Gramophone Turtle

There Was A Time When…

The first panel shows sign says "Mystery Circle" witha paw print and scratch lines to the left of the words on a building. The second panel shows an empty and dark café with a hooded figure looking at it. The third panel reveals the hooded figure is Sho Minamimoto with a frown. His eyes are hidden by the shadows of his hood and cap.
In the first panel Minamimoto slams down on the countertop. In the second panel he looks up to the doors at the back of the café. Third panel is a side view and mouth slightly open. Fourth panel zooms in on the doors he's looking at. Fifth panel is a flashback to Hanekoma leading Sho Minamimoto through the doors.
First panel, back in the present, Minamimoto pushes open the door. In the second panel, Minamimoto is looking at a small backroom filled with bookcases containing blank books, a chair, tables, a coffee apparatus, and art supplies all over. There is a tiny window at the upper left corner of the room providing some light. The third, fourth and fifth panels are flashbacks. The third is Hanekoma showing Minamimoto a book called "Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension" by Benoit B. Mandelbrot. In the bookbase behind them some book titles are partially visible: "The Consistency of the Continuum Synthesis" by Kurt Godel, "Liber AL vel Legis" ("The Book of the Law") by Aleister Crowley and a book by Mandelbrot. The fourth is a close up of Minamimoto's mouth looking unsure, the fifth is a fang-y grin.
First panel is a flashback of some books on the bookshelf with titles on their spines. The partially visible spines are from the following books: "Pythagorean Triangles" by Waclaw Sierpinski, "Theatrum Chemicum Brittanicum" by Elias Ashmole, "Transcendental Magic" by Eliphas Levi, "Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers" by Waclaw Sierpinski. The second panel is back in present day, with the same shot as the first but the spines are all now blank, and Minamimoto is reaching out to one of the books. The third panel shows Minamimoto looking at the other bookbase, which also has all the book spines blank. In the fourth panel, Minamimoto sits down in the chair by the book cases, head in heads, shown from a high angle. In the fifth panel he looks up, with a mix of anger and frustration, and maybe a bit of hurt, shown by his mouth.
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The first panel shows sign says "Mystery Circle" witha paw print and scratch lines to the left of the words on a building. The second panel shows an empty and dark café with a hooded figure looking at it. The third panel reveals the hooded figure is Sho Minamimoto with a frown. His eyes are hidden by the shadows of his hood and cap.
In the first panel Minamimoto slams down on the countertop. In the second panel he looks up to the doors at the back of the café. Third panel is a side view and mouth slightly open. Fourth panel zooms in on the doors he's looking at. Fifth panel is a flashback to Hanekoma leading Sho Minamimoto through the doors.
First panel, back in the present, Minamimoto pushes open the door. In the second panel, Minamimoto is looking at a small backroom filled with bookcases containing blank books, a chair, tables, a coffee apparatus, and art supplies all over. There is a tiny window at the upper left corner of the room providing some light. The third, fourth and fifth panels are flashbacks. The third is Hanekoma showing Minamimoto a book called "Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension" by Benoit B. Mandelbrot. In the bookbase behind them some book titles are partially visible: "The Consistency of the Continuum Synthesis" by Kurt Godel, "Liber AL vel Legis" ("The Book of the Law") by Aleister Crowley and a book by Mandelbrot. The fourth is a close up of Minamimoto's mouth looking unsure, the fifth is a fang-y grin.
First panel is a flashback of some books on the bookshelf with titles on their spines. The partially visible spines are from the following books: "Pythagorean Triangles" by Waclaw Sierpinski, "Theatrum Chemicum Brittanicum" by Elias Ashmole, "Transcendental Magic" by Eliphas Levi, "Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers" by Waclaw Sierpinski. The second panel is back in present day, with the same shot as the first but the spines are all now blank, and Minamimoto is reaching out to one of the books. The third panel shows Minamimoto looking at the other bookbase, which also has all the book spines blank. In the fourth panel, Minamimoto sits down in the chair by the book cases, head in heads, shown from a high angle. In the fifth panel he looks up, with a mix of anger and frustration, and maybe a bit of hurt, shown by his mouth.

Notes

Some of them who know what I am occasionally try to contact me, but I cannot respond. My old café on Cat Streetーthe one that served as my base three years agoーis always open to them. I hear that some drop by on occasion.

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Inspired by the above NEO Secret Report with an appearance of the everchanging library and scenes from the fic Signal, Noise and Distortion as a bonus. In the fic, Hanekoma has a backroom called “the everchanging library”. The books always seem to have what is required. So to further show that since Hanekoma isn’t around, his library only contains blank books. While it’s ambiguous about what sort of relationship Minamimoto and Hanekoma had, I have a feeling Minamimoto would have at some point sought out Hanekoma since he wanted to save Shibuya before. So, where the factor are you now? Bonus: Books! “Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension” by Benoit B. Mandelbrot“. The Consistency of the Continuum Synthesis” by Kurt Godel“Liber AL vel Legis” (“The Book of the Law”) by Aleister Crowley. Another book by Mandelbrot. Was intended to be “Multifractals and 1/f Noise: Wild Self Affinity” but it the title got covered up. And then: “Pythagorean Triangles” by Waclaw Sierpinski. “Theatrum Chemicum Brittanicum” by Elias Ashmole. “Transcendental Magic” by Eliphas Levi. “Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers” by Waclaw Sierpinski.

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Originally posted on 2022-01-26.