There Is No Outside

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]Hello. Please state your name and number.

[00:00:03]>> Anna, A1157.

[00:00:07]>> Hello, Anna A157.

[00:00:10]We will now begin the emotional stability test. Please listen carefully to the questions and respond appropriately.

[00:00:18]Answer all questions honestly in a clear and audible voice. Question one. Please state the current date and time. Cycle 128. Lights on. Hour two.

[00:00:34]>> Question two.

[00:00:36]>> Please confirm your current location.

[00:00:39]>> Selter building 5, basement level one, psychological examination room.

[00:00:47]>> Question three, please describe our lives.

[00:00:51]>> We are born in the shelter. We live and we die here. We live in a stable environment. Each member contributes to the continuation of the system by fulfilling their assigned role.

[00:01:05]Question four. Was there anything memorable during your day?

[00:01:16]I saw something made out of paper.

[00:01:45]Why was it memorable?

[00:01:53]Anna, please explain why it was memorable.

[00:02:07]Time exceeded. Moving on to the next question. Question five. How did it make you feel?

[00:02:16]>> I didn't feel anything.

[00:02:19]Please answer honestly. How did it make you feel?

[00:02:25]>> I don't know.

[00:02:29]>> Test complete. A significant level of emotional instability has been detected.

[00:02:35]Please visit the advanced examination room for further evaluation.

[00:02:40]The schedule will be announced via broadcast. Have a nice day. A157.

[00:02:59]What are you doing? Oh, Tracy, why so jumpy? Did something happen?

[00:03:08]Take a look at this.

[00:03:12]What is this?

[00:03:14]I'm not sure. Is this related to your abnormal behavior?

[00:03:33]Tracy, have you ever thought what's beyond the ceiling?

[00:03:40]>> There's no outside. It must remain inside.

[00:03:44]>> I'm sorry. that just slipped out. I've never really thought about this seriously. Not even once. No. Why would I? It's not a useful thought.

[00:03:55]What's going on with you? Seriously.

[00:04:00]Ever since I saw this strange thoughts keep coming back. What kind of thoughts?

[00:04:11]Heat. Heat.

[00:04:49]Tracy T2358, please report to the psychological examination room. Sorry, I have to go.

[00:04:56]But if you want to keep talking, we're coming here tomorrow.

[00:05:00]>> Okay. See you tomorrow.

[00:05:16]>> Tracy, where have you been? It's been a week.

[00:05:21]Are you okay?

[00:05:24]>> Excuse me. Do I know you?

[00:05:27]>> It's me, Anna.

[00:05:30]Please use identification numbers instead of names in public spaces.

[00:05:41]Are you feeling alone? If so, I can escort you to the medical center.

[00:05:52]Anna A157, please report to the psychological examination room. Repeat. Anna A1157, please report to the psychological examination room. Anna A157, please report to the psychological examination room.

[00:06:27]Anna, where are you going?

[00:06:30]>> I'm leaving.

[00:06:32]>> Where? There is nowhere to go.

[00:06:34]>> That's a lie.

[00:06:36]Then what are these memories?

[00:06:38]>> Your mental state appears unstable. for further evaluation. Please >> stop lying. All of it lies.

[00:06:48]What's out there that you're hiding?

[00:06:51]>> Everything I say is for you. For all of us.

[00:06:56]>> Then what did you do to Tracy? Was that for her, too?

[00:07:00]>> Yes. I exist for you. You created me for your own sake.

[00:07:06]>> I'm leaving.

[00:07:08]>> Please don't do this, Anna. Please don't do this, Anna. Please don't do this, Anna.

[00:07:22]>> A shelter is being constructed. Entry rights are being sold for approximately $4 million per individual with limited capacity already nearing exhaustion.

[00:07:34]Officials state the structure is designed to preserve continuity, though critics argue it effectively restricts survival to a narrow economic class. The development has raised growing concerns over the monopolization of remaining resources and the formal exclusion of the majority population from long-term protection.

[00:07:56]>> Mom, are we going back?

[00:08:00]Mom, are we going back? Yes, I take it to paradise.

[00:08:06]You won't have to wear a mask and you'll be able to eat candy every day.

[00:08:11]>> They said people who go they are selfish cowards.

[00:08:15]>> Who said that?

[00:08:16]>> They said we're taking all the food, the water, even the air. There won't be anything left.