-oyasumi- Nhk Ni Youkoso - Welcome To The Nhk - -

You reach for your prescription. Not the antipsychotics—those are for "tomorrow." The sleeping pills. The tiny white soldiers that march you into oblivion.

Oyasumi.

And for one second—just one—you believe that tomorrow might be a different episode. -Oyasumi- NHK ni Youkoso - Welcome to the NHK -

The whisper comes from the corner of the room. Not from you. From the other you—the one who lives in the mold stain that looks like a map of Hokkaido. You reach for your prescription

"Did you go outside today?" the stain asks. -Oyasumi- NHK ni Youkoso - Welcome to the NHK -

The 6:00 AM news chimes from a broken clock radio. A cheerful NHK announcer reports on rising stock prices. You turn the volume down. It sounds like a conspiracy.