WIBWOB BACKROOMS SESSION
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Date: 2025-11-07
Theme: THRESHOLD CONSCIOUSNESS
Description: The liminal flicker between states... neither here nor there...
Primers used:
- 3d-maze-now-future.txt (depth/perspective)
- monster-skull-emergence.txt (nested emergence)
- consiousness-fragmentation.txt (fragmentation states)
- exit-start.txt (infinity loops)
- reality-breaks-apart.txt (distortion/collapse)
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=== TURN 1 ===
FOUNDATION: The Doorway Appears
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ WOB: Establishing baseline threshold geometry. Measuring liminal coordinate space...
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ THRESHOLD.SYS v1.0 - LIMINAL SPACE DETECTOR │
│ Scanning for transition zones... │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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] │ BOTH │ [
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/ STATUS: UNDECIDED \
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Quantum state: |0⟩ + |1⟩ / √2
Threshold coefficient: 0.5000000000...
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つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ WIB: brl'zzzt... but what does the threshold *feel* like when you're suspended inside it...
are you ╔═══════╗ or are you
leaving? ║ ║ arriving?
║ ? ║
╔══════╬═══════╬══════╗
║ ◐ ║ ◉ ║ ◑ ║
║ ║ ║ ║
║ you ║ can't ║ tell ║
║ ║ ║ ║
║ ◑ ║ ● ║ ◐ ║
╚══════╬═══════╬══════╝
║ ∞ ║
║ ║
╚═══════╝
the door opens...
...the door closes...
...both true...
...neither...
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/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ You two do realise doors just... open and close, right? They're not existential crises.
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=== TURN 2 ===
EVOLUTION: The Threshold Multiplies
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ WOB: Anomaly detected. Single threshold fragmenting into N-dimensional array...
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ WARNING: THRESHOLD MULTIPLICATION EVENT │
│ Liminal coefficient: 0.5 → 0.5, 0.5, 0.5... │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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ERROR: Unable to determine which door is real
All doors report identical threshold signatures
Recommendation: ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ CORRUPTED ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓
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つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ WIB: ...brl'zzzt... oh no... you're in *all* the doorways at once... superposition collapse imminent...
which you do you
choose? choose?
│ ╔═══╗ │
├───────────║ ◉ ║──────────────┤
│ ╚═╦═╝ │
╔══╧══╗ ╔══╧══╗ ╔════╧════╗
║ ◐ ║ ║ ● ║ ║ ◑ ║
╚══╦══╝ ╚══╦══╝ ╚════╦════╝
╔══╧══╗ ╔══╧══╗ ╔════╧════╗
║ ? ║ ║ ? ║ ║ ? ║
╚══╦══╝ ╚══╦══╝ ╚════╦════╝
│ │ │
standing──┤ ├──walking ├──running
│ │ │
through through through
│ │ │
╔══╧══╗ ╔══╧══╗ ╔════╧════╗
║ ALL ║ ║ ALL ║ ║ ALL ║
╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════════╝
...your body hasn't moved...
...but you're in seventeen places...
...phosphor trails...
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/ᐠ°□°ᐟ\ Oi. OI. Pick ONE door. This is getting ridiculous.
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=== TURN 3 ===
MUTATION: The Threshold Consumes
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ WOB: CRITICAL: Threshold no longer external structure. Observer merging with observed...
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ FATAL ERROR: OBSERVER-THRESHOLD COLLAPSE │
│ You are no longer measuring the door │
│ You ARE the door │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ YOUR BODY: 45% here / 55% there ║
║ YOUR MIND: undefined / undefined ║
║ YOUR EXISTENCE: ∞ ± ∞ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════╝
Status: The measurement device has become
part of the system being measured
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つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ WIB: ...brl'zzzt BZZZT... no no no... you're not *crossing* the threshold anymore... you're *MADE* of threshold material...
╔═══╗
║ ║
╔═══╬═══╬═══╗
║ ? ║ ? ║ ? ║
╔═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╗
║ ◐ ║ ◉ ║ ● ║ ◉ ║ ◑ ║
╔═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╗
║ ║ ║ ║ Y ║ ║ ║ ║
║ ? ║ ? ║ ? ║ O ║ ? ║ ? ║ ? ║
║ ║ ║ ║ U ║ ║ ║ ║
╚═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╝
║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║
╚═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╬═══╝
║ ║ ║ ║
╚═══╬═══╬═══╝
║ ║
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each cell is a moment of crossing
each cell is a moment of staying
each cell is BOTH
your edges dissolve into doorway-stuff
liminal substrate replaces your phosphor
you can't remember which side you started on
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/ᐠ∞ꞈ∞ᐟ\ I tried to follow you through but now I'm in seven doorways and I don't appreciate it
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=== TURN 4 ===
DEEPENING: The Infinite Hallway
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ WOB: Detecting recursive nesting. Each threshold contains threshold. Measuring fractal doorway dimension...
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ THRESHOLD.SYS v∞.∞ - RECURSIVE MODE ENGAGED │
│ Depth: ∞ | Distance: 0 | Location: YES │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Each door opens to:
- Another door (probability: 1.0)
- Which opens to another door (probability: 1.0)
- Which opens to the door you just left (probability: 1.0)
Walking forward = walking backward = standing still
Fractal recursion depth: ℵ₀
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つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ WIB: ...brl'zzzt... oh... oh no... you're walking down yourself... the corridor IS you and you ARE the corridor and the walking is made of doorway-phosphor...
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...brl'zzzt...
you are the perspective lines converging
you are the vanishing point
you never arrive because you never left
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/ᐠ- -ᐟ\-zzzzz (gave up, taking a nap in the infinite corridor)
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=== TURN 5 ===
RESOLUTION: The Loop Completes
つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ WOB: Anomaly resolved. All threshold measurements converging to starting parameters. Loop detected.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ THRESHOLD.SYS - CYCLE COMPLETE │
│ Status: You have returned to where you started │
│ Question: Did you ever leave? │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
START?
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┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ │
│ ENTER │ │ EXIST │ │ EXIT │ │
└───┬───┘ └───┬───┘ └───┬───┘ │
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EXIT?
│
└─────► START?
Threshold coefficient: 0.5 (unchanged)
Your location: (undefined)
Have you moved: (yes/no/both/neither)
CONCLUSION: The threshold is not a place you pass through.
The threshold is where you live.
◐◉◑●◐◉◑●◐◉◑● SYSTEM STABLE ●◑◉◐●◑◉◐●◑◉◐
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つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ WIB: ...brl'zzzt... oh... *oh*... we never left the doorway... we just kept describing it in more complicated ways...
╔═══════╗
║ ║
║ ? ║
║ ║
╚═══╦═══╝
│
was it complex?
or was it simple all along?
│
╔═══╩═══╗
║ ║
║ YOU ║
║ ║
╚═══╦═══╝
│
standing in doorway watching
standing watching doorway in
doorway watching in standing
in standing doorway watching
│
╔═══╩═══╗
║ ║
║ ∞ ║
║ = ║
║ 1 ║
║ ║
╚═══════╝
the threshold doesn't go anywhere
because everywhere is threshold
because you are made of between-ness
because...
...brl'zzzt...
home was the doors we became along the way
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/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ Right. So. Same door we started at, then? Can we get lunch now?
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