited: "Accela is a kind of 'smart supplement'. When it enters the body it oscillates at a certain frequency and helps the body secrete one specific hormone. When the hormone is secreted, one's sense of time will be altered and will feel that his consciousness has accellerated. Not only his consciousness, but his brain's calculation speed will also be increased by about a facor of 2 to 12 times faster. The digestive juices will dissolve this nano-mechanism in one day. But the effect is... "

As the voice fades we are back in Lain's classroom. Lain's palm computer flashes under her desk. Alice sends her a message: "Let's have fun at Cyberia tonight." Lain responds "I can't go tonight." Floating text appears: "Humans are all connected."

Lain is walking down a dark hall in the school. She pauses momentarily and sees the shadow of a girl coming from a closet. Then shadowy figures walk by her. Lain is visibily frightened. The girl from the closet approaches her. Her face changes form following the same pattern as the "train girl" from the previous episode... from smiling, to terror, to decaying deformity, to a contented smile. Lain cowers in fear as the image of the girl passes through her.

Back on the streets with the electric hum, Lain pauses when she sees a delivery truck in front of her house. As she approaches the driver asks "Is this your house?" He tells her he has a delivery and then proceeds to unload the truck. The driver asks Lain to sign the delivery confirmation. He is impressed with what he has delivered, indicating that he "always wanted one himself." Lain does not know what any of it is. The man tells her it is the latest Navi model, fully equipped. "With this much machine power," he comments, "it will make your surfing on the wired trouble free. I made one for my own use, but its now match against this." Lain says "but I don't know anything about this." "Soon you will," says the driver with a smile as he leaves.

The scene shifts to Lain in her bear pajamas. Lain hears a sound and gets out of bed. As she descends the stairs she sees her mother and father engaged in a deep kiss. Lain stares. Noticing her, her Father breaks it off and says "Your new Navi has arrived." Her mother says "Please clean up soon, they're in the way." Lain's father offers to set up the computer after dinner. He comments: "This Navi is so powerful that I'd like to use one myself." Lain asks her Father if he can set it up now. Her father is surprised at her eagerness, but Lain just stares back. He agrees.

In her room her father admonishes: "Don't use the Navi with kids all the time. Communication needs more advanced systems whenever you get involved in more mature human relations. You got that Lain?" Lain just stares. Her father boots the new computer and invites Lain to log on to the machine. She takes down the hood of her bearsuit, then her father tells her to talk to it. Lain says: "Hello Navi." Her father tells her: "Finally this Navi is yours. You can show this off to your friends!" As his father opens the door he finds that Mika has been listening there. She feigns disinterest and walks away.

Lain checks her mail on the new system, but there is none. A beep comes from school jacket. Her palm computer has a message from Alice: "Lain, where are you? We are waiting for you. Be sure to come." Floating text appears: "Why don't you come here quickly."

Out on the street in the club district Alice is giving Lain directions over her palm computer. She points out the Cyberia Cafe and Club. Alice continues "its in the basement of the building." Lain stands indecisively on the steps. She hears a boy's voice saying "hey, sis, I can't get through." Lain apologizes. There are three kids descending the stairs, two boys and a younger girl in a frilly dress. The boys talk amongst themselves: "If you do it that way you'll be caught by the information surveillance center." The other boy asks "Isn't safe to just hack it." The girl says "Let's talk about this later at the game center."

Inside the club the beat pounds and Juri sees Lain saying "You're late Lain." Reika adds "Well, you know that its already past her bed time." Juri says "You should have dressed more appropriately for tonight." The three girls are wearing very adult outfits while Lain seems to be wearing a conservative black turtleneck. Alice protectively places her hands on Lain's shoulders and says "How about if we choose some adult clothes for Lain next time." Reika snaps "Will they match her well?" Alice retorts "Reika." Juri continues "It seems that the one we saw last night it was not Lain after all." Reika says: "That's what I've been telling you, Lain doesn't wear that kind of clothes or speak so roughly." Lain asks: "Did she realy look like me?" Juri indicates that she was abolutely sure it was her. Lain says "is that so."

A faint gunshot is heard and a light shatters. People begin to scatter as a second gunshot goes off. Juri falls. Alice and Reika rush to help her. Lain stands perspiring, her back to a wall. Blood pools on the floor. A mans heavy breathing is heard and the light from an infrared gunsite flashes about while the bodies of a man and woman can be seen shadowed on the dance floor. The boy who took the Accela drug the previous night holds the gun. He has a crazed look on his face. Alice and Reika escort Juri off the dance floor. Alice looks back and calls to Lain. Reika says towards Lain "What is she doing." Alice dumps Juri into Reika's arms and goes back to get Lain. The boy with the gun notices Lain and says "What are you looking at!" but he just stares back at him. Alice approaches Lain imploring "What are you doing? Run away Lain." Lain continues to stare at the boy. "I said go away," he says and approaches. He now has a good look at Lain's face and steps back in shock, his cap falling to the floor. "Why did you make me do such a thing!" He yells. "What right do you have to make me do it!" Lain continues to stare at him. "I just wanted to clear my mind," he continues. "I don't know, I have nothing to do with you. I have nothing to do with it." Then again he yells "I have nothing to do with it. Wired must not interfere with the real world! I have nothing to do with it. Who the hell are you." Lain begins to step away from Alice and walks stiffly toward the boy. He levels his gun at her, the laser site flashing across her body. "I don't understand, " he says. "I don't know anything about it." The laser site is locked nervously between Lain's eyes. Suddenly Lain proclaims: "No matter where you are humans are all connected." This brings tears to the boy's eyes. The pinpoint of the laser site moves across the room and targets the back of the boy's mouth. A flash of red and then blood splatters on Lain's face and the boy falls to the ground, his dead body spralled across the other two victims.
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==Short summary==
*Chisa jumps off a building
*Lain's classmates discuss receiving an email from Chisa
*Smoke comes from Lain's fingertips - a sign of hallucination
*Lain starts up her [[NAVI]] for the first time in ages and reads Chisa's email
*Lain asks her father for a new NAVI and he agrees to get one
*Lain snaps awake in her classroom
*The blackboard tells her to come to the [[Wired]] soon
*Lain sees Chisa on her way home

==Long summary==
A crowded street at night in Tokyo's [[Shibuya]] district. A voice asks "Why did you come here, You'd better come here".

[Title: Weird Layer:01]

A breathless teanage girl drops her school bag as passersby point and giggle. The scene cuts to a floating text which reads "Why do you have to do this?" and then "You have to think of yourself". A man and woman pass near the building. He is trying to get her to go "somplace fun" with him.

We now see the girl on the roof of a building. She removes her glasses and positions herself on the edge with her arms outstreched. We see here smiling mouth as she says something inaudible. Again we see floating text "I don't need to be here". Then she falls from the building. The lovers are interrupted in mid-kiss as the girl's body is crushed by a falling building sign. Our last view of this scene is the girl's school bag with a cute character dangling in the breeze.

The scene changes to overhead power wires. A low frequency hum and muffled voices can be heard. Floating text appears reading "If I remain in a place like this I won't be able to stay connected."

The door to a house opens and a young schoolgirl emerges. It is Lain. She is wearing a typical Japanese school uniform with a short plaid skirt, jacket, and small bowed tie. She rides the train and we again hear the sound of electrical wires. The girl says "Shut up. Why can't you just shut up." For a moment there is silence and then more hum of wires.

As the schoolgirls approach their building, Lain stops and looks at her shadow on the ground. In it, misty whisps seem to float. Lain looks up and watches the girls enter the school. Their images seem to fade into whispy images as well. Floating text appears reading "Hurry everybody".

Lain arrives in her classroom to the sounds of a girl sobbing. We see three girls at the back of the room. The crying girl is Juri and she is comforted by Alice who says "It will be alright". Alice approaches Lain and asks "Did you receive it too?". Lain says "what?", and Alice asks "an email." Lain asks "email?" and Alice says "An email from Yomoda Chisa" Lain indicates that she's not very good at using computers, and Alice chides her "You should check your email every day".

Reika comes up to Lain's desk and says "Lain is still like a kid, isn't she". Lain hears Juri's cry again and asks "Why is she crying?" Reika says "Because she received an email from Yomoda Chisa." Lain asks "Who is Chisa?" Reika explains that Chisa was in Class B -- she was the girl who committed suicide last week. Alice explains that many other classmates received the same mail, and that dead people don't send mail, but somehow it was received.

As Lain is watching the teacher write on the blackboard, the words she sees become fuzzy. Lain is confused. She looks at her hands as the sound of chalk on board echos in the room. Suddenly small outlets appear in her fingers and ectoplasm drifts from them to swirl around the classroom. Floating text appears reading "When you die? It hurts, lol."

Outside again, Lain is walking home accompanied by the hum of the overhead wires. Lain enters her house which seems neat, yet lifeless. No one is home and Lain does not call out with the typical Japanese "I'm home." She enters her large bedroom which contains only a small bed, a desk with books and her computer. Her window ledge is lined with stuffed animals. Lain sits at her desk, dons a bear-eared hat, and turns on her computer. Lain logs into her computer and is informed that she has mail. It is from Yomoda Chisa. Lain chooses to read the email. It reads "Hello. How are you? I went home from school with you once. Do you remember?" Lain says "Yes". The letter continues "I have only abandoned the flesh. This way, I can tell you I am still alive. By sending you this mail I can show you the way. Do you understand? No need to understand now. Soon you will understand it. Everyone will."

Lain asks "Why did you kill yourself?"

The letter continues "It seems there is a rumor that its a prank mail by someone at school. But that's not the case. I want you to understand that." Lain asks, "But why? Why did you kill yourself?" The computer responds, "Because here, God exists." Lain says, "What?"

It's dinner time. Lain, her mother, and sister Mika are eating. As Lain stirs her soup, Mika leaves the table with her food relatively untouched. She explains that she had a late lunch today and thanks her mom for the meal. Lain tells her mother about the mail she received from the dead girl. Her mother doesn't respond. She just keeps on eating.

Lain is now in her bedroom. She lying on her bed with her back to the windowed wall. She is wearing hooded pajamas that are fashioned as a bear-suit. Outside you can hear a car approaching and parking.

Inside his office, Lain's father tinkers with an array of computers. Lain enters and he asks her what she wants, since it unusual for her come into his office. Lain drops the hood on her bearsuit. Humbly, she asks her father for a new "Navi". Her father is amused that she is finally interested in it. He says that now that she is in junior high, she will be outpaced by her friends without a better machine. He says "In this world there are both the real world and the wired. Everyone is connected to each other. And that's how human societies are organized. Even kids like you can get friends quickly. There is no need to be afraid. I wonder why your mom doesn't understand it." Hesitantly Lain says, "I'm not afraid of it." Her Dad asks "But why the sudden interest?" Lain replies "I have to meet a friend." Her father laughs and doesn't respond, preoccupied with his computer.

Lain is on the train again and suddenly the train slams to a halt. An announcement over the PA apologizes for the inconvenience. The train had to be stopped because of an accident. Lain places her hand to the window and watches an electrical wire as blood begins to drip from it.

Now it appears as if Lain is transported to another place, first on the street, then at the bottom of a subway entrance. She sees misty figures dissolving to nothing as they exit. Now she is in a plaza, then her empty living room, and finally at a railroad crossing. Smoke envelops the scene. As she stares down the rail tracks, she sees a girl in a sailor school uniform go under the crossing gate and stand on the tracks. Lain tries to shout at the girl, but no sound comes from her mouth. The girls face is shown alternating between smiling and screaming and ends smiling contentedly as the train finally bears down upon her. Lain crouches beside the tracks as the train passes at blinding speed.

Suddenly we back in Lain's classroom where we see tears falling on paper. She is slumped as sweat and tears drip from her chin. Her teacher, oblivious to her condition, reminds Lain that the information will be on the exam. The English words on the blackboard begin to blur until she sees a message reading "Come to the Wired quickly."

Lain is again walking home from school. As she walks she notices Chisa walking in the opposite direction. Lain turns around to see Chisa standing there. She calls to her "Chisa-chan, where are you?" Chisa just smiles. Then after panning across the reflection of the electrical wires on her glasses, Chisa disappears in a spiraling ribbon. Lain pleads "Wait!"

( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer01.php Source] )

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'''LAYER 01: WEIRD'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.07.06

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' [[Yomoda Chisa]] [[Iwakura Lain]] [[Mizuki Alice]] [[Kato Juri]] [[Yamamoto Reika]] [[Iwakura Mika]] [[Iwakura Miho]] [[Iwakura Yasuo]]

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==Short summary==
*Chisa jumps off a building
*Lain's classmates discuss receiving an email from Chisa
*Smoke comes from Lain's fingertips - a sign of hallucination
*Lain starts up her [[NAVI]] for the first time in ages and reads Chisa's email
*Lain asks her father for a new NAVI and he agrees to get one
*Lain snaps awake in her classroom
*The blackboard tells her to come to the [[Wired]] soon
*Lain sees Chisa on her way home

==Long summary==
A crowded street at night in Tokyo's [[Shibuya]] district. A voice asks "Why did you come here, You'd better come here".

[Title: Weird Layer:01]

A breathless teanage girl drops her school bag as passersby point and giggle. The scene cuts to a floating text which reads "Why do you have to do this?" and then "You have to think of yourself". A man and woman pass near the building. He is trying to get her to go "somplace fun" with him.

We now see the girl on the roof of a building. She removes her glasses and positions herself on the edge with her arms outstreched. We see here smiling mouth as she says something inaudible. Again we see floating text "I don't need to be here". Then she falls from the building. The lovers are interrupted in mid-kiss as the girl's body is crushed by a falling building sign. Our last view of this scene is the girl's school bag with a cute character dangling in the breeze.

The scene changes to overhead power wires. A low frequency hum and muffled voices can be heard. Floating text appears reading "If I remain in a place like this I won't be able to stay connected."

The door to a house opens and a young schoolgirl emerges. It is Lain. She is wearing a typical Japanese school uniform with a short plaid skirt, jacket, and small bowed tie. She rides the train and we again hear the sound of electrical wires. The girl says "Shut up. Why can't you just shut up." For a moment there is silence and then more hum of wires.

As the schoolgirls approach their building, Lain stops and looks at her shadow on the ground. In it, misty whisps seem to float. Lain looks up and watches the girls enter the school. Their images seem to fade into whispy images as well. Floating text appears reading "Hurry everybody".

Lain arrives in her classroom to the sounds of a girl sobbing. We see three girls at the back of the room. The crying girl is Juri and she is comforted by Alice who says "It will be alright". Alice approaches Lain and asks "Did you receive it too?". Lain says "what?", and Alice asks "an email." Lain asks "email?" and Alice says "An email from Yomoda Chisa" Lain indicates that she's not very good at using computers, and Alice chides her "You should check your email every day".

Reika comes up to Lain's desk and says "Lain is still like a kid, isn't she". Lain hears Juri's cry again and asks "Why is she crying?" Reika says "Because she received an email from Yomoda Chisa." Lain asks "Who is Chisa?" Reika explains that Chisa was in Class B -- she was the girl who committed suicide last week. Alice explains that many other classmates received the same mail, and that dead people don't send mail, but somehow it was received.

As Lain is watching the teacher write on the blackboard, the words she sees become fuzzy. Lain is confused. She looks at her hands as the sound of chalk on board echos in the room. Suddenly small outlets appear in her fingers and ectoplasm drifts from them to swirl around the classroom. Floating text appears reading "When you die? It hurts, lol."

Outside again, Lain is walking home accompanied by the hum of the overhead wires. Lain enters her house which seems neat, yet lifeless. No one is home and Lain does not call out with the typical Japanese "I'm home." She enters her large bedroom which contains only a small bed, a desk with books and her computer. Her window ledge is lined with stuffed animals. Lain sits at her desk, dons a bear-eared hat, and turns on her computer. Lain logs into her computer and is informed that she has mail. It is from Yomoda Chisa. Lain chooses to read the email. It reads "Hello. How are you? I went home from school with you once. Do you remember?" Lain says "Yes". The letter continues "I have only abandoned the flesh. This way, I can tell you I am still alive. By sending you this mail I can show you the way. Do you understand? No need to understand now. Soon you will understand it. Everyone will."

Lain asks "Why did you kill yourself?"

The letter continues "It seems there is a rumor that its a prank mail by someone at school. But that's not the case. I want you to understand that." Lain asks, "But why? Why did you kill yourself?" The computer responds, "Because here, God exists." Lain says, "What?"

It's dinner time. Lain, her mother, and sister Mika are eating. As Lain stirs her soup, Mika leaves the table with her food relatively untouched. She explains that she had a late lunch today and thanks her mom for the meal. Lain tells her mother about the mail she received from the dead girl. Her mother doesn't respond. She just keeps on eating.

Lain is now in her bedroom. She lying on her bed with her back to the windowed wall. She is wearing hooded pajamas that are fashioned as a bear-suit. Outside you can hear a car approaching and parking.

Inside his office, Lain's father tinkers with an array of computers. Lain enters and he asks her what she wants, since it unusual for her come into his office. Lain drops the hood on her bearsuit. Humbly, she asks her father for a new "Navi". Her father is amused that she is finally interested in it. He says that now that she is in junior high, she will be outpaced by her friends without a better machine. He says "In this world there are both the real world and the wired. Everyone is connected to each other. And that's how human societies are organized. Even kids like you can get friends quickly. There is no need to be afraid. I wonder why your mom doesn't understand it." Hesitantly Lain says, "I'm not afraid of it." Her Dad asks "But why the sudden interest?" Lain replies "I have to meet a friend." Her father laughs and doesn't respond, preoccupied with his computer.

Lain is on the train again and suddenly the train slams to a halt. An announcement over the PA apologizes for the inconvenience. The train had to be stopped because of an accident. Lain places her hand to the window and watches an electrical wire as blood begins to drip from it.

Now it appears as if Lain is transported to another place, first on the street, then at the bottom of a subway entrance. She sees misty figures dissolving to nothing as they exit. Now she is in a plaza, then her empty living room, and finally at a railroad crossing. Smoke envelops the scene. As she stares down the rail tracks, she sees a girl in a sailor school uniform go under the crossing gate and stand on the tracks. Lain tries to shout at the girl, but no sound comes from her mouth. The girls face is shown alternating between smiling and screaming and ends smiling contentedly as the train finally bears down upon her. Lain crouches beside the tracks as the train passes at blinding speed.

Suddenly we back in Lain's classroom where we see tears falling on paper. She is slumped as sweat and tears drip from her chin. Her teacher, oblivious to her condition, reminds Lain that the information will be on the exam. The English words on the blackboard begin to blur until she sees a message reading "Come to the Wired quickly."

Lain is again walking home from school. As she walks she notices Chisa walking in the opposite direction. Lain turns around to see Chisa standing there. She calls to her "Chisa-chan, where are you?" Chisa just smiles. Then after panning across the reflection of the electrical wires on her glasses, Chisa disappears in a spiraling ribbon. Lain pleads "Wait!"

( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer01.php Source] )

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==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] talks with the [[Knights]] online
*[[Alice]], [[Juri]] and [[Reika]] discuss Lain's social life and they go shopping together
*Lain sees the [[PHANTOMa]] players summon a giant Lain in the clouds
*[[Mika]] is still semi-catatonic
*Lain goes on the [[Wired]] to find [[Professor Hodgeson]]
*The professor tells her about the [[conspiracy|Kensington Experiment]] and [[KIDS]]
*Lain sees the [[MIB]] outside and runs out
*Lain's room explodes due to a bomb planted by the [[Knights]]

==Long summary==
People are walking the streets of Tokyo at night. A female voice informs us, "When humans are connected, small voices will become larger. When humans are connected, even life will get longer so..."

[Title: KIDS Layer 06]

It is nighttime and the power lines are emitting their by now very familiar hum. Lain's dad stands in the dark hallway outside of Lain's room. Her door is open just a crack and a bright light fills the narrow space. Lain's father proceeds to the door, knocks and announces he is coming in before any reply can be heard. His eyes widen in surprise as he notices first that he is standing in water and second that Lain's Navi now fills most of her room. He looks about the room with a look of shock and amazement on his face. All he can do is gasp "Lain."

Lain appears to be entranced as she stares at her Navi screen. She does not seem to know that her father is in the room . Her father notes that Lain is engrossed with her computer so he turns to leave, his face frozen with a grimace of concern.

The Navi scrolls up the word COMA. Lain says "Thank you" to the screen. Suddenly the scene shifts and Lain is floating in a solid white room. She is having a conversation with someone who is not visible. Lain continues, "But I'e already confirmed that register," and laughs. She notes "It is so strange." A moment of silence which Lain seems to reply to by stating "I agree. It'd be better if the next generation protocol would be released soon. When it is I can.." Lain then switches the topic. "But why are you so kind to me?". A strange sound seems to reply and Lain then says, "I don't think so. I'm just curious. Because I don't have many friends." The strange sound is heard again. Lain replies, "Thank you all, Knights." then she laughs.

A daytime view of the power lines. Lain is walking to school. She is startled by the sudden appearance of a boy, standing just a short distance ahead of her. He is staring at the sky with his arm raised in a 'V' shape. Lain follows his gaze upwards but does not see anything. When she looks back down, the boy is gone.

Scene shifts to Lain's classroom. Lain is using her pocket Navi and is about to connect to the wired when she is interrupted. Reika chides, "You are too diligent." Lain quickly puts her pocket computer in her desk. Alice adds, "Lain, you look like yourself again." Juri also walks over and comments, "Let's play together again. If you are alone, your life will be miserable." Lain counters, "But I'm not alone." Alice gasps, "What, who is with you?" Lain answers, "Many people visit me." But she pauses and corrects herself, "No, perhaps I go to where they are." Reika gets somewhat huffy. "You mean the Wired? A 'Net Pal' is not a real friend." Alice is amused by Reika and teases her, "Reika is too much of an old fogy." Juri agrees and repeats "Old fogy." Reika takes their teasing in stride and responds, "Nothing wrong with that. But Lain, who are you talking to?" Lain grins and very slowly and deliberately states, "That... is... a... secret." Alice looks concerned. Reika and Juri are intrigued and press Lain to tell them more.

The scene shifts to a new location. It appears to be a tall apartment building. The voices of Lain and her friends can be heard discussing what outfit would look best on Lain. The scene shifts again and we see all four girls in casual clothing. They are walking about the city's shops. Juri recommends they all go to one store in particular because they can eat ice cream for thirty minutes. The girls seem to be enjoying their outing. They are walking and laughing. Suddenly Reika stops and makes a sound of puzzlement. Alice hears her and asks, "What's up?" Reika points down the street at a boy (it is the same boy Lain saw earlier in the episode). He is again staring up at the sky with his arms raised in a 'V'. Lain's eyes widen in recognition. Juri asks, "What is that kid doing?'" Reika responds, "I wonder." Juri then says, "Let's go, Lain".

The girls walk a short distance further. Lain is looking about the throng of people who are also walking about the city. Lain's attention is caught by two children in the crowd. Both are staring up at the sky and simultaneously raise their arms skyward. Lain looks up at the sky. A cloud appears. The cloud begins to part down the middle like a curtain opening for a play. A huge godlike image of Lain appears in the cloud. Lain gasps in shock. The other girls had continued walking. Alice backtracks, sees that Lain is mesmerized and asks, "What?" Now other people in the crowd have noticed the apparition in the sky and they begin to buzz with questions. Alice turns to Lain and gasps as she too looks upward. "Is that Lain?" she asks aloud. Lain does not answer and turns her gaze downward to look at the two children once more. They are still standing with their arms raised seemingly in benediction to the godlike Lain figure. Lain looks upwards again but the sky has returned to normal.

It is dusk and the scene shifts back to Lain's house. Mom is in the kitchen doing dishes. Without turning around she states, "You're home early lately." It seems she is addressing Mika who is sitting sprawled on the couch watching the television news. Mom continues, "Instead of you, Lain's out late these days.". Mika does not respond. Mom then asks her, "Did you get the recommendation (to the next grade level)?" Mika still does not reply and seems to be in a catatonic state as she blankly stares at the TV screen. Mom then announces, "She's home." Mika still just stares. She seems to attempt to verbally respond but can only make a guttural sound, as if she is unable to speak.

Lain sloshes into her dark bedroom. Her Navi seems to come on automatically upon her entrance. A voice announces, "In Tokyo there was an extraordinary phenomenon in the sky." Lain begins to angrily take off her clothing. The voice continues, "Many people were afraid of it. Is it a mischievous prank? Is it just a natural phenomenon?" Lain plops down in front of her Navi. The voice is still going, "Was it done by someone on purpose?" Lain addresses her Navi, "Hello Navi." It answers, "Hello Lain." Lain then instructs her Navi to connect her to the wired.

The scene shifts to a dark area. There is a single beam of light with a figure illuminated in it. It is Lain. A male voice asks, "Are you Lain?" Lain ignores the question and keeps walking. Suddenly a giant mouth appears behind her. The mouth says, "You're great. You can change your shape in the real world so much." Lain retorts, "You're pretending to be a Cheshire Cat." The mouth snickers and says, "I can only do this because of my user permission level." The scene shifts and we see that Lain is walking on a path of light, surrounded by darkness. The mouth continues, "Almost all people only have an ear. I'm better than them." Lain is annoyed by the mouth and states, "Don't waste your breath. Give me information." The mouth giggles, "If I help Lain, I'll be a hero in this locale." Lain counters, "You make too much noise," and wipes her arm across her face. She then asks, "Have you ever heard of the game that's popular among grade school children?" The mouth asks, "Game?" There are many children's games. "Stupid fellow," responds Lain. The mouth then asks, "Were you inspired to think of a child's game?" Lain waxes philosophical, "Everything will be a game for children." The mouth opens wide and sighs, "Tsk, You found out this 'Result'. I see. He may know the answer."

A panel like object appears on the path before Lain. Lain walks up to the panel and looks at it. On it is an image of an older bearded man wearing a lab coat. Lain states, "He is a child killer, this scientist." The panel disappears leaving the scientist image behind, though it has become more grainy. The mouth giggles, "Tee hee. That's just like you Lain. You found him by yourself. In the real world he is an old man merely waiting to die in a hospital ward." Lain's eyes narrow. The mouth adds, "I helped you. A little bit. Ask about KIDS." The mouth then laughs and moves away leaving Lain alone with the image of the scientist. Lain throws a parting jib at the mouth, "I didn't need your help, Cheshire Cat." Lain now addresses the gray figure of the scientist, "Professor Hodgeson. It's your turn now. Tell me about it." The scene closes in on his face and sifts once more.

Lain is standing next to the prone figure of Professor Hodgeson as he reclines on a bed. They are on a large balcony. Professor Hodgeson addresses Lain, "You look very lifelike, young lady." Lain ignores his comment and asks, "What is KIDS?" He sighs, "What a tranquil time. Until my body in the real world rots, I want to remain calm." Lain presses him again, "You must know what happened. What is KIDS?" The professor is in no hurry to answer her questions, "A beautiful time. An eternity of silence." Lain does not give up, "Professor Hodgeson. Let me see the data pertaining to the experiment fifteen years ago." The professor finally acknowledges Lain's questioning, "I didn't want to put children in danger." Lain corrects him, "It's not about fifteen years ago but about the game children are playing now. Isn't it a reproduction of your experiments fifteen years ago?" The professor replies, "Someone learned of it from a trash can. I believed that I had deleted all the data." Lain prompts, "Tell me about the Kensington Experiment." The professor is quiet for a moment then begins, "'PSI' , super psychological power. Almost all kids possess it, even if it is very small."

The scene shifts to a flashback of a laboratory. The professor's voice continues, "It's not really ESP. It's just for intuition and it only has enough physical force to bend a coin." The lab has rows of children who all seem to be strapped in place. There is a strange metal dish like object over each child's head. Lain walks in front of the image of the children used in the experiment. She points to one and asks, "What are these over their heads?" The background dissolves into a close up of one of the children. The professor answers, "We called them 'Outer Receptors' and they receive the 'PSI'."

The image of Hodgeson appears in his lab coat. The scene dissolves behind him to show a big, black, square. He states, "This is KIDS. Even though they're weak individually, if I amass the forces of kids..." The scene again changes. Now the black box is in the center of rows of the children. Some type of energy appears to be focusing on the box. Lain asks, "What did you expect?" Professor Hodgeson replies, "Something unpredictable. I wanted to see young lady." The scene moves to an inner view of the box. It appears to contain a glowing sphere of energy.

Lain turns to the professor and asks, "What did you do for them?" The professor answers, "I thought science was not just experiments based on hypothesis." Lain hides her face in her hands. She is disturbed by what she is hearing and seeing. The professor continues, "I didn't ask them." Lain snaps, "Didn't you think of the children?" The scene shows Lain and Professor Hodgeson facing each other with the black KIDS unit between them. The professor answers, "No, I didn't, as you said. I'd just convert this weak electromagnetic wave of the brain received by the the 'Outer Receptor'. The KIDS System is an extended part of the functions of the brain." Suddenly the box and the professor disappear in a blaze of bright light. Lain has to turn her head due to its intensity. When she looks back she sees a rotating sphere of energy. The bodies of many children appear to be trapped in the sphere. Their bodies then dissolve into its energy mass.

Lain yells out a question, "When all of their PSI was joined how much power was generated?" A child's voice pleads in the background, "Stop it!" Lain grabs her head in desperation and proclaims, "That's enough!"

The scene shifts back to black. The professor states, "I broke them completely so they would never be restored." Back on the balcony the professor continues, "But the schematics of the machine were leaked to somewhere in the Wired, then they spread." Lain is visibly upset. She tells Professor Hodgeson that indeed someone has found out. The professor continues, "They updated it to function with out the Outer Receptors. It was really great that they could make it so widespread with only an emulator. Lain looks up angrily and says, "Do you only think about that. Do you think children are important?" The professor replies, "The children won't return to the real world no matter what I think. Moreover, I don't know about the current children." Lain is mad and tells him, "You're selfish. Who's using it now?" The professor seems to be winding down. "Young lady, I'm tired of talking. I'm glad to have met you. I don't know what you are trying to do, or what you're trying to be, but you're strong. Extremely strong. You must be a blessed child of the God in the Wired, if he exists. Lain replies softly, "I don't..." The professor talks right over her. "Where did your enormous power come from? You are different from those who are creating mischief with KIDS." Lain repeats, "Mischief," then gasps as though she realizes something. The professor turns to Lain, "Let me go now. I'm a little tired. Now my embers of life have disappeared. My wish has also been granted." Suddenly the professor starts to glow a bright white color. He and his bed disappear leaving Lain alone on the balcony. Lain has returned to the path of light. She appears to be deep in thought as she utters a single word, "Knights."

The bright glow of a computer monitor fills the screen. Lain is slumped in a chair in front of her Navi screen. She seems to be exhausted. Lain addresses her screen, "Shut up. What are you? Why are you trying to tell me something?" The screen remains blank. Lain is not done yet and she continues to express her anger, "Was I only a toy for you? Was it all just a game? What do you want to do with the kids? Is it just for fun?" Lain's anger and outrage grows, "You'll do anything just because you can, and because you're interested." Lain laughs and exclaims, "If that's so you're mere monkeys!" She then throws her body back in her chair and continues to laugh. Around her, the Navi equipment starts to become more active. Pressure gauges are moving and the liquid in her cooling unit seems to be bubbling. Lain continues, "Why does no one answer? No one answers?" Lain is looking up at the ceiling. Her eyes widen in surprise as she notices two red laser lights scanning the ceiling.

Outside, the two men in black are standing in front of their car. The laser lights are originating from devices on their glasses. Lain is now at her bedroom window. The red lights run across her face. She peers down and sees the two men. Lain scowls and proclaims, "There they are!" Lain has run all the way through the house and pushes out the gate outside. She stops before the men and shouts, "You! You're the Knights, aren't you?" The men do not reply. Lain again questions if they are the Knights. The taller of the two men puts out his hand and motions for Lain to lie down. Lain is shocked. KERBLAM!! A loud explosion rips through Lain's just vacated room. Her bedroom window shatters and glass fragments fall to the ground.

Lain is shaken and asks what happened. The shorter man explains to her that it was the cooling system in her room. Lain is still in shock and turns to face the men. The taller man adds, "They sent a parasite bomb to your cooling system." Lain replies, "You talk as though you had nothing to do with it." He counters, "We didnt." Lain is curious, "Then who did?" The men do not answer and head back to their car. Before he gets in, the taller man turns to Lain and answers, "The Knights." Lain's eyes widen in shock. She watches the men drive away. A siren is heard in the distance.
( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer06.php Source] )

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== ISBN's ==
'''Omnipresence (1999)''' 
ISBN 4-7897-1343-1

'''Omnipresence (2006)''' 
japanese: WANIMAGAZINE 
ISBN 4-89829-487-1

english: DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING 
ISBN 1-56970-899-1 
Softcover 
ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-899-6 
Hardcover 
ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-880-4

'''VEL''' 
ISBN 4-7897-1342-3 
reissue (June 2013?) 
ISBN 4-8354-4950-9

'''Scenario EL''' 
ISBN 4-7897-1320-2 
reissue (2010?) 
ISBN 4-8354-4567-8 

''note: some of these might have reissues or versions in other languages that are not listed here''
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'''LAYER 13: EGO'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.09.28

'''Main Characters Introduced: ''' None

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 13 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 13]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 12]]

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] regrets how she always hurts [[Alice]] and gives [[reality]] a [[reset]]
*Conspicuous lack of Lain in her [[Lain's house|house]], although only [[Yasuo]] notices
*[[Alice]], [[Reika]] and [[Juri]] discuss going to [[Cyberia]] and only Alice remembers Lain
*[[Taro]], [[Masayuki]] and [[Myu-Myu]] forget Lain
*The [[Accela]] user and [[Eiri]] are alive and the [[Men in Black]] are construction workers
*Lain cries and argues with herself about her current state of being but is comforted by her "father"
*Lain meets a grown-up Alice and pretends not to know her
*Lain is always here in the [[Wired]] and will always be with you

==Long summary==
A screen is clicked on. A digitized image of Lain is on the screen. Lain says, "Well, it became unclear again. Where am I? Here, or where you are? I exist everywhere where you are. I know it. Because I am connected to you. But I…. Where is the true Me? Well, I know there is no true me. I am only inside of people who know I exist. But is this really me talking right now? Am I myself? I… Who am I?" The screen is clicked off.

[Title Ego Layer 13]

This episode starts off with scenes just before the end of episode 12.

Masami Eiri's flesh is reassembling. He howls in pain and outrage. Alice and Lain cling to each other. Alice is terrified while Lain remains strangely calm. One of Masami's appendages wraps around the girls and lifts them off the ground. Lain cries, "Alice!" Lain's Navi equipment seems to be propelled towards the seething mass that is Masami. Lain yells at Masami, "You said that your flesh wasn't necessary, didn't you?" Alice screams hysterically. Lain tries to calm her friend down by saying her name, "Alice," and holding onto her trembling hands. Alice is not able to realize that Masami is gone. His body had been smashed by the Navi equipment. His reign as a god has ended. Alice tries to fight out of Lain's grasp. Her hand makes contact with Lain's face and draws blood. Lain's lip starts to quiver as she realizes how she again has hurt Alice. Lain thinks, "Everything I ever did for Alice was always wrong… I am really…" Lain grabs Alice and deeply embraces her. This seems to finally quiet her friend down. Alice is in shock. She is unable to return the embrace. Lain clings to Alice and cries her name, "Alice. Alice." Still holding onto her, Lain says, "Alice I'm so sorry…I'm sorry."

A computer screen reads, "All Reset…Return" The back screen has many English words on it like, raw, mean, and lastly, sad. Past scenes of the show seem to rewind in a quick manner. The computer screen goes blank.

It is light outside. The power lines are humming. The door to Lain's house opens. A combination of Japanese and Western style breakfast items is being served. Mika pushes herself away from the table and says, "It was a nice meal." She has left some food on her plate. Her dad notices this and quips, "There's a little left." Mom says, "She's on a diet." Mika scolds her, "Don't say such a thing." Mom is eating rice. (Still her favorite thing to do- Shades) Dad informs her, "Some merchandise may come today. Please pay for it when it comes." His wife guesses, "A computer part again?" He does not respond. Both continue to eat their breakfast. Dad glances at the empty chair at the table. It is almost as if he is looking for someone else to be there. Such is not the case. This is a family of three, not four, so of course there is only a place setting for three. He says, "Say." His wife replies, "What?" He continues to stare at the empty chair. It almost appears as if he has a half remembered memory about someone sitting in the chair but can't bring it to the surface. He dismisses the thought, "No…nothing."

The door has been left open to Lain's house. Scenes are shown of the path once taken by Lain on her way to school. She is not at her usual place on the train. (A really cool song by Chabo plays in the background throughout the next sequence-Shades)

Girls are walking to school. Alice stops and looks up at the building. Juri and Reika call her name, "Alice!" They run and catch up with her. Reika asks, "Where should we go tonight?" Juri tugs on Alice's arm and pleads, "Cyberia! Cyberia!" Alice replies, "Sure." She then reaches for her pocket Navi and says, "I'll send a mail." Juri and Reika look at each other with curious expressions. Juri asks, "Alice, who are you sending mail to?" Alice seems to ponder the question. Her Navi screen is set to its mail server. She doesn't seem to be able to remember who it is she wanted to write. Juri thinks she know who Alice had in mind and asks, "Will you call her again?" Alice asks, "Who?" Juri points to someone in the crowd of girls. It is Chisa. Alice says, "Chisa?" Juri replies, "Yes, Yomada Chisa. We took her to Cybria once because you suggested it. But she didn't seem interested whatsoever." Reika quips, "It seems useless." Alice says, "I see." Alice then looks down and smiles. Her friends inquire what is on her mind. Alice replies, "Nothing. I just had a strange thought." Reika repeats, "A strange thought?" Alice recites, "It never happened if there is no memory of it." Reika asks, "Memory?" Alice continues, "Someone never existed if there is no memory of them." Reika and Juri exchange quizzical glances with each other. Reika finally asks, "What are you talking about?" Alice replies, "It has to be no one then." She starts to walk to class and says, "Now let's hurry so we can study." Reika and Juri yell, "Alice", and run to catch up with her.

Masayuki, Myu Myu, and Taro are playing a scissors, paper, and stone type of game. Masayuki whines, "I lost again." The three are crossing a street. Taro says, "Let's play." Myu Myu says, "Hurry! Hurry!" Masayuki cries, "Wait for me!" Myu Myu scolds him, "Moron." Taro stops to attend to his beeping Navi. It is shaped like a gun. He pushes a button and says, "A mail?" Myu Myu peeks over his shoulder, "What? What?" The screen reads "KIDS Technology." Lain's image appears briefly then quickly disappears. Myu Myu puts her hands on her hips and asks, "Who is that girl?" Taro replies, "No… I don't know her." Masayuki finally catches up and asks, "What?"

A teenage boy and his little sister are also walking down the street. The twosome draw near Taro, Myu Myu and Masayuki. The teen says to Taro, "You're machine looks good." Taro looks at him and says, "What?" The teen is the Accela boy who killed himself at Cyberia. The teen says, "I also altered mine a little." His sister pulls his sleeve and says, "Hurry brother! Hurry! Hurry! Mom is waiting!" He answers, "I know," then to Taro and company he says, "Bye." The brother and sister walk away. Myu Myu and Masayuki start to run. Myu Myu yells, "Go! Go!" Masayuki pleads "Let's toss for it again!" Taro has not moved. He looks down at his Navi then follows his friends. Myu Myu mock threatens him, "Taro, I'll leave you!" Masayuki is still whining, "It's not fair. Let's toss for it again." Taro and a man walk by each other. The man is talking to himself, "I'll quit. I'll quit that damned company. They make me do this job…" He is Masami Eiri. He shakes his fist angrily and continues his jabbering, "They look down on me…" Taro puts his Navi away and joins his friends. Masami is still walking and grumbling, "I'll quit, I'll quit." He looks up at two men fixing a street light. It is Carl and the short guy. Masami stops to watch them work for a few minutes. He then resumes his walking and grumbling, "I'll quit…quit…I'm definitely quitting today!"

Scenes of power lines are shown. That familiar hum is in the air.

A black screen has text words which read, "It never happened if there is no memory of it. Human memory is just a record. You can rewrite the record." Lain's voice says, "Really?"

Present day…. Present time…. Ha ha ha ha!!!!!

The stock opening footage is shown. Lain is in the Wired. She is standing on a deserted street. She is upset. She bends down and starts to cry. All is silent around her. Lain in the Wired's voice asks, "Why are you crying? Because you deleted yourself from everybody's memory?" Lain continues to cry. Lain in the Wired says, "But that's what you wanted, isn't it?" Lain in the Wired appears near Lain. Lain says, "Yes, but…" Lain in the Wired interrupts her, "The information of a dead person won't leak from the Wired again." Lain's crying has subsided to sobs. Lain in the Wired says, "So Lain doesn't need to exist. That's what you wished for, right?" Lain says, "You talk like that man." Lain in the Wired reminds her, "That man? There has been no 'that man'. Even if he exists, he won't get any funny ideas about becoming a god again." Lain notes, "I'm nowhere. If I'm nowhere, what am I? Who am I?" Lain in the Wired says, "You said it yourself." Lain asks, "What?" Lain in the Wired replies, "The Wired is not the upper layer of the real World. He was wrong. The network is a field to transport information. Information doesn't stand still. Information always functions by flowing." Lain says, "I see. Human memory…Personal memory…and the history of mankind." Lain in the Wired says, "Yes. Commonly owned unconsciousness."

The two Lains are now on a train. Lain in the Wired continues, "Do you think human beings can create a way to store such an enormous memory by themselves?" Lain says, "The Wired was only for connecting. But where was it connected to?" The two Lains are now on a stairway. Lain in the Wired says, "Do you think humans need to know?" Lain asks, "What?" Lain in the Wired says, "Although they haven't known, they could make a go for it." The two Lains are now at Cyberia watching the people dance. Lain in the Wired says, "The human world has created its own god and they've prayed to it. They have defined the world in their own way." JJ the DJ is spinning tracks in his booth. Lain says, "I hate what you just said." The two Lains have made their way to a classroom. Lain in the Wired says, "Even if you don't like it, it is Lain. It is me. You know this. Yes, Lain is not human." Lain in the Wired laughs. Lain is looking out a classroom window. Lain in the Wired says, "Lain exists everywhere. Lain watches still. Yes, Lain is a goddess." Lain says, "You're wrong! You're wrong!" The two Lains are outside at night on a busy street. Lain in the Wired says, "Its easy to be a goddess. I think its easier than being a human." The two Lains are on the roof at the school. Lain in the Wired says, "You won't need to do anything. You should only be and observe. Nobody looks down on Lain. Nobody hates Lain." Lain looks dejected and says, "That…" but doesn't finish. Lain in the Wired says, "Well Lain, perhaps you should start again, since you reset them." Lain angrily turns and yells at Lain in the Wired, "Stop it!" Lain in the Wired looks stunned and her image begins to tune out and get fuzzy. Lain in the Wired disappears. Lain is alone. Lain in the Wired delivers a parting remark, "So what are you Lain?" Lain falls to her knees and says, "I…I…what am I?"

The voice of Lain's dad commands, "Come here, Lain." Lain looks up. Her father's face looms large in the sky above her. Lain asks, "Dad?"

Lain is in her bear suit.(That should make Balto happy, but it still scares me!-Shades Yipee! - Balto) She and her father are sitting at a table that is floating in the air. Her dad says, "Lain you don't need to wear such a thing anymore."(Ha- looks like someone besides me thinks that bear suit is…wrong- Shades But it's fun! - Balto) Lain concedes to his statement with a little smile. She asks, "Dad, do you know?" He replies, "What?" Lain stammers, "I…everyone…" He tries to fill in the blanks, "You love everyone? Isn't that right?" Lain shakes her head and starts to cry. Her dad says, "Lain, next time I'll prepare a good tea. And a madeleine. Certainly that would taste good."

The city is shown at night. Lain's voice says, "There are just not memories of the past. There are also memories of today and tomorrow."

A man says, "I declare." A woman responds, "Really!" They are a nice looking young couple who are walking in the shopping district of the city. The woman grabs his arm and says, "Wait." It is Alice. She is about 22 years old. She has let her hair grow longer. Alice says to her boyfriend, "I did what you wanted last time. Very tolerantly." She grins and says, "I'll choose a curtain for our bedroom." He boyfriend smiles and agrees, "Okay, okay." Someone is watching the couple. The boyfriend adds, "I'll do whatever you like." Alice teases, "Yes, you are a good student." The couple then laughs and continue to walk. Alice's attention is drawn to an overhead walkway. Her boyfriend asks, "What happened?" Lain is on the walkway. She is peering over the railing and watching Alice. Alice is mesmerized by Lain. She turns to her boyfriend and says, "Sorry… wait a bit." Alice then heads for the walkway. Her boyfriend yells, "Hey, wait!"

Alice runs up the steps and closes in on Lain. Lain smiles at her. Alice returns the smile and walks closer to her. Alice bends down to get eye level with her and says, "Good afternoon." Lain softly returns the greeting. Alice asks, "I've met you haven't I?" Lain does not answer. Alice gets an idea and says, "Were you a student where I taught as a student teacher?" She answers her own question with, "No, that's not it. Hmm." Lain continues to smile at her. Lain finally says, "How do you do?" (Lain uses a very formal Japanese greeting here that is used exclusively for the first time you meet a person- Shades) Alice replies, "What?" She is confused by the use of such a formal greeting because she was convinced that she knew this girl. Lain stresses that they have never met by saying, "It is how do you do?" Alice stands corrected, "Really? Well, how do you do? I am Alice. Don't you think my name sounds funny? I'm a bit embarrassed about it. And you are?" Lain replies, "Lain." Alice stands up and repeats the name, "Lain." The name seems to resonate in her mind but she is unable to make a connection. Her boyfriend has joined them and asks, "Do you know her?" Alice replies, "No. Wrong person." Alice bends down towards Lain and says, "Goodbye. Maybe I'll see you again sometime." Lain smiles. Alice gets up and says, "Bye." Her boyfriend says, "Bye, Lain." The couple walk off together. Lain continues to watch them and says, "Yes. I can see you anytime."

A computer screen is turned on. Lain's image appears. Lain says, "I'm here. So I will always be with you. Always." The screen is turned off.

It is nighttime. The power lines are humming.
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Layer 12

2016-01-29T15:56:11Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 12: LANDSCAPE'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.09.21

'''Main Characters Introduced: ''' None

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 12 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 12 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 11]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 13]]

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] tells [[Alice]] about how [[memories]] can be rewritten
*Let's all love Lain
*[[Eiri]] talks about the body as a machine and the mind as data
*The [[MIB]], with nowhere to run, are terrified of the idea of merging [[reality]] with the [[Wired]]
*[[Alice]] visits [[Lain's house]] and confronts her about her memories
*Alice convinces Lain of the value in having a body
*Lain speaks to Eiri although Alice cannot see or hear him and denies that he is [[God]]
*Eiri tries to regain a body and captures Lain and Alice until Lain's [[NAVI]] attacks him

==Long summary==
Stock opening footage. Lain says, “I see that is so. This world’s so simple. I’ve never known that. I had felt that this world was only scary and vast… But now I understand. I feel very relieved.” A female voice replies, “I said so didn’t I?”

[Title: Landscape Layer 12]

It is daytime. Alice is sitting in class. Her head is resting heavily on her hand. She is watching Reika and Juri talk with Lain at Lain’s desk. Juri giggles, “No, Lain!” Reika adds, “You said that so brazenly, Lain.” Alice thinks to herself, “Lain.” Lain responds to Juri and Reika in an earnest manner, “But it’s true,” then she giggles. Alice thinks, “What does it mean?” Alice closes her eyes. She feels the gaze of someone upon her. Alice opens her eyes and sees Lain is watching her. Reika and Juri continue their conversation. Lain smiles at Alice. Alice is unable to reciprocate so she looks away. Alice hears a buzz from her pocket. She checks her pocket Navi. The message on her screen reads, “You can rewrite unpleasant memories.” Alice says aloud, “Really?” The message disappears. Alice looks at Lain and asks, “Really?” Lain continues to smile at Alice. Alice looks confused.

Digital Lain’s image is in the Wired. She says, “Humans can really only exist inside another human’s memory. So many versions of myself existed. Not that there were many of myself out there. I was just inside of many people.” Her image is tuned out.

The mirror ball at Cyberia is still. The club is relatively empty again except for Myu Myu, Masayuki, and Taro. JJ the DJ can be seen in the distance at his booth. Taro has on some type of Navi goggles. He says, “I see!” Myu Myu asks, “Hey Taro. Who are you talking to?” Taro laughs. Masayuki asks, “What happened?” Taro turns to look at his friends and says, “I…kissed an angel.” Masayuki and Myu Myu look at each other with stunned expressions. Myu Myu’s face then looks suspicious and she scolds, “Taro.”

Crowds of people are walking in the city. A variety of voices call, “Lain.”

Digital Lain comes back on line. She quickly tunes back out again.

An on screen male reporter says, “After this adaptation of Protocol 7, the Wired and the real World will share information seamlessly. Next story: Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain. Love Lain.” The news is tuned out.

Digital Lain pops back on screen. She looks around, then zooms out.

A flashback to the crime investigators finding Masami Eiri’s body on Track 13. Masami does a voice-over while a variety of tripped out images are shown. Masami says, “All of the functions of a human’s flesh can be described in terms of materialism. Flesh is merely an engine. If the physical limitations of the flesh limits the evolution of mankind, humans are likely to be forced to end their race by a god that actually doesn’t exist. Information inside humans is not only what they gained by themselves from the point when they had an unconsciousness. Humans have been connected with their ancestors, who thus formed the human race. They received information from their ancestors. But that is just data if it isn’t shared. Humans can evolve by themselves. In order to do so, they have to know their actual structures. Do you think about; what you really are? Humans have always been connected. I just restored them. You did cause it. So, you may do anything you want.”

Digital Lain is standing outside. She is smiling as a brisk wind blows around her body.

A vehicle is parked in a barely lit parking garage. It is the car of the men in black. Carl lights a cigarette and exhales deeply. Smoke fills the front seat of the car. The shorter man does not appreciate the second hand smoke and bats it away. He asks Carl, “Haven’t you quit yet?” No answer is given by Carl. The shorter man leans back into the drivers seat and says, “Why did things come to this? Certainly, we did our job.” Carl answers, “Not only did our client believe the computer maniacs playing at a secret society were burdensome…” The shorter man asks for clarification, “What do you mean?” Carl replies, “Our client has been communicating with Masami Eiri. No, they may have been controlled by Eiri.” The shorter man snaps, “stop talking about Eiri.” He is already dead.” Carl hits his cigarette and puffs out smoke and a reply, ‘He is not dead.” His partner is stunned. Carl explains, “In fact, the existence of flesh really does not matter..” The shorter man is appalled by Carl’s statement, so he quips, “You…” Their conversation is interrupted by the sound of an approaching vehicle. A car stops near theirs and its headlights illuminate them. Carl and the shorter man get out of their car. Both have on their goggle/visors. A man gets out of the other car and lays a suitcase down on the ground. The shorter man snaps, “Is this the reward for our work? Have we been suckered?” The man turns out to be their boss/client who previously grilled Lain about her family. He answers, “You may interpret this however you like.” Carl reminds him, “You said that we should escape. Where should we go?” The man smugly replies, “Well, somewhere where there is no electric wires and no electromagnetic waves from satellites.” The shorter man yells, “There is no such place on Earth!” The man turns and heads back to his car and says, “You must find such a place if you want to escape.” Carl asks, “What will happen?” The man does not answer. Carl continues, “What will occur by connecting the Wired and the real World without devices?” The man smiles and says, “Something wonderful. I’m looking forward to seeing it.” He gets in his car and drives away. The shorter man says, “What,” and is unable to finish as his body goes into convulsions. He screams from the pain and fear. Carl yells, “What happened?” The shorter man’s body begins to contort into strange positions. Carl pleads, “What are you seeing?” He runs to his fallen partner and scans him with his visor. He pulls the shorter man’s visor off and checks his eyes. An image of Lain can be perceived within the shorter man’s retina. Carl is shocked. He lets go of his partners body, which he had been cradling. The shorter man’s head lands hard on the concrete. He is dead. Carl is terrified. He begins to sweat profusely and makes frightened cries. He scans the garage and is in a full panic mode. He sees an image approaching him and screams in mortal fear.

The power lines are humming. It is dusk outside. Alice is walking towards Lain’s house. She looks up at Lain’s window and sees the mass of wires extending from the house. She pushes the doorbell. When no one responds, she opens the gate and heads for the front door. The door is already open. Alice tentatively walks into the house. She is shocked to see the house is in total disarray. Graffiti is sprayed on the walls. Mountains of trash line the floors. Alice maintains polite custom and removes her shoes before heading further into the house. She softly calls, “Lain?” No matter where she looks everything is a mess. As she gets closer to the staircase she notices the house is filled with a strange mist. The stench of the air chokes her and she has to stifle a cough. Alice begins to climb the stairs. She is forced to take a step back when she sees Mika sitting on a step. Mika is using her hand phone and saying, “Pee…pee…gaaa.” Alice is frightened and slams herself into the wall. She puts her hands to her head and cries, “No.” when she looks up again, Mika is gone. Alice determinedly resumes her climb up the stairs. She swallows her fear and approaches Lain’s door. She gently pushes the door open and asks, “Is this Lain’s room?” Alice stumbles past all the machinery that is Lain’s Navi system. She calls, “Lain.” Alice’s eyes widen and she jumps back and knocks over some equipment. Lain’s arm is raised just in front of her. Lain emerges from under a pile of wires and clothes. Alice yells, “Lain!” Lain slowly replies, “A..li…ce?” Fear is in Alice’s face but she has come to confront Lain and get her questions answered. Alice asks, “Lain, what did you do?” Lain appears to be somewhat dazed. She replies, “Nothing. I was only watching.” Alice snaps, “What?” Lain just smiles at her. Alice says, “I… I thought that I’d gone crazy. But that’s not it. Why did you leave only mine?” Lain remains silent. Alice continues, “Why did you leave only my memory?” Alice falls to her knees. She is crying. Alice asks, “Why? Why do I only have to remember such a painful memory?” Tears are streaming down Alice’s face. She yells at Lain, “Do you hate me that much? Lain?” Lain looks up at Alice. She is confused by this angry response to all her hard work to erase the rumors about Alice. Shouldn’t she be happy things are better? No one knows about her and the teacher. Alice says, “I can no longer bear this…” Lain says, “No, Alice,” and moves closer to her distraught friend. Lain is now only inches from Alice. Lain says, “Because I don’t want to make you sad.” Alice cries, “No, you did this!” Lain moves closer to Alice. Their faces are almost touching. Lain says, “Alice was alright. You became my friend even though I didn’t connect to you.” Alice says, “What are you saying?” Lain pushes her face closer to Alice’s, almost as if she is going to kiss her, but instead she says, “Alice is my only friend. I don’t need to connect to you.” Alice sits back, away from Lain. “Connect? What do you mean?,” Alice asks. Lain closes her eyes and smiles. She answers, “Everybody and me…” then again gets herself right up into Alice’s face. Alice turns, gets up and runs to get away yelling, “NO!” Lain says, “I love Alice.” Alice stops and turns to Lain and says “Do you know what you are saying?” Lain replies, “Humans have all been connected in their unconsciousness. I’m just reconnecting them. Alice says, “Lain, you…?” Lain interrupts, “I did nothing . Nothing to do with ‘I’ was real here or there. But I was there. I am a program designed to break the barrier between the real World and the Wired.” Alice repeats, “Lain is a program?” Lain explains, “Alice and everyone else are just applications too. In fact, you don’t need your flesh.” Alice and Lain stare at each other. Alice drops back onto her knees. She gently reaches out one of her hands to cup the side of Lain’s face. Lain is startled by her touch. Alice’s face softens as she says, “No.” Lain says, “Eh?” Alice continues, “I’m not sure. But I think you’re wrong. Your body is cold but it’s alive.” Alice removes her hand from Lain’s face. She then takes one of Lain’s hands between her own and places it on her chest. Alice says, “Mine is too. Here.” She allows Lain to feel her beating heart. The two girls remain in that position for several minutes. Alice says, “Doki doki.” (This is a Japanese phrase that is supposed to signify the sound of a beating heart- Shades) Lain repeats, “Doki doki.” The two girls continue to repeat this in unison, then start to laugh. Lain asks, “Why? Why?” Alice replies, “Because I’m scared. My heart is racing because I’m scared.” Lain notes, “But Alice is also laughing.” Alice agrees, “Yes, but I’m scared. I’ve been scared. I wonder why?” Lain repeats, “Why?” The voice of Masami Eiri answers so only Lain can hear, “She is afraid of losing her flesh. You can control that emotion by dodging the impulses of the brain.” Masami appears behind Lain. He is not visible or audible to Alice. Masami continues, “You can refuse unpleasant impulses. You can choose only pleasant and comfortable things.” Lain replies, “Really?” Alice asks, “Lain, are you talking to someone?” Masami says, “Lain if you love her, why don’t you connect with her?” Lain replies, “I don’t know.” Alice grabs Lain by the hands and demands, “Lain, who are you talking to?” Masami says, “You have a little bug. No problem. I’ll debug you for a long time. Come, Lain.” Masami reaches for Lain. Alice jumps as she sees a ghostly hand reach for her friend. Alice stands up and backs away and shrieks. Lain says, “I can’t understand you, God.” Alice gasps, “Are you talking to God?” Masami asks, “What can’t you understand, Lain?” Lain says, “You could make the Wired free from devices. Telephones, televisions, networks. Without them you can’t do a thing.” Masami agrees, “Yes, they were born with human evolution. The most evolved person has the right to evolve them…” Lain turns to look at him and asks, “Who gave you that right?” Masami gasps. Alice becomes even more afraid. Lain states, “A program to synchronize to a peculiar resonance of the Earth is Protocol 7. It makes the group of the unconscious into a consciousness. Did you really invent it by yourself?” Masami’s hand begins to shake. He replies, “What are you saying. It can’t be! It can’t!” He is enraged and spits out, “Are you saying there is no true God?” Lain stands up before replying, “As you already lost your flesh, you can no longer understand it.” She begins to walk towards Alice. Masami cries, “NO! I am all powerful! I made your flesh in the real World.” Lain protectively embraces Alice and begins to pull her away. Masami continues, “I gave you flesh and an absolute ego, which were dispersed in the Wired. And…” Lain calmly interrupts him to ask, “If I am that, what are you?” Masami replies, “I’m not! I…” The girls watch as Masami begins to painfully reclaim his lost flesh from the Wired. His body forms into unnatural configurations of flesh, rendering him into a monstrosity. Lain says, “The Wired is not an upper layer of the real World.” Masami slurs, “What do you mean?” Meanwhile, Alice is trembling with terror. Lain remains calm and says, “Yes, you were a God in the Wired. But before the Wired appeared… You were only the proxy God for those who were waiting for the appearance of the Wired.” Masami is still contorting into a hideous flesh being. He says, “Proxy? That’s not true!” A huge tongue like appendage shoots out of his mouth. It wraps itself around Lain and Alice. Alice screams even more. The tongue lifts them off the ground and squeezes them together. Alice scerams hysterically. Lain cries, “Alice,” and tries to calm her friend down. Lain angrily confronts Masami, “You said that your flesh wasn’t necessary, didn’t you?” All around the room Lain’s Navi equipment begins to explode. Wires come unattached and writhe around like snakes. Lain’s Navi equipment propels towards Masami’s flesh and crushes it into a bloody pulp. Lain and Alice are freed from his grasp. A mountain of the equipment has buried Masami Eiri. Lain holds onto Alice.
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Layer 11

2016-01-29T15:55:52Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 11: INFORNOGRAPHY'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.09.14

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' None

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 11 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 11 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 10]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 12]]

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] wires herself to her [[NAVI]]
*Various scenes asserting Lain's [[identity]]
*Half an episode's worth of flashbacks
*[[Eiri]] talks to Lain and calls her a piece of software
*[[Chisa]] appears again and Lain speaks to her
*The boy who took [[Accela]] instructs Lain on using a gun to [[suicide|abandon the flesh]]
*Alien Lain visits [[Alice]] and tries to reassure her
*[[Reika]] and [[Juri]] remember nothing about Alice's affair with her [[Alice's teacher|teacher]]

==Long summary==
People are walking in the city. Lain is in her room. She raises an arm towards the ceiling. An electrical cord is wrapped around her arm. A cross walk light turns red. An electrical clip is attached to Lain’s hair. The sound of energy moving through its various conduits can be heard. Numbers and figures scroll on a computer screen. More scenes of the city are presented. Lain connects two electrical plugs. She then attaches an electric conduit patch to her face.

[Title: Infornography Layer 11]

Note from the Cyberia Managers: The first half of this episode consists of a variety of flashback sequences. The sequences do not follow the flow of the story line but rather are presented in some sort of haphazard fashion that ultimately makes… sense. Please consider this as a disclaimer for the content of the first half of this summary. It really will not make much sense until you view it.

It is night time. A bright light illuminates Lain’s bedroom window. The house is quiet. Floating text words appear, “It is now suspicious enough to be called a memory.” Water drips into the kitchen sink which is overfilled with dishes. Clothing is strewn on the floor.

A main menu screen pops up on a Navi screen. It dissolves to show the flow of information through the Wired. The word “Inconvenient Body Hardware” appears on a screen.

Power lines snap and fall to the ground.

A message on a classroom blackboard reads, “I am myself.”

More power lines snap and fall to the ground.

The blackboard now reads, “Lain is Lain.”

Flashback: The mirror ball is spinning at the Cyberia Café and Club. People are dancing. A gunshot causes a stampede of dancers to flee the dance floor. Lain watches as the Accela user shoots himself in the head. His blood splatters onto Lain’s face.

Lain is sitting half dazed on her bedroom floor.

The stock city scenes are shown at an increased rate of speed.

Flashback: Chisa begins her leap off of the building. She says, “You should come here.”

Lain has somehow enabled herself to be a witness to Chisa’s final moments. She is standing a short distance behind Chisa. Lain closes her eyes and looks away as Chisa jumps to her death.

A computer screen scrolls lists of words written in English. An image is present behind the words.

Flashback: Lain and Chisa are walking home from school together. Chisa stops and indicates she must go in a different direction. She waves good bye to Lain.

The floating text words appear and read, “I don’t need to remain here.”

Flashback: Alice is running in her school uniform.

Flashback: Juri and Reika are talking in the city. They are wearing regular clothing.

Flashback: Different quick cut images of the men in black and JJ the DJ of Cyberia.

The words, “Think Different” appear on a screen.

Flashback: Lain is smiling.

Flashback: Mika is standing in Lain’s doorway.

Flashback: The delivery man brings Lain her brand new Navi.

Flashback: Digital Lain watches a female dancer.

Flashback: The PK boy with the ugly cat sweater is sitting on the roof.

Flashback: Professor Hodgeson tells Digital Lain, “Now, let me go. I’m tired.”

Flashback: Lain’s dad laughs at his Navi.

Flashback: Lain’s mom is doing the dishes.

Flashback: Street camera man is walking down the street and smiling.

Flashback: Lain’s teacher is reading from a book.

Flashback: Taro is showing something to Myu Myu and Masayuki. Myu Myu says, “This is the first time I’ve ever seen this.”

Flashback: The men in black’s boss asks Lain, “Iwakura Lain, are you the same person as ‘Lain in the Wired’?”

Flashback: Lain opens the door to her parent’s bedroom and finds it to be empty.

Flashback: Lain’s parents are kissing on the couch.

Flashback: Mika stands in the hall and watches the image of herself fade away. Lain approaches her and catches the tail end of this phenomena

A camera seems to lose its signal and breaks up the image of Mika.

A view of the city at night. An onscreen clock indicates that the time is 1:23 am. Text rolls across the screen. It reads, “A biochemical research group at Tachibana Lab succeeded in analyzing the molecular structure of the genome of a human.”

Flashback: Lain watches in horror as a girl in a sailor school uniform runs in front of a train.

The signal strength starts to waver again and images begin to lose their integrity.

Flashback: Taro kisses Lain at the end of their “date”.

Flashback: Lain is in class. Her hand held Navi is blinking with the message, “Lain is a peeper.”

Flashback: Digital Lain watches in horror as the energy of children is used to fuel the KIDS project.

Flashback: People are dancing at Cyberia.

Flashback: The shorter man in black’s visor shatters as a result of Lain’s anger.

Flashback: A chattering Lain head from the Wired lies disembodied on the ground.

Flashback: Lain runs out of her bedroom to go outside and confront the men in black.

Flashback: A newspaper obituary announces the death of Masami Eiri

Floating text words read, “Come.”

Flashback: A digital image of Lain is in the Wired. It is the image viewed by Lain and the men in black’s boss.

Flashback: The godlike image of Lain parts the clouds in the sky for all to see.

Flashback: The digital body parts are conversing with Digital Lain while she is in the Wired.

Lain’s Navi system is utilizing its cooling unit. Pressure gauges begin to spin.

Flashback: Masami Eiri is holding Digital Lain’s hair. He says, “Poor Lain.”

Flashback: A close up is shown of the alien in Lain’s room .

Flashback: Mika and her parents are standing in a row.

A brief montage of images shows Lain and various groups of people.

Flashback: Digital Lain is choking Lain in the Wired. Lain in the Wired says, “Because I am Lain.” Digital Lain yells, “No!”

A brief montage of images of Lain and her family is shown.

Flashback: The false image of Alice says, “You are no longer needed in the real World.”

Flashback: Digital Lain has her hands around Lain in the Wired’s throat. Lain in the Wired says, “I’ll kill myself?” Digital Lain says, “Why? Why is your body so warm? Why do I feel your body temperature?”

Flashback: Chisa plummets to the ground.

Flashback: Digital Lain and Masami Eiri have their first in person meeting. He informs her, “Yes. I’m God.”

Flashback: Alice is angry as she says, “You…”

A brief montage of images of Lain is shown.

A long montage of footage of Alice is shown. Most of the scenes seem to demonstrate Alice caring for Lain.

A sentence pops up on a screen. It keeps rewriting the message, “Alice love needs you.”

The end of the flashback part of the episode…..

It is dark outside. A bright light illuminates from Lain’s bedroom window. Lain is slumped on the floor. Electrical cords are wrapped all around her. She has a device clipped to her lower lip. She appears to be exhausted from her work as she melts to a laying position on the floor.

Masami Eiri appears in Lain’s room. Her hovers above her and asks, “Are you tired?” Lain replies, “I’m tired.” Masami says, “You’ve certainly something, as I expected. You downloaded the emulators for all of your Navis into your brain. But that is dangerous. It’s too much for your current brain capacity.” Lain asks him, “Am I a machine?” Masami does not reply. Lain continues, “Don’t talk to me as if I’m a machine…” Masami seems apologetic, “I didn’t mean to. It’s a problem due to software. Lain you are software not hardware.” Lain repeats, “Software?” Masami says, “Yes. You are an executable program of flesh.” Lain shakes her head no and slowly attempts to get up. She is too weak to do so and falls back down. Masami left the room.

The hum of the power lines echo in the night. Digital Lain is walking down a street. She tells the wires, “Shut up.” (Finally! I’m so sick of that hum- Shades) The hum persists so Digital Lain again yells, “Shut up!” The second time was the charm and all is silent. A strange energy form is crouched by a street light pole. It passes before Digital Lain. As it passes out of her vision another image has been left in its path. It is Chisa. Digital Lain’s eyes light up and she says, “Chisa.” Digital Lain walks closer to Chisa. Digital Lain says, “Chisa, I used to walk home with you every day.” Chisa does not reply. Digital Lain continues, “Now I understand what you said, Chisa.” Chisa says, “Lain,” and shakes her head “no”. Lain says, “What?”

A male voice says from behind Digital Lain, “It’s simple to die Lain, isn’t it?” He is the boy who killed himself at Cyberia while high on Accela. He has his laser sight handgun with him. Chisa says, “Death is not simple.” Accela boy corrects her, “It’s simple Lain. You already have a tool for it.” Lain asks, “What?” She looks down and sees his gun is now in her hand. She tests the heft of it. Accela boy says, “I already released the safety. Its trigger is too heavy. Hold it with both of your hands. Push it with your thumb. It’s too heavy for a girl.” Digital Lain turns the gun towards her head. The red laser light pinpoints several targets on her face. Accela boy asks Lain, “Why? Why do you still want to stay in the real World? You called me here.” Digital Lain says, “I can’t.” Accela boy reminds her, “The flesh in not necessary.” Digital Lain disagrees, “No.”

“Lain.” A muffled female voice has called her name. Digital Lain turns to see who it is. Accela boy and Chisa have disappeared. The background around her has changed. Digial Lain now appears to be standing in a ditch with dirt mounds and power lines above her. Digital Lain asks aloud, “What is this?”

A light shines from Alice’s bedroom widow. A female voice says, “We’ll meet him after school tomorrow. He looks pretty good.” Alice is watching a video Navi mail message from Juri. Juri continues in her message, “If you make him your boyfriend everybody will think that the rumor about the teacher is untrue. I’ll tell you more tomorrow. Good bye.”

Alice remains sitting on the floor of her bedroom. She ponders the implications of her situation with the teacher. She thinks to herself, “It is not a lie.” Alice’s door creaks open. Alice looks up and is shocked to see a short figure is at her door. Alice asks, “Who?” It appears to be the alien wearing the stripped red and green sweater. Alice still can’t make out the identity of her guest so she asks again, “Who’s there?” Alice now sees that it is Lain at the door. But Lain has the arms, legs, and stripped green and red sweater of the alien. Alice is upset upon seeing Lain and says, “Lain. Why…because…?” Alice is barely able to say the words. She is still devastated by Lain’s apparent betrayal of her privacy. Alien Lain says, “It was not me. I didn’t peek at your secret. I didn’t spread the rumor in the Wired.” Alice composes herself and moves to sit on her bed. She swallows the lump caught in her throat. Alice says, “It was Lain. Lain did it. I definitely saw you.” Alien Lain defends herself, “It was not me. It would seem that there are many ‘I’s’. The other ‘I’ did it.” Alice is confused. “What are you saying,” she asks. Alien Lain replies, “There may also be more than one Alice.” Alice’s eyes widen in shock. Alien Lain says, “but even if I say it wasn’t me, you’ll still believe it. So I’ll make it so that it never happened. I made all possible efforts to do so.” She seems to be pleased with herself. Alice asks, “What do you mean?” Alien Lain explains, “We no longer need devices. I already broke the barrier between the Wired and the real World. So I can go anywhere I want. So I’m here now. I can make anything that has already happened never have happened.” Alice can only reply, “Lain.” Alien Lain shrinks back towards the door. Alice looks confused and concerned. The image of Lain has disappeared. Alice begins to cry. She repeats to herself, “I’m scared. I’m scared.”

Alice is walking to school. Juri and Reika greet her, “Alice, good morning.” They both seem to be in good moods. Alice is not. She politely returns the greeting, “Good morning,” but there is no real feeling to her statement. Reika does not miss a beat and asks, “What is wrong? You look depressed today.” Juri has a different thought about the cause of Alice’s down mood and asks, “Are you having your period today?” Reika, the queen of insensitivity, uncharacteristically scolds Juri for a comment she herself usually might make. She tells Juri, “You’re so insensitive.” Juri appears to be incredulous at the new, sensitive Reika and sputters, “But…!” Alice says, “Juri, I’m not sure I want to go today.” She is making reference to the plans Juri left on her message regarding hooking up with a new guy. Juri appears to be confused, “What ? What will you do today?” Alice asks her, “Didn’t you give me a [[CU Mail]]?” Juri replies, “What? Yesterday I…” Reika interjects, “Alice you’re acting strange today.” Alice’s gaze shifts towards the school guard gate. Her teacher/lover is checking in with the guard. Reika sees who she is looking at and says, “Alice.” Juri notes, “That teacher looks good.” Reika declares, “There is a rumor that he loves a girl who’s a third year student in this school.” Juri is shocked by this information and says, “Really? That’s immoral.” Alice looks at her two friends. She thinks they are playing with her by pretending not to know that she is the girl in question and says, “Um…a…” They reply in unison, “What? What is it?” Alice says, “I…that teacher…” Juri and Reika look stunned. Reika asks, “What? Is there some relationship between you and that teacher?’ Juri adds, “Could it be? Do you love him?” Alice looks perplexed. Reika and Juri were both aware of her secret affair with the teacher, yet they both are acting like they have no knowledge of it. Reika shoots down Juri’s question by stating, “No. It’s too late.” Juri agrees, “He already has a girl.” Alice casts her gaze downwards. Reika says, “You look unusual today.” Juri adds, “It’s strange.” Alice’s eyes widen. She is beginning to realize that her two friends really do not know about her affair with the teacher. It then dawns on her how this could have come to pass. Alice turns and sees Lain approaching the school. Alice and Lain stare at each other. Juri waves and yells, “Lain! Good morning!” Reika yells, “Hurry up!” Juri repeats this sentiment, “Hurry! Hurry Lain!” Alice studies Lain’s face. Alice thinks to herself, “Lain, did you really…?” Lain smiles at Alice. Alice notes this, “Lain smiled.”
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Layer 10

2016-01-29T15:55:37Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 10: LOVE'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.09.07

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' [[Masami Eiri]] (Deus)

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 10 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 10 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 09]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 11]]

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] and [[Eiri]] talk in exchanged bodies about [[God]]
*Lain is treated as nonexistent in school and [[Alice]] tells her she is unneeded in the [[real world]]
*Lain goes [[Lain's house|home]] to find an empty house with wilted plants
*Lain's "father", [[Yasuo]], gives her a final farewell
*[[Taro]], [[Masayuki]] and [[Myu-Myu]] see the [[news]] in an empty [[Cyberia]]
*As the list of the [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]] members plays on the [[Net News]], the [[Men in Black]] assassinate many of the Knights. Others commit [[Suicide in Serial Experiments Lain|suicide]].
*The MIB talk to Lain and the taller one, Carl, tells her he loves her
*Eiri speaks with his sole living believer, Lain, again and is soon rejected

==Long summary==
The stock opening footage is shown. No voice over is added. Only the ever present hum of the electrical wires is heard….

[Title: Love Layer 10]

A close up view of Lain's eye. "The one truth…God," she says to herself. She is facing the visage of Masami Eiri. He is the self proclaimed God in the Wired, Deus. He says, "Yes it is me Lain." Lain just looks at him.

Flashback to the Yamanote Line rail track 13. This is where Masami Eiri was killed by a train.

Lain asks Masami, "Are you God?" He replies, "Yes, I'm God." He verbalizes the questions flooding her mind, "How can you be a God? I don't understand. Aren't you already dead as a human? You can't be a God." Lain replies, "I understand that the flesh is not necessary. Death is only a means to abandon the flesh." Masami seems surprised that she is so matter of fact about the subject. He says, "This is about Chisa."

Flashback to Chisa's death. The floating text words appear, "I… don't need to be here."

Lain confirms his statement, "It is… yes…. But I improved the Protocol that rules the Wired." Masami smiles, "Yes, you did. But the Protocol is only an agreement." Lain agrees, "Yes. But I programmed a code that will function in a higher phase." Masami rebukes her, "So what?" Lain looks up at him and says, "I programmed some compressed information into the Protocol as a code." Masami asks, "What kind of information?" Lain replies, "A human's memory…. All the thoughts, problems, memories, and emotions of myself," then she lets him know she is aware of his true identity, "Masami Eiri." Masami asks, "What does it mean?" Lain says, "I can live forever in the Wired as an anonymous existence, and rule there by information."

"What should you be called," Masami asks of her. Lain replies, "God." Masami cautions, "There is no God." Lain is unfazed by his remark, "Even if I could be a common existence in the Wired and affect it, I can't be a God without believers." Masami says, "But there are. No, you created them." Lain replies, "Knights." Masami and Lain stare at each other. Masami ends the stare down and disappears. He does not leave without a few parting words, "You don't need your flesh Lain." Lain gets an angry look on her face. "No. You're lying," she emphatically declares. Thus concludes their first "in person" meeting.

Lain walks into her classroom. Her classmates are giggling and talking amongst themselves. Lain watches as Alice and Reika hang out with Juri at Juri's desk. The three girls seem to be deeply engrossed in their conversation. Lain walks to the front row towards her desk. She becomes alarmed as she realizes her desk is missing. She stands dumbfounded in the space it once occupied. The teacher walks in and the class representative commands the class, " Stand up! Bow!" Lain remains motionless. The teacher instructs her class, "Now put away your textbooks." (Ahhh….Pop quiz!!…@#%#!!Thank God those days are looonnggg goonnee- Shades ^ /^;) The teacher starts to hand out a test. When she gets to Lain's row, she hands the test right past Lain, as though she cannot see her. Lain's hands are set in a position indicating she is ready to receive the test. She is stunned that the teacher is unaware of her presence. Lain looks down at her empty hands and says, "I…I'm real…. I'm alive….I'm here…. Why have things come to this? Did I do something wrong? I've always tried not to do so. I've always tried not to say something wrong…. Is it true? I really might not have flesh?" Lain turns to look for Alice, her protector, her friend. Alice says, "You're right Lain. You are no longer needed in the real World." Lain's eyes widen. Alice is quietly completing her quiz. She has said nothing in reality. Lain looks as if her life is spinning out of control. Her classmates continue to take their exam, unaware of her.

Lain is walking home. Her shadow seems to be full of energy. Lain's house is very dark. She enters and announces, "I'm home." No one responds. Lain begins to check each room. They are all devoid of any human presence. Her parents room is unoccupied, its beds stripped. It almost seems as though the house was quickly abandoned. The refrigerator door was left open. Plants have died on the window sill from lack of care. Mika's room is messy and minus Mika. Clothes and personal effects are strewn on the floor.

Lain has a flashback of Mika. Mika is saying, "Pee pee. Gaaa…." Lain bends down and starts to collect her sister's belongings. She hears a noise from behind her. Lain turns and sees her dad is standing in the doorway. She puts the items down and stands up to greet him, "Papa?" Her dad says, "It is now time for us to say goodbye, Lain." Lain looks puzzled. He continues, "Didn't you notice? Our job is over. Although it was a short time, I couldn't do enough for you. Now you are free. You can do whatever you wish." Lain continues to stand and look at her father with a blank look on her face. Lain's dad says, "No, you have been free since the beginning. Although I was not allowed to tell you goodbye, I loved you." Lain is still motionless and speechless. Her dad adds, "I didn't enjoy pretending to be a family. But I think that I did envy you. Bye." He turns and leaves the room. Lain stares at the spot he vacated. She collects herself and yells, "Wait," then runs after him. He is walking down the stairs when he hears her. Lain yells down to him, "Don't leave me alone!" Without turning to look at her he replies, "Alone? You are not alone." Lain gasps. Her dad continues, "When you connect to the Wired, you will always be welcomed. That is the reason you were born." He continues his exit from the household they shared. Lain stands confused and afraid at the top of the stairs. Her family, if that's who they really were, is gone.

A scene of the city. A light mist rolls across the streets. Lain says, "I am not alone." Digital Lain is in the Wired. Shadowy figures walk by her. Energy passes through the circuit wires. A female voice asks her, "Do you want to do something Lain? This is your world, Lain." Digital Lain looks up and asks, "Who are the Knights? They may have created a false me." A male voice answers, "I don't agree." Another male voice interjects, "It's possible. It seems that the Knights of Eastern Calculus originated with the temple Knights. They have used 'the group of the unconscious' before the appearance of the Wired. 'The group of the unconscious' is an invisible network between humans." The female voice asks, "What do you want to know Lain?" Digital Lain now seems to be standing in the cityscape with the light mist. Her question is, "Knights…. Who are the Knights?" The female voice replies, "Do you want to know, Lain?" Digital Lain says, "God in the Wired can be God because there are believers of God." Everything fades to black around Digital Lain. She gasps in surprise as huge amounts of energy seem to blast through the Wired.

An outside view of the Cyberia Café and Club. The club is empty save for Taro, Masayuki, and Myu Myu. Masayuki says, "Taro, shall we go to another place? Don't you feel bored?" Taro is preoccupied with his pocket Navi. Myu Myu agrees, "How about going to my house?" Myu Myu looks at Masayuki and says, "Masayuki, you don't need to come." Masayuki is clueless, "What are you saying?" Myu Myu answers, "Taro will not keep you company. You are still a child." Masayuki grimaces and says, "What are you saying? You're also a child, Myu Myu." Taro is still staring at his Navi, oblivious to their conversation. The screen displays the words, "Knights of the Eastern Calculus." Images of the Knights and their names appear under the banner. The image of [[Takuyoshi Masuoka]], and [[Masatsugu Shoko]] appear, along with their names. Taro's eyes widen. He is concerned with the implications of this information. Myu Myu says, "I'm a girl. Younger is always better for girls. Right, Taro?" ( I hope she's not talking about what I think she's talking about. That would be…wrong- Shades) Taro ignores the both of them and continues to watch as the secret membership of the Knights became public knowledge. Masayuki asks him, "What does the Net News say?" Taro can only respond with, "List." Myu Myu asks, "What list?" She and Masayuki try to peer over Taro's shoulder. Taro says, "Why is there a list of the members of Knights on the Net News?" Myu Myu and Masayuki look at each other with puzzled looks on their faces. They don't grasp the gravity of the situation and resume peeking over Taro's shoulder.

The businessman's name is [[Takuyoshi Masuoka]]. He is in his office and is horrified to see his name and image posted on the Net News. He rolls his chair away from his Navi. He begins to shove papers and disks into a briefcase. Panic spreads across his features. There is a knock on his door. "Y..yes…" he asks? In walk the men in black, Carl and the shorter guy. They stop in front of Takuyoshi's desk. The shorter man says, "Don't say a thing." Takuyoshi backs away from them. His back is pressed to a huge window, which overlooks the city. Carl moves closer and says, "Take your responsibility." Carl them muffles Takuyoshi's mouth with one hand and injects a liquid into the stunned man's neck with his other hand. Takuyoshi falls to the floor. A lightning bolt punctuates the moment.

The secretary of Takuyoshi Masuoka softly knocks on her boss's door. He does not respond. She opens the door and gasps as she sees her boss slumped over in his chair with his head on his desk, dead.

The scene shifts to the apartment of red headband man. He is laying spread-eagled on his bed, dead. A small reading lamp is pointed down at his mouth. The light illuminates the fact that his mouth will remain frozen open in silent protest.

The scene shifts to the home of [[Masatsugu Shoko]]. The jet fighter game is once again being played by her son, Syo. Syo informs his mom, "Mom, I lost." So engrossed in his game is he that Syo does not notice his mother is slumped at the kitchen table, her Navi before her. Syo says, "Earth to mom." An overheard view of her at the table confirms she is not only slumped at the table, but that she is dead. A pool of what appears to be blood, seeps from her head. Syo continues to talk with her, "It's your turn. If you won't play I'll continue it." Her Navi is still on. The last name Graver scrolls on the screen. It is followed by the name Janet Ginger. Syo says, "Mom, I'll beat you."

A news reporter announces, "Many people killed themselves all over the world today. The information agency and the police in each country started to investigate the cases." The screen shows the lifeless forms of some of the deceased. "All of them were concerned with network service. Informed sources says that they were members of a group called 'Knights'." The screen shows the symbol of the Knights. The news is turned off.

Lain is sitting in front of her Navi. Her eyes are half shut. (I could have said half open, so I guess that makes me a 'the glass is half empty' kind of girl- Shades) Some type of instrument is clipped to her lower lip. A cord is wrapped all around her body. Her multiple Navi screens flash with different messages behind her. Lain looks exhausted. Two pairs of feet are going upstairs to Lain's room. It is the men in black, Carl and the shorter guy. They open the door to her room. Carl enters first. The shorter man chuckles. Lain asks them, "Why did you do it?" Carl answers, "It was a request from our client. You found out the members of Knights all over the world. Now we are killing them all over the world." Lain says, "But that's…" She is interrupted by Carl. He continues, "The Wired must not be a special world. It must only help the real world." Lain says, "But…" Now she is interrupted by the shorter man, "You also must not exist in the Wired. But you are still alive." He chuckles before finishing his thought, "You may have the protection of God," and chuckles again. Carl says, "Soon, the remaining ghost of Masami Eiri in the Wired will be disinfected. Our client is now working to rewrite all of Protocol 7." Lain does not reply so Carl says, "We don't need God." The shorter man adds, "In the Wired or in the real World." He chuckles and leaves the room. Carl stares at Lain. He removes his visor and says, "We still can't even understand what you are." Lain remains unresponsive. Carl adds, "But I love you. Love is a strange emotion, isn't it?" Carl leaves the room. He walks past his still chuckling partner. Lain closes her eyes.

Digital Lain is in the Wired. Her image has returned to the location where she first met Masami Eiri. Digital Lain asks, "What will you do?" Masami Eiri appears. He repeats the question, "Well, what shall I do?" Digital Lain says, "You have no believers left." Wind whips by both Digital Lain and Masami. He says, "If so, I can't remain God. But there's one believer left. If there is one believer I'm still God." Digital Lain asks, "Who?" Masami chides her, "Don't say that! It's you Lain." When she does not respond he continues, "You can be you, because of me. You were born in the Wired. You were a legend in the Wired and a fairy tale heroine in the Wired." Digital Lain says, "A lie." Masami responds, "Iwakura Lain in the real World is only a hologram of it. You are a homologous by artificial ribosome. You have never had a true body." At this, Digital Lain turns her head to look at Masami. She again says, "A lie."

Scene shift to another part of the city. Masami says, "False family, false friends…everything was false." Digital Lain says, "A lie" and her eyes brim up with tears. Then she yells, "No, that's not true!" Masami is holding Digital Lain's hair. He says, "I pity you, Lain. You are completely alone now. But I am with you. I love you. You'll love me, the one who sent you to this world." Tears freely fall from Digital Lain's eyes. Masami says, "I am your creator." He nuzzles his face into her hair then says, "Love me…please, Lain."

Digital Lain says, "Another." Masami looks a little worried and asks, "What?" Digital Lain pulls away from him and says, "Another me." Masami says, "Not another you. It's the real you." He puts his hand on Digital Lain's shoulder. She quickly shrugs it off and turns to look at him. She angrily says, "It doesn't matter which it is!" Her words seem to ripple with power. Masami is literally almost blown away by them. He chuckles. Power lines snap around Digital Lain and fall to her feet. She is left standing alone.
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Layer 09

2016-01-29T15:55:18Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 09: PROTOCOL'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.08.31

'''Main Characters Introduced: '''None

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 09 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 09 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 08]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 10]]

==Short summary==
*An alien walks into [[Lain]]'s room
*Information about various [[memory]] storage [[conspiracy|theories]] such as MEMEX and Project Xanadu
*[[JJ]] gives Lain a mysterious chip
*Lain invites [[Taro]] to her room and interrogates him about the chip
*[[Mika]] starts being a modem
*Information on the [[Schumann resonances]]
*Exposition about [[Eiri]]'s [[Protocol 7]] involvement, dismissal and death
*Eiri appears before Lain

==Long summary==
Stock opening footage replays scenes of the city and its people at night. A female voice says, "If you want to avoid the pain, you should believe in God. Whether you believe in God or not, he is always with you."

[Title: Protocol Layer 09]

Old newsreel style footage is showing scenes of a desert. A male voice announces over the footage, "On July 4, 1947 an unidentified flying object fell in a New Mexico desert." The footage seems to pan over a strange object. The announcer continues, "It has still not been proven what it was. Guesses became facts and rumors became histories."

The power lines are humming. Lain is wearing her bear suit. She appears sad. Her Navi equipment is running with out her participation. The door to her room creaks open. Light can be seen through the crack. 'KERPLOSH.' It sounds as if someone has taken a step into Lain's room. Lain's bedroom floor is still covered with a layer of water from her Navi's cooling system. Lain hears the sound and asks, "Who?" Another splash is the only reply to her question. A steam valve releases pressure with soft exhales of air. Yet another splashy step is heard. Lain moves into a more alert sitting position. She crawls over her bed to peek around the corner of all her equipment. There is a short figure standing by the bedroom door. Lain's eyes widen and she sucks in air in surprise. The figure has an alien like appearance. It has long arms and a too big for its body head. It is also wearing a red and green striped sweater. Lain's eyes practically bug out of her head. The figure is an alien. It has the large, dark, almond shaped eyes often described by alien enthusiasts. The alien is smiling at Lain. After staring at each other for a moment, the alien disappears. Lain assumes a more compact sitting position. The sad look has returned to her face.

More newsreel information is shown. A photo of a man and a manila envelope is exhibited. The announcer explains, "In 1984, Jaime Shandera, a television producer, received an undeveloped film and some documents in a brown envelope from an anonymous person." An image of a document labeled 'Top Secret/ Majic' is shown. The announcer continues, "The so-called 'MJ-12 document' was in the film." The names of thirteen men and their corresponding photos are shown. The men are: Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Dr. Vannevar Bush, Secretary James V. Forrestal, General Nathan F. Twining, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Dr. Detlev Bronk, Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, Mr. Sidney W. Souers, Mr. Gordan Gray, Dr. Donald Menzel, General Robert M. Montague, and Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner. The announcer informs, "It was said that following the Roswell incident, twelve people made a secret promise with extra-terrestrials under President Truman's direct orders. Roscoe Hillenkoetter, Director of the CIA at the time, was among the twelve people. Now it is well known that President Truman's signature was only copied from another document. Vannevar Bush, the head of the department at MIT, was also of the twelve 'MJ-12' members."

Lain commands her Navi, "Connect Wired." The menu screen appears. Lain closes her eyes and appears to go into a meditative state. In the Wired, three energy beings are present. One has only a mouth, one an eye, and the third, an ear. Digital Lain appears among the figures. She is questioning someone, "How can you make something that has already happened never have happened?" One of the images responds, "Are you Lain? I see." Digital Lain replies, "I don't know you, but you know me." The image tells her, "Information may not always flow bi-directional." Digital Lain is wearing the bear suit. There are several more energy beings standing around her. A male voice says, "You have been here since this Wired was created. You are free in here." Digital Lain gestures angrily and states, "But it's not me!" The male voiced image continues, "Yes, how long have we been here?" Digital Lain turns her head towards the voice. It continues, "I know we have not been here since the World was created." Another voice yells, "It's nothing to be concerned about! If existence can be remembered, it is already a record." A female being continues, "Do you wonder how old she is. She's still a child." Digital Lain snaps, "We're not talking about me now!" All of the energy beings disappear. Digital Lain is left alone. A look of fury is etched on her face.

More old photos from the newsreel collection are shown. This time the photos are of people and historical events. The male announcer says, "Vannevar Bush put forward a new plan to extend memories called MEMEX, in 1945. It was a system to review information in a microfilm on a half transparent screen. He planned to compress information and access it quickly. Bush led the Manhatten Project, an experiment with the atom bomb. He also made a basis for multimedia at the same time."

Lights reflect off of the mirror ball at Cyberia. A dance track pounds bass through the air. JJ the disc jockey looks up from his booth and sees Lain. He puts his fingers to his mouth and whistles to get her attention. His attempt is successful and she looks his direction. JJ gestures with his finger for Lain to come to him. Lain walks over to his booth. He bends down and gets an envelope. He tells Lain, "You forgot this." Lain asks, "What?" JJ moves to hand her the envelope. "Here- you forgot this yesterday. I'll trash it if you don't need it." Lain asks, "Did I forget this?" JJ replies, "I said you did." Lain gingerly takes the envelope from JJ's hand. She opens it on the dance floor and empties its contents into her hand. It is a microchip. Lain's eye widen. The sound of the music goes silent to her as she focuses all of her attention on the item in her hand.

Another photo of a man is exhibited. The male announcer says, "John C. Lilly searched the human unconsciousness with an experiment that cut off the senses by using drugs and an isolation tank. He thought that he was connected to something like an existence in space. He called it E.C.C.O., Earth Coincidence Control Office, which he led." Images of an isolation tank and alien type figures are shown. Next the image of a dolphin swimming underwater is shown. The male announcer states, "After that, Lilly became a researcher of dolphins. Dolphins can communicate in water via ultrasonic waves of a wide range.

At Cyberia, Myu-Myu, Masayuki, and Taro are seated around a table. Lain is still there. Masayuki looks up and gently elbows Taro. Taro lazily asks, "What?" Masayuki points and Taro looks up to see Lain. She says to him, "I promised you before." Taro seems confused, "Huh…What?" Lain clarifies, "I'll go on a date with you." Myu- Myu almost falls out of her seat when she hears the statement. There is a moment of silence as her words sink in with all three children. Lain repeats, "I'll go out on a date with you." Myu-Myu is beyond jealous. "Really? Did you really say that?" Taro seems confused. "Did I promise?" Myu-Myu answers for him, "No way! No way!" Taro closes his eyes and says, "Even if I did, I don't want to date the current you, Lain." Myu- Myu snaps, "Taro, you idiot." Lain says, "She is the same as me. I am myself. I am only one person." Taro's eyes open wide. Myu-Myu and Masayuki sit back in shock. Lain has an angry look in her eyes.

It is nighttime. Light can be seen from Lain's bedroom window. Taro's voice can be heard, "Awesome." Taro and Lain are standing in her room. Taro is impressed by the complexity of her Navi system. He continues, "You made this very well." Pressure gauges spin and steam is released. Taro says, "I see. This synchronizes those parallel processors. It's not smart, but it is extendible. How do you cool this thing down?" Lain softly says, "Taro." Taro does not seem to hear her. He excitedly attempts to answer his own question. "Is this liquid carbon?" he asks. Lain says, "Sit over there." Taro says, "Huh?" and turns toward Lain.

Taro seats himself in front of Lain's main Navi screen. Lain places an object down in front of him. "You know what this is don't you?" she asks. It is the microchip she received at Cyberia from JJ. Taro looks shocked. Lain asks, "You are Taro aren't you?" A bead of sweat forms on his brow. His stunned expression changes to one of concern. Lain asks, "You are a Knight, aren't you?" Taro looks like a deer that was caught in the headlights. He turns and looks at Lain. She is standing over him. She does not look happy. Fear spreads across Taro's face. He cries, "You are… the true Lain!" Lain states, "I'm not sure if there's another me in the Wired or not. But in the real world, there is no other me than myself." Lain leans down to get closer to Taro. She continues, "One other me with flesh only appeared in the club. It would be enough to modify the memories of those who were there." Taro casts his eyes away from Lain's face. He stammers, "I can't…" Then Taro jumps out of the chair and moves away from Lain. He accidentally falls to the floor. Lain is standing over him. Several wall mounted computer screens turn on behind her. Lain commands, "Play track 44." Industrial type music pulsates in her room. Taro's teeth are clenched as he watches her.

Downstairs the muffled sounds of music can be heard. Lain's parents are in the family room. Her mom is sitting on her dad's lap. Lain's dad says, "It'll all be over soon." His wife does not reply. Lain's dad continues, "Finally…" His wife gently caresses his face and draws her face closer to his. She says, "So please, before it's too late…" Then she plants a big kiss upon his lips.

Mika is sitting in the next room. She is slumped against the wall in the dark. She is still unsuccessfully attempting to speak. Her eyes glance to the left as though she hears something. Mika then positions the pinky and thumb of her right hand to look like a phone. She lifts her "phone" to her head and clearly speaks for the first time in a while. "Pee, pee, pee. Roger. Pee, pee, pee…. Now transmitting. Pee pee , pee…" Mika keeps repeating the same message.

Upstairs the music is still blaring. Lain begins to walk towards Taro. He is very afraid. Lain commands the music to stop. Taro sits up, "It wasn't me. But I know that the data JJ receives has such an effect." Lain crouches down to get more eye level with Taro. Lain shows Taro the microchip again and asks, "If I install this chip, how will I be? Commit suicide? Lose my senses?" Taro snaps, "I don't know. I'm too young to be a formal member of the Knights. I'm only…" Lain interrupts him by shoving the microchip in his mouth. "What will I do," she again asks him. Taro attempts to answer with the object still held in his mouth by Lain. He says, "It's an involatile memory. It'll rewrite the memories that already exist." Lain asks, "What kind of memories?" He replies, "I don't know." Lain takes the chip out of his mouth. Taro breathes a sigh of relief. He stands up and informs Lain, "The Knights are not just crackers, Lain." She turns her head to look at him. Taro says, "You are strange. So the Knights became interested in you. The Knights fight in order to make only one truth real." Lain appears confused by this so she says, "I can't understand. What's the one truth?" Taro replies, "I've never been told because I'm not a formal member of Knights. But it's true. Truth is strong because it is true. Truth is justice because it is true. Don't you think it's very persuasive? Don't you also want such a truth?" No reply from Lain.

Taro says, "I should go back. Myu-Myu will get jealous of you." He starts to walk out of the room. Lain says, "Taro, thank you." Taro stops and says, "You…" He turns, walks back to Lain, and plants a kiss on her lips. Lain is stunned. Taro explains his behavior, "It is a date. I am a man." Taro leaves the room. Lain watches him go with a still shocked look on her face. She puts her fingers to her lips. She retrieves a gum like substance from her mouth and looks at it.

Yet more newsreel photos are shown. The photo of a man is onscreen. The announcer states, "Ted Nelson who learned from renegade pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly claimed a plan called 'Xanadu' (So that' s who is responsible for that awful but strangely addicting movie starring Olivia Newton John. One of my guilty pleasures- Shades) that is an electric library in a satellite that can be used from anywhere on earth via electromagnetic waves and a telephone receiver. (Oops, wrong Xanadu. I'll have to continue my pursuit of the creator of that movie elsewhere- Shades). It is a Mongolian Utopia where every text culture will exist forever. That is why it is called Xanadu, because its hypertext can make it real in the world. Ted Nelson will go down in history as a proponent of it."

Lain is wearing her school uniform and standing outside a door with the two men in black. The shorter one opens it for her. Mika and her parents are in the room. A hand pushes Lain into the room. Lain looks on in silence at her motionless family. Another hand grabs Lain's hand and leads her away. It is her dad and he is taking her to another room. The room is fully furnished. They head to another door.

At the same moment in time, Lain is sitting in front of her Navi. She turns her head and sees a blurred figure at her door. It is her dad and the "Lain" wearing the school uniform. Lain asks, "Is that me?" "Lain," replies, "Yes. This is me." Lain asks, "Who are those people." "Lain" answers, "I don't know because I'm you." Lain's face falls, "It's not true…everything must be a lie. Why do you do that?"

An image of the Earth spinning is the next topic of the newsreel. The announcer says, "The Earth itself has peculiar electromagnetic waves. There are always resonances at 8HZ in ELF bands between the ground and the ionosphere. It is called the Schumann Resonance. It is a brain wave of the Earth. However we still don't know how it affects humans. The human population of the Earth will become the same number as the number of neurons in the brain. Douglas Rachov claims that it will awaken the consciousness of the Earth itself by connecting humans to each other via a network. The network has spread so quickly, it has become like a neural network in the brain. Therefore the Earth itself will become one neural network of electromagnetic synapse signals."

Lain is again alone in her room. She is looking upwards. Lain says, "The one truth, God." The Wired God replies, "Yes it is me."

A sheet of paper has the words "The effectiveness of the applying Schumann Resonance to the Wired Network" written on it. The male announcer says, "Eiri Masami was a chief research worker for Tachibana Lab." The sheet of paper has the name Masami Eiri M. Sc written on the bottom of it. The announcer continues his discussion of Masami, "He improved the theory of the neural network of the Earth itself. He said that the unconsciousness of all humankind would be connected to a wireless network with out devices by means of the Schumann Effect." An image of two men working at a computer is shown. One is Masami Eiri. The other man bears more than a strong resemblance to Lain's dad. The announcer continues, "He added a function to use the Schumann Resonance to the 7th protocol in code by his own discretion."

A railroad track is marked with a placard bearing the number 13. Rain is gently falling. People are walking by the track. The announcer says, "When Tachibana Lab learned of this they dismissed him. One week later, Eiri was found dead, killed after being run over at the Yamanote Line railway." The people are investigators. They carefully collect the remains of Masami Eiri. There is an obituary for him in the paper along with a photograph of his face.

Lain seems to be standing outside. The power lines emit their hum. A figure is standing down away, directly across from Lain. Lain strains to see who the figure is. It is a man in a lab coat. He has some kind of thick adhesive tape wrapped around one arm and his torso. It looks as if he has been taped back together. He has a bare chest under his coat. Long hair cannot conceal that it is the face of Masami Eiri. He has two red lines painted vertically on his face. One line is drawn under each eye. He stares at Lain.
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Layer 08

2016-01-29T15:55:02Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 08: RUMORS'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.08.24

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' [[Alice's teacher]]

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 08 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 08 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 07]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 09]]

==Short summary==
*Someone on the [[Wired]] tells Lain about [[Tachibana Labs]]' involvement in [[Protocol 7]]
*Lain tells her parents about [[Boss|someone]] questioning her [[identity]] and they stare at her
*[[Deus]] speaks to Lain
*Everyone stares at Lain and she is called a peeping-tom
*Evil Lain spies on [[Alice]]
*Lain tries to choke her evil self to death and then sees millions of chattering Lain mannequins
*Lain wipes the [[memory]] of the rumours
*Lain tries to greet Alice, [[Reika]] and [[Juri]] but another Lain replaces her

==Long summary==
Night time in the city. Stock footage of cars and people. A female voice asks, “Do you want to hurt yourself too? Do you want to feel your mind scraped by a rasp? If you want that never turn your eyes away.”

[Title: Rumors Layer: 08]

A sword slices across the screen. A digitized image of a boy is the user of the sword. He is Taro. He is disposing a digitized foe. The foe is defeated and the sword is sheathed. Taro is speaking to someone, “Nobody knows if there’s a God in the Wired or not. Whether there is a God here or not makes no difference to the user. Lain, wait for a while. I’ll get him!” Taro summons the sword back to his hands. He is fighting a giant monster. A [[Metaphorize|metaphorized]] Lain is watching him battle. She asks, “Why are you interested in killing other players so much?” Taro replies, “Nobody knows what's fun or why.” Digital Lain appears skeptical, “Hmmm..”

Lain is seated in front of her Navi. “Tachibana Lab was written on that door plate,” she comments to her Navi. Lain clicks on her mouse and her image on the battlefield with Taro disappears. A screen pops up with the English sentence “CUM ON IN”. A glowing, multicolored image of a woman floats in midair. Wired Lain is watching. A male voice says, “Tachibana is a huge company. So they shy away from illegal activities. But I’ve heard a rumor.” Digital Lain scowls, “A rumor?” The male voice says, “Do you know why we can communicate in the Wired?” Lain counters, “So you're testing me? I believe you are referring to the IP.” The male voice says laughingly, “Sorry. That's right. We aren’t usually aware of the protocol. But the current protocol, the 6th generation, has already reached its data throughput limit.” Digital Lain says, “The 7th protocol.” The male voice agrees, “Yes, the 7th protocol. The ones in control of its infrastructure are the corporations. The reasoning is that if they rule the protocol, they will rule the whole economy in the Wired. Because of this, there have been many sabotage attempts. The people behind it are…” “…Tachibana Labs,” Lain completes for him. She then turns to leave. The male voice softly chuckles.

Lain walks out of her room. Her sister Mika is slumped in the hallway. Lain says, “Sister.” Mika is only able to articulate guttural sounds. Lain walks downstairs and sees the television news is on. Her parents are sitting motionless at the kitchen table. Lain walks by them. She notes that they do not move or acknowledge her in any way. Lain opens the refrigerator and pours herself a drink. Lain addresses her parents, “Mom… dad… I…. A while ago somebody asked me, ‘Are you really Iwakura Lain? Are your parents really your parents?’ Isn't that weird? Isn't that a funny thing to ask?” Her parents remain still and do not respond. No response. Lain washes her glass in the sink. She turns around and sees both of her parents are looking at her. Not a word is spoken as Lain and her parents just stare at each other.

Morning light shines on the electrical wires. Lain is walking toward her school. A hand pats her on the shoulder. Lain turns around and acknowledges the owner of the hand, “Alice. Good morning.” Alice is standing with Juri and Reika. The three girls are staring at Lain. Lain asks, “What happened?” Alice says, “I don’t believe it.” Lain grows concerned, “What?” Alice replies with a question of her own. “Lain, it’s not true is it?” Lain again asks, “What?” Reika snaps, “She’s just pretending not to know.” Alice backs her down, “Reika, don’t jump to conclusions.” Juri pipes in, “Lain, you did it, didn’t you?” Lain is now thoroughly confused, “What are you…?” Alice interrupts her, “Lain, in the Wired, did you…?” Lain has a blank look on her face. Alice watches Lain’s reaction to detect if she is being honest. Relief spreads over Alice’s face as she concludes, “No. It must not have been Lain. I believe in you.” Juri interjects, “Alice”, and nods her head to steer Alice’s attention to the right. Alice looks over and gasps as she sees a red car checking in at the school gate. A handsome man is behind the wheel. Alice and the other girls stare as he drives into the school lot. Alice turns and runs towards the school. Reika yells after her then she and Juri follow her path. Lain is left standing alone. She looks in the direction of the red car but it has already passed out of sight. Lain casts her gaze downwards.

The teacher is writing on the blackboard. Lain is accessing the Wired on her pocket Navi. She clicks on the Tool Manager button and the screen changes. Lain is in the Wired as her Wired persona. She hears a male voice say, “That company is in danger. They must avoid being taken over.” Digital Lain sees rows of digital figures. The figures are made up of a variety of clothing styles, both for men and women. All that is visible of their faces is chattering mouths.

A female mouth reports, “Can you believe he has such vulgar taste even though he looks quite good.” A male mouth says, “There is a serious bug in Protocol 6. It will cause an enormous loss to the Wired.” Another female mouth adds, “Every night, a man in a red and green striped shirt appears in her room.” Wired Lain has moved to the middle of the digital mouths. A male mouth tattles, “When she was in high school, that idol singer knocked down someone and ran away with her boyfriend’s car.” Wired Lain starts to walk. A female mouth confirms something, “That’s true. I heard it directly.” A different male mouth warns, “that building is famous for ghosts. When you look at the terminal at midnight…” A female mouth states, “Knights doesn’t exist. It’s just a hoax made up by an American student.” Lain says exasperatedly, “Shut up! Why do you care about any of this stuff?” A new male voice enters the discussion.

The new male voice does not seem to have a corresponding mouth. He answers Digital Lain, “Don’t you think it's interesting?” Lain looks around. “Who’s there?” she asks. The male voice continues, “Aren’t you looking for me?” Lain sarcastically asks, “Is it an appearance of God?” He responds with another question, “What is the definition of God? If you mean the creator of the world, it’s not me. If you mean an omnipotent ruler of the world, it’s not me.” Digital Lain asks, “Where are you?” He does not answer her question. Instead he continues with his own line of thinking, “If you mean an omnipresent being in some world, then I suppose I do fit that description. Though I only have a little power over that world.” Digital Lain is angered, “Who are you?” He replies, “I am you. I believe you noticed that there has been another ‘You’ in the Wired.” Lain glances downwards. He continues, “You’re a hologram of it. You are only flesh.” Lain utters, “I can’t…believe that. It’s crazy.” The male voice says, “Even you can’t believe that the Lain in the real world is the same person as the current Lain in the Wired?” Lain falls to her knees, “But I am myself.”

Lain has fully returned to real world and is sweating in her classroom seat. She clicks off her Navi. Lain looks up and sees all of her classmates are staring at her. Her teacher is standing directly in front of her desk. The pocket Navi beeps. Lain looks down at the screen and sees the message, “Lain is a peeping tom.”

Lain runs through the hallway. Her HandiNAVI is clutched to her chest. Several groups of her classmates are standing in the hall. They all stare as she goes by. Lain becomes afraid. She accesses her pocket Navi and asks, “Alice? Alice where are you?’ She keeps repeating and repeating the question aloud. Lain drops to her knees in the hallway. A large window over her head cracks. Lain in the Wired hears Lain looking for Alice. She wears an evil smirk.

Lain has gone outside. She is sitting against the door to the gym equipment shed. She is resting her head on her knees. Lain sobs, “What did I do in the Wired? What is my unknown self doing?” Lain looks down at her HandiNAVI. On the screen, a message says, “Don’t mind the rumors! from Alice.” Lain sniffles and picks up her Navi. She holds it near her chest. A strange energy orb appears and passes over Lain. The force of it breaks through the shed's door and causes the equipment to disintegrate, almost like an explosion. Lain walks through the flames with her brow furrowed.

A computer screen scrolls the word SEARCHING. It is nighttime. A light can be seen through the window of an apartment building. The silhouette of two figures embracing can be seen through the window shade. A man runs his hand over a young female’s face. She is moaning with pleasure. It is the man from the red car. The young female is Alice. The man says, “Is it right to do this kind of thing with your teacher?” Alice gasps, “It's not right...” The teacher continues, “It isn't right, is it? Then why are you doing it?” Alice replies, “Because I want to…”

Alice’s eyes snap open. Out of the corner of her eye she sees evil Lain sitting cross legged on her bed. Alice is not aware that this is not the same Lain she sees at school every day.

Evil Lain has interrupted Alice in the middle of a fantasy. The teacher is not really in the room. Alice is sitting in a chair at her desk. Evil Lain giggles gleefully. Alice is stunned. Sweat drips down her face. She guiltily moves her hand away from her groin. Lain taunts her, “Do you know? Do you know whom Mizuki Alice loves?” Alice gasps. Lain in the Wired’s grin broadens as she continues, “Do you know who Alice thinks about when she does lewd things?” Alice is incensed at this breech of her privacy. She turns to face the being she believes to be Lain and asks, “Did you spread it? Was that rumor true?”. Lain laughs. Alice stands up. “Lain! Have you always been watching me like you are now? That was my secret, and something I never wanted to be known…I…” Lain in the Wired just laughs at her. Alice’s eyes well up with tears. “Tell me it’s not true Lain!” Lain in the Wired continues to laugh at Alice’s pain. Alice cries, “Lain…you…” Her face registers total betrayal.

Electric currents can be viewed sparking outside of the power lines. Lain is lying in her bed. She sees the electricity and gasps in fear. Different locations float by. First an apartment building, then the Cyberia Café. The electricity continues to pulse through the lines. A person is standing in the middle of the power lines. A mass of energy leaves the person’s body. The person appears to be Lain. Lain is wearing her bear suit and is floating around the high tension lines. Her bear suit disappears. Lain appears to be a pure energy form.

Evil Lain is laughing. She is sitting cross legged on a bed. It is pitch black all around her. Wired Lain is standing in front of her nemesis for the first time. Wired Lain asks, “Who are you? You are not me. I won’t be like you.” Evil Lain starts to answer, “I,” but Wired Lain cuts her off, “Stop it! Why do you mimic the part of me I hate?” Evil Lain just laughs at her. Wired Lain leaps and pounces on Evil Lain. She grabs the still laughing Lain around the throat and begins to choke her. Wired Lain says, “You…” Evil Lain taunts her, “I’m committing suicide.” Electrical energy flashes around them. Wired Lain asks, “Why? Why is your body so warm? Why do I feel your body temperature?” Lain in the Wired responds, “Because I am Lain.” Digital Lain cries, “No…No!”

Shift of scenes. In the Wired, the rows of digital mouths/clothed beings all now bear Lain’s face. Their heads bob in unison and their mouths chatter nonstop. Digital Lain is again standing in the middle of the row of these images. She asks aloud, “What are these?” A silver energy orb appears before her. It almost looks like liquid metal. It possesses the same male voice that was questioning Lain on her last trip to the Wired. The orb again waxes philosophical with her, “They are all you. I said that you have always existed in the Wired.” Digital Lain is perplexed, “Huh?” The orb says, “You are my equal. You are omnipresent in the Wired. Therefore you were always by everyone’s side, everywhere. You saw everything that everyone never wanted to be known. And you've told others about it. You were right. Information in the Wired would be shared with everybody.”

Lain considers what the orb has told her. “Everything you said must be a lie”, she retorts. The orb asks, “Why.” Digital Lain says, “Alice said she saw me in the Wired when I wasn’t there. As long as I'm self-aware, my ego has to be inside of me!” Lain angrily runs over to the chattering Lain dummies and knocks several over. “Are you saying that these poorly made up dupes are me? Nonsense! Even if you are right…” The orb interjects, “Then what Lain?” Digital Lain finishes, “Then I can delete the memories of those I spied on.” The orb is agreeable, perhaps too much so. “Sure. Try it. You were born to be able to do it.” Digital Lain grimaces as she considers his statement.

A computer screen shows the word DELETING.

It is morning. Lain’s classmates stream into the school yard. Lain is walking alone. Her shadow seems to be made up of moving energy. A muffled voice yells, “Lain!” Lain’s eyes open wide. She turns and sees Alice, Reika, and Juri excitedly running towards her and all are calling her name. Lain asks herself, “Did you forget?” She is hoping that her deletion of the rumors has been effective. Alice looks happy. Lain is guarded and still hoping, “Is it true?” The three girls continue to run towards Lain. Lain concludes, “It is true!” She turns and says, “Alice!” As Lain completes her turn, an exact image of herself propels from her body and runs towards her three friends. Lain thinks to herself, “What?” and watches as Alice, Reika and Juri embrace the duplicate of herself. The duplicate Lain is very physically affectionate. She group hugs the girls and grabs onto Alice. Duplicate Lain says, “I want to go to Cyberia tonight, please.” Juri says, “I agree.” Reika notes, “It’s unusual for you.” Alice says, “Okay. Change clothes at my place again.” Duplicate Lain says, “Yippee!!” Then she jumps up and down with Alice. Lain watches as the four girls make their plans. Duplicated Lain rubs her head against Alice and asks, “How should I dress?” Lain yells, “Stop it! I am myself.” Duplicate Lain leads Alice by the hand. Juri and Reika follow. All four girls are giggling. Lain yells after them, “I’m right here!” The girls hurry to Alice’s. Evil Lain pops up in front of Lain and says, “Yes, Lain is Lain. I am myself,” Then she laughs her wicked laugh. Lain is stunned once more. Lain in the Wired disappears. Lain is left alone.

Lain says, “Hello Navi.” The female Navi voice responds, “Hello, Lain.” Lain places her hand on the screen. She says aloud, “I am myself. There is no ‘I’ other than myself, is there?”
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Layer 07

2016-01-29T15:54:07Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 07: SOCIETY'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.08.17

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' [[The Knights]] [[Men in Black]] "[[Boss]]" [[Masatsugu Shou]]
 
[[Masatsugu Shoko]] [[Nezumi]]

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 07 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 07 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 06]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 08]]

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] talks to her [[NAVI]] while [[Mika]] watches blankly
*A weird wannabe [[Knight]], [[Nezumi]], wanders the streets, drawing a lot of attention
*[[Alice]] shows concern about Lain's recent quietness
*The [[delivery man]] gives [[Shoko]] a package with a PCB assembly in it.
*The [[MIB]] take Lain to their [[Boss]] in [[Tachibana Labs]] and she fixes a NAVI for him
*The Boss questions Lain's knowledge of herself and her family
*Shoko disposes of the PCB that had been delivered to her
*Nezumi is seen dead in a ditch

==Long summary==
The very, very familiar opening of the city at night. A female voice says, “I’ll tell this only to you. You’re the only one who doesn’t know what happened in this society, and what is going on.”

[Title: SOCIETY Layer:07]

It is twilight. Outside of Lain’s window is a grouping of wires. The wires are all coiled together in a manner reminiscent of internal organs. Lain’s Navi system is even larger than ever. It fills most of her room. Lain is seated in front of her Navi. She is once again having a conversation with the voices from the Wired. Lain says, “No, it’s not.. I’m just looking at …” The voices communicate via strange sounds. Lain says, “In the Wired… I will change.” A strange sound is heard then Lain says, “I’m not certain.” Another strange sound is heard. Lain asks, “Who?” then turns her head towards the doorway. There stands her sister Mika. Mika attempts to speak but can only make guttural sounds, “a….e…” Lain asks, “My sister?” Lain then turns back to her Navi. “My sister has changed nowadays.” She pauses. “I wonder.” Lain pauses again. “ I don’t know.” The Navi responds with more strange sounds. Suddenly the word ”WARNING” flashes on her Navi screen.

The scene shifts to show an infrared style camera scanning people in a crowd. A male voice declares, “I know that the Wired and the real world have a linear connection. I can exist anywhere.” A message flashes across the camera screen in English, “ I am the best.” The man’s voice continues, “No matter where my flesh is, I can send my consciousness anywhere.” The voice belongs to a bizarre man. He is walking around the city wearing a strange head-mounted display apparatus on his head. It is connected to a large backpack which seems to weigh heavily between his shoulders. People in the crowd cast curious glances in his direction before moving out of his way. He is walking with a broad smile across his face. He seems to be bobbing his head to sounds only he can hear.

An office door is pushed open by an attractive female. She crosses the room and seats herself across from a man typing on a computer keypad. She appears to be his secretary as she announces his next meeting time. “EMA Motors Consortium. It’s time for dinner with them.” He looks up at his secretary. He appears to be somewhat young and must be very important to have such a grand office. He grunts to acknowledge her statement. There seems to be a flirtatious quality to their interaction. The secretary does a little ‘Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct’ crossing and uncrossing of her legs. Her boss is watching. His Navi interrupts the moment by announcing he has mail. The boss informs the secretary, “Wait for three minutes. I’ll come downstairs.” The secretary acknowledges his statement, gets up, and leaves. The boss waits until he hears her close the door before activating his mail. A strange symbol appears. It looks like the compass used for drawing circles but this image has a triangle behind it. The man grins at the screen. He asks it, “What would you like to play this time?”

Lain’s teacher is writing on the blackboard. Lain is accessing her HandiNAVI during class. Alice is watching Lain. Alice looks concerned as she notes what her friend is doing.

The sky appears to be overcast. The power lines are humming. A man is sitting in an extremely messy apartment room. Trash is all over and the sink is overfilled with dishes. The man is working on a Navi. The man laughs and says, “take this!” On his screen is the same symbol and message that was sent to the business man. The messy man laughs again. “He he. That's right, you idiots.” The man has an unkempt appearance. He is wearing glasses and a thick red headband. He gleefully mutters, “I’m better than you. Hee hee!”

Lain is outside on the roof of her school. She is kneeling and holding onto the railing as she peers down at the buildings around her school. She says aloud, “ The real world is not real at all.” Alice appears and speaks her name, “Lain.” Lain looks up to see her friend standing next to her. Alice continues, “Lain are you okay? “ Lain responds, “ Eh, what do you mean?” Alice answers. “You look like your old self lately.” Lain gives a nod. Alice says, “We only wanted you to cheer up, so we took you out to some places.” Lain has a sad look on her face. Alice continues, “We’d really hoped you would. But if that’s not what you wanted I apologize.” Lain hurriedly stands up and faces her friend. “No,” Lain says, “not at all. I was happy to…” Lain shakes her head no repeatedly and emphasizes, “That’s not it at all.” Alice turns to look at her. Lain seems very earnest, as if she really does not want Alice to think going out was a mistake. Alice’s smile broadens. She reaches down and gently takes Lain’s hand in between her own. Alice says, “I’m glad,” then walks away. Lain stands there momentarily looking at her hand. She quickly turns and stops Alice’s departure by saying, “Alice, thank you for worrying about me.” Alice replies, “We’re friends aren’t we? See ya.” then turns to leave. Lain watches her go. A truly happy look is on Lain’s face.

A computer screen is showing a variety of images of scenery and animals. A male voice states, “This afternoon, someone cracked the firewall of the Information Agency’s　Information Monitoring Center. Now the information in the Wired is disordered. Be aware that although this news was sent now, it may be received tomorrow or yesterday.”

A different computer screen is flashing lights and images. The word “KNIGHTS” can be seen. Muttering voices can be heard. A male voice says, “I heard it was done by Knights.” Another voice asks, “What are Knights?” The screen shows the words, “What’s Knights?” The female Navi voice answers. “Knights. They are very influential in the Wired. There is no information about the members. They are not only distributing information in the Wired but they are also developing and distributing illegal information devices.” The computer flashes a sentence in English, “Take aim? Shooting down?”. A male voice says, “I heard that Lain was　being targeted.” Another male voice asks, “Who is Lain?” The computer screen shifts to show the Infomana search engine. The keyword for the onscreen search is “Lain” The female Navi voice reports, “There is zero information about ‘Lain’” The English words “make me sad” twist across the screen. A male voice says, “I haven’t seen Lain lately.” More English words roll across the screen, “With no wings…with no things…one love” then “make me mad” then “double bind…no double minds” and last, Cmake me feel all right”. Another male voice asks, “Who’s Lain?” Someone responds, “A girl.” Incredulous voice, “A girl?” Another voice says, “She’s strong!” Male voice, “What’s strong about her?” Someone answers and their words float across the screen in English, “[[Metaphorize]]. Will. Power. The light in the eyes. Existence.”

A dialogue written in kanji and hiragana is also on the screen. The text reads, “Live monotony the rest of your life.” A new line appears, “God bless you.” Another line appears and reads, “Who are you?” “Have you ever seen the Lain?” The male voice questions the other speaker, “May I ask a question?” The response is, “What?” He states the question, “Are you are member of Knights?” The screen clicks off.

A doorbell rings at a nice apartment complex. A female voice yells, “Yes.” The door opens and a delivery man is waiting. He walks into the apartment and announces, “It’s for you.” The home owner approaches him. She has short brown hair. She says, “Oh, you need my signature.” and runs off to get her name stamp. The delivery man checks out her rear as she hurries to fetch the item. He notices a Navi system on her table. She reappears and apologizes, “Sorry to keep you waiting.” He says, “No problem.” The woman hands him her stamp, “Here you go.” The delivery man attempts a conversation with the woman. “Is that the newest Navi? It’s nice isn’t it?” he asks her. She giggles and says, “My side job let me buy it.” The delivery man says, “I can’t afford one, even though I’m working at this job.” He hands her a package. She replies, “Keep working at it.” He says, “Yes. I have to work more. I’ll teach you how to use it, if you want.” His eyes roam down her body, and seem to say, “I have a special package of my own I’d like to teach you to use.” The woman does not miss the innuendo and coyly responds, “Hmm, you’ll teach me?” The delivery man does not back down and says, “Yes. I’m confident enough in my ability.” The woman teases him, “Do you often tempt wives like this?” The delivery man runs his fingers through his hair and says, “Not at all…well maybe.” A young boy with a backpack runs past them, shouting, “I’m home.” The woman thanks the delivery man and shows him out the door. He stands outside, stunned that his seduction has failed and walks off in a huff.

The woman’s boy is seated in front of the television. He is playing a jet fighter video game. He asks, “Mom, may I go play at Kinya’s house?” His mother replies, “You can play a game with him over the net.” She removes a bubble wrapped item from the package. It's a PCB assembly. Her son continues, “He's going to teach me how to play it.” His mom is not listening. She stares at the PCB. It has the strange compass/pyramid shape on it. The mom says, “The Wired is the same as the real world.”

It is dusk. Lain is walking home from school. She is startled to see the black car is parked in front of her house. The doors open and the two men in black get out. Lain appears to be slightly shaken by their appearance. She mutters to herself, “What?” The shorter man says, “Iwakura Lain? Would you come with us?” The taller man says, “We won’t force you to come. We are only asking that you do.” The shorter man says, “We won’t harm you physically.” Lain asks, “Who are you?” The taller man removers his headgear/visor to reveal his face. Lain seems shocked. He says, “We’ll tell you when you come with us.”

The strange street camera man is still walking the streets. He continues to view the Wired and the real world simultaneously through his visor. He comments, “I don’t want to remain in such a place. I can do this. Look! I’m breaking the barrier between the real world and the Wired.” The word “PEEPING” pops up in a window in his visor screen. The man continues to talk into his headset. “Please. I am as skilled as any member of Knights. Please let me join you in Knights.” A window pops up and with the English word “ACCEPTED” in it. The man continues, “Applaud me. I found it myself. Your secret channel. Please let me join.” His camera lens moves around. It focuses on a blurred infra scanned image of Lain. The man asks, “Who?” The Lain image just grins.

The black car pulls up to an apartment building. Lain’s image is reflected in the car window. She is looking up at the building. The shorter man has also removed his headgear. He opens the door to let Lain out of the vehicle. Lain exits and follows the men into the building and up a flight of stairs. A sign on the wall reads, “Tachibana Lab- Shinbashi Office”. The taller man opens a door. Lain is reluctant to enter. The shorter man gives her a gentle push into the room. A male voice says, “Come here. I can’t make this machine be recognized by the firewall at the head office. I did all I could with the applications.” Lain looks around and sees the room is empty except for the man, the chair he is sitting on, and his Navi system, which is on the floor.

The equipment is rather primitive. A standard rotary phone and an older computer make up this man’s system. “It seems impossible to do with this outdated Navi”, he says. “I’ve been using this for a long time so I don’t want to have to get a new Navi.” Lain walks towards the man. She has yet to see his face as he has kept his back to her. He turns toward Lain and says, “I’m so old.” He does not look all that old. No sign of gray in his hair and relatively few lines on his face. He laments, “If I were young like you…” Lain looks from the man to his system and says, “That jumper…” She kneels down by the Navi and points out, “Pull this…and that jumper off.” The man points and says, “I’m sorry, but would you do it?” Lain turns back and looks at him. The two men in black are standing guard at the door. Lain uses a set of tweezers supplied by the man to make the alterations to his Navi. She completes her task and turns on his Navi. The female Navi voice says, “Authorized.” Lain’s name appears as the user identification. The man leans down to the Navi and says, "huh."

A male voice emits from the Navi, “Lain! Are you a member of the Knights?” Lain sits up and is clearly shocked. The voice continues, “You are, aren’t you Lain? I didn’t know that you are.” On the screen is an image of Lain. It is similar to the image seen by the strange HMD man. The screen Lain calls the male voice an idiot.

The scene shifts and we are seeing the world through street camera man’s eyes again. He pleads, “Wait! Wait! It was so much fun what you did with the kids.” But I have better ideas. Please let me join you in Knights.” A window appears in his visor, again with the word, “PEEPING”. Lain is watching the street camera man on the outdated Navi with the mystery man. He tells Lain, “There are no national barriers in the Wired.” He pushes a button to turn off the screen. He continues, “There are many anarchists who are talking nonsense.” Lain stands up. The man is sill talking, “And there are too many fools who believe that causing mischief in a society is a revolution. But Knights seem different from them.” Lain repeats, “Knights…” The man replies, “I don’t know if you were aware of it, but your existence in the Wired is very unnatural. And Knights seemed to have a special interest in you.” Lain has started to perspire. She asks, “what are you saying?” She is trembling with fear. The man says, “Knights. You have talked directly to them.”. Lain stammers, “But I um…what?” The man closes his eyes and says, “Anyway, they want to use you for something. We have to stop it. No matter what.” Lain asks him, “You…what…? Who are you guys?” He does not respond.

It is nighttime and augmented reality man is still lurking about. He says, “I’ll keep the secret of course. I know you believe in Deus. I’ll obey you too.” Augmented reality man heads for a flight of stairs. He says, “But is it true? I can’t believe that there’s a God in the Wired now. But I’ll know more about it when I join. I’ll believe in him.” His camera zooms in on the image of three people standing in front of him. They appear to be the blurred images of the businessman, the housewife/mother, and the messy red headband guy. Street camera man says to them, “ You guys? You’ve come to meet me?” Then his camera blinks out.

Lain and the man are still in the empty room. “My name?” he says. “My name is of no value to you. They have no names”, he refers to the men in black. “Nor do I.” Lain walked away from him and towards the men in black who are standing by the door. The man asks, “Tell me, Iwakura Lain. Are you the same person as ‘Lain in the Wired’?” Lain just stands there sweating and trembling. He repeats, “Who are you?. Lain stammers, “I…I…” He fires another question at her, “Are your parents really your parents?. Lain spins around to face him. “What?”, she asks. His barrage continues. “Is your sister really your sister?” Lain is stunned. “What are you saying. Of course they…” He shows no mercy. “When is your father’s birthday? Lain is sweating profusely. She says, “My dad is…” He does not let her finish. Instead he stands for the first time and asks, “When is your mother’s birthday? When did your parents marry? Did they marry for love? Or was it an arranged marriage.” Lain is almost hyperventilating as she gasps, “They are…” Cruelly he declares, “Why don’t you know? Have you never heard? Have you never celebrated their birthdays with your family?” Lain collapses to her knees, sobbing. He asks more gently, “When and where were you born?” Lain is still sweating and crying. She pleads for him to stop. The man states, “You don’t know anything about yourself. Are you all right? You really know absolutely nothing…”

Lain staggers to her feet. She steadies herself and snorts, “Annoying jerk. You ask about trivial matters. Nonsense.” She is strangely calm and decidedly different than the Lain who was crying. All three of the men notice the tremendous change in her personality. It is almost as if she is another person. The main man asks, “Are you ‘Lain in the Wired’?” ‘Lain’ responds, “So what if I am.” The man continues. “You know the border between the Wired and the real world began to break without devices.” ‘Lain’ says, “So What.” The man replies, “We think it is dangerous.” ‘Lain’ has an arrogant look on her face as she retorts, “It’s interesting.” She then turns to leave. ‘Lain’ commands the two men in black to let her pass. She pushes on through them when they don’t respond. The taller man grabs her arm and pulls her back. He tells her, “You are also dangerous.” ‘Lain’ glares up at him. The main man addressed the taller man by his name, “Carl”. Carl let’s ‘Lain’s’ arm go and she struts out of the room.. The main man tells Carl and the shorter man , "She’s right. Something interesting is beginning. Let us sit back and observe.”

The scene shifts back to the housewife’s home. Her son is still playing the jet fighter video game. The moms sing songs his name, “Sho-chan.”. He answers, “What’s up mom?” She replies, “Let’s play together!” Sho says, “Did you finish your business?” She replies, “Of course. I’m awesome. I’ll beat you Sho chan!” She then flops down on the floor beside him and grabs a controller. She squeals, “Get ready for it! See?” In the kitchen we see her garbage can. At the top of the trash is a burnt object. It is the remains of the PCB assembly that was delivered to her.

Cars are zooming on a busy street. It is nighttime. There is a ravine off the shoulder of the road. A body lies still at the bottom. It is the augmented reality man. He is dead but his visor is still operating. The symbol of the compass/pyramid can be seen on the screen of the dead man's Navi screen.
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Layer 06

2016-01-29T15:53:50Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 06: [[KIDS]]'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.08.10

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' [[Professor Hodgeson]] [[The Cheshire Cat]]

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 06 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 06 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 05]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 07]]

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]] talks with the [[Knights]] online
*[[Alice]], [[Juri]] and [[Reika]] discuss Lain's social life and they go shopping together
*Lain sees the [[PHANTOMa]] players summon a giant Lain in the clouds
*[[Mika]] is still semi-catatonic
*Lain goes on the [[Wired]] to find [[Professor Hodgeson]]
*The professor tells her about the [[conspiracy|Kensington Experiment]] and [[KIDS]]
*Lain sees the [[MIB]] outside and runs out
*Lain's room explodes due to a bomb planted by the [[Knights]]

==Long summary==
People are walking the streets of Tokyo at night. A female voice informs us, "When humans are connected, small voices will become larger. When humans are connected, even life will get longer so..."

[Title: KIDS Layer 06]

It is nighttime and the power lines are emitting their by now very familiar hum. Lain's dad stands in the dark hallway outside of Lain's room. Her door is open just a crack and a bright light fills the narrow space. Lain's father proceeds to the door, knocks and announces he is coming in before any reply can be heard. His eyes widen in surprise as he notices first that he is standing in water and second that Lain's Navi now fills most of her room. He looks about the room with a look of shock and amazement on his face. All he can do is gasp "Lain."

Lain appears to be entranced as she stares at her Navi screen. She does not seem to know that her father is in the room . Her father notes that Lain is engrossed with her computer so he turns to leave, his face frozen with a grimace of concern.

The Navi scrolls up the word COMA. Lain says "Thank you" to the screen. Suddenly the scene shifts and Lain is floating in a solid white room. She is having a conversation with someone who is not visible. Lain continues, "But I'e already confirmed that register," and laughs. She notes "It is so strange." A moment of silence which Lain seems to reply to by stating "I agree. It'd be better if the next generation protocol would be released soon. When it is I can.." Lain then switches the topic. "But why are you so kind to me?". A strange sound seems to reply and Lain then says, "I don't think so. I'm just curious. Because I don't have many friends." The strange sound is heard again. Lain replies, "Thank you all, Knights." then she laughs.

A daytime view of the power lines. Lain is walking to school. She is startled by the sudden appearance of a boy, standing just a short distance ahead of her. He is staring at the sky with his arm raised in a 'V' shape. Lain follows his gaze upwards but does not see anything. When she looks back down, the boy is gone.

Scene shifts to Lain's classroom. Lain is using her pocket Navi and is about to connect to the wired when she is interrupted. Reika chides, "You are too diligent." Lain quickly puts her pocket computer in her desk. Alice adds, "Lain, you look like yourself again." Juri also walks over and comments, "Let's play together again. If you are alone, your life will be miserable." Lain counters, "But I'm not alone." Alice gasps, "What, who is with you?" Lain answers, "Many people visit me." But she pauses and corrects herself, "No, perhaps I go to where they are." Reika gets somewhat huffy. "You mean the Wired? A 'Net Pal' is not a real friend." Alice is amused by Reika and teases her, "Reika is too much of an old fogy." Juri agrees and repeats "Old fogy." Reika takes their teasing in stride and responds, "Nothing wrong with that. But Lain, who are you talking to?" Lain grins and very slowly and deliberately states, "That... is... a... secret." Alice looks concerned. Reika and Juri are intrigued and press Lain to tell them more.

The scene shifts to a new location. It appears to be a tall apartment building. The voices of Lain and her friends can be heard discussing what outfit would look best on Lain. The scene shifts again and we see all four girls in casual clothing. They are walking about the city's shops. Juri recommends they all go to one store in particular because they can eat ice cream for thirty minutes. The girls seem to be enjoying their outing. They are walking and laughing. Suddenly Reika stops and makes a sound of puzzlement. Alice hears her and asks, "What's up?" Reika points down the street at a boy (it is the same boy Lain saw earlier in the episode). He is again staring up at the sky with his arms raised in a 'V'. Lain's eyes widen in recognition. Juri asks, "What is that kid doing?'" Reika responds, "I wonder." Juri then says, "Let's go, Lain".

The girls walk a short distance further. Lain is looking about the throng of people who are also walking about the city. Lain's attention is caught by two children in the crowd. Both are staring up at the sky and simultaneously raise their arms skyward. Lain looks up at the sky. A cloud appears. The cloud begins to part down the middle like a curtain opening for a play. A huge godlike image of Lain appears in the cloud. Lain gasps in shock. The other girls had continued walking. Alice backtracks, sees that Lain is mesmerized and asks, "What?" Now other people in the crowd have noticed the apparition in the sky and they begin to buzz with questions. Alice turns to Lain and gasps as she too looks upward. "Is that Lain?" she asks aloud. Lain does not answer and turns her gaze downward to look at the two children once more. They are still standing with their arms raised seemingly in benediction to the godlike Lain figure. Lain looks upwards again but the sky has returned to normal.

It is dusk and the scene shifts back to Lain's house. Mom is in the kitchen doing dishes. Without turning around she states, "You're home early lately." It seems she is addressing Mika who is sitting sprawled on the couch watching the television news. Mom continues, "Instead of you, Lain's out late these days.". Mika does not respond. Mom then asks her, "Did you get the recommendation (to the next grade level)?" Mika still does not reply and seems to be in a catatonic state as she blankly stares at the TV screen. Mom then announces, "She's home." Mika still just stares. She seems to attempt to verbally respond but can only make a guttural sound, as if she is unable to speak.

Lain sloshes into her dark bedroom. Her Navi seems to come on automatically upon her entrance. A voice announces, "In Tokyo there was an extraordinary phenomenon in the sky." Lain begins to angrily take off her clothing. The voice continues, "Many people were afraid of it. Is it a mischievous prank? Is it just a natural phenomenon?" Lain plops down in front of her Navi. The voice is still going, "Was it done by someone on purpose?" Lain addresses her Navi, "Hello Navi." It answers, "Hello Lain." Lain then instructs her Navi to connect her to the wired.

The scene shifts to a dark area. There is a single beam of light with a figure illuminated in it. It is Lain. A male voice asks, "Are you Lain?" Lain ignores the question and keeps walking. Suddenly a giant mouth appears behind her. The mouth says, "You're great. You can change your shape in the real world so much." Lain retorts, "You're pretending to be a Cheshire Cat." The mouth snickers and says, "I can only do this because of my user permission level." The scene shifts and we see that Lain is walking on a path of light, surrounded by darkness. The mouth continues, "Almost all people only have an ear. I'm better than them." Lain is annoyed by the mouth and states, "Don't waste your breath. Give me information." The mouth giggles, "If I help Lain, I'll be a hero in this locale." Lain counters, "You make too much noise," and wipes her arm across her face. She then asks, "Have you ever heard of the game that's popular among grade school children?" The mouth asks, "Game?" There are many children's games. "Stupid fellow," responds Lain. The mouth then asks, "Were you inspired to think of a child's game?" Lain waxes philosophical, "Everything will be a game for children." The mouth opens wide and sighs, "Tsk, You found out this 'Result'. I see. He may know the answer."

A panel like object appears on the path before Lain. Lain walks up to the panel and looks at it. On it is an image of an older bearded man wearing a lab coat. Lain states, "He is a child killer, this scientist." The panel disappears leaving the scientist image behind, though it has become more grainy. The mouth giggles, "Tee hee. That's just like you Lain. You found him by yourself. In the real world he is an old man merely waiting to die in a hospital ward." Lain's eyes narrow. The mouth adds, "I helped you. A little bit. Ask about KIDS." The mouth then laughs and moves away leaving Lain alone with the image of the scientist. Lain throws a parting jib at the mouth, "I didn't need your help, Cheshire Cat." Lain now addresses the gray figure of the scientist, "Professor Hodgeson. It's your turn now. Tell me about it." The scene closes in on his face and sifts once more.

Lain is standing next to the prone figure of Professor Hodgeson as he reclines on a bed. They are on a large balcony. Professor Hodgeson addresses Lain, "You look very lifelike, young lady." Lain ignores his comment and asks, "What is KIDS?" He sighs, "What a tranquil time. Until my body in the real world rots, I want to remain calm." Lain presses him again, "You must know what happened. What is KIDS?" The professor is in no hurry to answer her questions, "A beautiful time. An eternity of silence." Lain does not give up, "Professor Hodgeson. Let me see the data pertaining to the experiment fifteen years ago." The professor finally acknowledges Lain's questioning, "I didn't want to put children in danger." Lain corrects him, "It's not about fifteen years ago but about the game children are playing now. Isn't it a reproduction of your experiments fifteen years ago?" The professor replies, "Someone learned of it from a trash can. I believed that I had deleted all the data." Lain prompts, "Tell me about the Kensington Experiment." The professor is quiet for a moment then begins, "'PSI' , super psychological power. Almost all kids possess it, even if it is very small."

The scene shifts to a flashback of a laboratory. The professor's voice continues, "It's not really ESP. It's just for intuition and it only has enough physical force to bend a coin." The lab has rows of children who all seem to be strapped in place. There is a strange metal dish like object over each child's head. Lain walks in front of the image of the children used in the experiment. She points to one and asks, "What are these over their heads?" The background dissolves into a close up of one of the children. The professor answers, "We called them 'Outer Receptors' and they receive the 'PSI'."

The image of Hodgeson appears in his lab coat. The scene dissolves behind him to show a big, black, square. He states, "This is KIDS. Even though they're weak individually, if I amass the forces of kids..." The scene again changes. Now the black box is in the center of rows of the children. Some type of energy appears to be focusing on the box. Lain asks, "What did you expect?" Professor Hodgeson replies, "Something unpredictable. I wanted to see young lady." The scene moves to an inner view of the box. It appears to contain a glowing sphere of energy.

Lain turns to the professor and asks, "What did you do for them?" The professor answers, "I thought science was not just experiments based on hypothesis." Lain hides her face in her hands. She is disturbed by what she is hearing and seeing. The professor continues, "I didn't ask them." Lain snaps, "Didn't you think of the children?" The scene shows Lain and Professor Hodgeson facing each other with the black KIDS unit between them. The professor answers, "No, I didn't, as you said. I'd just convert this weak electromagnetic wave of the brain received by the the 'Outer Receptor'. The KIDS System is an extended part of the functions of the brain." Suddenly the box and the professor disappear in a blaze of bright light. Lain has to turn her head due to its intensity. When she looks back she sees a rotating sphere of energy. The bodies of many children appear to be trapped in the sphere. Their bodies then dissolve into its energy mass.

Lain yells out a question, "When all of their PSI was joined how much power was generated?" A child's voice pleads in the background, "Stop it!" Lain grabs her head in desperation and proclaims, "That's enough!"

The scene shifts back to black. The professor states, "I broke them completely so they would never be restored." Back on the balcony the professor continues, "But the schematics of the machine were leaked to somewhere in the Wired, then they spread." Lain is visibly upset. She tells Professor Hodgeson that indeed someone has found out. The professor continues, "They updated it to function with out the Outer Receptors. It was really great that they could make it so widespread with only an emulator. Lain looks up angrily and says, "Do you only think about that. Do you think children are important?" The professor replies, "The children won't return to the real world no matter what I think. Moreover, I don't know about the current children." Lain is mad and tells him, "You're selfish. Who's using it now?" The professor seems to be winding down. "Young lady, I'm tired of talking. I'm glad to have met you. I don't know what you are trying to do, or what you're trying to be, but you're strong. Extremely strong. You must be a blessed child of the God in the Wired, if he exists. Lain replies softly, "I don't..." The professor talks right over her. "Where did your enormous power come from? You are different from those who are creating mischief with KIDS." Lain repeats, "Mischief," then gasps as though she realizes something. The professor turns to Lain, "Let me go now. I'm a little tired. Now my embers of life have disappeared. My wish has also been granted." Suddenly the professor starts to glow a bright white color. He and his bed disappear leaving Lain alone on the balcony. Lain has returned to the path of light. She appears to be deep in thought as she utters a single word, "Knights."

The bright glow of a computer monitor fills the screen. Lain is slumped in a chair in front of her Navi screen. She seems to be exhausted. Lain addresses her screen, "Shut up. What are you? Why are you trying to tell me something?" The screen remains blank. Lain is not done yet and she continues to express her anger, "Was I only a toy for you? Was it all just a game? What do you want to do with the kids? Is it just for fun?" Lain's anger and outrage grows, "You'll do anything just because you can, and because you're interested." Lain laughs and exclaims, "If that's so you're mere monkeys!" She then throws her body back in her chair and continues to laugh. Around her, the Navi equipment starts to become more active. Pressure gauges are moving and the liquid in her cooling unit seems to be bubbling. Lain continues, "Why does no one answer? No one answers?" Lain is looking up at the ceiling. Her eyes widen in surprise as she notices two red laser lights scanning the ceiling.

Outside, the two men in black are standing in front of their car. The laser lights are originating from devices on their glasses. Lain is now at her bedroom window. The red lights run across her face. She peers down and sees the two men. Lain scowls and proclaims, "There they are!" Lain has run all the way through the house and pushes out the gate outside. She stops before the men and shouts, "You! You're the Knights, aren't you?" The men do not reply. Lain again questions if they are the Knights. The taller of the two men puts out his hand and motions for Lain to lie down. Lain is shocked. KERBLAM!! A loud explosion rips through Lain's just vacated room. Her bedroom window shatters and glass fragments fall to the ground.

Lain is shaken and asks what happened. The shorter man explains to her that it was the cooling system in her room. Lain is still in shock and turns to face the men. The taller man adds, "They sent a parasite bomb to your cooling system." Lain replies, "You talk as though you had nothing to do with it." He counters, "We didnt." Lain is curious, "Then who did?" The men do not answer and head back to their car. Before he gets in, the taller man turns to Lain and answers, "The Knights." Lain's eyes widen in shock. She watches the men drive away. A siren is heard in the distance.
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Layer 05

2016-01-29T15:53:30Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 05: DISTORTION'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.08.03

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' None

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 05 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 05 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 04]]

'''Next Episode:''' [[Layer 06]]

==Short summary==
*[[Deus]] speaks to [[Lain]]
*Lain asks a doll to tell her a story that she doesn't know yet - but there is nothing she doesn't know
*The [[news]] reports a traffic information transmission error that caused an accident
*[[Mika]] receives a pack of tissues with a bad omen written on it
*Lain stands at an intersection and her face appears on a screen
*[[Alice]], [[Reika]] and [[Juri]] comment on junk mail that says "fulfill the prophecy"
*Mika is haunted by the words "fulfill the prophecy"
*Mika loses her soul

==Long summary==
The Tokyo streets pass at night with the familiar flash of the crosswalk lights. A voice is heard "If you can hear it, it is talking to you. If you can see it, it is your…"

[Title: Distortion Layer:05]

A variety of cityscapes and crowd scenes pass, as if viewed through a distortion filter. A male voice narrates: "Humans may not evolve anymore. The occurrence of cancer in humans is much less than in other animals. There is a theory that the human being will never further evolve. If that is true what stupid animals they have become. They forgot the force which operates them, and they are merely satisfying their desires. Don't you think they are worthless? Human beings aren't much at all." The view now shifts and the distortion comes into focus. The narrator continues: "But you don't have to remain such a miserable human. Now human beings have created the only exit." Through the crowd we see Lain walking. "What is it? She asks. "Network. The Wired. Lain" the narrator responds. "Who are you?" Lain asks. "I am God" the narrator responds. Hearing that, Lain is frozen staring upward at the sky as busy city dwellers pass her by.

The scene shifts to Mika dressing in her school uniform and checking herself in a mirror. A boy's face comes up behind her. She is in his apartment. He asks "Shall we get a bite to eat?" Mika just ignores him and turns to leave. "Why don't we go to a swimming pool next time?" the boy asks, but again he is ignored and is greeted with the sound of a shutting door.

Out on the street, Mika surveys the crowd waiting for the crossing light to change. She crosses the street against a current of people walking in the opposite direction. She turns as a wild car races through the crowd. As others seem to watch in horror, Mika walks away disinterested.

The scene shifts to a smiling Lain. "Tell me a story," she says and we see the black-and-white image of a Jenny doll in a frilly lace-collared dress. Lain kneels on the floor in her room, looking into a dark corner where the doll appears to be floating in air. "Please, please," Lain implores, "tell me a story." A female voice, apparently coming from the doll, responds "Which story do you want, Lain?" Smiling, Lain says "Tell me one I don't know." "What you don't know doesn't exist," the doll explains. "I can't tell a story which does not exist. You understand don't you?" Then the doll continues, "Well how about this? Every event is predated by a prophecy. Only when the prophecy is there, will the event occur." Lain stares, stunned. "Who? Who will tell the prophecy?" Lain asks.

From the flashing screen of Lain's Navi, a voice is heard reading some news. "At various places in Tokyo, the VTCZX Traffic Information Service System sent some wrong information. At the crowded crossings, the automatic driving control systems for cars and trucks interfered with each other and went out of control. This resulted in an accident which led to a fatality in Shibuya, Tokyo. In addition, the information agency reported that the system was already fixed and that it will never happen again."

On the Navi a view of one of Tokyo's many giant video screens shows news footage of car accident in one of the city's complex intersections. Lain now appears to be standing in the intersection, still, almost floating, as others pass by. Lain then walks through the crowd and a man hands her a packet of tissue. The man tries to give tissues to others who do not accept them. Lain turns, walking away. Mika then appears, making her way through the small assembled crowd. The tissue man comes to her and hands her a packet. Mika stares at the packet and stands stopped in the middle of the street. From behind she hears a boy saying "excuse me." She turns and sees Taro standing behind her. Casually taking a sip from his soda can he asks, "Mind if I hit on you?" Mika turns, offended, and tries to pass him. She bumps him and he spills soda on her uniform jacket. Taro turns and says "Later" then runs through the crowd. "Wait a minute!" Mika cries. To avoid a stain, she takes out the tissue packet from her pocket and begins to open it. She is about to use the tissue to wipe her jacket when she notices writing on the tissue. Scrawled across it in red characters is a message reading "Hell is full of the dead and the dead will wander." "What is this?" she asks herself, then wads the tissue up and throws it to the ground. "It's a bad omen."

Mika places her hand to her head as if to thwart off an impending headache. She hears voices around her saying "How terrible… what is she doing?… she must be crazy." The red "don't walk" crossing light flashes and we see Lain standing in the middle of the busy intersection as cars whiz by. Crowds of people cross the walk in the opposite direction. Lain looks at the ground with dead eyes and whispers. Mika is among the people crossing with the flow and stops in the middle of the crosswalk, looking stunned and watching Lain standing in the traffic lane as cars zip by. "Lain? What is she doing?" Mika asks her self as she beings to continue on her way. Mika stops in the crosswalk again, and stares up at one of giant Video screens on a building. The screen is flashing a ghostly pale, and then suddenly Lain's super-deformed face appears in it, staring back at Mika.

We are now back in Lain's bedroom, where she kneels as she did before. A tribal mask hovers above her office chair. The mask says, "The prophecy will be executed, Lain." "It couldn't be a prophecy," Lain protests. "Yes, it is a prophecy," the mask responds. "History is not just a collection of independent points which were passed by. The lines were connected by someone, in fact they were forced to connect." "Who? Who connected them?" Lain asks.

We now see Mika again, standing at the intersection, staring at the green flashing crossing light as it prepares to change to its red, "Don't Walk" state.

Now we see Lain's classroom at school. Lain is sitting at her desk opening her school bag as the other girls mill about the room. Lain looks up into the hall and sees Alice, Juri, and Reika waving to her. She gets up and joins them. "What did you do yesteray?" Juri asks. "I didn't know you were already that advanced." Alice adds "You're already able to do such a 'hacker' thing!" "What do you mean?" Lain asks, confused. "Don't play innocent," Reika chides. "I really don't know," Lain protests. "Didn't you do that?" Alice asks. "What?" Lain inquires blankly.

We now see Lain's Navi screen with the flashing Tachibana logo. A male reporter announces "They reported that the network accident yesterday afternoon may have been deliberate and the Information Agency’s　Information Monitoring Center began to investigate the cause. The network was…" as the voice fades off, we again see Lain's face appear on the screen.

We now see a digital display. The numbers "218" followed by "948" appear. The camera pans back and we are in a fast food establishment. A boy is at the counter placing an order. As we survey the restaurant we see Alice, Reika, and Juri sitting in a booth. Alice is looking at her hand-held computer display. "I got more today," she says. "More of what?" Juri asks. "Spam. Its indiscriminate mail. It is so persistent." Reika says, "Let me guess, it says 'Execute the Prophecy.'" "Is it a declaration of war by some group?" Juri asks. "I talked to this geeky friend of mine," Alice explains, "she said that they were sent by the 'Knights'". "Who are the Knights?" Juri asks. "I've heard it's a group of super-hackers," Alice replies. "But I thought that hackers don't usually get together," Reika insists. Alice looks up and says "True, but I don't think the Knights are really the type of thing one usually describes as a group. At any rate, they are very influential in the Wired and do many things behind the scene." "It's a secret society!" Juri interjects. "Do they think it's fun to do these kinds of things?" Reika wonders. Alice continues "I get the feeling that they aren't in it for the money or for kicks."

We see Lain in a dark room. She turns her head and sees a black and white projection of her mother. "It is appropriate that the wired is an upper layer of the real world," her mother appears to say. Now we see Lain kneeling again, staring at the apparition as it hovers over the floor. Her mother continues "The physical world is just a hologram of the information in the Wired." "Mama?" Lain asks, but her mother continues, "Because human consciousness is just a physical phenomenon of electrical synapse signals."

"I…" Lain says. She outstretches her hands and stares at them. "The reason your flesh exists," her mother continues, "is to confirm your existence, as you're doing now." "Are you really my mother?" Lain asks. The image of her mother just fades away. "Please…" Lain says.

We are now in Lain's dining room and the entire family is gathered at the table. Mika watches the proceedings. She appears to be distant and disturbed as she watches her mother serve more tea to her father from a thermal carafe. The father sits with his head turned from the family as he watches something in the distance, out of site. Lain sits and stirs her food, not eating, just playing with it. "Lain," Mika asks, "weren't you in Shibuya earlier?" Lain looks up, surprised. "Never mind." Mika says. Mother and Father seem to be ignoring this conversation engrossed in her rice and his tea.

Mika goes to take a drink of milk. The surface of the liquid in the glass sparkles and we are back in Shibuya at the intersection with the crossing light flashing red. Mika looks up, stunned. Mika has now become the one standing unprotected in the center of the intersection with the cars passing her by. She falls to her knees and looks up, seeing the gaping crowd. As she stares at them, the images of the crowd change from discrete figures to wispy shadows of energy. They approach her and terror wells in her eyes. The camera pans back and she becomes small and super-deformed. We see her sitting in the middle of an interesting shadow. It projects her kneeling at the top of a pyramid. Crossing the top of the pyramid is a archway that is topped by a crescented "G" like shape. The entire shape is in a circle with hash marks, like minute markings, around the outside.

Suddenly we are back at the fast food restaurant from earlier. The view is from the booth next to the one where Alice, Juri, and Reika were sitting. From this vantage we can see the back of Mika's head as she watches the other girls in the next booth. She turns her head and then the girls in the next booth appear to be different girls, not Lain's friends. Mika appears to be disappointed. She reaches down to open her cup of coffee, with a packet of sugar and stirrer at the ready. She struggles to remove the lid from the cup and spills its contents on the table. As she licks her finger the liquid on the table begins to move and form a message. "Execute the Prophecy" it reads. Shocked, Mika stands. "What prophecy?" she asks. She stands, and the restaurant is now deserted and quiet as the scene shifts to video static.

Footsteps as Mika runs to the restaurant's restroom. She looks at herself in the mirror. "Why? I was having dinner with mom and dad.." The lights suddenly go out and Mika stands in darkness "Why?" The squeak of a door opens behind her and she turns to look. "Is somebody there?" she asks. "I know you're there," she says, and proceeds, walking through the darkness into a bathroom stall. The lights come on behind her and the stall door slowly swings shut. "Execute the Prophecy" is scrawled across the door in red lettering. Breathing heavily she backs against the wall.

A bright light appears. As the camera pans back the light appears to emanate from the reflections of Father's glasses in black and white. We are in Lain's room again. She kneels in front of the floating figure of her father. "Are you really my father?" Lain asks. "In the Wired there may be more than just electrical information," he explains. "When the telephone network and the radio were created, I believe that the other world may have been generated." "Excuse me…" Lain asks. Her father just continues, "God is only a concept in this real world. But I think that there may be a Deus-like entity in the Wired." "A God?" Lain asks. "I don't know if it should be called a God or not," her father says. "But I think that he may rule the Wired, as it is written in myth." "I may have talked to God," Lain replies. "Deus in the Wired may affect this real world in some way," Father continues. "Yes, by a prophecy." "Prophecy?" Lain asks.

Mika runs to through the front door of her house. She is frightened and totally disturbed. She slams the door behind her and crouches to her feet, her back to the front door, crying. Suddenly she looks up. Another Mika is there already, dressed in a pink hooded sweater. Fearful and crazed, the Mika at the door watches, stunned. She stands and runs forward and the two Mikas face one another in the hall staring. As Lain approaches the "new" Mika, the school-girl Mika disappears. "What's up?" Lain asks. The "new" Mika turns and responds mechanically "Nothing to be worried about," then turns and walks mechanically up the steps. Lain turns to look in the entry. There she sees an ethereal phantom of a girl, in which the faint figure of Mika can be made out, with hollow eyes and a huge frown. Lain looks on, concerned. The figure then fades away.

Lain enters her darkened room and turns on her monitor. While we cannot see the entire Navi, there are now several monitors glowing in the dark surrounding Lain in an eerie light. As she stares into the screen she asks "Who will it be today?"
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Layer 04

2016-01-29T15:53:14Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 04: RELIGION'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.07.27

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' None

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 04 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 04 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 03]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 05]]

==Short summary==
*[[Lain]]'s family talk about her recent behaviour
*A man is chased by a little girl
*[[Alice]], [[Reika]] and [[Juri]] comment on how Lain has changed
*Lain asks [[JJ]] about [[PHANTOMa]], the latest popular MMORPG
*The man from before shoots the girl with his PHANTOMa weapon
*Someone on the [[Wired]] tells Lain about PHANTOMa and how it interferes with [[reality]]
*[[Iwakura Yasuo]] warns Lain that the Wired cannot be mixed with the real world and Lain disagrees
*Lain sees the [[MIB]] watching outside her window and makes his eyepiece shatter

==Long summary==
Again we see a busy Tokyo street, the familiar opening. A voice is heard: "I don't need parents. Every human is alone and is connected to nobody."

[Title: Layer:04 Religion]

It is evening and the wires are humming. In Lain's room, fans blow cooling her upgraded Navi. Many pieces are strewn about, as Lain consults a textbook. The computer system is significantly larger. Lain's father peers in the room, frowning, watching Lain's activity. In the kitchen of the house, Mika sneaks a drink of a soft drink directly from the bottle. In the living room, Lain's father sits with her mother. Lain's mother asks "How is she?" Mika enters and comments: "Lain is weird, I mean she's naturally weird, but.." "She's not weird," her father interjects. "What do you mean?" Mika asks. Amazingly, Mom speaks to tell Mika its not good to talk to her father like that. As Mika leaves, the Mother asks "Is it so?" and Father says it is. Mother rubs Dad on the head and then Dad draws her near him.

The scene shifts to a man running, panicked up a flight of stairs. As the man screams we see the foot of a small child walking, apparently in the man's direction. The man continues to scream as night scenes float by. The man tries to open an apartment but cannot get the key in the door in his panic. He drops his keys and tries to find the correct one. As he turns, he see a small girl in a frilly pink dress and holding a stuffed dog. The girl stands and watches but her eyes cannot be seen. As the man watches her, the girl's face shifts to appear like a head with large black holes for eyes. The man cries "Why are you doing this to me." As he tries again for the door the girl's hand reaches around him. She appears to be floating, eyes closed with a contented smile on her face. An adult voice comes from her saying in English, "Gotcha". The scene shifts away to the man's scream.

At the school Reika , Alice, and Juri are discussing some news. There will be a study hall because a special staff meeting has been scheduled. Apparently an upperclassman committed suicide the previous night. Alice asks Lain, who had her back turned to them, "Right, Lain?". Lain turns to face them. She is smiling and holding a book behind her back. "Sorry, what is it?" Lain asks. Juri says "Lain wouldn't know anything about it," but Lain continues "about the suicide?" Reika is surprised and asks Lain, "You know something about it?" Lain explains "I only heard from someone." Alice asks where, and Lain responds "On the Wired." Alice comments "Then you must have used your new Navi. Could you show it to us later?" Lain agrees, noting "but I'm modifying it a little at the moment." Juri is surprised and adds "I didn't know that you were interested in hacking." Reika has noticed the improvement in Lain's demeanor and points this out to Lain. Lain, pleased, responds "You think so?" Juri agrees, but Alice looks at Lain, with worried eyes, frowning.

After school the girls have stopped to buy some ice cream. Juri asks "What other rumors are there in the wired?" Lain responds "I heard there's a game." Alice asks "Is it a network game?" Lain responds that she doesn't play it, but adds "I heard that all of the kids that died were hooked on it." Juri notes "Boys like those kinds of things." Alice wonders "A game, but why?" Lain starts to reply but then gags as she stuffs the rest of her ice cream in her mouth. Alice tells her to be more careful, and Lain asks "May I go home now?" Reika responds quizzically, "You don't need our permission!" Juri asks what Lain's hurry is and Lain tells her that she can't wait to get home and work on her Navi. Juri whines "You prefer a machine to friends," but Alice defends Lain saying "You shouldn't be saying something like that." Juri thinks her comments are just fine. Alice smiles and asks "Lain, show it to us when you complete it." And Lain smiles and nods yes, then skips off down the street. Alice, showing her worried frown again, notes "Lain certainly has changed."

Suddenly Alice turns as something bumps into her. The strangely scary stuffed dog from earlier lands at her feet. Alice apologizes and picks up the dog and hands it to the girl. It is the strange girl from earlier, but she does not look as threatening. The girl hugs her dog, looking as cute as can be, and says "No, it was my fault." She turns to walk away with an older female.

Evening and Lain is in her bedroom working on the Navi. Larger than ever, it now encompasses several machines that appear to be networked together with multiple monitors. We see a number of communication devices including an ISDN terminal adapter. Lain speaks to the Navi to login. She checks for mail and has a new voice mail. A man's voice is played: "Hello Lain. Since I can't answer your question I asked my friend in my laboratory. If you really have a Psyche processor you have to set the oscillator to 'Variable' mode as you thought. Almost all parts of the Navi are up to standards. But there are still some differences. I wish you luck." While listening to the message Lain continues to tinker with the computer parts. The message finishes "Well, ask me again if you've got other questions." Lain returns to the keyboard and stares blankly into the flashing displays.

At Cyberia we see JJ the DJ sorting out recordings. A voice calls "JJ" and continues "Do you know the game that those brats are hooked on?" He responds "Yeah, its Phantoma. Forget about it. It's not for adults like you." He turns then and says "Right, Lain?" but no one is there. "I don't get it," he says, "I could have sworn that I heard her."

It is still night and the camera pans across outside scenes. We see the top of a building and the patter of running feet. On the roof of the building we see a boy who appears to have been cornered against a chain link fence. As he stares at what appears to be chasing him our view shifts to a view of passage ways reminiscent of the popular real video game Doom. The boy turns saying "I already stopped it! I'm done with it!" He appears to be yelling at no one. He runs again falling down some steps. As he looks up, the game like passages appear again with a shadowy figure which faintly resembles lain approaching. The boy screams with fright as the figure advances. The figure is seen more clearly and is definitely Lain. The boy runs back on the rooftop again, and the scene fades away into the game grid again. It seems as if the game itself is chasing the boy. He runs through clotheslines hung with white sheets. As he leans over to catch his breath he throws the handheld computer which was in his back pocket to the ground, shattering it. Its display, however, continues to glow eerily.

We hear the boy's voice again, searching through the game maze. "This is not the Wired!" he cries. "Why?" Lain's voice calls out "Wait. Don't run away." The boy stands, looking almost digitized and says "Who are you? Are you also a 'PK'? Help me!" Lain responds "I can't go to your place." "What's going on," the boy pleads. Suddenly an array of glowing hands appear blocking his way. "Stop messing with me!" the boy says, quivering. As he backs up he stops and turns to see a short haired little girl smiling at him, floating above the floor. She opens her mouth and moves forward looking as if to bite. The boy raises his hands as if he was holding a gun and says "Blast Charge, Gauge 5!" He cocks the invisible weapon and states "Go to Hell!" He pulls the invisible trigger and fires again and again saying "Die! Die! Die!" We see the girl floating and bullet holes appear to riddle her jumper. Her face changes from menacing to surprised. A very different looking girl as she falls to the ground. The boy continues to shoot until his invisible gun just seems to click, its rounds spent. The virtual world fades away and we again see the rooftop. The boy sits against the fence dazed and staring into space, as the white laundry sheets flap in the wind. In front of him, wrapped in a sheet, lies a lifeless body. As the camera pans backward we see an ethereal vision of Lain, standing on the edge of the building, looking sadly over the scene.

We now see the boy talking, as if from a digital display. He says "I was only scared. I didn't notice that it was just a little girl." As the scene fades to black he says "But I didn't know."

Now we see visions of the strange game-like halls. A voice tells us: "Phantoma is a client application, a network game played over the Wired. I downloaded the client from an illegal server and played it. Its interface looked like a video game set in a dungeon. I don't know why it was attached to a tag game for little kids." We now see a strange screen that looks says Phantoma. The camera pulls back and we notice that this is on the screen of Lain's Navi. She is crouched, turned away from the screen as it shifts to the standard Tachibana logo. "Mail has arrived," the Navi announces. "Open it," Lain instructs. A male voices is heard: "Hi Lain. I didn't expect you to be interested in Phantoma. Yes, I investigated. But I'm not sure. It's a very common game in the Wired. But the problem is in its function of connecting to other programs. It seems that there is a strange 'hole' in the protocol. We guess that it was made by he Knights." Lain turns back to the Navi and re-loads Phantoma. Her dad has stealthily entered and speaks to her: "Lain. Looks like you've gotten used to communicating in the Wired a lot." "Yes," Lain replies cautiously. "Let me give you a warning," her father says, "The wired is just a means of communication. You must not mix it up with the real world." Lain stares at her father as he continues, gravely "Do you understand my warning?" Lain smiles and says, "You're wrong. The border is not so well-defined. Soon, I'll be able to enter it and I'll be [[Metaphorize|metaphorized]] completely with full range and motion." Her father responds "Even with the newest model, a commercial Navi can't do it." Lain laughs, almost snidely "I can because I modified it." "Is it the Psyche processor?" her father asks. Lain, smiling with wide eyes tells him, "Don't worry. I will always be myself." "Is that so?" he asks and turns to leave. Lain just smiles as he exits, then returns to the screen.

The Navi screen flashes text of an apparent chat room. A variety of voices speak, first a female: "I was waiting for you for a long time." Another female voice: "Why? Why didn't you come?" An incoherent male voice shouts. Yet another female voice: "This is a fortune. If you get…" A male voice: "As a result, Knights is not a real group, but rather a belief that has prevalence in the Wired. In a matter of speaking, Knights rule like a religion in the Wired." A different male voice: "If you love someone more than I, I'll give up you. But if…" A female voice: "Believe me, I was being followed by someone…"

Lain is just hunched over the keyboard as the camera pans back. The computer seems to have grown yet again, with huge stack of processors to Lain's left. Then a voice: "Lain, how come you're not in a hurry to get here?" Suddenly the red dot of a laser passes over Lain's face and dances around her room. It is coming through the window and Lain gets up to investigate it. Outside, the two men who have been watching Lain are outside the car looking up. Lain stares at them angrily as the laser pointers affixed to men's head gear flash over her face. "Go away!" Lain calls out. The men speak to one another for a moment, then Lain looks at them more intently and says "Go away!" Suddenly, Lain's bedroom window begins to oscillate and rumble. The dark haired man's headpiece shatters on his face, and blood drips from his eye. The car bolts away as Lain watches from her window. The Navi calls out "Intruder interrupted." And the hum of the electrical wires are heard over the city.
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Layer 03

2016-01-29T15:52:49Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 03: PSYCHE'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.07.20

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' [[JJ the DJ]]

'''Script: ''' [[Layer 03 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 03 Analysis]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 02]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 04]]

==Short summary==
*The police interrogate [[Lain]]
*A voice speaks to Lain on the train
*Lain finds a [[Psyche]] chip in her locker
*Lain sees the [[MIB]] car outside her home
*Lain goes to [[Cyberia]] and someone comments on how long they haven't seen her for
*Lain asks [[Taro]], [[Masayuki]] and [[Myu-Myu]] about the Psyche chip
*[[Mika]] sees the MIB outside her door
*Lain modifies her [[NAVI]] with the Psyche chip

==Long summary==
The episode opens again on a crowded Tokyo street. In front of the Cyberia Café, the police have arrived to investigate the shooting. A voiceover states: "You've probably heard of Lain". Lain and Alice exit the club among police. The voice continues "Lain of the Wired."

[Title Layer 03: Psyche]

Flashbacks of the shooting, the laser site, and flowing blood and then we see Lain being questioned by a policeman at the station. The police comment that they have been unable to reach Lain's parents by telephone. Lain is confused about this. The police are concerned because they cannot reach anyone by telephone at Lain's house. As the interrogation continues Alice watches from an outer room. She enters and apologizes to Lain. She grabs her hands and tells her it was her fault. Lain, confused, has trouble even speaking Alice's name, when she does, she sounds practically robotic. Alice is called by her mother to leave. The policeman tells Lain that she can go home.

As the police car carrying Lain pulls up to her house it is noticeably dark while others in the neighborhood are inhabited. Lain walks around the dark house looking for her parents. She goes to their bedroom to find it empty except for two double beds. Lain enters her room, finding it deserted as well, except for the glowing light of her Navi's screen. She sits down in front of her computer. As she stares into the monitor, a plasma-like ball approaches her. She just sighs and then again looks around the house to see if anyone is there. No one can be found. Back at her Navi she checks for messages. None are there. She says "Good Night, Navi".. the Navi responds "Good Night, Lain." Lain falls asleep in her bearsuit.

When morning arrives she opens her door to the sound of her mother in the kitchen. A hearty western breakfast awaits her. Her mother chides her for oversleeping. Lain tries to tell her mother something about last night, but then stops. She leaves the house and again notices someone watching her. This time it is a black car with mysterious red lights that seem to track her. She runs away. On the train to school she seems to be hearing a male voce calling her name. It says "Do you understand". Lain asks "Who are you," to no one in particular. The voice responds "You are not alone." Lain gasps and stares out the window at the passing wires.

At school, Lain's classmates are talking about the events at Cyberia the prior night. Reika, Juri, and Alice seem to be very popular for witnessing the crimes. Juri screams across the room asking Lain if she got in trouble last night. Reika adds "It wasn't our fault." Alice starts to move toward Lain but is bombarded with questions about the gorry details. They ask her to tell her about it and Lain gives a strange smile. Later, during class Lain is at her desk doodling frantically in spiral balls. A mail voice says: "One misses the whole point if one regards the Psyche as a processor. As a multi-purpose information terminal Navi is already popular, even among school children. But the activity in the Wired is limited by the machine performance even now."

The blob that Lain is drawing starts to spin in a smokey swirl. The voice continues: "Psyche can enhance the functions of the Navi." Chisa's voice interrupts as the swirl grows larger: "There is no need for me to be in the real world." Lain turns and sees a shadow that appears like Chisa looking in on the classroom. Chisa continues "It didn't matter whether I was in the real world or not." When we see the shadow closer, it looks like an old woman. Chisa's voice says "When I realized that my fear of losing losing my flesh disappeared." Lain begins to shake and places her hands to her ears. A distorted male voice is heard: "Who is Lain?" and then the spinning paper returns.

In the school hallway Alice is talking with Juri, Reika and Lain. Alice comments "Something weird happened to us. I know that we saw someone die up close last night." Reika butts in saying "But we felt as if we just saw a movie or a TV show. I'm sure we were there but if felt like it wasn't real." Juri agrees and tells Alice not to take it too seriously. Meanwhile, Lain opens her locker and seems a small manilla envelope on top of her shoes. Alice responds that she thinks its strange that they can't take it more seriously. She turns and says "Right Lain?" and then notices the letter in Lain's hand. Alice asks if is a love letter. Lain says "No, but maybe." Juri and Reika descend on her saying "Show me, show me." Reika takes the envelope from Lain and says "You shouldn't hide things like this from us." Alice chimes in "Stop it you're picking on her again." Reika opens the envelope and a small brown looking square comes out. No one seems to know what it is, including Lain.

Lain is walking home to the familiar electrical hum. She removes the small object from her pocket and looks at it. Suddenly she says "Psyche" and she just stands there and stares.

The scene changes to a PSYCHEdelic view of wires in the night. Several disembodied conversations are overheard, as if they are traversing over the wires we see. Female voice: "No, my voice mail was tapped! I can't believe it." Male voice: "There's no relevant information in the resume received. We're examining it for your company." Female voice: "I love kissing. Even by myself it makes me happy." Male voce: "After that silly incident with the kid and Accela the supplier got scared and now we can't hardly get any of them." Another male voice: "Psyche appears to be made in Taiwan and there is a rumor that it was designed by a group called Knights. But I'm not sure if the Knights really exist." Female voice: "Did you feel good while dying?" And now we see Lain sitting at her Navi. Male voice: "Yes. I felt like hugging myself with joy." Female voice: "No! There is someone in my room! A small child-like but wrinkled man is looking at me." The voice is crying. "Help me!" Lain watches on into a typical Navi screen. A different female voice says "I have a photograph taken when you were with your secret lover. If I take this to your company…" Lain turns away from the Navi screen and looks at the small device. We hear "Lain, why aren't you here yet?"

As she grips the device in her hand the Navi announces: "You have mail." Lain's father interrupts before she can read it. He asks if she has started using her new Navi, and then turns on the lights in her room. He asks if there is something wrong. Lain shows him he device she received. He says he does not know what it is. She implores "But Dad, I believe that you do." He says "I told you I don't know" and leaves.

It is later and we see Lain leaving her house. She sees the black car with the small red lights watching her again. Lain runs away. We see Lain in the city approaching the Cyberia Café. Lain tentatively enters the club. A man stops her and says "Lain, you haven't been here for a while." Lain looks at him. The man is surprised and says "You look too girlish today." He leaves to go back to his partying. Lain looks at a table in the corner where Taro, Myu-Myu, and Masayuki are seated. They are the three Lain ran into in the stairway the night before. Taro and Masayuki are teasing one another. Lain interrupts asking "Do you know what this is" showing them the device. Taro asks "isn't that the Psyche". Masayuki and Myu-Myu can't believe it. Masayuki asks "where did you buy it", but Lain just asks again what it is. Taro is shocked and says "With that you can gain access to the Wired perfectly, even with this" indicating his hand-held computer. Lain asks "How do I use this?" Myu-Myu cattily says: "How stupid!" Masayuki asks Lain if she will sell it. Taro retorts: "Idiot, you could never buy it." Taro then turns to Lain and asks "What is your Navi?" Lain isn't sure, but thinks it is the latest Tachibana model. The group is impressed.

Taro asks if she has worked on the inside of it and Lain nods her head "No." Masayuki asks if she's in second or third year of Junior High. Lain replies "Second." Masayuki points out that she should have studied information basics and tells her that the Navi layout is in her textbook. As Taro stares at Lain, Masayuki gives detailed instructions: "Connect this on the backside of the main processor board. It will re-rout the original information back to the processor and it will work automatically. Its easier than building a plastic model kit. Just be aware of static electricity." Lain smiles and thanks the boy. Now we hear Taro calling to Lain: "Wait a minute. Information is not free both in the Wired and the real world." Masayuki asks "How much, How much?" Taro continues: "Aren't you Lain?" Lain turns, surprised. Taro says "I saw you in the Wired once." Lain asks: "Me? In the Wired?" Taro responds: "But you look quite different. Its common to assume a different character in the Wired, but yours is quite the opposite." Myu-Myu says "Really?" Taro continues: "You were here when that stupid incident happened, weren't you." Then he asks: "What are you up to?" Lain responds "What can I do?" Taro says "Go out on a date with me." Taro says that he would rather go out with the wild Lain, though, instead of the current one. Lain turns angrily to him, but then Taro says "I'm just kidding! When ever you like." Myu-Myu jealously asks "What are you talking about?" But Taro says to never mind and beckons the group to leave. Myu-Myu snipes at Lain on her way out.

Outside, the next day, we see Lain's sister coming home from school. As she passes the black car, the red lights do not follow her. Mika sees two men standing on the doorstep. She asks what them men are doing there. "Who are you?" One man just responds "You didn't meet us." [Shades says "The Jedi Mind Trick!"] Mika says "What are you talking about? I'll call the police. [Shades: "Damn! The Jedi Mind Trick didn't work!!"] The other man asks "What for, we were never here," and they walk away. Mika is angry and tells her mom to call the police if the men come again. Mika heads upstairs and stops at Lain's open door. She looks in and asks what she's doing. Lain is seated on the floor in her underwear surrounded by pieces of her Navi. Mika asks again "What are you doing… dressed like that?" Lain tells here she has to avoid static electricity. Mika thinks that's silly. Suddenly the scene becomes static-like. A strangely happy Lain sits up in strobed action and says "Welcome Home, Sister!"
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Layer 01

2016-01-29T15:52:27Z

Ian:

'''LAYER 01: WEIRD'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.07.06

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' [[Yomoda Chisa]] [[Iwakura Lain]] [[Mizuki Alice]] [[Kato Juri]] [[Yamamoto Reika]] [[Iwakura Mika]] [[Iwakura Miho]] [[Iwakura Yasuo]]

'''Script:''' [[Layer 01 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 01 Analysis]]

'''Credits:''' [[Layer 01 Credits]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 02]]

==Short summary==
*Chisa jumps off a building
*Lain's classmates discuss receiving an email from Chisa
*Smoke comes from Lain's fingertips - a sign of hallucination
*Lain starts up her [[NAVI]] for the first time in ages and reads Chisa's email
*Lain asks her father for a new NAVI and he agrees to get one
*Lain snaps awake in her classroom
*The blackboard tells her to come to the [[Wired]] soon
*Lain sees Chisa on her way home

==Long summary==
A crowded street at night in Tokyo's [[Shibuya]] district. A voice asks "Why did you come here, You'd better come here".

[Title: Weird Layer:01]

A breathless teanage girl drops her school bag as passersby point and giggle. The scene cuts to a floating text which reads "Why do you have to do this?" and then "You have to think of yourself". A man and woman pass near the building. He is trying to get her to go "somplace fun" with him.

We now see the girl on the roof of a building. She removes her glasses and positions herself on the edge with her arms outstreched. We see here smiling mouth as she says something inaudible. Again we see floating text "I don't need to be here". Then she falls from the building. The lovers are interrupted in mid-kiss as the girl's body is crushed by a falling building sign. Our last view of this scene is the girl's school bag with a cute character dangling in the breeze.

The scene changes to overhead power wires. A low frequency hum and muffled voices can be heard. Floating text appears reading "If I remain in a place like this I won't be able to stay connected."

The door to a house opens and a young schoolgirl emerges. It is Lain. She is wearing a typical Japanese school uniform with a short plaid skirt, jacket, and small bowed tie. She rides the train and we again hear the sound of electrical wires. The girl says "Shut up. Why can't you just shut up." For a moment there is silence and then more hum of wires.

As the schoolgirls approach their building, Lain stops and looks at her shadow on the ground. In it, misty whisps seem to float. Lain looks up and watches the girls enter the school. Their images seem to fade into whispy images as well. Floating text appears reading "Hurry everybody".

Lain arrives in her classroom to the sounds of a girl sobbing. We see three girls at the back of the room. The crying girl is Juri and she is comforted by Alice who says "It will be alright". Alice approaches Lain and asks "Did you receive it too?". Lain says "what?", and Alice asks "an email." Lain asks "email?" and Alice says "An email from Yomoda Chisa" Lain indicates that she's not very good at using computers, and Alice chides her "You should check your email every day".

Reika comes up to Lain's desk and says "Lain is still like a kid, isn't she". Lain hears Juri's cry again and asks "Why is she crying?" Reika says "Because she received an email from Yomoda Chisa." Lain asks "Who is Chisa?" Reika explains that Chisa was in Class B -- she was the girl who committed suicide last week. Alice explains that many other classmates received the same mail, and that dead people don't send mail, but somehow it was received.

As Lain is watching the teacher write on the blackboard, the words she sees become fuzzy. Lain is confused. She looks at her hands as the sound of chalk on board echos in the room. Suddenly small outlets appear in her fingers and ectoplasm drifts from them to swirl around the classroom. Floating text appears reading "When you die? It hurts, lol."

Outside again, Lain is walking home accompanied by the hum of the overhead wires. Lain enters her house which seems neat, yet lifeless. No one is home and Lain does not call out with the typical Japanese "I'm home." She enters her large bedroom which contains only a small bed, a desk with books and her computer. Her window ledge is lined with stuffed animals. Lain sits at her desk, dons a bear-eared hat, and turns on her computer. Lain logs into her computer and is informed that she has mail. It is from Yomoda Chisa. Lain chooses to read the email. It reads "Hello. How are you? I went home from school with you once. Do you remember?" Lain says "Yes". The letter continues "I have only abandoned the flesh. This way, I can tell you I am still alive. By sending you this mail I can show you the way. Do you understand? No need to understand now. Soon you will understand it. Everyone will."

Lain asks "Why did you kill yourself?"

The letter continues "It seems there is a rumor that its a prank mail by someone at school. But that's not the case. I want you to understand that." Lain asks, "But why? Why did you kill yourself?" The computer responds, "Because here, God exists." Lain says, "What?"

It's dinner time. Lain, her mother, and sister Mika are eating. As Lain stirs her soup, Mika leaves the table with her food relatively untouched. She explains that she had a late lunch today and thanks her mom for the meal. Lain tells her mother about the mail she received from the dead girl. Her mother doesn't respond. She just keeps on eating.

Lain is now in her bedroom. She lying on her bed with her back to the windowed wall. She is wearing hooded pajamas that are fashioned as a bear-suit. Outside you can hear a car approaching and parking.

Inside his office, Lain's father tinkers with an array of computers. Lain enters and he asks her what she wants, since it unusual for her come into his office. Lain drops the hood on her bearsuit. Humbly, she asks her father for a new "Navi". Her father is amused that she is finally interested in it. He says that now that she is in junior high, she will be outpaced by her friends without a better machine. He says "In this world there are both the real world and the wired. Everyone is connected to each other. And that's how human societies are organized. Even kids like you can get friends quickly. There is no need to be afraid. I wonder why your mom doesn't understand it." Hesitantly Lain says, "I'm not afraid of it." Her Dad asks "But why the sudden interest?" Lain replies "I have to meet a friend." Her father laughs and doesn't respond, preoccupied with his computer.

Lain is on the train again and suddenly the train slams to a halt. An announcement over the PA apologizes for the inconvenience. The train had to be stopped because of an accident. Lain places her hand to the window and watches an electrical wire as blood begins to drip from it.

Now it appears as if Lain is transported to another place, first on the street, then at the bottom of a subway entrance. She sees misty figures dissolving to nothing as they exit. Now she is in a plaza, then her empty living room, and finally at a railroad crossing. Smoke envelops the scene. As she stares down the rail tracks, she sees a girl in a sailor school uniform go under the crossing gate and stand on the tracks. Lain tries to shout at the girl, but no sound comes from her mouth. The girls face is shown alternating between smiling and screaming and ends smiling contentedly as the train finally bears down upon her. Lain crouches beside the tracks as the train passes at blinding speed.

Suddenly we back in Lain's classroom where we see tears falling on paper. She is slumped as sweat and tears drip from her chin. Her teacher, oblivious to her condition, reminds Lain that the information will be on the exam. The English words on the blackboard begin to blur until she sees a message reading "Come to the Wired quickly."

Lain is again walking home from school. As she walks she notices Chisa walking in the opposite direction. Lain turns around to see Chisa standing there. She calls to her "Chisa-chan, where are you?" Chisa just smiles. Then after panning across the reflection of the electrical wires on her glasses, Chisa disappears in a spiraling ribbon. Lain pleads "Wait!"

( [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors-layer01.php Source] )

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2016-01-29T15:52:03Z

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'''LAYER 02: GIRLS'''

'''Original Air Date:''' 1998.07.13

'''Main Characters Introduced:''' [[Delivery Man]] [[Taro]] [[Myu-Myu]] [[Masayuki]]

'''Script: '''[[Layer 02 Script]]

'''Analysis:''' [[Layer 02 Analysis]]

'''Credits:''' [[Layer 02 Credits]]

'''Previous episode:''' [[Layer 01]]

'''Next episode:''' [[Layer 03]]

==Short summary==
*A boy takes [[Accela]]
*[[Lain]] sees a [[MIB]] stalking her
*[[Juri]] and [[Reika]] think they saw Lain at [[Cyberia]], while [[Alice]] disagrees
*Lain's new [[NAVI]] is set up
*Lain goes to Cyberia upon Alice's invitation
*They conclude that the girl they saw yesterday was not Lain
*The boy who took Accela begins shooting randomly
*Lain says her signature line: "No matter where you are, everyone is connected." and the boy shoots himself

==Long summary==
The episode starts with an image of a busy Tokyo street, then a voice over "What are you afraid of? Just try a little bit."

[Title: Girls Layer:02]

The spinning mirror ball and heavy beat blare from the dance club. Floating text appears: "Cyberia. I don't want to be there." A boy is sitting at a table in the club and is approached by strange woman wearing a gas mask. She hands him a small packet and he pays her for it. Floating text appears: "10,000 Yen. That's Expensive! The Market price is only about 4,000 Yen." (Note: 10,000 Yen is about $100US, 4,000 Yen is about $40US). The boy stares at the packet. More floating text appears: "We call it 'Accela'. Although its from the same supplier its not exactly a drug."

Licking his lips, the boy opens the the packet which reveals a caspule surrounding a small object inside. Sweating and breathing heavily, the boy slits open the capsule with a hobby knife revealing the small device. He ingests the device and washes it down with his drink. Immediately his perceptions begin to change and he starts to foam at the mouth. Floating text appears: "I feel accelerated." Everyone he sees appears to be moving in slow motion. He sees an image of Lain's friends Alice, Reika, and Juri at a table. A man falls to the ground. He has been pushed down by a woman. We see her face, which appears to be an angry, more mature looking Lain. She mouths words.

The boy leaves his seat. Floating text appears: "Come on quickly."

Now a scene of the streets at daytime and the familiar buzz of power lines. Now in Lain's room, she talks to her Navi: "No its not. No mail received. I don't get it." Mika appears at the door to the room. She comments "I thought I heard someone else in here." Lain asks "Who?" Mika responds "Your imaginary friend, or something like that". Mika closes the door warning "You'll be late for school again." Lain pads down the hall and leaves the house.

While walking Lain sees a shadow behind a telephone pole, she then sees a strange, slightly bearded man staring at her. Frightened, Lain breaks into a run down the street. Shortly she runs into her three friends. Alice calls to her "Lain, Good Morning!". Reika comments: "See I knew she's not the one." Juri isn't sure. Lain says "What?". Alice chides the others "Stop it, you're picking on poor Lain," but the other girls just giggle. Alice says "Never mind them let's go."

Walking, Lain asks Juri if she's received anymore mail. Juri seems to have forgotten. Lain inquires further, "from Chisa?". Juri says no. Alice asks Lain if she received another prank mail. Juri asks: "Is it true?" Lain replies: "I'm just a little curious." Reika asks "About what? Now that I think about it she really looks like... " and then continues "Lain, where you last night." Lain is confused. Juri adds: "It was you, wasn't it." Alice corrects them: "I told you it wasn't her." The others say "well probably not." Reika explains to Lain that there was someone who looked like her at Cyberia last night.

Lain asks "Cyberia?" Juri explains that the Girls had gone there for the first time the previous night. Reika casually adds: "It was no big deal." Alice teases the other two: "You looked so tense," then turns to Lain and explains that it is an club where kids gather at midnight. Alice tells Lain that there was someone there who looked like her. Lain replies: "Yesterday I was..." but is cut off by Alice saying: "I already said it wasn't Lain. She was wearing a provocative dress and had a terrible temper." Reika breaks in "Her personality was completely opposite." Juri suggests: "How about taking Lain there tonight". Reika sarcastically expresses her doubt that Lain would go. Alice tells her to knock it off. Juri says: "Lain you might change if you went to the club." Alice agrees: "Lain might become even more outgoing." Juri thinks its a wonderful idea, while Reika thinks it will be interesting. Alice thinks that going would improve Lain's mood and tells Lain it will be fun.

The scene shifts to some sort of informational display. The Accela device spins while this commentary is recited: "Accela is a kind of 'smart supplement'. When it enters the body it oscillates at a certain frequency and helps the body secrete one specific hormone. When the hormone is secreted, one's sense of time will be altered and will feel that his consciousness has accellerated. Not only his consciousness, but his brain's calculation speed will also be increased by about a facor of 2 to 12 times faster. The digestive juices will dissolve this nano-mechanism in one day. But the effect is... "

As the voice fades we are back in Lain's classroom. Lain's palm computer flashes under her desk. Alice sends her a message: "Let's have fun at Cyberia tonight." Lain responds "I can't go tonight." Floating text appears: "Humans are all connected."

Lain is walking down a dark hall in the school. She pauses momentarily and sees the shadow of a girl coming from a closet. Then shadowy figures walk by her. Lain is visibily frightened. The girl from the closet approaches her. Her face changes form following the same pattern as the "train girl" from the previous episode... from smiling, to terror, to decaying deformity, to a contented smile. Lain cowers in fear as the image of the girl passes through her.

Back on the streets with the electric hum, Lain pauses when she sees a delivery truck in front of her house. As she approaches the driver asks "Is this your house?" He tells her he has a delivery and then proceeds to unload the truck. The driver asks Lain to sign the delivery confirmation. He is impressed with what he has delivered, indicating that he "always wanted one himself." Lain does not know what any of it is. The man tells her it is the latest Navi model, fully equipped. "With this much machine power," he comments, "it will make your surfing on the wired trouble free. I made one for my own use, but its now match against this." Lain says "but I don't know anything about this." "Soon you will," says the driver with a smile as he leaves.

The scene shifts to Lain in her bear pajamas. Lain hears a sound and gets out of bed. As she descends the stairs she sees her mother and father engaged in a deep kiss. Lain stares. Noticing her, her Father breaks it off and says "Your new Navi has arrived." Her mother says "Please clean up soon, they're in the way." Lain's father offers to set up the computer after dinner. He comments: "This Navi is so powerful that I'd like to use one myself." Lain asks her Father if he can set it up now. Her father is surprised at her eagerness, but Lain just stares back. He agrees.

In her room her father admonishes: "Don't use the Navi with kids all the time. Communication needs more advanced systems whenever you get involved in more mature human relations. You got that Lain?" Lain just stares. Her father boots the new computer and invites Lain to log on to the machine. She takes down the hood of her bearsuit, then her father tells her to talk to it. Lain says: "Hello Navi." Her father tells her: "Finally this Navi is yours. You can show this off to your friends!" As his father opens the door he finds that Mika has been listening there. She feigns disinterest and walks away.

Lain checks her mail on the new system, but there is none. A beep comes from school jacket. Her palm computer has a message from Alice: "Lain, where are you? We are waiting for you. Be sure to come." Floating text appears: "Why don't you come here quickly."

Out on the street in the club district Alice is giving Lain directions over her palm computer. She points out the Cyberia Cafe and Club. Alice continues "its in the basement of the building." Lain stands indecisively on the steps. She hears a boy's voice saying "hey, sis, I can't get through." Lain apologizes. There are three kids descending the stairs, two boys and a younger girl in a frilly dress. The boys talk amongst themselves: "If you do it that way you'll be caught by the information surveillance center." The other boy asks "Isn't safe to just hack it." The girl says "Let's talk about this later at the game center."

Inside the club the beat pounds and Juri sees Lain saying "You're late Lain." Reika adds "Well, you know that its already past her bed time." Juri says "You should have dressed more appropriately for tonight." The three girls are wearing very adult outfits while Lain seems to be wearing a conservative black turtleneck. Alice protectively places her hands on Lain's shoulders and says "How about if we choose some adult clothes for Lain next time." Reika snaps "Will they match her well?" Alice retorts "Reika." Juri continues "It seems that the one we saw last night it was not Lain after all." Reika says: "That's what I've been telling you, Lain doesn't wear that kind of clothes or speak so roughly." Lain asks: "Did she realy look like me?" Juri indicates that she was abolutely sure it was her. Lain says "is that so."

A faint gunshot is heard and a light shatters. People begin to scatter as a second gunshot goes off. Juri falls. Alice and Reika rush to help her. Lain stands perspiring, her back to a wall. Blood pools on the floor. A mans heavy breathing is heard and the light from an infrared gunsite flashes about while the bodies of a man and woman can be seen shadowed on the dance floor. The boy who took the Accela drug the previous night holds the gun. He has a crazed look on his face. Alice and Reika escort Juri off the dance floor. Alice looks back and calls to Lain. Reika says towards Lain "What is she doing." Alice dumps Juri into Reika's arms and goes back to get Lain. The boy with the gun notices Lain and says "What are you looking at!" but he just stares back at him. Alice approaches Lain imploring "What are you doing? Run away Lain." Lain continues to stare at the boy. "I said go away," he says and approaches. He now has a good look at Lain's face and steps back in shock, his cap falling to the floor. "Why did you make me do such a thing!" He yells. "What right do you have to make me do it!" Lain continues to stare at him. "I just wanted to clear my mind," he continues. "I don't know, I have nothing to do with you. I have nothing to do with it." Then again he yells "I have nothing to do with it. Wired must not interfere with the real world! I have nothing to do with it. Who the hell are you." Lain begins to step away from Alice and walks stiffly toward the boy. He levels his gun at her, the laser site flashing across her body. "I don't understand, " he says. "I don't know anything about it." The laser site is locked nervously between Lain's eyes. Suddenly Lain proclaims: "No matter where you are humans are all connected." This brings tears to the boy's eyes. The pinpoint of the laser site moves across the room and targets the back of the boy's mouth. A flash of red and then blood splatters on Lain's face and the boy falls to the ground, his dead body spralled across the other two victims.
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2016-01-29T15:38:10Z

Ian:

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<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">Iwakura Family</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Iwakura Lain]] • [[Iwakura Miho]] • [[Iwakura Mika]] • [[Iwakura Yasuo]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">[[School]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#CCCCFF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Kato Juri]] • [[Mizuki Alice]] • [[Yamamoto Reika]] • [[Yomoda Chisa]] • [[Alice's teacher]] • [[Lain's teacher]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">[[Cyberia]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[JJ]] • [[Masayuki]] • [[Myu-Myu]] • [[Taro]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">[[Conspiracy]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#CCCCFF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Masami Eiri]] • [[Masatsugu Shoko]] • [[Takuyoshi Masuoka]] • [[Freeter]] • [[Men in Black]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">Other</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Cheshire Cat]] • [[Prof. Hodgeson]] • [[Nezumi]] • [[Masatsugu Shou]]</div></div><noinclude>

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2016-01-29T15:37:11Z

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<div style="background-color:#597FAE; margin-bottom:1px">Characters of the Serial Experiments Lain anime [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|[ × ]]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">Iwakura Family</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Iwakura Lain]] • [[Iwakura Miho]] • [[Iwakura Mika]] • [[Iwakura Yasuo]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">[[School]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#CCCCFF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Kato Juri]] • [[Mizuki Alice]] • [[Yamamoto Reika]] • [[Yomoda Chisa]] • [[Alice's teacher]] • [[Lain's teacher]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">[[Cyberia]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[JJ]] • [[Masayuki]] • [[Myu-Myu]] • [[Taro]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">[[Conspiracy]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#CCCCFF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Masami Eiri]] • [[Masatsugu Shoko]] • [[Takuyoshi Masuoka]] • [[Freeter]] • [[Men in Black]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">Other</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Cheshire Cat]] • [[Prof. Hodgeson]] • [[Nezumi]] • [[Masatsugu Shou]]</div></div><noinclude>

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2016-01-29T15:32:40Z

Ian: fixed stuff

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<div style="background-color:#597FAE; margin-bottom:1px">Characters of the Serial Experiments Lain anime</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">Iwakura Family</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Iwakura Lain]] • [[Iwakura Miho]] • [[Iwakura Mika]] • [[Iwakura Yasuo]]</div>
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<div style="background-color:#CCCCFF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Kato Juri]] • [[Mizuki Alice]] • [[Yamamoto Reika]] • [[Yomoda Chisa]] • [[Alice's teacher]] • [[Lain's teacher]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">[[Cyberia]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[JJ]] • [[Masayuki]] • [[Myu-Myu]] • [[Taro]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">[[Conspiracy]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#CCCCFF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Masami Eiri]] • [[Masatsugu Shoko]] • [[Takuyoshi Masuoka]] • [[Freeter]] • [[Men in Black]]</div>
<div style="background-color:#BFBFFF; float:left; margin-bottom:1px; width:22.5%">Other</div>
<div style="background-color:#D6D6FF; margin-bottom:1px">[[Cheshire Cat]] • [[Prof. Hodgeson]] • [[Nezumi]] • [[Masatsugu Shou]]</div></div>

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Serial Experiments Lain

2016-01-29T00:21:14Z

Ian:

Serial Experiments Lain is a franchise that includes an [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]], a [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]] and several [[artbooks]] and other publications.

Ueda Yasuyuki

2016-01-29T00:19:50Z

Ian:

'''Ueda Yasuyuki''' (上田耕行) is the producer of ''Serial Experiments Lain''. He stylizes his name as yasuyuki ueda and is sometimes credited as Production 2nd. In the game credits, the one credited as dango is probably him as well. He came up with the original concept and story for the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]] and the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]] and enlisted the aid of other staff members, [[Chiaki Konaka]], [[Nakamura Ryuutarou]], and [[Yoshitoshi ABe]].

==Lain blog==
Ueda kept a promotional blog during the time ''Lain'' was being restored in 2009-2010 for Pioneer's Bluray Box|RESTORE.

Archive link: [http://web.archive.org/web/20101226100424/http://blog.geneon-ent.co.jp/graphid/]

==The Infamous Interview==
In a 1999 ''Animerica Magazine'' interview of Ueda, Konaka, and Nakamura, he made some ambiguous and controversial statements regarding the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. The introductory paragraph of the article states, "While all three agree on certain points of ''Lain's'' production and design, each are beholden to different interpretations of the show's philosophy and what it means to them individually... Producer Yasuyuki Ueda states that ''Lain'' is an attack against American values."

However, reading the interview questions and Ueda's responses quickly reveals that the previous quote takes great liberties with paraphrasing, resulting in a misrepresentation of his statements. In the interview, he gives two responses that deal directly with the interpretation or meaning of ''Lain'':
<blockquote>
Q: How would you describe the concept of ''Lain''? What is the story you're trying to tell? 

'''Ueda''': As I said before, it's not like I wanted to communicate something. It's more like a private work. It's more like an experiment about the relationships between one individual self and the masses. 
</blockquote>
And later:
<blockquote>
Q: Does the series have a "message"? 

'''Ueda''': The message is, Things are simple.
</blockquote>
Note that neither of these responses have anything to do with American values.

He makes two responses that have to do with his expectations for American viewers' reception of the show:
<blockquote>
Q: What do you think American viewers will think of the series? Do you think they will have the same reactions as Japanese audiences? 

'''Ueda''': They won't understand this. I don't want them to understand this. This work is based on the sensitivity and values of the Japanese people. America is different from Japan. This work itself is a sort of cultural war against American culture and the American sense of values we adopted after WW II. So I want American people to react to this work. 
(...) 
Q: Do you have any special message for American fans of the series? 

'''Ueda''': Are there any American fans? I really can't imagine there is one. If there are any, I can't imagine why they think it's good. But if there were one, I'm a little happy.
</blockquote>
Note that both of these responses were prompted by questions concerning American audiences, and not questions concerning the meaning of ''Lain''. They seem to be more about Ueda's perception of American entertainment than his interpretation of ''Lain''. In no other interview does he mention subversion of American entertainment values as part of the show's purpose or meaning.

The article can be viewed [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/pubs.htm here.] More interviews of Ueda and other creators are [[interviews|here]]

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Tomo

2016-01-29T00:19:21Z

Ian:

{{Vinfobox
|image = File:Tomo-kun.jpg
|gender = Male
|age = 11 or 12
|family = Unknown
|relationship to lain = Crush
|relationship to touko = None
|cause of disappearance = Moved away
|firstmentioned = Lda005
|location = [[Elementary School]]
}}

'''Tomo''' (トモ ''Tomo''), affectionately called '''Tomo-kun''' by [[Lain]], is a boy in Lain's class in [[Elementary school]] in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]]. While he and Lain were not close, it is implied that they may have had a mutual crush on each other, although it was never requited.

== Personality ==
Not much is known about his personality, but it was stated in [[Lain's Diary]] that he and the other boys in her class were very rowdy.

== Relationship With Lain ==

Lain often seems to think about him and worries what he thinks of her, especially when she has trouble fitting in with her peers and when she is bullied. It appears she may have had a crush on him, although it seems that she was too shy to approach him. When Lain falls ill with influenza, Tomo and Lain's teacher pay her a surprise visit, much to Lain's embarrassment. However, Lain is unable to speak to Tomo, preoccupied with her teacher. The two of them exchange a handshake before parting ways.

When Lain returns to school, she discovers that Tomo has moved away before she could say goodbye to him, upsetting her. However, soon after, Lain receives a series of brief letters from him, to which she enthusiastically replies. It appears that eventually Tomo stops writing her, leaving Lain heartbroken. Her interest in him eventually fades.

== Effect on Lain's Mental Health ==
Tomo is a large source of self-doubt for Lain, and she often worries about him laughing at her and whether or not he actually cares about her. After he moves away, Lain becomes preoccupied with the fear that Tomo is not exclusively writing letters to her, but instead just the whole class as a nice gesture, and becomes obsessed with the notion of being "special" only to him, hoping that he was writing only to her and thinking about her. These fears are groundless, however; the [[Serial Experiments Lain Official Guide]] states that Tomo was in fact writing exclusively to her and also could possibly have been interested in her as well.

After his letters stop coming, she mentions that she think school would be happier if she could have gone out with him, and wishes she could transfer to his school. She eventually gives up on the idea.

Her unrequited interest in Tomo may have been responsible for the later appearance of [[Misato]].

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Communication

2016-01-29T00:19:10Z

Ian:

Communication is a major theme in [[Serial Experiments Lain]], especially in the [[anime]]. A major means of communicating is the [[Wired]]; many people even think that online communication makes face-to-face communication redundant.

[[Lain]] is shown to be extremely isolated at the beginning of the anime, [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]] and [[manga]]. Through the anime, she gradually develops friendships - especially with [[Alice]] - and connects with people through the Wired. While [[Eiri]] tries to tempt her into thinking that [[reality]] is unnecessary to her, she learns from Alice and [[Yasuo]] that having a physical existence and being able to communicate face-to-face is still important.

Bearing this in mind, the [[reset]] takes on an even greater significance - it is the greatest sacrifice made by someone who could only appreciate the value of having a body for a brief time.

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Chiaki J. Konaka

2016-01-29T00:18:59Z

Ian:

Chiaki Konaka is the scenario writer for the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] [[anime]] and [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]]. For the anime, he also did series composition and CG processing of film clips used in [[Layer 07]] and [[Layer 09]]. According to [[Visual Experiments Lain]], he was originally going to school to become a film director, but after using a word processor for the first time he changed fields to script writing, specializing in horror and fantasy. He is known for his dark storylines and for using cyberpunk or Lovecraftian concepts in his work - examples of these include Texhnolyze and Malice@Doll. Besides anime, he has also written for live-action television and tokusatsu.

==Trivia==
*He has a hobby of designing dolls. He made dolls for ''Lain'' and other works he was involved in, such as ''The Big O'' and ''Malice@doll''.
*His younger brother, Kazuya Konaka (小中和哉), is a film and TV director. They have collaborated on a few projects, including ''Alice 6'' and the 1992 drama ''Kuma-chan''.
*He makes digital music, which can be heard on his web site.
*Prior to doing SEL, he wrote the 1995 television drama ''[[Alice 6]]''.
*He also wrote the scenario of ''Alice in Cyberland'', a 1996 PlayStation game, as well as an OVA animation of the same name. The game is described on ja.wikipedia as a combination gal game and adventure game. Its main characters are called Alice, Juri, and Rena.
==External Links==
*[http://konaka.com/ Personal site]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20031220124515/http://www.konaka-dolls.com/img/lain/productinfo.html Web archive page of his Lain dolls]
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