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==Japanese== | |||
==English== | ==English== | ||
<blockquote> | |||
Voice: If you want to avoid pain, you should believe in God. | Voice: If you want to avoid pain, you should believe in God. | ||
Voice: Whether you believe in him or not, God is always with you. | Voice: Whether you believe in him or not, God is always with you. | ||
Title: PROTOCOL Layer 09 | Title: PROTOCOL Layer 09 | ||
Narrator: On July 4, 1947, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident a strange flying object] dropped into a desert in New Mexico, USA. | |||
Narrator: | |||
Narrator: Even now, its identity has not been ascertained. | Narrator: Even now, its identity has not been ascertained. | ||
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Narrator: Guesses became facts, and rumors became histories. | Narrator: Guesses became facts, and rumors became histories. | ||
Lain: Who was it? | |||
Lain: Who was it? | |||
Narrator: In 1984, Jaime Shandera, a TV producer, received an undeveloped roll of film in a brown envelope from an anonymous person. | |||
Narrator: In the film was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_12 the MJ-12 document]. | |||
Narrator: In the film was the MJ-12 document. | |||
Narrator: It said that 12 people made a secret pact with an extraterrestrial under the President's direct orders. | Narrator: It said that 12 people made a secret pact with an extraterrestrial under the President's direct orders. | ||
Narrator: Roscoe | Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_H._Hillenkoetter Roscoe Hillenkoetter], who was the director of the CIA when the Roswell incident happened, was the chief of the 12 people. | ||
Narrator: It is well known now that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman President Truman]'s signature was copied from another document. | |||
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush Vannevar Bush], who was a Head of Department in MIT, was one of the 12 members of MJ-12. | |||
Lain: Connect Wired. | Lain: Connect Wired. | ||
Lain(wired): How can you make something that already happened not have happened? | Lain(wired): How can you make something that already happened not have happened? | ||
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Ear: I see, then, since when have we been here? | Ear: I see, then, since when have we been here? | ||
Ear: I know we | Ear: I know we didn't start existing at the beginning of this world. | ||
Eye: That's nothing to be concerned about! | Eye: That's nothing to be concerned about! | ||
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Lain(w): Let's not talk about me right now- | Lain(w): Let's not talk about me right now- | ||
Narrator: Vannevar Bush put forward a new plan to extend memories, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex MEMEX], in 1945. | |||
Narrator: Vannevar Bush put forward a new plan to extend memories, MEMEX, in 1945. | |||
Narrator: It was a system to view information in microfilm on a translucent screen. | Narrator: It was a system to view information in microfilm on a translucent screen. | ||
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Narrator: He planned to compress information to access it quickly. | Narrator: He planned to compress information to access it quickly. | ||
Narrator: Bush led the Manhattan | Narrator: Bush led the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project Manhattan Project] that produced an atomic bomb. | ||
Narrator: He also made the foundations of multimedia at the same time. | Narrator: He also made the foundations of multimedia at the same time. | ||
JJ: You forgot this. | JJ: You forgot this. | ||
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JJ: That's what I said. | JJ: That's what I said. | ||
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly John C. Lilly] explored the human unconscious in an experiment with sensory deprivation by using drugs and an isolation tank. | |||
Narrator: John C. Lilly explored the human unconscious an experiment with sensory deprivation by using drugs and an isolation tank. | |||
Narrator: He thought that he was connected to something like an existence in space. | Narrator: He thought that he was connected to something like an existence in space. | ||
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Narrator: Dolphins can communicate over long distances in water using ultrasonic waves. | Narrator: Dolphins can communicate over long distances in water using ultrasonic waves. | ||
Taro: What? | Taro: What? | ||
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Lain: She is the same as me. I'm myself. I'm the only one. | Lain: She is the same as me. I'm myself. I'm the only one. | ||
Taro: Great! | Taro: Great! | ||
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Taro: ! | Taro: ! | ||
Lain: It | Lain: It was you, Taro, right? | ||
Lain(w): You're one of the Knights, aren't you? | Lain(w): You're one of the Knights, aren't you? | ||
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Lain(w): The only other me with a body only appeared in the club. | Lain(w): The only other me with a body only appeared in the club. | ||
Lain(w): It would | Lain(w): It would have been enough just to modify the memories of people who were there. | ||
Taro: I can't... | Taro: I can't... | ||
Lain(w): Play track 44. | Lain(w): Play track 44. | ||
Father: It is drawing to a close... | Father: It is drawing to a close... | ||
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Mika: Pii Pii Pii... Now transmitting. Pii Pii Pii... | Mika: Pii Pii Pii... Now transmitting. Pii Pii Pii... | ||
Lain(w): Stop. | Lain(w): Stop. | ||
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Taro: It wasn't me... | Taro: It wasn't me... | ||
Taro: But I know that the data that JJ receives | Taro: But I know that the data that JJ receives can have such effects. | ||
Lain(w): If I install this chip, what will happen to me? | Lain(w): If I install this chip, what will happen to me? | ||
Lain(w): Would I suicide? Or would I go insane? | Lain(w): Would I commit suicide? Or would I go insane? | ||
Taro: I don't know. I'm too young to be a formal member of Knights. I'm only... | Taro: I don't know. I'm too young to be a formal member of Knights. I'm only... | ||
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Lain(w): What will this do? | Lain(w): What will this do? | ||
Taro: It | Taro: It's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-volatile_memory nonvolatile memory]. It will overwrite existing memories. | ||
Lain(w): What kinds of memories? | Lain(w): What kinds of memories? | ||
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Taro: Knights aren't just crackers, Lain. | Taro: Knights aren't just crackers, Lain. | ||
Taro: | Taro: Uh... | ||
Taro: You're strange. That's why the Knights are interested in you. | Taro: You're strange. That's why the Knights are interested in you. | ||
Taro: Knights fight in order to make the only truth real. | Taro: Knights fight in order to make the only truth become real. | ||
Lain: I don't understand. What's the only truth? | Lain: I don't understand. What's the only truth? | ||
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Taro: Truth is justice because it is true. | Taro: Truth is justice because it is true. | ||
Taro: Don't you | Taro: Don't you find it convincing? | ||
Taro: Don't you also want such a truth? | Taro: Don't you also want such a truth? | ||
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Taro: It's a date, after all. I'm a guy, so I had to do that. | Taro: It's a date, after all. I'm a guy, so I had to do that. | ||
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson Ted Nelson], who learned from heretic pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly, | |||
Narrator: Ted Nelson, who learned from heretic pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly, | |||
Narrator: made a plan for a digital library in orbit that can be used anywhere on earth through electromagnetic waves and a telephone network. | Narrator: made a plan for a digital library in orbit that can be used anywhere on earth through electromagnetic waves and a telephone network. | ||
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Narrator: Ted Nelson will go down in history as a proponent of it. | Narrator: Ted Nelson will go down in history as a proponent of it. | ||
Lain: Hello Navi. | Lain: Hello Navi. | ||
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Lain: Kachi Kachi... | Lain: Kachi Kachi... | ||
Lain: Was it me? | Lain: Was it me? | ||
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Lain: It can't be true... | Lain: It can't be true... | ||
Lain: Everything must be a lie... Why did you do that? | Lain: Everything must be a lie... Why did you do that? | ||
Narrator: The earth itself has peculiar electromagnetic waves. | Narrator: The earth itself has peculiar electromagnetic waves. | ||
Narrator: There are always resonances between the ground and the ionosphere at 8 Hz in the ELF band. | Narrator: There are always resonances between the ground and the ionosphere at 8 Hz in the ELF band. This is called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonances Schumann Resonance]. | ||
Narrator: It is the brain wave of the earth. But we still don't know how it affects humans. | Narrator: It is the brain wave of the earth. But we still don't know how it affects humans. | ||
Narrator: The human population on Earth is approaching the number of neurons in the brain. | |||
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rushkoff Douglas Rushkoff] claims that it will awaken the consciousness of Earth itself by connecting humans to each other in a network. | |||
Narrator: The network has quickly grown into a form like the neurons in the brain, so the Earth itself will become a neural network. | |||
Narrator: The network has quickly grown into a form like the | |||
Lain: The only truth... God. | Lain: The only truth... God. | ||
Deus: Yes, me. | Deus: Yes, me. | ||
Narrator: Eiri Masami was a chief research worker in Tachibana Labs. | Narrator: Eiri Masami was a chief research worker in Tachibana Labs. | ||
Narrator: He | Narrator: He caused the theory about Earth's neural network to progress. | ||
Narrator: He advocated that every human's unconscious should be connected to a wireless network without devices through the Schumann effect. | Narrator: He advocated that every human's unconscious should be connected to a wireless network without devices through the Schumann effect. | ||
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Narrator: When Tachibana Labs found out, they fired him. | Narrator: When Tachibana Labs found out, they fired him. | ||
Narrator: One week later, Eiri's corpse was found run over and killed | Narrator: One week later, Eiri's corpse was found run over and killed on the railway on Yamanote line. | ||
Newspaper: Mr. Eiri Masami | Newspaper: Mr. Eiri Masami | ||
</blockquote> | |||
(Adapted from [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors/09protocol_en.txt] and from memory. Originally translated by Keisuke Shindo.) | |||
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