"What am I doing here?" "That is the question, Jimmy." "Why is Lisa here, and not elsewhere?" "Because Lisa needs Jimmy, and Jimmy" " Lisa." "Love goes beyond need, or dependence." "Love is love and that is that." "Don't look for other things." "Don't we still love each other, Jimmy?" "What is Lisa doing here?" "A year came by since Lisa left... and I was floating again in the sea of nothingness." "I have been left out before, but this time there wasn't a glimmer in my soul." "Maybe it's never happened to you:" "you wake up in the morning, and your only wish is to be swallowed up again by the dark, without dreaming, or better still-without living." "I don't know where any of you are now, but just think:" "your blood is thick and dense as pitch." "All thoughts drop to the ground... like fallen birds." "And your breath is choked." ""Okosama Star" can go and kill itself!" "I admit it, I got lost... and now I am floundering." "As the program loads, the data scrolls quickly in front of me." "Here I am, seated n this hotel room, waiting:" "the "Indian virus" has not been launched yet." "Thought I know this could be the end of me, I am feeling calm." "We are still on the runway." "No-one's flying yet..." "Room 717, "Chelsea" Hotel." "Tomorrow is Christmas Eve." "I just can't believe that all this began... only two days ago." "Hey!" "You "Hey"?" "All right, who are you?" "How did you get my number?" "My name's Solo." "I found your number in my pocket," "I called, but I don't know who you are." "In fact, I don't even know who I am and what is all of this?" " What am I doing here?" " Come in a little." "Oh, yeah." "Aren't you that Italian who was in Chang Lee's restaurant last night?" " Possible." " I gave you the number, remember?" " Last night!" " No." "But I recall what you are saying." " You are replaying?" " All right, listen, pal!" "If you are shooting up, or something, it's your business, but when you get over it, if you want to have some fun; you have my number, call me up." " I cost only 50 thousand aukus." " Repeat." "Go on!" "Keep talking!" "I've got this strange sensation like I have already heard all this, like..." " Who is here?" " I cornered you, spaghetti!" "I am ahead now." "All I got to do is pull the trigger." "If you pull the trigger now..." ""Nirvana"." "A new game by Jimmy Dinni... set up in the very edges of the agglomerate, and fused into your mind." "an "Okosama Star" game." "I must go away, Jimmy." "It's best for both of us." "Life goes running fast, and I can't keep up." "Jimmy, the only thing that mattered to me... was your happiness, but now I ask myself, "Who am I?" and, "Why?"?" "It's 8 P.M., Jimmy." "Your house wished you good evening, and reminds you that within 3 days... you must deliver the new game to "Okosama Star"." "And also, the dinner is served." "Not now, thanks." "It was you who asked to dine at this hour." " The beer is chilled just right, Jimmy..." " No, thank you." " Shall I draw the water for your bath?" " No..." "I don't feel like taking a bath." "Turn the TV on." "Perhaps you want to bathe later?" "Stubborn, aren't' you!" "Look, I don't know." "I'll tell you when!" "Turn the TV on!" "It is my job to be useful, Jimmy." "Now you have less than three days to deliver "Nirvana"!" "Just bug off!" "Thank you, Jimmy." "If you do decide to bathe, please, tell me in time..." "I cannot work miracles." "Someone is at the door." " Check it." " Your favorite taxi, sir." "Red-Rover." "Oh, he is OK." "Good evening, sir." "I am sorry I am late." "It was real hell out there." "I can imagine." "Here we are." "Liquid marihuana." "Best quality." "Very well." "Three viels..." "I would do anything to be able to live here in the center of town." "So, whatever you need, sir, whatever you want..." "R-R-610." "Red-Rover-610, sir." "That's my alias." "I am like the 610." " All right." " Have a nice evening, sir." "610!" "Hook-up "Nirvana"." "Would not you like a hot bath first?" "No, I already told you!" "Start "Nirvana" and shut up!" "Hey." "You "Hey"?" "All right, who are you?" "You dialed my number." "My name is Solo." "I found your number inside my..." "Have we already met?" "I presume you could..." "Ah, hi!" "You must be the Italian I saw at Chang Lee's yesterday." "I gave you the number." "You don't seem to remember anything." "We went through this already..." "And there is that guy who shows up all of a sudden out of the blue..." "There!" "You see?" " It's him!" " I cornered you, spaghetti." " I've got to admit it." "It looks like this is it." " Wait." "Look, I know exactly what you've got on your mind." "You want to shoot this little thing so you can see me die once again." " Right!" "How could you possibly know that?" " Because all of this took place... you've already climbed these stairs, I was just telling Maria..." "I mean, you shot me, you killed me!" "I am already dead, I was murdered!" "Good, then you know what to expect." "I went up on you, spaghetti, the game is over!" "Not yet!" "Oh, shit!" "Solo!" "Solo, come in a bit..." "Solo!" "I can't see you!" "Solo!" "Are you listening?" "What's going on there?" "It's terrible." "Downright sinful." "Open the window..." "Reach your hand in your right pocket..." "Read it, please..." "The note you hold in your hand..." "Read it..." "Hey, the piece of paper!" "Read it." "No!" "What the hell?" "Who is here?" " Holy..." " Show yourself." "Where are you?" "Oh, God!" " The note!" " Who is there?" "You are just gonna sit and be silent?" "Talk!" "Look, I've found you." "Am I a guinea-pig?" "What am I?" "Look, I know you are there!" "We should talk this out!" " All right, pick up your gun." " No, no guns, I am sorry." "I don't want to play anymore." "Show me that you exist." "Tell me your name?" " Software failure." " You must be somebody!" "Software failure." "I am Jimmy." "I knew it." "I knew there was somebody there!" "So this is what you are doing?" " No?" "It's true!" " What is going on?" "I checked through the processing unit of your computer." " I am afraid there is a virus, Jimmy." " A virus?" " What virus?" "Is there a virus going around." " Software failure." "All right." "Just tell me the inconvenience this virus has caused." "It has infected the main character of your game, giving him a sort of awareness, inducing him to play without responding to your commands, as if he had a true identity." " Identity?" "!" "Have you ever been in a video game that tears you to pieces?" "!" "Jimmy!" "Your name is Jimmy, right?" "You got to do a lot of explaining." "We've got to talk now." "He knew perfectly well that he could not escape from there;" "that his life was nonexistent." "He glared at me from his world." "Reality cannot sustain the weight of such a stair." "A mind alone isn't enough to comprehend it." "Let me out." "There is no future in here!" "I make these games." "One each year." "Very profitable activity, indeed." "I am proud of it." "There is little else I can offer." "Did you make the right choice?" "You think you live a real life?" "Take a look around." "Oh, sure, you probably have... a lot of nice things, beautiful house." "But what if everything you see didn't exist?" "If it was like where I am?" "You were like me?" "You know, the only thing I can't do in here " "I can't stop playing." "But you can." "So, stop playing, Jimmy." "If you do, it means you are free..." "Delete me, Jimmy." "Hey, you!" "Move it!" "Taxi!" " You've been sitting here all this while." " Yeah." "You go out to Marrakech?" "The outskirts, the arabs?" "I could go out, but not to Marrakech." "I am sorry." "Double the fare." "Person like you doesn't belong in Kespo, sir." "The Hotel "El Rashid" in Marrakech." "Are you taking me, or not?" "I am poor and hungry." "Can you give me something." "You've used up your parking time, Red-Rover." "Get along!" " I'll pay you triple." " But not inside the Kespo." "It's as if you've closed me in one of your worlds." "I know you meant to give me cheer, but you have no cheer, you are a person who is spent and bored." "I am wasting away, Jimmy." "I cannot wait any longer." "I am going to Marrakech to Joystick." "I think he is still in the same place - Hotel El-Rashid." "I know it's dangerous in there, but I will try." "I want to keep my eyes open." "I beg you, don't look for me Jimmy." "I am not running away." "I can no longer bear... this captivity." "I've brought you in." "I hope you will live to tell me who brought you out, sir!" "Sir!" "The scanner reads unregistered software..." "It is on you?" "I am an authorized programmer for "Okosama Star"." "Let's see you chip..." "Welcome to the sounds and lights of Marrakech, sir." " With our best wishes, sir." " Thanks." "Sir." "Do you want a room?" "You are saying that you want a room, in this place?" "If this is a hotel and you have a room, I'd like to rent it." "Whatever you wish, sir." " However I must inform you... that we take no responsibility for damages to your belongings, to your person and to your mind, sir." "while you are present here in the hotel." "Payment in advance." ""Okosama Star"." " Do you know a guy called Joystick?" " I am afraid not." "You could have forgotten." "Doesn't he live here?" "Yeah." "And how about his girl?" "You know her?" "Never saw her, or anybody called Joystick either." "So you want a room, sir?" "As you like it." "You pay utilities with you chip card." "Light and heat are not included in the price." "Solo!" "Turn around." "Got it." "Right." " Jimmy?" " I am in Marrakech." "And I don't really know what I am doing here." "That's better than being like an idiot and getting tested by your house." " Have you apologized?" " What are you doing out there in the street?" " Why do you ask?" " You've just entered phase two of the game." "Look out for a mafia type with a strange jacket." "Now, the mafia is in this?" "Jimmy, that's too much, cancel me please." " It's not that easy to do." "In the data bank of"Okosava Star"... there is a copy of"Nirvana"." "And they don't care who they step on." "In three days it will be in the market with copies all over the place, whether I like it or not." "Sir, excuse me..." " What's the matter?" "What are you doing?" " Solo!" "What have you done?" "!" " I shot the gangster." " No, you shot a tourist!" "You said "a strange jacket"." "Look at the jacket he's got." "What is the matter with you?" "You made me kill a tourist!" " Get back!" "Get back!" " I will see if I can find Joystick, if it's possible to delete you." "He is the one who can do it." "I beg you, Jimmy." "Cancel me." "I got to run now!" "Was it fondness, or compassion?" "What exactly did I sense?" "What did I feel for that creature I myself conceived?" "I tried to make him amusing." "But he not even once made me laugh." "No!" " What was that?" " The program virus is spreading." "Just relax, Jimmy." " Yeah, OK." " Nothing to worry." "The truth about Joystick is... that I didn't go to him." "It was he who came looking for me." "Who are you?" "What do you want from me?" "I don't want anything." "I didn't put the knife to your throat, did I, sir?" "Then why did you ask for me at the desk?" " Joystick!" " Exactly, so?" "Tell you boss, that I won't spend my money for a piece of shit." ""Phsychodelia" he called it." "The son of a bitch." "It would not even load in the computer." "It's worthless." "It I spread word about here, he will be thrown out of here, you got it?" "I got you clear." "Now, calm down." "And before you make a pin cushion out of my head, tell me about Lisa." "She booked in here?" " Lisa?" " Yes." "What's with Lisa?" "Who are you?" "Jimmy." "Didn't she mention me?" " Jimmy." " yeah." "Sometime I think I would like to dissolve in water, and be like this liquid warmth." "You arrive, you see the tab full of water, take out the plug, and as the water makes glu-glu," "I go down the drain." "They told her that I was in the suburbs, in Marrakech, but she didn't stay too long:" "month and a half- two months, maybe." "She was really mixed up, I can tell you that." "She looked for a job, kept talking about you..." " cried a lot..." " Have you finished, sir?" " No." " You can't sit here, if you don't eat." "So, she hang around for a while." "Got a job recycling software." "But after a while, you know, money was scarce, electro-smog all over the place." "So, she went to Bombay city." " You finished now?" " No." "Why Bombay city?" "All the way out there..." "Through some Hong-Kong network she heard about some Indian Guru." "She messed up with my computer for a while and then she took off." "She even sent me a message from out there that she was OK." "That is the last time I heard of her..." "That's a big agglomerate we live in, Jimmy." "Oh, these damn things keep clouding up." "Have you got a handkerchief, Jimmy?" "I can't see a shit." "Thanks." "You've got to be careful, humidity can cause short circuits." " How long have you had them?" " 5 years, Jimmy, five years now." "This place is full of people, selling kidneys, lungs, you know, spare parts." "I would have sold my scalp too, if the price wasn't too low." "Cornea is still worth good money, though." "I have video implants, black and white, you know, old and broken." ""Zoni" is a lot better." ""Zoni" color implants are the best, but they cost a bundle of money." "Do you think we can have another beer, Jimmy?" "Meanwhile you can tell me why you came looking for me." "Another two." "Hi!" "How are you doing?" "This is your Jolly Jack, cruising on the drug sea." "I have all the shit available here in Marrakech for another couple of days." "Synthetic Columbian grass." "It's legal, there is lots of it, but don't do a shit." ""Brain-rinse", this is legal too..." "Kidneys, lungs, hearts!" "Everything cheap!" "Hey, hey, we have got new games!" ""Vega", "Jeansendo", "Okosama Starr"." " Blue cocaine, yeah..." "Yeah, great thing!" "Exciting, exciting... but you got to go easy." "It is fast." "You doze off on your feet and fall on your ass!" "It's a superanalgetic." "If you take it on a motor scooter, you are dead!" "Well, there is one little thing that bugs me..." "I mean, what is in it for you?" "What is the deal?" "And still, if you don't mind, Jimmy, what is in it for me?" " There are hidden funds in the Okosama data bank." " Dirty money?" " Very dirty." " Good, keep talking," " don't turn around." " What is it?" "Keep walking, Jimmy." "There is a Japanese, who was standing in line in the restaurant, remember?" "When we got up, he left too." " No-one knows I am here." " Did you use your credit card?" " Of course." " This whole place knows you." "It is not a secret." "OK, keep telling me about "Okosama Star", just don't turn around." "It's in a subdirectory of"Okosama Star", where they keep their dirty money." "With access to that databank, all we do is order transfer money from bank to bank." " Do you follow?" " Yes, just like that Jap." "Let's get out of there, Jimmy." " Move!" " And since we are dealing with hidden funds," " they can't make an official complaint." " Interesting." "Do you have access to that databank?" "First level access, then I need you." " You are not bullshitting me?" "The money is there, isn't there?" " Yeah, it's there." "All right, come on, Jimmy!" "Yeah, blue koke is illegal, because it nestles inside your nervous system." "It's a fact, you loose your skin; it gets scaly and repellent." "You look like a lapper, but it's worth it." " Jimmy-san..." " You are dead already..." "You are looking at a colleague..." ""Okosama Star Games"." "Company psychologist." "We feel there is something the matter." "Is Jimmy-san nursing a problem?" "Very well, then I'll treat it." "Tell me about your new game, it would relieve you." " Bad reaction, sir." "Give me my badge." " No." "Who knows, perhaps that is the effect of that fix..." "I've seen dozens of tourists... that get paranoid." "Even today there was a murder... an Italian, Sicilian." "Nearby." "You are kidding." "See?" "Right on schedule." "Chao, Maria." "Compliments of Don Nikola." "I see we have a visitor." "So, you finally showed up." "What an honor!" "You and Don Nikola have a meeting." "So, one more slip and you will be sliding." "Take care, Maria." "And call up poor Nikola." "He loves you so much." " Don't forget you have a meeting." " Who the hell is Don Nikola?" "I don't know him." "Really?" "Everybody knows Don Nikola." "He is the one who runs "Koza-Nostra" here in Chinatown." "He's got a thing with pizzas." "He orders two of these for me every single day." "At times I wish he'd change games." " What did you say?" " I'd like to change my life." "Yes, but you expressed it differently." ""Games" - the word you used." "Well, that's the way of saying." "I could have said, "Change the movie"." "Of course you could have said that, but instead you used "change the game"." " Why did you use that word?" " I don't know." "Listen to me, Maria." "I don't exist... and you don't either." "Nothing that surrounds you here exists:" "Don Nikola, the pizzas, the wine, this house." "It's all illusory." "We are just puppets in the hands of unscrupulous jokers." "We are just part of a game." "You want to make up?" "Come on!" "Hi, Sid." "Our friend licked up some psychedelics shit." "You see, he is very agitating," "He says he works for "Okosama Star"." " You will be dismissed!" " Calm him down." "You see how nervous he is." " Poor bustard..." " I will pay for him, but I want something special." "For this kind of money I could connect him to a psychopathic Thailander." " She does a 24-hour gig." " Sounds OK, Jimmy?" " A perfect directory for him." " You can't do this to me, Jimmy san." "This is illegal and appalling, outrageous!" " He is all yours, Penjabi!" " No, Jimmy-san." " I am your friend! "Okosami Star" is your family." " No!" " Don't betray your family, Jimmy-san." " Let's get out of here." "Did you like making love with me?" "Well, yeah, of course, Maria, but... we are just two electromagnetic equations bumping each other." "It's fairly distressing." "Procedures in your head, but not your sensations, it was Jimmy who fed them in." "Ok." " So, who is this person Jimmy?" " He is the guy who created us." "Hey, friend, you need a paranoia." "I sell paranoia: second hand, almost new, phobias, neurosis." "Come on, you are always fooling around." "Hye, china girl, you have a pretty pale complexion, I had this paranoia annoying me all night..." " Look, it's got long fingers..." " No, you may stop," " we don't need your paranoia." " Get out of here!" "Beat it!" "Oh, I just love Japanese food." " Why don't we buy some suchi?" " Suchi?" "It's disgusting!" "One suchi for her and one for me." " I get nocuous just at the idea of eating raw..." " Hands up, Italian, and no moving." "Suchi?" "It's great." "Healthy." "We are from the Yakuza." "Your mafia killed the Sicilian." " You did it?" " Then you do know Don Nikola?" "Stop that nonsense..." "Don Nikola..." "Maria, I am doing it for you..." "So, you don't forget..." "Bang!" "You always come last minute." " Yeah?" "And so?" " I will need to replace it!" "You need a couple of"Zonies"." "Two Babycombo color implant series." "But they are a bit costly." "Exactly what I told you, right, Jimmy?" "With access to "Okasama Star" you can buy all the eyes you want." "What access?" "Their databanks are protected from all risks, including mutants, Jimmy." "Yeah!" "It's not like playing computer domino." "Are you picking cherries, or something?" "Listen, Jimmy, you have to recruit someone extraordinary." "Someone who has been surfing webs now for years and years." "You know, with a superior level of consciousness." "An Angel, a cherubim, who descends into the databank... of"Okosama Star", settling down gently on tiptoe, without arousing any devils." "You got anybody in mind?" " Take it easy!" " You are a hopeless case." " That's why I came to you." " Your circuit is melting!" " What's this about devils?" " An abbreviation..." "Destroying Visual Illusions." "What it boils down to is a defense system." "All the big bosses are scared of intruders and "Okasama" is no exception." "But a real angel knows how to get around them." " Like you, huh." " No, for me it's all over." "Jay Gandy Simpson, Jimmy," "Devil boiled him down, Jimmy." "Just as he figured out how to break down UPM databank." "So he shot into his pants!" " Your recycled eyes," " Shut up!" " like new." " You bustard." "Give me my eyes!" " I am gonna fit your eye in there." " And you can do the same." "Poor Gandi Simpson fizzled out like char." "The database burned him in a microsecond." "And now his cerebral powers are preserved in UPM chip bank." "They sucked his brain and turned it to an intelligence scanner." "He is like a cyborg." "These multinationals always use him." "Stop it, come on..." "So, what do we do?" "We give up?" "There is always somebody out there." "Don't worry, Jimmy." " Oh, by the way, Ratzenberg..." " What do you want?" "I could use some good credit chips," " so my friend doesn't have to show his." " He is a lucky." "One of our guys had himself hired in a restaurant chain as head cashier." "They won't last long." "But these are uncoded, recycled credit chips." "And they cost... 200 thousand aucus each, no costly purchases though." "All right, give us five of them." " Ratzenberg, tell me what's with Naima?" " She didn't show up for a check." " She could be at the "Los-Angeles"." " That's where she hangs out." "Jimmy, go back to the hotel." "Take care of the bill." "I'll see you in an hour." "Keep an eye on him, Doc." " What was the cost of these chips?" " 200 thousand aucus." "Yeah." "He is scared shitless." "Once upon a time there were angels." "Then they sold out to the multinationals." "They come here to be naughty, transgressive, or probably because they want to remember the old days." "Naima must be here." "We got to find her anyway." "Let's go." "Come on." " Hello, how are you doing?" "I can't see." "Is that him..." " or his vision?" " Forget about him, Jimmy." "Let's find Naim and get out of here." "You've got to be careful with electrodes, it scars." "Joystick!" "Asli!" "I had a little gigi to do, and that's why..." "Asli is very happy..." " that you are back, Joystick." " Yeah." "Jimmy, it's useless to go into lengthy explanations." "I am just wondering if you happen to have 600 thousand aucus to lend me?" "Come on, Jimmy, say yes." "Yeah?" "Thank you..." " All right." "What do you say?" " Allah's blessing." "Inshallah!" "Don't worry, you are gonna get it back from my share." "Thank you, sir." "How is it going, Thumb." "No jingle-no juice, sorry." "He not only poisons you, he's got to bust your hump besides." " You've seen Naima?" " Go ask the boss." "He knows." "Come in, friend." "We have George trying to get into London bank." "The odds are 10 to one." "Do you want to place a bet?" "Look, the hook-up is neuroelectronic." "It's the favorite sport here in the suburbs." "They jail in the center of town for this." "Joystick, I give you ten to one." " You want the bet?" " I am afraid not, Migel." "These days I am not lucky." "I was hoping you would tell me something about Naima." "She is on the Super express." " Don't you want the bet?" " No, thanks, Migel." " See you around." " Hi, Joy." "Mosquito?" "Just bug off." "Let's get out of here." "I want to challenge you, Joy." "When George gets through there, we will fly the web together." "They say you were the best." "So, why don't we go surfing?" " No surfing!" " The poor angel is scared." "You were not scared seeing George's brains boil?" "Just hang on a second, Jimmy, we'll split." "They fried him." "Hands off!" "I don't want to be touched." "I don't go surfing with programmers who deal with multinationals." "Let's get out of here, Jimmy." "Hey!" "It's Solo." "I've been revived." "This is all a fake." "Come in a bit." "Oh, yeah, I remember." "Italian at Chang Lee's restaurant." " Yes, that's true, except that we went to eat a pizza." " No." " I don't remember the pizza." " I let that Japanese kill me, because it was all a fake." "Listen, pal, I don't know what you are on I am not accusing you of anything, but if you want to have some fun with somebody from your home town," " call me up, I cost..." " Well, well, 50 thousand aucus." " Excuse me, sir." "You see this guy here?" "Mister Elegance." "I've already murdered him once." " Me?" " Bye." "Hello." "Listen, the other day you got killed by mistake, but if now I let you get away." "You think we can screw up their mumbo-jumbo?" " I bet, we could." " Then run, run!" "You are cornered, spaghetti." " I am sorry, I..." " Oh, shit!" "It was fancy jacket who got in the way, I didn't want to kill him..." "I was only trying to modify the rules of the game." "But you are too rigid, like that girl with the orange hair." "Whatever they tell you, your answer is "yes"!" " Don't you ever have any doubts about anything?" " Relax, friend." "Can we discuss this calmly, without the gun?" "After him!" " Oh, come on, guys..." " Quiet." "We are from the Yakuza." " You killed the Sicilian." " Go to hell with all you Yakuza." "It is not good for you, if you go away." "It is not like I am afraid of dying, or something." "I don't give a shit about it." "But those bustards found a way to melt your brain, and you sit there like a schmuck... helpless." "When I show off, what remains after... goes to a databank of a multinational, and they use my DNA to create new software..." "How can they?" "I'd give away anything to show these bustards... there is still an angel around capable of surfing right to the guts of those databanks." "yeah." "If we are lucky, I could surf with Naima." "If we are lucky, Jimmy." "If we are lucky..." " OK." " Yeah." " That, for instance, would be great for us." " All these people around..." "So what." "It's not a problem." "The problem is breaking through the security:" "very sophisticated, aggressive." "The why..." " Do you think it's worth the risk?" " You are kidding?" "It's Super express, they say that Naima is there." "And you want to go with a backpack, maybe?" "Pay and let's get out of here, it's late." "Hey..." "I am light transport unit Mary-Ann." " Back off, you bustards, or I'll blast you..." " It's got a screen... with a discharge of two thousand volts." " Didn't I tell you to back off, shithead." " Yeah." "I wouldn't dare touch me if I were you." "You stupid, ugly son of a bitch." " Yeah." " What the are you doing?" "There are 3000 volts running under my paintjob." "Would you like to feel what's like?" "Why did you stop talking?" " Just touch me, blockhead..." " Mary-Ann, don't worry." "Stick your hand out." "Go on." "OK, Jimmy." "Mary-Ann welcomes you aboard." "Welcomes me, or you aboard?" " What is this?" "You have no faith in..." " But why should I be the first to get on?" "Do you think I would tell you to get inside, if I wasn't absolutely sure?" "You can't mean that, Jimmy?" "It's madness!" "I always thought there was a good feeling, friendship between us." "But no, nothing, zero." "Not even you have faith in me." "OK, that's fair." "I've been warned... what a distorted world we live in." "You see?" "It's like I said." "Open the door." "What you are doing is illegal." "The respect of private property is the very basis of civil cohabitation." "Besides I am protected by transnational laws." "Professionals!" "Let's see what they say now, assholes?" " Good for you, idiot..." " What's now?" "you have exactly 15 seconds to get out and split, before my security charge blows your ass to little pieces." "15 seconds." " Don't listen, they are just bluffing." " 15, 14..." " If it's bluff, it's very convincing." "...12..." " Hey." " He has got a weapon." " Get lost!" " He is coming at us." "Do something." "I see him." "Get going." "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Stop!" "5 seconds and good night!" "Three, two and nothing..." " You are right, it was a bluff." " A bluff..." "Oh, I am sorry, I shit myself." "So did I." "Strange, Naima isn't on line yet." "She has got to be around, she always goes around the net." "See, we'll find her." "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" " If my eyes go out, you will drive." " OK." "Solo." "Jimmy." " Yeah." "So, where are you and who with?" " In my car with Maria." "She is sleeping in the back;" "I was going nuts with all the repetitions, so I took the car..." " you know, for a change." " Yeah, but... you are already in the third phase, Solo." "So, beware now of organ-hunters." "Organ hunters?" " What the hell else are you gonna invent now, Jimmy?" " I have to come up with new things." " There is no other answer." " Oh, sure, but you are still free to do what you want." " You are out there privileged with advantages?" " Advantages?" "Look I had a cushy job before you faulted." "Now, I go wondering around with a blind angel in a stolen truck, and that's all thanks to you!" " You say you did it for me?" " For who else?" "Ok, let's forget it, I will get back in," " Will you shut up?" "Go back, where?" "Now other people are involved, and that's all because... you wanted to be deleted." "Don't be mad, I know I was a bit emphatic, but... if I can argue with the only real person, the only real friend I will ever have," "then I am really a blank." "Peace?" "Hey, what's up?" "I heard you talk..." "I was only thinking outloud..." " sometimes it helps." " Outloud?" "Hello." " A fax from the owner of our van." " What does it say?" "More or less it's a German fax." "It says..." "I am gonna strip your balls off, and use them as charms." "Respectfully yours, Gullah." "Bye, bye." "How did you get this?" " She doesn't like to be photographed." " In fact, that's the only photo I have." "You'd better change the glass, it's cracked." "Were you staying together here in Marrakech?" " No." " No, I only said that, because she mentioned you;" "you were a great help to her." "Come on, what are you getting at?" "You know, between us there was not any sex, or particular sort of involvement." "I am more for, you know, a quick bang... thank you very much, have a nice day." "I can't..." "I can't hack it." "Everything stopped." " Hold on." " The web's empty." " I can't figure it out." " We have a problem." "We'd better do a little dissembling." "There!" "Now we've turned it into a tall call!" " I will make it, I will make it, but that's it for now." " Joy, it's so cold." "It's normal, don't worry about it..." "Your metabolism is dropping." "Get used to it, relax," "He needs a blanket." "Is that better Jimmy?" "Yeah, much better, thanks." "Solitude, that's what I feel in here." "And cold." "I am only a phone call on hold, waiting to be connected." "Or, at least, that's what they should think." "Solitude and fog." "Is that how we could sum up death?" "Fill your tanks, folks, with our Kuwait-Texas gasoline." "Insert your chip-credit card!" "We accept..." "Holy-express, Mama-card, Tokyo-fuel," "Fujimax and Give-me-five." "We advise you not to touch any of our parts..." " before inserting your chip-credit card." " Vandalism bullshit..." " We should have one of those chips?" " Certainly." " Stick it in." " Wait a minute." "Come on, fill it up." "You know, I really hate hanging around here, Jimmy." "Why?" "It's quiet, clean, even has a view." " I was wondering why no-one's here?" " Because nobody likes to live... next to an elevated highway." "Besides, no matter how peaceful, you know you are not always dealing with the living in this world." "You thought you could pull a fast one on us?" "With your credit chip you would not buy a glass of water, and now your tank is full... with a mixture of acid, sulphate and cyanide." " And now, get out of here!" " What's going on?" "This has always worked..." "What's the matter?" "What kind of chip did you use?" "Joy, what the hell did you put in there?" "I put one of those duplicates." "I've never had any troubles with them." "You didn't use the cards we got from the doctor?" "Where are they?" " Answer me!" " Shut up!" "What the hell are you?" "I had to sell the cards, all right?" "Jimmy, I am broke and I am going blind fast." "Who guarantees that the money you are talking about is really there?" "That databank has first to be entered." "They offered me cash, and I took it." "You don't know what it's like loosing you sight here in the suburbs, Jimmy." "What a jerk!" "And now what do we do?" "With the tank full of acid we can blow up!" " What do we do?" " I don't know." "Do you know?" "Well then." "You've been apprehended thanks to a signal reaching us from the service station you are presently in." "In approximately six minutes, you will be put into a helipull unit." "We advise you not to resist and lie down with your face down and your asses up high." "Thanks." "Sounds fantastic." "And now, what do we do?" "It's amazing, you keep asking as if I have the answer." "What the hell is this, a quiz?" "God has the answer." "You had a problem, I solved it." " That's Naima." " Hey, are you getting in, or not?" " Come on, we can't keep her waiting." "I already tracked you down, but I had this to finish." "You were sure lucky was coming through there..." " Here!" " Have we got it?" " Right." " And now a Christmas message... from the president of"World Food"." "wrapped in plastic, for seeing is believing." "You are what you eat." "Dear Friends, only a few days till Christmas... best wishes to one and all." "Ever since "World Food" entered the political scene..." " it was clear to everyone that industry and government... could work together." "Yeah, I love it." "It is certainly not a secret that the gross national product has reached unprecedented heights, literary soaring to the..." " Yeah, Naima!" " By imposing our choices..." " You see that." " Due to technical problems..." " president of World Food..." " has to interrupt..." " Best greetings, president!" "That's brilliant!" "How did you get around their frequency panel?" "With Algerian and Australian satellites... it's not an easy trick, you have to keep moving, otherwise..." "I am back on line." "An Asian surfer wants me." "This is the guy from Burma." " I'll put some coffee on, Ok?" " Do you really drink it?" "I love it properly made." "I have to stay awake." "Are you gonna tell me what you want?" "I haven't slept for three days." "All right, if we are inside a game, or a toy..." " what's on the outside?" " The winners and the losers." " Reality." " And could they be... imprisoned just like us in a story?" "Yes, you got a point." "Bravo!" "What the hell is going on?" "We are surrounded." "Get out!" " Who are you?" " The organ-hunters." " Part of the game..." " We are going to get you alive, or dead, as dictated in the book." "You'll end up in the freezer." "We'll end up like ice-cream." "Ok, listen, guys..." "Jimmy has already told me about you, hunters..." "It's your prescribed job to find us... cut us into pieces and sell our organs to the multinationals." "And you have to obey, but for just a second follow my reason." "You are not able to make choices, they are made for you." "And if we do this, or that, it is not our doing." "We are a pastime, or a game." "If we keep killing each other, we are playing into their hand," "They want to send us back to the start." "I think I convinced them." "It's not that I hate the sight of money," "I just don't see why you are talking about this?" "Because, surfing is a game of no return, its' forever." "What is this, is this gonna blow us out." "Better not, with all the money I put in this rig." "A lot of hardware here." "pretty old-fashioned, constant repairing." "I am the best hi-tech in the agglomerate." "Whatever you put in front of me, I can fix it." "You must not let them intimidate you with all the user manuals, think beyond, throw them away, ." " Want some?" " What is it?" "Blue koke." "Jimmy..." "Our angel is getting ready?" "Except you must promise me you will give me ground contact." "Now those bustards use devils of a third generation..." " supersonic." " We need a deadly virus, a signal that can totally escape their codes." " You want something that won't identify." " All right." "So, who has got the ZAP." " Avinash, for example." " Right, Avinash, I forgot." "We'll have to go to Bombay-city." "That's if I can stay awake." "What?" "Are you all right?" "It's just the girl... left me a year ago and went to Bombay-city." "I can't find her," " she doesn't answer on the web." " I will go to sleep." "Good night!" "What the hell?" "I must have nodded off." " How is it going, Naima?" " Pretty good." "They thought we were a telephone call." "It's better than nothing." "That will hold them for a while." "It's better than nothing..." "Hi there, how is it coming?" "You still feel cold?" "No, I fell better now." "You will never know how much I would like you to be me and me you." "We'll always be near anyhow... we are like two pees in a pod, Jimmy." "Maybe somebody was leading me by the hand through all this." "Maybe, it was somehow decided from the very start that I should go to Bombay-city." "It's like squaring a circle." "I have to find a formula, the root." "Lisa is there waiting." "That's all that smoking that it doing it." "Roll effects are murderous." " You've got to take it in small dozes." " I want to sleep." "Not here in Bombay-city." " I am too tired." " We are almost there." "Who are they?" "The organ hunters." " They think the girl is sick." "They are after us because they think that Naima is sick." " Come on, Naima, wake up." "These animals..." " Wake up." "Wake up." "Talk to me, Naima." "Have you always lived here?" " I don't know." " Of course you were." "Where were you born?" " I don't recall." " That's not possible." "Everyone knows that." "I only recall this last year." "That's true, that's because of these machines for cerebral hook-ups." "Are you still around, bug eyes, go bust somebody else for a while!" "You screw the launch procedure, you will be like her." "Her brain and computer locked... and shortened each other out, destroying her memory." "Doctors tried messing with her, that's why she's got this hole in the middle of her head." "Damned electro-medics!" "Now, she's only got artificial recollection, right?" " I want some sleep, I can't walk anymore." "She is healthy!" "Mind and body!" "Look how healthy we are!" "I told you she is healthy." " Go to hell!" " Let's go, Naima." "Hey, sister angel!" "Come on, we are almost there." "What is wrong with the girl?" "Nothing, she is just tired." "She has been awake for three days and three nights, she's got to take a nap." " Very busy in the center?" " It's boiling..." " Hold her." " Yeah, we are near the thermo heating unit." "They heat us and we drip..." " Here is the key to your room." " Thanks." " Pay in advance." " Jimmy, pay." "No, no." "No chips, cash." "Cash?" "Here in Bombay city?" " This is good, good as cash." " It's even better..." " The rooms are down the hall." " Ok, baby, we go to beddy." "Fleeing from the pursuing tiger, the man draws to the edge of abyss." "He grasps the root and hangs over the edge." "His odor of doom reaches the tiger." "Lowering his eyes, he looks upon... yet another tiger that is looking up." "Now, when he hangs on the edge, a rat and a weasel are chewing his wrists." "Then, while he was looking all around, he suddenly saw a strawberry close to his face." "...like a rose." "He puts his hungry mouth upon it." "It was sweet and juicy." "Better get started; we have an appointment." " What time is it?" " It's already four o'clock;" "we have to go and look for Avinash." "Ok, I will be in a minute." "There is something you should know..." "It's not that I have no need for money, but there are other reasons for what I do." "Such as?" "Karma-yoga." "Action, you know..." "Always giving the utmost, outwitting the impossible... towards a better world." "Whatever you motives, I am very lucky that you are here with us." "You remember nothing of your past life?" "All my thoughts are in computers..." "There is something... something I am not sure about, because I don't' recall..." "But you are the first person that seems to move me." "They could be others, I don't know..." "But it's you I remember..." "I will go up now." "You come, too." "Jimmy?" "Are you all right?" "Yeah, but you got to do me a favor." "It has to do with Maria." "I can't make her understand." " There has got to be a way to make her realize..." " It's in opposition to the game, but I will try." "Do you remember the house at the beginning of the story?" "There is a hidden exit I used to make quick changes." "Once there, you can browse through the whole program." "You won't be able to come out of it, but you won't have to be a player." " Where is this exit?" " Where you hang your pants at night." "In the closet?" "In the closet." "Joy and Avinash worked together even when Gandi Simpson dissolved himself." "Now he is ashamed to go to Avinash with his eyes." "Come." "There he is..." "Old mechanics never die, hah?" " How are you doing?" " This is Jimmy, our buddy." " Why did you come to Bombay?" " We need a virus, something new that can't be decoded." "Something indefinable." "Joystick wants to start flying again?" "He needs money, Rajiv, terribly bad!" "No-one is surfing, or flying these days." "If money is your goal, you are likely to fail." "Put it in your pocket." "Don't just stand there!" "Did that man who was running away give you something?" "No." "He says, "you'll have to be searched"." "First tell him that I am a programmer from "Okosama Star" and that we are friends." "This is my id-converter." "He told you to go away from here." "Is it true that you are a programme for "Okosama Star?"" " I was a programmer." " This doesn't matter." "You bring this chip to Svamigi Ashram." "Then ask him... what you want." "They have already given us access." " Are you Ok, Jimmy?" " Yeah." "Oh, Lisa." "I wish I could see her once more... and ask her how she is." "Has she found what she was looking for?" "It's been a while since I felt it so close..." "And now what?" "We were in Bombay city... in the very bowls of the agglomerate, where reasons have no place, and where the past, present and future... dance together." "Babaji, a friend has need of you." "This chip was given to me." "You are Jimmy?" "yes." "Our Svami has something to show you." "He is wanted by every law enforcement agency on the planet." "They put a micro transmitter in his head, so that when he is a phase of active thought, he canl be traced immediately." "And the chip you brought us is a piece of software... stolen from the "Suchong" psycho lab." "It will help him keep in this state, that's all we can do until the transmitter is removed." " So, he is continuously dreaming?" " Exactly." "If he dreams, he doesn't think." "If he doesn't think the transmitter is also dormant." "His continuous drowsing outwits their thought detectors." "Why is it, brother Jimmy, that you show up only now?" "We need to program a virus." "We could leave an offering to your Ashram." "How come you call me brother Jimmy when I don't even know you?" "We know all about you." "Or, at least, all that Lisa told us." "She is here, right?" "Not as you mean it." "You will have all you need delivered to the "Hanga" hotel." "But now you must meet with the Swami." "Lisa died... four months ago." "She was already ill, when she came here." "She was here for six months." "We were working well, and she seemed quite happy." "When her condition got worse, we decided to link up with each other." "She would upload me entire segments of her life." "This is Lisa's memory: her fears, her desires, colors, odors, it's an aurovedic microchip." "You are the only person I feel I can entrust it to." "No data processor can read it." "You must find a receiver." "A receiver?" "A human being with a psychic port." "Your young friend has one over her eyebrow." "You know what it's like each time I die?" "I sit there waiting to start over from scratch." "So agonizing... suspense, anxiety, ...to start again... with no desire, balancing between life and death." "It's more or less the same with the dead in your world." "They like to watch the living weep over them." "And they get lazy, you know, as if tied down." "Then they loose the will to start over." "It's gone." "And so, little by little, the living stop crying, turn their thoughts elsewhere inevitably." "There is no longer any point and sense in remaining there." "They are bored to tears." "So, they muster up new strength, and start a life all over." "That's what you should do." "Find new strength to liberate your Lisa, ease her out." "You are oversimplifying, believe me." " What are you doing there?" " Waiting for Maria." "She wants to see through the closet panel." "I always see Lisa everywhere," " The trouble is I don't know how to find her. I" " Mister Solo, how do I get up there?" "Use the stairs." "It's her." "Look, I don't usually do clients... in private houses." "Don Nikola would get pretty mad, if he knew." " I could get my ass kicked." " What do you say?" "No, it's nothing personal, it's just... that here in Chinatown with all these nuts crawling, masochists and all kinds of..." "You needn't be afraid of me, I am fairly normal." "You needn't be." "Do you mind if I tell you a story?" "What story?" "Don't you wanna bang?" "It's as if I said yes..." "You see that cupboard?" " The closet?" " Yeah." "Forget about that;" "we'll leave that for later." "Look at me." "What would it be like if you heard someone say... you are not a human being?" " Just let me out of here." " No, no, no..." "It's a chip of a cerebral implant." "I've used them." "But never with memory attributed to humans." "It's quite the same technically..." "What you are planning is far out." " You know that?" " Yes." "Ok." "What do we do now?" "Try to test it." "I'll give you a date..." "The third of March last year." "On the third I went away..." "I withdrew all the money we had:" "both mine and yours." "I didn't know how to leave you." "With what intention with that pathetic message on that video, or the money I took." " No, stop it, it's too painful." " Wait..." "The 14 palms." "The "Desert" motel, you were so... sad, uneasy." "No matter what I said, or did, nothing worked." "Then, the next morning at dawn, you went walking through the desert." "The sun was still low, when you came back." "Flooding our room with a pink glow." "And your absurd story of the coyote." "It's ridiculous!" "They were never present here." "Look, we ve'been through this before." "If I say I saw a coyote in the desert, it's because I saw it, but you don't understand." "You can't understand it!" " "Wild Side"." " Restaurant, Amsterdam." "But I am not too sure what we did that night." "Doesn't matter; it was a great night with a Croatian rock group." "Lots of smoke." "No, fog, all along the bank." " Right." " Arm in arm along the canal." " That was the nigh I told you about Ignatius." " Exactly." "You recall the barmen, the face of the barmen..." "Yeah." "He was the guy who sent us to the "Dark Pink"." "In the quarter they call "The Polish Bank"." "And you had this made... for me." "Come on, do it for me." "Take a look through the panel." "There is no-one there." "It's just a closet with hangers, pants, jackets, old clothes." "Why don't you take a look?" "Ok." "I think, though, there is something wrong with your head." "Are you ready?" " And now what?" " Sorry!" "Our world ends here." "We are like two fish in a bowl;" "they think they are in the sea, but..." " Maybe Jimmy can cancel us out..." " Out of what?" "Out of this problem." "It's getting late, if you don't want to bang, I will be running along now." "I've got so much to do at the house." "Don Nilola may show up, and there is the whole place to tidy yet," " and I have to prepare dinner!" " You are talking nonsense!" "You put your nose out there; you saw it." "What have I seen?" "There is no end to the visual effects you find nowadays, making things appear as they exist in reality, making things that don't exist!" " What I saw could very well be false." " But it isn't." "It's your life that's fake." "Must you keep seeing me?" "Don't call me again, please." "Hey, amigo, your batteries are running low?" "Why don't you accelerate you blood pressure with mega paranoia?" "We swap paranoias?" "No?" "Well, it's obvious that I've done it before." "It's with whom that I don't remember." "In a certain sense, you had already done it with me." "How does Lisa's memory enter your senses?" "Not very fluidly." "At least not yet." "It's more like a computer:" "you call up a detail and now comes a window." "But you were making love to me, not her." "There is still a couple of things I would like you to pull out." "No, not now." "Exactly." "Not now." "As you know, Jimmy-san, Christmas is tomorrow." "I am sure that "Okosama Star" is ready to forget the past." "What a pleasure to have found you, Jimmy-san." "It would have been tragic otherwise." "What a luck you began using your credit card again." "How did you make out with that psychopathic Thai girl?" " Was she as good as they said?" " No, she wasn't." "No, she wasn't." "I was assaulted by a bunch of perverts." "I no more close my eyes, Jimmy-san." "With those atrocities printed in my memory!" "I will do company therapy..." "We need him alive, don't shoot him." "Look, do what you want, but, please, don't start shouting." " I am an authorized sexual stimulator." " Ok, Ok." "My chip is in order!" "I can't see, I can't see!" "I can't see!" "Stop it!" "I was doing meditation." "How disgusting." "Let's go!" "All is well?" "And here I am," ""Chelsea" hotel, room 717." " "The Indian Virus" is working." "And I am about to become an angel." "December 23. 2:30 PM." "If I don't delete it now," " "Nirvana" will be duplicated a million times over." " You've got to believe me..." "You must believe me." "I lost blood, lots of blood." "Don't think I am afraid." "The trouble is I can't see a shit." "Look, I am not afraid of anything and that's the truth!" "You are a good guy, thanks." "Ok, Jimmy." "Here we go." "Now, it's your turn." " Get us in there, Jimmy boy." " Read me." "The virus is putting us through a transformation." "We are fax-promoters of"Okosama Star"." " Are you afraid, Jimmy?" " I suppose." "Like when we boarded the shuttle for Tokyo?" " More, or less." " Chao." " But then, after return it went great, didn't it?" " Yeah, right." "Well, Jimmy, we are flying now!" "What do you see, Jimmy?" " I am flying over a city at night." " That's the web, Jimmy." "It's your head that picks up the image of a city at night." "You've got good imagination." "You see, I always knew you had the talents." "Hold on tight now..." "Remember, you are faxed from the premises of"Okosama Star"." " Where are we?" " We are in front of a laundry." "No, it's got to be "Okosama Star"." "You see what he sees in his head?" "Yeah." "Find me something more urgent than a fax." "Letter of credit issued through their main account?" "Very good." "This is it, Jimmy." "Now, you are gonna drop down into Okosama Star"." "And mind, sweety." "Once you get inside there, you have a few minutes to get what we need... and pull the hell out of there." "I got you." "Entering." "We are online with the central observance sector." "Seven minutes." "Now!" "All right." "So, now." "The moment you open the door, he will immediately know you are an intruder." "Of course, our virus screws up his thinking, but he is no jerk;" "sooner, or later he figures it out." "It's a race against time, Jimmy." "Remember, just as you begin surfing through his circuits, he gets into your head;" "he can read what you are thinking." "So, from this moment on you are gonna be like water, it slides in, adapts to the curves, and then streams out again." "You got me, Jimmy?" "Then locate!" "Search!" "Find!" "Choose a door, Jimmy." "Jimmy, excuse me," "I know it annoys you to see me cry." "It's the devil, the visual illusion that's eating into your memory." "But ever since your mother passed away," "I keep thinking of the things I never told her." "How we waste those opportunities to exchange the little words of comfort!" "a caress." "How we take things for granted!" "Why is life a repetition of "too little" and "too late"?" "Come on." "Get out of there." "Don't let him slow you down, Jimmy." "There is no time for that." "It's our duty to express our love." " Which door is it?" " I don't sense it very well, the one down the hall, maybe." "I am so lonely!" "Where are you going?" "You must not leave me alone tonight!" "Jimmy!" "Hey, we meet again, sir." "610" "I see you remember my alias." "But you were bad luck for me." "They suspended my license for pushing." "Goodbye, taxi." " It wasn't you, was it?" " Don't even answer him." "You are part of a game." "You are not here." "Speak for yourself." "Somebody real with a job like yours would not screw up like that." "He's entered your mind, Jimmy." "You've got to clear your mind of all this." "Force a clean page, Jimmy." "And let the indication of another door come to you!" "An indication is what you want?" "Do you want to buy my taxicab, see the world?" "Or, do you want to end up in the suburbs?" "Don't listen to him." "You are destroying your life, Jimmy." "The virus is bugging us, it's going forward..." " with strange changes." " No, Jimmy!" "Don't go there." "Jimmy, you must create a void around you?" "He is a lot faster; don't try challenging him." "Stop projecting thoughts, turn into a receiver, you bustard!" " 4 minutes." "He is trying to define us." "No thoughts, Jimmy, no dreams." "Zero, nothing!" "Just breathe and that's all." "Go!" " I think this is it." " Ok." "Go, boy." "Lisa!" "Where were you all this time, Jimmy?" " You left me all alone." " Shit." " That isn't her, Jimmy." "That's not Lisa!" " I know I hurt you Jimmy." "Forgive me." "I only cause you trouble." "Clear your head of all thoughts, Jimmy." " She is only a projected likeness." " Don't your apologies come too late?" "Would you allow that I make it up to you?" "I won't be a problem." "Problems are always." "Solving them is love." "Get the hell out of there, Jimmy!" "You are not talking to Lisa." "You are not looking at Lisa; she is not Lisa!" "Listen to me, now!" "She is gonna burn you, if you stay there, Jimmy." " Jimmy, she is gonna burn you;" "get out of there!" " It's strange, Jimmy..." "I was happy, and yet I didn't know..." " that you were all I needed." " She hooked him, we've got to disconnect!" "You can't imagine how often I think of us by these canals... in Amsterdam." " Happy moments." " She is burning him!" " We don't often think of them." " Come on, come off." " Like on my birthday?" " I can't take it." "I can't take it." "He is like a kid." " The last one, when we were still together." " Disconect!" "Wait a minute." "I was sitting in the sun and you came with a hologram from London." "I remember you liked that thing so much that I thought that would be a suitable way to say Happy Birthday to you." "Then you got closer, kissed me and invited me to lunch." "I was wearing your "Sex-pistols" t-shirt." " and we'd finished already." " We were together." " I was so happy." " I was so down, Jimmy." "I felt so frustrated," "I could not cope with anything." "I was happy, and when you left I put the CD..." " by the "Massive Attack"." " I acted like a crazy." "After you left, I took my photo..." " and bashed it on the ground." " My portrait accidentally fell apart." "Late I told you that it accidentally fell apart." "I am sorry, Jimmy." "Is that a fact?" "Her memory inside of me is accurate." "The computers of"Okosama Star" are doing their best to deceive you." " Then we went to that Chinese restaurant, you remember?" " That's not Lisa." "You are reliving your own recalls." "And Lisa is in my head." "I should not have left you, Jimmy." "I made a mistake." "Forgive me." "I was so confused." "Come back." "I am sorry, Jimmy." "You were seeing only what you wanted to remember." "Ok." " Let's start negotiating their directory." " That's the way to go!" "Start with opening the door, but without choosing, let instinct guide you." "He found it!" "We are in the directory!" "I love you, Jimmy." "You are an angel!" "But now you must find the administrative subdirectory, baby." "It's got to be that cube, Jimmy." "Yeah, their hidden treasure." "There is nothing else in the screen to give it away." "Look, there is a fortune inside the cube!" "Unaccounted deposits..." " as if they didn't exist!" " Fantastic!" "This my account in hotel "Al Rashid" Marrakesh." "We mustn't make too big a transfer." "I will take only what I need for my eyes," " and how about 200 thousand a piece." " Fine with me." " Then, let's make it 250." " Ok." " 250 a piece." " Done!" " There is still a pile left!" " Hold it a minute." " I've got to delete "Nirvana"." " Yeah, don't worry;" "we'll do everything we have to do." "250 thousand to J Gandy Simpson's widow." " Done!" " 100 thousand to doctor Rotzenberg." ""Fujimaks Marrakech" bank, account number 3-7-6-8-slash-0-1." " Done!" " Good." "The same bank... account number 6-3-7-2-slash-1 -1 for Avinish, how is that?" " You are forgetting Ashram in Bombay city." " Yeah." "And we have Huanita..." " Who is she?" " Huanita?" "A nice girl," " she is good for 80 thousand." " Very good indeed!" "There is still a lot left." "What do we do?" "Take them, or leave them?" "No, just burn them and the cube." "We could divide them among all the accounts in Marrakech and Bombay city." "Divide." "Are you crazy, or something?" "Can we give this money to people we don't even know?" "What if some shit gets a lot of money for nothing?" " Still better than leaving them here." " Exactly." "It's madness, total madness!" " All that money going to..." " the four winds." "Let the sun melt it." "Let it mold in water." " It's very mystic, isn't it, Joy?" " Yes, you are like a kid!" "Wait." "Something is wrong!" "We've been located." "They know we are here." "So, what the hell are we waiting for?" "Let's go." "We've got two minutes to get out of here." "Jimmy, Jimmy!" "Get out." "They are gonna be here any minute." "No, Joy." " I have to cancel "Nirvana"." " Come on, we are rich!" "Nobody gives a shit, whether or not you cancel your toy." "They inserted an oppression code." "What about all that money in Marrakech?" " Go, get it;" "I'll stay here." " If you stay here, you are cooked;" "they already got your number." "They are closing up the sectors." "You sure you wanna stay?" "Karma-Yoga." "Action, outwitting the impossible, remember?" " They are your words." " Ok, iron balls, I know I can't convince you." "But just remember what they did to Gandi Simpson." "They want your brain, Jimmy." "Thanks, boy." "Now I can buy two full color "Zoni" eyes." "Thanks, little angel." " Get in touch as soon as you can." " Ok." " Ok, see you in the net." " Sure." "I wanted to ask you." "Did you really love me?" "Who are you asking?" "I ask Lisa." "The answer is yes." ""Jimmy"." " Jimmy?" " Yeah, I cancelled "Nirvana"." "You no longer need to play with anybody." "I was beginning to doubt you." "Well, I did promise." "Please, just one moment..." "Once I am cancelled, I turn into..." "Into what?" "A crystal of snow." "That's not too... too bad." "Jimmy-san, we know you are there." "Listen to me." "You have seriously damaged us." "But we can overlook that." "And once again start, as if nothing has changed." "Jimmy, this means that we've won?" "You will fully reinstate it, Jimmy." "We won." "Delete everything." "Do it." "May we enter now?" "Naima is on line." "If you are ready, start!"