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Strips to EJake1000: 3!! Fan Art/Fic/etc. received: 10 (send them soon!) E-Mail to send aforementioned work: MRosenzweig76@yahoo.com or Swagman23@aol.com Deadline: 8/30/03 Everything sent in will be put up the week of 9/1/03 to 9/5/03 thanks 995: Larry: But let’s get down to business. What we do here is I’m going to be throwing quite a bit of stuff at you… sometimes warned, sometimes not, and you do your best to try and stop it. But, there are rules. First rule, no hands. If you want to stop something, you have to use your powers… Jake: Okay? But-- Larry: It’s not as bad as it sounds. If it turns out that your powers are totally gone, then at least I got three weeks of hitting you with shit. Jake: Um… Larry: But first, I want to kind of get a feel for you. I’m going to ask you a bunch of questions. Try and answer the best you can. Jake: But if you’re talking in my head why can’t you just read my thoughts? Larry: Are you always so obvious? Jake: I guess so. Larry: Oh. Jake: Sorry. Larry: Um… Larry: I can’t just read your thoughts and know you, Jake, telepathy does not work like that. If it did, don’t you think we would have known if your powers worked just by going in and checking? Don’t answer that. Telepathy is more of a slow burn, like reading a book without having to turn pages or actually read. Maybe not reading a book after all, but it’s the closet thing I can think of. Jake: Is it… is it more like empathy? Larry: No. Jake: I’m not really following… Larry: Thoughts are not tangible things, Jake, when you try and read someone’s mind there’s a lot of clutter and noise to get thorough. People are always thinking, even if they’re not aware of it. Memories are not like a computer, there’s no brain hard drive where everything in your life is stored. Jake: I thought… I… Larry: Think of it more like… Something triggers a thought, right, whether it be a smell or a certain color, that triggers a memory. Your brain then collects all the data from your different senses, all seven of the known ones, and recreates that memory in your mind’s eye. It doesn’t search your brain for that memory and plug it in, it instead recreates it right then and there, which is why we have emotional reactions to stuff that’s happened in the past. Jake: I… I get it, I think. So what you’re saying, unless I’m thinking it right then, you can’t read it… Larry: It’s not as simple as that, but, yes. There are ways to make someone think of stuff, to search for the information we need. Like, for instance, if I choose a random word, and then probe into your awake consciousness, I could see in my minds eye what you see in yours. Jake: Sounds terribly complicated. Larry: It’s no fun. But it’s effective. Jake: So how are you talking to me so easily? Larry: I’m not really in your head, Jake, there’s a small speaker in the White Room somewhere, but it was funny to see the look on your face when I told you I was speaking in your head. Jake: I don’t believe you. Larry: You don’t have to. So what’s your most favorite thing in the whole world? Jake: What? Larry: Your most favorite thing. Ever. Jake: Ever? Larry: Ever. Jake: … 996: Jake: Sex. Larry: You’re lying. Jake: No I’m not… Larry: Yes, you are. You’re not being truthful with yourself. When I asked you that, I picked up an idea from your head, the correct, truthful answer. Your consciousness filtered that and came up with what you said. Jake: So what you’re saying is I lied to myself? Larry: Sort of, I use that question to gauge how a person knows himself. When I asked you what was your most favorite thing ever, the first flash I picked up from you was eating. Jake: Eating? Larry: I never said it had to be an actual thing. But don’t be ashamed, eating is my most favorite thing to do, as well. Jake: But I like sex… Larry: Apparently you like eating more. When all this is over, I’ll make you pizza. I make a mean pizza. You like hot stuff? Jake: No. Larry: Too bad. I like spicy. But I can make yours without peppers. Jake: Thank you? Larry: Your welcome. So I’m going to start up the program for phase one, random objects are going to be hurling at you from all different directions. The program has it run it’s course before I come back. If you use your hands once, it starts over. Jake: How long is this going to take? Larry: For the program to fully run it’s course it takes two days. If you use your hands, like I said, it starts over… Jake: So don’t use my hands. Larry: I can actually see you getting smarter, Jake. My sage like advice? Let the stuff hit you. The White Room will always fix you. Good luck. Jake: Yeah. Thanks. 
   
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