To The Moon

Part 11

Welcome to Act 2. As I mentioned in this thread, this act is ludicrously short in comparison to Act 1.

: "They might not wake easily, but they need the concentration."

The waking world is unchanged.

BGM: Having Lived

: "Then that'll have to be enough."

: "Aye, all that's left to do is linking your registered desire to go to the moon to your early memories."

: "Then we'll pull the switch, and voilà! You'll be on the moon in no time."

: “I have a question. If you could make Lily disappear, that means you can alter this world. Can you not simply make things happen, and fulfill my wish here and now?"

: "That would work, if this were your one true set of memories."

: “What do you mean? What is this, then? What am I?"

: "This is just a copy. . . A canvas for us to work with, if you will. As for you. . . You are merely an algorithm traced from Johnny. Enough to reflect his likeness, but far from complete. All we can do is to prepare this canvas in a logically consistent way. And then, when we transfer your registered desire to your childhood, the machine will generate your new life, one where the desire dictates your behaviour."

: "The result of that, would then be written to the real John. So you see, even if we satisfy you, you are merely a 'read-only' program. I mean, we could reset you over and over again, and--"

: "That's enough."

: "Oh, don't be so sensitive. He's not real, you know."

: "If you truly believed that, why did you even care to explain?"

Neil pauses.

: "I'm just trying to save time. Let's go."

BGM: Having Lived fades out.

: “Is that . . . what I truly am?"

BGM: Uncharted Realms

The technology of Neil and Eva’s machine has created this dreamscape – this is where the true power of what the scientists do comes out.

: "Ah, all of our night's work. . . "

: ". . . At least give me a warning first."

: "What can I say? I like being a head."

: "I'd ask if that's a pun, but I'm afraid you'd say yes."

: "Let's do this fast. . . I feel silly enough in this form as it is. All we need to do is to pass his desire from the latest memory to the earliest."

This is another minigame, I suppose. The goal is to flip the mementos that we’ve connected in such a way that Johnny’s desire passes through – all the way back to his earliest accessable memories. There doesn’t have to be a continuous stream from end to beginning.

As so.

: ". . .seriously?”

I swear, he’s like a second-grader when he tries to impress women.

And that’s all of them.

BGM: Uncharted Realms fades out. Metallic warbling fades in.

: "Ready to pull the switch?"

: "You know me. Always ready."

The little child Johnny over there looks so dejected.

: "No loss; we can do this without him."

: "I know, but. . . it feels incomplete."

: "You get too attached. It's going to impede your abilities to do your job."

: "That's rubbish. Don't pin your womanly ways on me."

Suave.

Let’s go check on Johnny!

…let’s go check on older Johnny.

Hmm, no NASA yet.

Next!

: "Usually, there's at least some change. . ."

: ". . . Something isn't right.”

BGM: Beta-B

: “These memories. . . they feel more than just having happened again. . . they are exactly the same."

: "That's impossible. The desire was transferred, was it not?

: "It was. . . "

: "How could everything be the same?!"

: ". . . Let's confirm it. We need his last accessible memory."

BGM: Beta-B fades out. Metallic warbling fades in.

So, so far, there hasn’t been a single change throughout Johnny’s entire life – despite injecting some space desires into his earliest memories. If there’s been no change whatsoever, the latest Johnny will be waiting for us on the cliff overlooking Anya as normal.

: “What a pleasant surprise. . . We don't get many visitors around here."

: "Deja vu, again. . . "

: "My name is Dr. Eva Rosalene, and this is--. . ."

: ". . . Dr. Neil Watts."

(NEW) BGM (NEW): Warning (AKA best track ever)

No, I’m not kidding. That’s actually the name of the track on the OST.

: "Are you familiar with the Sigmund Agency of Life Generation?"

: “Oh, are you two from the agency? How convenient; I've just been thinking of calling you."

: “Lily, get us some tea please."

Just as she was before, Lily is still and silent.

: “. . . Lily?"

Johnny backs up, afraid once more.

: "Freeze him too."

This time, though, Eva is much less supportive.

: ". . . Well?"

: "Wait here, I'll go send the desire signal again. See if there are any changes."

Eva disappears. She reappears after a short pause.

: "It transferred successfully for sure. Any changes?"

: "Not even a hair. How could this be? Even if his desire doesn't work alone, why is there no change at all?"

: "Perhaps. . . perhaps it just needs some provoking to activate."

: "From his early memories?"

: "The earliest we can get to. Let's go."

BGM: Warning (AKA Best Track Ever) fades out. Uncharted Realms fades in.

Here’s an impressionable scene – Johnny’s first date with River is clear in his memory, after all.

: ( . . . Well then. )

MOON: In theaters now!

I like how his first thought isn’t “It’s also not the same movie I walked out of a few minutes ago! What gives?”

: “Do you mind, River?”

: ". . . No. I like this one."

: “Alright, let's go then!"

: ( Hopefully that's enough for an ignition. . . . Wait, where is Neil? )

I’m sure we’ll catch up with him soon enough.

Let’s go see if there’s been any ch-

"OoOoh, Henry!!!"

: ( . . . Dear lord. I'm way too tired and hungry to be constructing movies. )

MOON went on to receive a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Eva, you monster.

BGM: Uncharted Realms fades out. Metallic warbling fades in.