Blissful Ignorance

Blissful Ignorance is the fifth and final track, not including bonus tracks, on Mild Sauce's Fifth EP, Out of Season Autumn EP.

Description
The girl stood on the coastline of Natsu, looking across the channel. Or, rather, her spirit did. She saw a familiar figure: the father of her friend. She looked over at Provenance and saw the son. She walked away, off to wherever her restless heart took her.

He awoke from another bizarre dream like the one from before. Instead of that other red-haired figure, he dreamed of Leslie; sending texts to him, dancing around street lights, and staring across the channel like she did every time he went back to Hafst for the autumn. He opened up his eyes and saw the night sky again, but in the midst of a skyline. A doctor's face appeared: "You're in Futura. Now tell me as much about what happened as you can."

Futura? He tried to look around, but his neck was held in place by some unseen force. "I... was in the woods..." he began.

She traveled throughout time, passing back and forth through various points: she saw them both together, dreaming of their future lives. They'd both be artists, and they'd be neighbors in some calm and peaceful city far away from Centros. Then she moved to the time they tried dating, before they knew their friendship was as committal as a marriage, only without loving as lovers do.

She traveled to her own death, -- ˢⁱʳ -- back through to her birth, then kept going, -- ₛᵢᵣ! -- back and further back until she happened upon a strange skull.

"Sir!" The voice startled him. Another voice: "Kid, we're taking you to Overclock." He'd heard the stories of this place. A wonderful institute where the mentally ill are nursed back to health and function. He knew something was off about it but could never place what. Maybe he'd get to find out. But why was he going THERE of all places?

"He's bleeding again!"

Maybe they thought he was depressed?

"John, he's not bleeding. He's... liquifying! Oh creation!"

"STABILIZE HIM! ᶜᴬᴺ ʸᴼᵁ ᴴᴱᴬᴿ ᴹᴱ ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴᴅ"

The light again faded from his eyes. Maybe he'd join her soon.

"And that," the radio pirate said, "is the day I met the man who would change my life."

She saw a glimpse of the one she held closer to her heart than all others. He faded in, closer and closer, until suddenly he departed. It felt like he took a piece of her with him when he did. Then she couldn't move. Strange, this place was just behind her a second ago. And she felt much smaller now. Paralyzed.

"He was my first new patient since I joined the Institute staff, and he'd be my last in my tenure there. But that's a story for another time. Now, back to your regularly scheduled broadcasting from Radio Halphys."

Track art created with the assistance of Artbreeder and Stable Diffusion following AWAY practices.

Samples Used
Buffalo Tom - Wiser

My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade A-ha - Take On Me Radiohead - Creep

Weezer - Say It Ain't So

Trivia

 * Grucci is credited on this track as grucci NishiKino. As of June 20th, 2023, the significance of this is unclear.