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Chapter 4 - Tape 2: Side A

Nayera Narrating

"Did you know in the movie Interstellar by Christopher Nolan? Yes, that one. In the movie, they show an astronaut sucked into a black hole, and he can control time and space. With this, he could tell his daughter how to solve gravity equations. But did you know if you get sucked inside a black hole for real, a process called spaghettification will start to break every atom in your body? It would even break air molecules around your body into atoms. That's how much I was broken and decided to die..."

Present Day

The tape didn't play. Alin tried multiple times but had no luck. Then he remembered that his friend had a cassette Walkman, so he decided to go and get it. He took out his OMO SHILLONG H1 MTB 29T Mountain Cycle single-speed and started pedalsling. He reached his friend's house, where Kly was fixing his Royal Enfield Hunter 350 (Dapper Edition [Dapper G]).

Alin saw the Walkman stuck under the handle. Kly's dad came out and asked why Alin had come to meet Kly so late. Alin replied, "We have been partnered up to complete a school project together, and I asked Kly for notes so I could complete the work on my end."

Kly said, "Okay, but help me first," and threw his bike keys to Alin, saying, "Try to start the bike. I need to check something while it's starting." Alin sat on the bike and tried to start it for the first time, but it didn't turn on. He tried again, but it still didn't start. Alin looked back and saw Kly trying to fix the problem. At that moment, Alin stole the cassette Walkman and put it in his pocket.

Kly asked Alin to try starting the engine again. This time, the bike started on the first try. Kly stood up and started walking towards Alin, saying, "Come inside and have a cold drink." Alin replied, "No thanks, my parents must be waiting for me to get home. Give me your work, and I will go home." Before Kly went inside to bring his work, he told Alin, "Next time, you have to come inside and have something to eat." Alin agreed, and after Kly gave him his work, Alin started walking towards his bike.

From behind, Kly shouted, "You have something that belongs to me!" Alin asked, "Do I?" while thinking if Kly had seen him taking the Walkman. Kly said, "Yeah, you dufus, my keys." Alin was relieved and said, "Oh yeah! Sorry!" then threw the keys back to Kly. Alin was nervous and quickly sat on his bike, pedalling as fast as he could. After a while, he stopped and brought out cassette Number One and the Sony WMFX451 Walkman. He inserted the cassette, closed it, and hit play...