Reporter: It looks and sounds like something from a bad science fiction movie or even a kids' TV show, but the reports are coming in from all over the world, including from many reliable sources, even our own studio, so there is no denying what is going on. Not only that, but it's sure to be one of the most important discoveries of the century, likely even the millennium. Something that can only be described as an amazing, seemingly-supernatural ability is being demonstrated to everyone...and apparently you can learn to do it too.

Reporter #2: People worldwide have reported seeing a woman on the Internet or in an email—and you are not gonna believe this if this is the first you've heard—but somehow, she literally comes out of the computer through the screen, and starts talking to you in person. All over the world, multiple copies of her are appearing in this manner. It sounds impossible, and until now everyone certainly thought it was.

Reporter #1: Now obviously this woman, who gives her name as Tara, is coming across as very mysterious, even scary to many. What's noteworthy however is that she doesn't seem to want what's going on to be a mystery, because in all cases the first thing she does after introducing herself, and of course helping the person calm down—usually appearing on the screen at first in what would seem to be a video chat—is nothing other than to explain exactly what she's doing, and how she's doing it. She says this is something anyone can do with the right technique, and what it does, incredible as this sounds, is it lets you essentially possess things—as in, to sort of go inside of anything at all and control it, and basically become it temporarily. People are calling it "imprinting" for whatever reason, and again, this whole thing sounds so unbelievable, but with so much evidence, there's really no way to deny it.

Reporter #2: And I'd like to remind you, this is all very recent, so we don't yet have any reliable reports of anyone other than Tara actually accomplishing this technique. Though she certainly knows more about it than we do so I'd say it's probably safe to assume what she's saying is true.

Reporter #1: Now, given that Tara's goal seems to be to share this knowledge with as many people as possible, it's no surprise that one of her copies has showed up here and is open for an interview, so let's go to her right now!

(brief pause)

Reporter #1: Actually we apologize, but she must have left the studio. She was actually real excited for this interview, so I'm sure she'll be right back, but until then let's go to—

(Tara begins talking, visibly startling both reporters. She is not visible on the screen.)

Tara: No, I'm here!

Reporter #1: Where are you? (looks around)

Tara: I'm the floor! I dunno, I was just curious what it felt like.

(The camera pans down a bit so the floor is visible. Tara's face is on it.)

Reporter #2: (looks down and gasps) Whoa, Tara, your face... (looks at Reporter #1) Wow, you were right Marie, that really is freaky.

(Tara rises from the floor, which turns from a shiny, brilliant blue pattern to dark gray tiles with a stone-like texture.)

Reporter #2: That looks so weird...it's interesting how the design changed as well; all along I thought we got a new floor put in last night for some reason.

Reporter #1: So Tara, how about showing us what else is possible?

Tara: Oh, so much; it's amazing! I actually just found out about it yesterday myself so I'm still so excited about all the possibilities. And I'm still discovering new ways to use it!

Reporter #1: How did you find out about this?

Tara: Oh, a friend showed me—she said her friend, who I also met, came from another dimension where everyone's used to doing it.

Reporter #2: Another dimension?? If that's true, then that's—is your friend interested in coming to the studio for an interview by any chance?

Tara: I'm not sure; I don't want to give out her name or anything in case she doesn't want me to.

Reporter #2: (sounding somewhat disappointed) I understand; be sure to let us know if she does!

Tara: Anyway, you wanted to see some more, right? So how about I imprint on...ooh, how about your teleprompter? I bet I could talk to you through it and make it say funny things!

Reporter #1: (laughs) That sounds like fun, but they won't be able to see it. Maybe something closer to us?

Tara: Okay... (looks around) How about I become your desk? That'll be visible enough.

Reporter #1: Go right ahead; we'd love to see!

Tara: (touches the reporters' desk) Okay, so what I do is I just touch it, and then...I do this! (Tara is pulled inside of the desk, which ripples and turns blue with a geometric pattern as she enters it.)

Reporter #2: That is just amazing.

(Tara's face appears on the desk.)

Tara (as the desk): See? I'm the desk now! I'm holding up all this stuff! Not really much I can do as a desk, except—hey, wait, I have wheels! (Tara starts to roll out of view of the camera, but returns to where she was upon noticing she was tugging on some wires.) Ooh, I just thought of something cool to try.

(Tara exits the desk just as fast as she entered it, and walks toward the camera, reaching out her hand.)

Reporter #2: Please don't touch that; it's very expensive and—

Tara: I wanted to try imprinting on it...I promise it won't break anything.

Reporter #2: (looks at Reporter #1, who nods) Okay fine, go ahead.

Tara: Yay, thanks!

(The view on the screen shakes a bit as she enters the camera, then pans fluidly as she looks around.)

Reporter #1: Wow, that just gets more amazing every time I see it. I never imagined anything like this could actually be possible!

(Suddenly the reporters appear to be dressed like clowns.)

Reporter #2: (looks at a monitor on top of the desk) What in the...what's going on with the video? (laughs) Why are we clowns? (turns around and yells to someone in a back room accusatorily) Is someone in post messing around?

Tara (as the camera): No, it's me! I'm the camera, remember? I imagined you as clowns cause I thought it would make people laugh! (laughs as the video returns to normal) Seriously, this is so awesome. Everyone's gonna love it!

Reporter #2: So why send copies of yourself all over the country and all over the world? Why not just go on national TV and share it with everybody as one person? I can't imagine it being that hard to get on national TV if you show off something like that.

Tara (as the camera): Well I was kind of worried, you see I've never really been one to believe conspiracy theories or anything like that, but it just struck me as so unlikely that something this big would still be so unknown. I wasn't sure, but if there was a conspiracy going on I'd have no idea who'd be in on it. So if I showed the wrong person they might do something to stop me and keep it hidden.

Reporter #2: I have to admire you, you find something that will revolutionize the world, and you make it your mission to share it with people, even if there might be opposition.

Reporter #1: (laughs) Sorry, I just can't help but laugh about how right now we're conducting an interview with our camera that can talk. (laughs some more, and looks at Reporter #1) See, what did I tell you? It's like something from a kids' show, talking objects with human faces...sorry Tara, I don't mean to make fun of you.

Tara (as the camera): No, you're right, it is pretty funny! (laughs with them)

(Tara emerges from the camera and looks around for something else.)

Tara: Hey, can I borrow that pen for a second?

Reporter #1: Sure. (hands Tara a pen)

(Tara takes the pen and holds it over the reporters' desk, and her entire body is promptly pulled into the pen, which falls back onto the desk with a clatter. Her face appears on it, as do simple stick-like arms and legs made of plastic, but her face is so small it's barely visible on the screen. Using her new limbs, she stands up on the desk.)

Reporter #1: (laughs) Of course that's what you wanted—wow, I just can't get over how amazing that is.

(Tara runs over to some blank paper on the desk, which because of her small form takes dozens of steps and several seconds, despite only being a distance of a couple feet. She squats down so her point touches the paper, and walks around.)

Reporter #2: You're right, it does look like something from a kids' show! (laughs)

(Tara finishes and moves over so she's no longer standing on the paper. Reporter #1 smiles and holds the paper up to the camera, which says "HELLO! ☺" in blue ink.)

Reporter #1: So Tara, how about explaining how you do it right here, so people who haven't run into one of your copies can learn too?

Reporter #2: This is really going to change how we do so much.

Tara (as the pen): Well, I've got copies at— (Her voice is very high and is so quiet that it's almost inaudible on TV.)

Reporter #1: (laughs) I'm sorry, we can't really hear you when you're that small!

Tara (as the pen): Oops! Sorry!

(Tara emerges from the pen, which is so small on the screen it looks like she's appearing from nowhere.)

Tara: So what I was saying is I've got copies at other news stations as well...I think it's the one at CBN that's really—

Reporter #2: —why not explain for our viewers too, so they can keep watching here?

Tara: Oh yeah, you don't like me advertising your competitors, do you? Sorry. Anyway I'll give you the quick version. I learned using a technique my friend taught me. You lie down on a couch or something, relax as much as you can...then you kind of try to feel yourself moving into the couch.

Reporter #1: What if you want to become something other than a couch? Also you didn't seem very relaxed by any means. (laughs)

Tara: Oh, that's just when you're learning. Once you've done it once and know what it's like, it's real easy. Trust me.

Reporter #1: Well that's good to hear!

Tara: Anyway, so you just try to feel yourself moving into the couch...like your mind though, your personality, not your body.

Reporter #1: Anything else?

Tara: Well that's pretty much all I had to go by, and I got it pretty quickly. It's not hard.

Reporter #2: Well I'm definitely gonna try that first thing when I get home...maybe even on my next break! (laughs) How about you, Marie?

Reporter #1: Oh, of course! I can't wait to try it!

Reporter #2: By the way you really do have a good point, it is weird that it's taken this long for something that sounds that simple to become common knowledge.

Reporter #1: So anyway, one more thing I'm wondering, you've got copies of yourself showing up all over the world; how did you do that exactly? I mean this imprinting thing is amazing, but how is it letting you show up on people's computers and make copies of yourself?

Tara: Well it started when I imprinted on a file on my computer, and tried to—

Reporter #2: You can do that? Merge with something that's not even a physical object?

Tara: Well I can imprint on the computer, so it's like I'm doing that but only becoming part of it, I guess...but anyway, I tried to email myself to my friend, and I wound up in a place I didn't recognize. They had computers full of people's email...I was confused, but then I figured out that I landed in my sent mail box, at my email company. Then I found out a copy of me got saved on my own computer, and two went to my friend's inbox, one on her computer, and one at her email company.

Reporter #2: Wait, so it was just you in a room with their mail server, and you saw other people's email? How do you suggest they protect their system from people who'd do that with bad intentions?

Tara: Huh, I hadn't...I'm really not sure. That's actually a good question.

Reporter #2: I really hope no one's reading my email...sorry, I'm not saying it would be your fault or anything.

Reporter #1: Actually my email wasn't even working this morning; they're probably staying disconnected while they figure something out.

Tara: How long will that take?

Reporter #1: I don't know, I hope it's not long though.

Reporter #2: Oh God, if people can't access their email for a while...I'd be careful if I were you—all of you. Some people probably aren't real happy.

Tara: (gasps) I didn't do anything bad, did I?

Reporter #1: Well no, but it still would have been nice to give people a chance to prepare, let them know what's coming so they can find ways to adapt without all the pressure...though now that I think about it that wouldn't be easy with the whole conspiracy worry you had, so I guess I can't really blame you for doing what you did. But unfortunately I doubt everyone will see it that way, and people can do terrible things when they're upset.

Tara: (smiles widely) Oh, I think I can stay safe!

(Immediately, Tara jumps a few inches off the ground in an excited manner, and falls through the floor instead of landing, the floor rippling not unlike if she had jumped into some water that was until then perfectly still. As she dives in, the new design spreads across the floor once again, and Tara's face appears.)

Tara (as the floor): See? Can't hurt me here! ...Well, right now you could, but... (Her face vanishes for a few seconds, then reappears.) You couldn't then.

Tara (as the floor): And I can hide, too! (A look of concentration appears on her face before it disappears once again, taking her pattern with her and leaving the floor looking just as it normally would. There is no visible trace of Tara anywhere.)

Reporter #1: Well hopefully none of that will even be necessary...wow, you really can hide. (taps the floor with her foot a few times) I know you're in here and I'm still having trouble believing it! (laughs)

Reporter #2: (looks down) So, Tara—you're in there, right?—going back to something more positive, why not tell us about some of your favorite things to do with imprinting? What are some of the less-obvious things people can look forward to doing?

(Several seconds pass with no response.)

Reporter #2: Oh, maybe she can't hear me; she doesn't have ears after all (laughs)...Tara, you there?

(The color quickly returns to the floor, as does Tara's face.)

Tara: Yeah, I'm here; it's just...wow, you can really lose yourself in there; just being something and forgetting everything else is so relaxing. You should try it.

Reporter #1: That sounds...interesting.

Tara: So you wanted me to tell you some of the stuff I've done?

Reporter #2: Please do.

Tara: Well one of the first things I did was I imprinted on my TV, and I became a character in a cartoon that was on.

Reporter #1: No way.

Reporter #2: What was that like?

Reporter #1: I want to try that myself.

Tara: I mean, it's just...I was there, in the cartoon world. Just like I'm here now. I sort of became a mixture of myself and the main character as I took over her body. (grins)

Reporter #2: Wow...what happened?

Tara: Well...I was on a spaceship, and these aliens were shooting at me, but I couldn't figure out how to use the controls in the ship to shoot back. But then I imprinted on the ship and I totally destroyed them!

Reporter #2: So you could actually interact with the cartoon world...how does that even work? I'd love to try that!

Tara: I have no idea. But it's awesome.

Reporter #1: It certainly sounds awesome!

Tara: Ooh, how about I show you the whole thing? I could imprint on your camera again and show it to everyone from my memory!

Reporter #1: Sure, we'd love to see!

(Tara walks over to the camera and imprints on it.)

Reporter #2: Wow, soon people are going to be showing people their memories, like showing photos from a vacation.

(The scene in the news studio fades away to be replaced by a video of Tara's adventure in the cartoon world. When it's over, the original scene returns and Tara reappears outside the camera.)

Reporter #1: Wow, that was very entertaining to watch!

Reporter #2: My kid loves that show.

Tara: It was so much fun! You've got to try it!

Reporter #1: Definitely!

Reporter #2: You know, we should probably finish this soon; this is a huge story but we've still got other stuff to cover.

Reporter #1: Yeah...well I'm certainly very...interested to see how this all plays out for everyone. Even if it won't all be good, I can definitely see this becoming an essential and incredibly useful part of people's everyday lives, not to mention something incredibly fun. Maybe you could have done better as far as letting people prepare, but I do understand how your worries could have prevented that...(looks at Reporter #2) anyway Alex, was there anything else you wanted to say? (looks at Tara) You?

Reporter #2: Not me.

Tara: Nothing in particular, just...have fun everyone! (waves to the camera)

Reporter #1: Oh, we will!

(The segment ends.)