Recording Log — Project Borderline
Dr. Mira Das
Date: February 19, 2015
Time: 02:47 a.m.
> Subject: Self-experiment number twelve.
Duration of induced flatline: two minutes.
Objective: Observe neural activity beyond cessation.
The tape hissed before her voice steadied again.
"You may think death is silence," she said softly, "but it isn't. It's… crowded."
A faint metallic clatter echoed in the background — the sound of electrodes brushing against the table.
"If consciousness detaches completely," she continued, "it should dissipate. But it doesn't. It reorganizes. It waits."
A long pause. Breathing.
Then: "If anyone finds this, tell them it's not Heaven or Hell. It's the space between."
She hesitated.
"They call it something there."
The recorder clicked faintly, as if something brushed the microphone.
> "Borderline."
A high-pitched tone filled the audio — not static, but something like a distant hum.
Then came a voice that wasn't hers.
Whispering. Close.
"Not yet."
The recording cut off.
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End of Log.
Status: Researcher missing. Equipment found inactive.
Duration of brain death: 3 minutes.