The Cost To Know Everything

by Thunder--Dash

The Search for The Answer

Kayla arrived at her place and started to spread out her notes. She put them into organized piles after tearing them out of her notebook. Kayla then laid the drawing of herself as a unicorn in front of her, but not paying attention to it as much.

"Okay...Equestria...a land of ponies...they must be feral if Fluttershy came here in a bipedal form like us humans...ponies have cutie marks that represent their special talent and get them when they discover their special talent...destiny...hmmm..." Kayla said as she started to put things together. She then opened her laptop and opened her internet browser. In the search bar, she typed in the phrase "connection of universes". Several pages of articles appeared.

"Universal law...nope...vastness of the universe...nope...wait...theory of connectivity? Surely this could be it..." Kayla said to herself as she clicked the webpage link. It took her to a research study done by students at a university.

"So we're not the only ones who have been studying this...gotta go deeper..." Kayla said to herself. Meanwhile, I was talking with Fluttershy.

"So you're saying that in your world...your special talents are represented by symbols on your flanks called cutie marks?" I asked.

"Yes...Kayla asked me the same thing in the interview..." Fluttershy answered.

"Kayla really wanted to get a lot of info from ya...I tell ya she won't give up until she finds the answer...but I just hope that she doesn't do any crazy stuff..." I said with a worried look on my face.

Back at Kayla's house, Kayla continued her deep dive search for her answer, but wasn't coming up with anything significant.

"Ugh, it's like I have to really dig to the core to find these answers." Kayla said a little frustrated, exiting out of a webpage and back to the search results. Kayla found another article, but it was pretty much the same. It felt like a wild goose chase to Kayla, which was getting her even more frustrated.

"Do I literally have to perform some spell or ritual just answer a..." Kayla paused for a moment...realizing what she had just asked herself. She wasn't one who believed in the paranormal or any of the sort. Nonetheless, she had to find the answer to how the universes were connected...which meant she would go to any length until she found the answer.

"Be careful Kayla...you're about to enter treacherous territory." Kayla's inner voice warned. Kayla sighed. She wanted to find the answer...and as of now, it felt out of reach. Kayla gulped and started to type in the search bar.

"Ritual to gain knowledge." She said as she typed in the search bar. She then pressed enter. Beads of sweat started running down Kayla's face. She felt hot. It was that feeling...that feeling whenever someone knew they were about to risk everything just to gain something. The search results appeared. There were quite a few, in fact, over 10,000 results. One of the results contained a ritual where one had to summon a being that would answer any questions, but there were hidden risks and it required several other people. Then Kayla stumbled upon "The Answer Man".

"Nope...definitely not putting my friends through anything...especially...oh jeez! Heck no!" Kayla said backing out of the webpage when she read about the price one paid if they upset the answer man. She then found one called "Lady Spades".

"Lady Spades hm? She seems...oh jeez...nope! Not gonna have some ghost lady haunting me. Why is it that you have to summon something just to answer a question?" Kayla asked in frustration. She was about to close her laptop when something caught her eye.

"Hm? What's this...?" She asked as she clicked a link titled "The Most Dangerous Games: Channel Infinity".

"You may have just hit the jackpot Kayla." Kayla said to herself with a smile across her face. She started to read all about the ritual.

"Thank goodness I still have the old crt tv..." Kayla said to herself as she continued to read. The ritual's directions stated that there needed to be a 3 hour window between the time after the initial setup and the start of the ritual.

"Welp, I know what I'm doing tomorrow night..." Kayla said to herself as she continued to read. The website outlined all the things she needed.

"Looks like I'll have to borrow the axe from the toolbox..." Kayla said as she continued to read. The website then outlined that after Kayla answered the initial questions on the tv, one of three things would happen: she would have to watch her favorite tv show but all the characters would die tragically, an image representing her worst fear would appear on the screen in which she would have to use a sledgehammer to break the screen, or a portal would open and she would be taken to a negative version of our world.

"As much as I hate jumpscares...I hope I get the #2...it's the fastest..." Kayla said to herself. Nonetheless, she read how to proceed if she was taken to the negative version of our world.

"Wow...so much to do..." Kayla said. She then came to the part about the moon's color.

"Wait...the green full moon is that bad? How bad can it be?" Kayla asked. She scrolled to the part on details about the green full moon. However...all there was were 5 words:

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

"Sorry? About what? Ah forget it...as long as I don't see the green full moon, I'll be a-okay and now that I have found the answer, the others are gonna be stoked! Ahh I can't wait to embark on this journey!" Kayla said excitedly. She then texted Lenny and I with the simple phrase:

"Come to my house! I have found the answer!" Meanwhile, I was with Fluttershy just watching some tv, when I read the text.

"Well Fluttershy...good news...Kayla found the answer to the lingering question to how the universes are connected...at least I hope. Come on, let's go to her place." I said.

"O-okay..." Fluttershy said, putting on the baseball cap I gave her. I smiled at her as I headed out the door and got in my mustang. Fluttershy got in as well. We drove to Kayla's place. When we arrived, Lenny was there too. I knocked. Kayla opened the door quickly.

" So glad you guys could come. Tomorrow, I'm going to embark on a journey to channel infinity to finally get the answers I need to how the universe is connected." Kayla said with a determined look on her face.

"Are you crazy? You know how those sort of things end..." I said.

"Trust me Kenneth. Everything is going to be okay. I am going to do it tomorrow night and I am looking forward to getting all the answers I need." Kayla said, not backing down. Fluttershy gulped. She had that worried look on her face.

"Don't you worry Fluttershy, when I arrive at channel infinity, I will have answers." Kayla said with confidence.

"I'll be at a car show tomorrow night...be sure to call me after to tell me how it went." I said.

"Ugh...fine...just promise you'll pick up when I call." Kayla said.

"I...I can stay with you..." Fluttershy said.

"Great! What about you Lenny?" Kayla asked Lenny.

"I got this stupid conference my parents made me go to...ugh..." Lenny said frowning.

"Okay...guess I'll ring up Jenna and Kelsey then..." Kayla said. So Kayla called her other friends and agreed to be with her. That evening. I searched for "Channel infinity" on the web myself to find out more details. I read through another website that had more details than the one Kayla read. When I came to the details about the green full moon, I gasped loudly.

"Goodness gracious! What the hay is Kayla thinking?!" I asked myself loudly. Fluttershy heard me and came quickly.

"What? Is everything okay?" She asked looking at me with a concerned look on her face. I sighed.

"Kayla is about to risk everything with this channel infinity thing." I said. Suddenly I got a game invite from a friend.

"Pardon me Fluttershy, gotta reply to this message." I said as I picked up my phone and proceeded to reply to the message. Meanwhile, Fluttershy read the details to the green full moon. A few tears ran down her cheeks. She wiped them quickly.

The evening went by and soon it was Saturday. Kayla spent the morning getting her mind set for the journey to channel infinity. It was going to be the journey of a lifetime...at least...she hoped...

Author's Note:

Sources of the alluded ritual games can be found in these three links:

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2017/06/19/the-most-dangerous-games-the-answer-man/

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2016/01/04/the-most-dangerous-games-lady-spades/

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2016/09/12/the-most-dangerous-games-channel-infinity/

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Channel_%E2%88%9E