Metaphysics Necrosis

Events in this chapter

1. Okabe Confirms That the First Time Leap Succeeded

   Okabe awakens in the lab before the raid and uses déjà vu, the members’ reactions, and the time difference to confirm that his memories have traveled back roughly forty-eight hours.

   Around August 11, 2010 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
2. Different Rescue Attempts Still Fail to Keep Mayuri Alive

   Okabe repeatedly time leaps, trying to evacuate the lab, change their route, and prevent different causes of death, yet Mayuri still dies within roughly the same time limit.

   August 11–13, 2010 (repeated time leaps) · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
3. Mayuri's Death Is a Convergent Outcome

   After comparing multiple rescue attempts, Okabe confirms that Mayuri dies by different causes within a similar time limit, making her death a fixed result within the Alpha Attractor Field.

   Mid-August 2010 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
4. Suzuha Reveals That She Is John Titor

   Standing before the time machine, Suzuha reveals that she came from 2036 and is the John Titor who posted on the Alpha world line.

   Mid-August 2010 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
5. Suzuha Explains Attractor Fields and the Divergence Meter

   Suzuha explains that many world lines converge on common outcomes within a larger Attractor Field and gives Okabe the Divergence Meter built by his future self.

   Mid-August 2010 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
6. ECHELON Intercepts the First D-Mail

   Suzuha and the lab establish that ECHELON intercepted the first anomalous mail sent into the past, allowing SERN to identify the lab’s time-machine research in the future.

   Mid-August 2010 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
7. Suzuha Confirms That Itaru Hashida Is Her Father

   By following the time-machine and badge clues, the group confirms that Suzuha came from 2036 and that Itaru Hashida is the father she has been seeking.

   Mid-August 2010 (after a time leap) · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
8. The Delayed Departure Leaves Suzuha's Time Machine Incompletely Repaired

   Because Okabe’s earlier D-Mail delayed Suzuha’s departure, the time machine is damaged during a thunderstorm. Itaru attempts repairs but cannot completely eliminate the malfunction.

   Mid-August 2010 (after the delayed departure and thunderstorm) · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
9. Suzuha Arrives in 1975 with Amnesia

   Suzuha reaches 1975 in the incompletely repaired time machine, but the impact of the malfunction erases her memory of the mission to obtain the IBN 5100.

   1975 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
10. Suzuha's Memory Returns after the Opportunity to Complete the Mission Has Passed

    Roughly twenty-four years after arriving, Suzuha remembers that she came from the future and was searching for the IBN 5100, but the opportunity to complete the mission is already gone.

    Around 1999 (approximately 24 years after arrival) · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
11. Suzuha Leaves a Letter of Regret before Her Death

    Suzuha writes Okabe a letter describing the failed mission and her life, entrusts it to Yugo Tennouji for later delivery, and dies in 2000.

    2000 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
12. Okabe Receives Suzuha's Letter about the Failed Mission

    Yugo gives the lab the letter Suzuha left behind, and Okabe learns in 2010 what happened to her between 1975 and 2000.

    Mid-August 2010 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
13. Irreversible Reboot: Refuse to Undo

    Okabe chooses not to send the undo D-Mail and remains on the 0.337187% world line while searching for another way to save Mayuri.

    Mid-August 2010 / later date unknown · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
14. Okabe's Judgment Deteriorates in the Loop after He Refuses to Undo the D-Mail

    Okabe continues time leaping without undoing the message that stopped Suzuha from leaving. Repeating the same two days and deaths erodes his mental state and ethical judgment.

    Mid-August 2010 (repeated loops) · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
15. Okabe and Suzuha Travel to 1975 Together

    Suzuha invites the nearly broken Okabe to travel with her, and the two leave 2010 in the time machine for 1975.

    Departing August 2010 / traveling to 1975 · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line
16. Send the D-Mail That Undoes Okabe's Intervention in Suzuha's Departure

    Okabe undoes the message that stopped Suzuha from leaving, allowing her to depart on time and preserving the possibility of completing the 1975 mission.

    Mid-August 2010 (reconstruction) · α Suzuha Failure / Mayuri Convergence World Line / α World Line After Undoing Suzuha’s D-Mail

Audit findings

• CompressedResolved

  Repeated rescue attempts, the convergence explanation, Suzuha’s identity, ECHELON’s interception, and Irreversible Reboot were previously mixed together.

  Separate main-route information, the failed 1975 chain, and the player branch that does not undo the change.

  The chapter now has sixteen events; the ending is divided into refusing to undo the D-Mail, psychological deterioration, and leaving together.