18 - Eating
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Object is a memetic illness that cause human beings to forget the concept of food.
Roughly twenty people were infected in 2009 in the city of [REDACTED]. The vector of infection has never been understood, but infections ceased after the first outbreak. A special DPA site has been built in the town in order to allow the infected to live regular lives while otherwise preserving normalcy.
Follows an interview transcript between one of the victims (V) and a DPA researcher (R). This interview was conducted shortly after the nature of the object was ascertained.
R: How are you doing?
V: I'm still feeling weird. Weak. I'm losing weight and my hair has started to fall out.
R: Have you been eating lately?
V: What do you mean?
R: How many meals have you eaten these last few days?
V: I don't know that word.
R: Do you know where human beings get their energy from?
V: Shit, I'm too ill to remember from school. Air, right? We breathe air and it gives us energy.
R: Energy also comes from the stomach.
V: Yeah, mine has been hurting a lot.
R: Do you know what's the purpose of the stomach?
V: What do you mean?
R: What does the stomach do in the body?
V: [long pause] Huh. I think I'm even worse than I thought.
R: You don't know?
V: I don't remember. I... I remember it was something simple. It isn't like the appendix that only doctors know what it does. I remember it was something basic, like the heart or the lungs. But I can't remeber what.
R: Very well. Do you know what this is? [Researcher puts a plate of food on the table]
V: No. Looks like some sort of toy.
R: A toy?
V: Yeah. Like modeling clay or something.
R: What if I do this? [Researcher eats a cookie.]
V: What are you doing?
R: I'm eating food.
V: That's weird! That's - that's not what the mouth is for, man!
R: What is the mouth for?
V: Speaking! You don't put stuff inside it, man!
R: We actually do. This is the nature of your condition.
V: What?
R: You are suffering from a condition that prevents you from remembering the concept of eating. It is a necessity that all animals on this planet must perform.
V: I... how is that possible?
R: We don't know yet, but we can help you. We'd like you to try eating this cookie.
V: I don't know what those words mean.
R: Place this in your mouth, use your teeth to macerate them, and swallow.
V: I can't do that.
R: Almost all humans can do that. We believe you still have the instincts to perform this activity. If you do not, we have a medical team on standby to assist you.
V: That's too weird to even try.
R: Please, attempt to do so. It is important for us to gather data.
V: I don't even know how to start.
R: Watch me closely, I'll demonstrate. [Resarcher finishes eating her cookie]
V: Fine... I'll try.... [Victim eats a cookie.] This... This is absolutely disgusting! It gets all gooey inside your mouth and...
R: Please calm down and attempt to swallow.
V: I can't! This is too weird! I can't breathe! I'm choking! I'm... [Victim vomits.] What is this? Why is this coming out from inside of me? Where did this come from?
R: I'm ending this interview in order to provide medical care to the victim.
V: It was already inside me!
Object is a memetic illness that cause human beings to forget the concept of food.
Roughly twenty people were infected in 2009 in the city of [REDACTED]. The vector of infection has never been understood, but infections ceased after the first outbreak. A special DPA site has been built in the town in order to allow the infected to live regular lives while otherwise preserving normalcy.
Follows an interview transcript between one of the victims (V) and a DPA researcher (R). This interview was conducted shortly after the nature of the object was ascertained.
R: How are you doing?
V: I'm still feeling weird. Weak. I'm losing weight and my hair has started to fall out.
R: Have you been eating lately?
V: What do you mean?
R: How many meals have you eaten these last few days?
V: I don't know that word.
R: Do you know where human beings get their energy from?
V: Shit, I'm too ill to remember from school. Air, right? We breathe air and it gives us energy.
R: Energy also comes from the stomach.
V: Yeah, mine has been hurting a lot.
R: Do you know what's the purpose of the stomach?
V: What do you mean?
R: What does the stomach do in the body?
V: [long pause] Huh. I think I'm even worse than I thought.
R: You don't know?
V: I don't remember. I... I remember it was something simple. It isn't like the appendix that only doctors know what it does. I remember it was something basic, like the heart or the lungs. But I can't remeber what.
R: Very well. Do you know what this is? [Researcher puts a plate of food on the table]
V: No. Looks like some sort of toy.
R: A toy?
V: Yeah. Like modeling clay or something.
R: What if I do this? [Researcher eats a cookie.]
V: What are you doing?
R: I'm eating food.
V: That's weird! That's - that's not what the mouth is for, man!
R: What is the mouth for?
V: Speaking! You don't put stuff inside it, man!
R: We actually do. This is the nature of your condition.
V: What?
R: You are suffering from a condition that prevents you from remembering the concept of eating. It is a necessity that all animals on this planet must perform.
V: I... how is that possible?
R: We don't know yet, but we can help you. We'd like you to try eating this cookie.
V: I don't know what those words mean.
R: Place this in your mouth, use your teeth to macerate them, and swallow.
V: I can't do that.
R: Almost all humans can do that. We believe you still have the instincts to perform this activity. If you do not, we have a medical team on standby to assist you.
V: That's too weird to even try.
R: Please, attempt to do so. It is important for us to gather data.
V: I don't even know how to start.
R: Watch me closely, I'll demonstrate. [Resarcher finishes eating her cookie]
V: Fine... I'll try.... [Victim eats a cookie.] This... This is absolutely disgusting! It gets all gooey inside your mouth and...
R: Please calm down and attempt to swallow.
V: I can't! This is too weird! I can't breathe! I'm choking! I'm... [Victim vomits.] What is this? Why is this coming out from inside of me? Where did this come from?
R: I'm ending this interview in order to provide medical care to the victim.
V: It was already inside me!
