Where the Show Goes On
Soramimi Hanarejima
After her favorite TV show gets cancelled mid-season, she makes weekly trips to an alternate universe where the show is still airing. There, in the comfort of her counterpart’s sofa, she watches new episodes, enthralled by the stunningly clever plot twists and ever-shifting dynamics between characters. Which she and her counterpart vehemently comment on during the commercial breaks. Except when the show is going through one of its occasional lulls. Then they chitchat about life when the ads run. One evening, the episode is particularly slow, and when it cuts to the commercials, her counterpart gushes about a recent trip to the Sensoreum. “What’s that?” she asks. “Oh, a place that offers this huge range of sensory experiences,” her counterpart answers. “I’ll take you there. We can even go this weekend, if you don’t have plans. It’ll be fun.” And it is.
Utterly mind blowing as she wears a brain-
stimulation cap and luxuriates in the goosebumps pricked by what feels like invisible feathers stroking her forearms. It’s 36
