Guest Appearance: Reading from #JFTRE21

In this chaotic entry from Jonnie Fazoolie & the Transfinite Reality Engine, Jonnie loses the only person anchoring him to something resembling purpose: His latest infatuation, the hot German dominatrix scientist Basine is rolled out of the Cosmology and String Theory Conference on a stretcher, vacant-eyed and limp, as Mexican police clear the scene like it's a crime—or maybe an exorcism. Jonnie, desperate and disoriented, leans in for a kiss that does nothing but confirm she's gone. Not dead—just gone, somewhere beyond his reach, like his mother once was. And that’s where the bottom drops out. WTF happened?

Left with no one to chase but himself, Jonnie stumbles back into the conference hall where the real breakdown begins. A monstrous display hijacks the stage—recursive cellular automata, spectral lullabies, and a digital girl who speaks in riddles and stares into his soul. What begins as a demo becomes something else entirely. Jonnie answers her riddle aloud, but it’s unclear whether he’s solving a puzzle or slipping into a full-blown hallucination. Either way, he’s transfixed—this apparition knows him. She's not Basine, but she’s taken her place.

This isn’t just a turning point—it’s a psychic 180. His love interest is gone, the inspiration with her. In their place: a haunted riddle and a promise to build the impossible to save his lost new love. Whether it's grief, guilt, or something truly metaphysical, Jonnie is now possessed—until following in Basine's unconscious footsteps, and passing out onto the casino carpeting... 

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Jonnie Fazoolie & the Transfinite Reality Engine

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