Impossible...
Egoistic
Poriomania
Behold...
my bleak and dusty doom...
It's me...
I've fallen prey to their wily saboteurs.
What......?!
So my current peril is...
is in fact the will... of Stein's Gate?
Yes, of course.
Two weeks ago...
Less than, in fact...
The signs were all around me...
Plain as the nose on my face...
How could I have been so blindsided?
Agreed... I'll check in later...
if this arid wasteland hasn't undone me.
El...
Psy... Congroo...
Two weeks ago
Wassssup!
Hm? What the--? So...
you've joined the yakuza or you're going on safari...
Am I in the ballpark?
These threads aren't safari... They're L.A.
Short for... "lab appropriate?"
You're so forgetful, Okarin!
They're holding a big Rai-Net tournament in America,
and Faris got an invitation to compete in it,
so she's taking us all with her for moral support,
don't you remember?
Ha...! You mean the Great Federated States need
the presence of one Hououin Kyouma to put things to rights!
Do you know how delusional you are?
Hey, Kurisu just texted me!
Let's see what she says...
Looks like she's all caught up with her work,
so she'll be able to visit us out there!
And she made sure to mention Okarin coming, too...!
Lookit!
What do we got...?
"Don't bother bringing Okabe unless you have to...
My scientific credibility can't afford it."
Man, if that ain't a textbook slam-fest, I'll eat my hat.
Pish-posh...!
She wants us to sow the seeds of the lab's trans-Pacific plot
under the guise of a simple vacation!
Then I'm gonna pack my big oopa pillow!
America, huh? I hope it's a one-way trip.
Bring me back a gift, okay?!
Course I will, silly...!
How about you, Moeka, do you want anyth--?
Macadamia nuts X 6
...Anything but.
Moeka
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Moeka
Or, uh...
Some chocolate...
Uh...
Here they come...
Reason for visit?
Well...
if you're going to be blunt, let me refer to my manifesto.
"Aha...!
Look upon this visage of chaos...!
I am a mad scientist...!
your precious Founding Fathers cannot save you now!"
So, you're a mad scientist, huh?
No...! Wait!
I'd retract my previous declaration regarding
any intended pandemonium within your fine country!
In retrospect, I should have explained
that it's an entirely figurative manifesto...!
There he goes...
How dare they...?
Trying to block the entry of a scientific luminary
such as Hououin Kyo--
Still like to rant, huh?
Typical.
Okarin...?
Aren't you gonna say hi?
Huh...?
Of course, it's you...!
How embarrassing not to recognize my assistant.
I am not your assistant!
At first...
I thought perhaps you were an Organization assassin
sent to neutralize yours truly.
What an idiot...!
He's worse than Leeroy Jenkins.
Still trolling the web, huh?
Shut it, Daru!
Just get in the damn car before I change my mind...!
Uh...
hold on...
Don't tell me that you intend to drive.
Got a problem with that?
Oh, Rukako?
Yes, Kyouma?
Please fetch me a taxi.
Hey! Son of a...
I watched you get out of the stupid cab, you big faker.
What?
Cab fare please.
Um... excuse me?? You freeloading--!
Kyouma!
Look! It's Faris!
Meow come you cancelled the hotel reservation
I made for you?
Oh, you'd rather our enemies be privy
to our precise coordinates?
Oh no!
You mean the Seven Lords of the North American Continent?!
Yes...
The Seven Philosophers!
It's time for the final apocalyptic battle?!
Almost...!
But we must be careful not to make the first move, my pet.
Don't you worry!
I'll send 'em all packing with the Perspicacious Death-Paw!
You mean...
you've finally mastered the most lethal of attack moves?!
Then cry havoc...!
And let slip the
Perspicacious Death-Paw-equipped cat-girls of war!
Until flesh and bone fail me, and my spirit
returns to the mead-stained timbers of Valhalla!
The U.S. shall taste of Ragnarok!
Pretty fancy domicile for a mere assistant, no?
You're outta here as soon as you have somewhere else to stay.
Step away from the tub!
Hands off the soda!
Aw, you too?!
Hello out there!
This is Julie Woodhouse with the weather!
Why does this seem so familiar?
Cause this is exactly what we'd be doing if we were home!
Creatures of habit, all o' you.
So... how's life been treating you over here?
Fine, I guess...
Same as it did before.
Not writing any papers on time travel, I assume?
Nah...
I thought I'd just leave the raving about
alternate world-lines to you.
Fair enough.
But people have been known to harbor the rare stray memory
from those other world-lines, you know.
Look, I know what you're getting at, okay...?
You wanna know what I remember?
I remember you saving me at the Radio Building,
and me finding you afterward so I could thank you properly...
And that's all.
So you don't recall anything more substantial?
Huh...?!
No...
Substantial like how?
Never mind.
Hello?
Really? Where is it?
No... Oh god no...
Are you trying to get us killed, woman?!
See ya.
Oh no you don't!
You're really going to ditch us at this house of ill-repute?!
Pretty much...
That's what you get for skipping out on the room Faris set up.
What were you thinking...?!
Do you know how many horror movies I've seen
that were set in one of these deathtraps...?!
Some hillbilly psycho will spot me through the blinds,
chainsaw through the door,
and jury-rig my face into a belt-buckle!
How tiny of a role does reality play in your life?!
Now you ask him that?
Kurisu...
I know motels can't be as horrible as they are
in the movies but... I'm still sort of...
nervous...
You'll be fine...
Now, I guess we had better figure out
who's bunking with who, yeah?
Well, I've shared a room
with Okarin a whole bunch of times before...!
We used to have these great sleepovers
when we were young--just the two of us!
Just you two?
Oh, get your mind out of the gutter.
She just said, "when we were young," didn't she?
What sort of sad little virgin--?
You be quiet...!
The point is...
Mayuri's not sharing a room with the guys!
Maybe you can bunk in with Rukako--
He's kind of a guy, I guess.
Okay.
Or you know what,
maybe I'll just stick around here for the night...
Then Okabe, rooms with Daru...
Mayuri's with me...
Huh...?!
So I'm all by myself...?!
I don't wanna...!
Okay, Mayuri and I still share a room...
Daru is alone...
And you'll be...
I won't be scared at all...
with Kyouma nearby.
Yep...
Still a dude.
How did Makise end up as the one with a bed to herself?
Because...
Rukako and Mayuri sharing a room is fine.
Yeah it is...
Yuri-licious...
Dream on, Daru...
Plus, if their room were a garden of Sapphic glee,
wouldn't this one be ya--?
What now?!
Hey, Okarin...?
Yes. What?
Wanna do rock-paper-scissors
to see who's gonna sleep in the car?
What's the matter?
I surrendered the bed to Daru...
Mere courtesy, I assure you.
We need him running on all cylinders tomorrow.
Lost at rock-paper- scissors, huh?
Yeah, well, what are you doing out here then?
I dunno.
Hey.
Huh?
Don't go just yet.
I want to ask you something.
What madness is this?! It comes in diet?!
Take a couple back with you.
At the current exchange rate,
they're cheaper to import anyway.
So, what's this burning question...?
Of course!
You want me to look over your work!
Genius that I am, it's--
You know what?
Just forget it.
It's not the first time you've told me that, actually.
It's not?
Oh, that's right--it was on another world-line.
You wouldn't know.
That's what I'm talking about...!
I can think of a hundred reasons why this
"alternate world-line" craziness could never be true...
but then, I dream things...
things that feel more like, I dunno, memories...
Moments like...
you're crying on an overpass in Akihabara, and I'm there...
...or we're debating equations written out
on a whiteboard, neither of us backing down...
...or we're sitting together on a stairwell...
and I'm patching up a hole in your lab coat...
It seems you remember more than your consciousness admits to.
So, they're all real?
When you get right down to it,
their authenticity is a question of perspective and semantics.
Having never truly taken place on this world-line,
"dream" is as appropriate a term for them as any.
But they...
they actually happened on some of the other world lines...
Yeah.
I see.
Um...
Can I...
ask another question...?
What is it?
There's this...
one particular... dream... I keep having... But...
in this one... we're...
Yes...? We're what?
We're, uh...
If I could help you remember it somehow, I would.
Yeah, I'll bet!
I'm so glad Okarin and Kurisu
are getting to spend this time together...
Say your prayers, Rai-Netters!
And that's the match!
Way to kick ass, Faris! You guys got pwned!
I did it!
Faris! Faris! Faris!
This chick's Rai-Net cosplay is awesome!
Aren't you glad I brought it Ruka?!
Here's... your omelet, master.
Hold on...
You just served me without meowing.
Why do I have to be a cat-girl maid?!
Because!
Part of your duty as goodwill ambassador to the States
is extolling Japan's maid culture!
I don't remember volunteering for goodwill ambassador,
because I didn't!
We agreed to work the tournament
if they'd pony up the funds for our plane tickets...
Ergo, your ears and apron.
So why am I stuck wearing them, huh?
No one flew me anywhere.
It's for the greater good of the lab.
Then you put on the damn apron!
You know, it's good to see you so full of moxie.
I mean, last night you seemed so pensive...
about the alternate world-lines.
Pensive...?
No, I was just a little tired--that's all...
I mean, it's not like I... care.
You're better off that way.
Believe me, those paths are better left untrod.
None of it was real... Not in the life I know.
You're right.
Thanks for waiting!
I didn't know they were gonna run late...!
Suzuha...?
Suzuha!
How is she even here...? This contradicts her farewell...
Before she left she said...
See you in seven years.
This world-line is devoid of time-travel,
so there can't be a Suzuha until her birth seven years from now.
But there she is...
Suzuha, in the flesh...
Maybe I was wrong about this world-line...
Maybe it does have time-travel... and worse...
Huh...?
What do you mean he's gone?
Now that you mention it...
I did see somebody in a lab coat walk out of the event hall a little while ago...
Hey, you guys! So I asked around...!
Turns out Kyouma jumped into a taxi and sped off!
No way!
Maybe the Organization's after him...!
Dude's finally lost his marbles...
Kurisu...!
Never thought I'd have a doppelganger.
Trippy.
The resemblance is... uncanny.
I'm not even from L.A.
I was in town for the tournament,
and now my friend and I are heading to Vegas.
Any other day, you wouldn't've seen me.
What're the odds.
Y'know, this lookalike of mine must mean a lot to you...
You followed me into the boonies...
It's sweet...
And more than a little expensive.
If you knew her...
I think you would understand.
So, does that mean you don't know where she is these days?
She's incommunicado.
But later...
seven years from now... we'll meet again.
There, ya see...?
It'll all work out in the end.
Funny that you mention seven years...
A psychic told me I'd get married
and have a kid around then.
Yeah... S'dumb.
No... That sounds right.
Huh...?
Sorry for cutting into your travel time like this.
I'm glad you did.
Later!
Later.
"See you in seven..."
Daru, my friend... you're gonna do just fine.
Wait...! Sixty-seven cents to my name... and no charge.
How the devil do I get back?! What?!
I started walking... No other choice, really.
Kurisu...
Dammit to hell...!
I refuse to die in this worthless, sun-bleached tundra!
Do your worst, you sandy bastard!
You shall not claim the life of Hououin Kyoumaaaaa!
I should've told her... when I...
had the chance...I'm a fool...
I'll second that.
Just a mirage...
Wrong, but I'm flattered.
What your heat-addled brain is perceiving right now
is an actual female.
I was worried about you.
Not worried enough to fill up the gas tank
before you sallied forth...!
Excuse me for rushing out here!
My mistake!
What about your phone?
So inept.
You're a fine one to talk, Mr. "Dead Phone
an' a Handful of Change!"
You'd be vulture chow right now
if I hadn't come and scraped your sorry butt
off of this highway!
Cut me some slack.
I caught a glimpse of what looked like
an old friend of mine getting into a car,
so I grabbed a cab and followed her, alright?
So that's what happened?
Uh-huh.
I see...
I thought maybe you had run off
because of what I said in the diner this afternoon.
Hardly. Wait... What did you say?
Huh?! Uh... you know...
About it not being real...
That. Right.
Yes, that!
What else could I possibly be talking about...?!
I have to get to the bottom of these dreams I'm having.
Why's that?
Because I...!
I just...Remember how... I mentioned another dream...?
One I... didn't really talk about...?
Why does it feel more real
than things that've happened when I'm awake?
It was.
What...?!
Because it was real... For both of us.
Wait, what are you saying?!
I'm saying that on an alternate world-line,
I told you I was in love with you.
I mean... I am in love with you, Kurisu.
How do you feel?
That's not fair.
We might have gone through a ton of stuff together
in those alternate world-lines you've seen, Okabe...
But I'm in this one.
And whatever happened between us
during that time feels like a dream to me.
I don't know... what you mean to me yet.
I have an ability called Reading Steiner...
It's how I remember things across world-lines...
It's how I remember you.
Fate gave us three weeks...
and I relived them... time and again...
a rat skittering through a maze of his own fashioning...
but my one constant...
the one truth that never failed me... was you.
So I'll say it again... I love you...
That's just something you should know.
But what am I to you...?
Not in dreams, not in dim memories...
What does your heart say right now?
Okabe...
If... you really wanna know...
Just close... your eyes.
Even the number of several billion heartbeats
is a basic matter of little glamor to you
Imprisoned in the past we lament the future
and not even miscalculating a single speck of dust would be permissible
Our dreams stretching out as infinity and the future we imagine
are a vain privilege we allowed ourselves
Finity is what the two hands of the clock point out
forcing us to make cruel decisions in life
Hacking to the Gate
Now I cross world lines with every passing second
and wish to protect your smile
Now I am again sucked into a time loop as a solitary observer
where sadness holds no sway