Twin Peaks : Last message for Diane

Last message for Diane

A nightstand covered with blue velvet. On it stands a lamp. It is unplugged, but the red light bulb in it is lit. A feminine hand is bathed in the light, lying on the soft fabric. It is completely motionless. On the palm, a green tape recorder is playing.

Voice from the tape recorder : Diane. I am holding in my hand a cup of solid black coffee. I don't know what time it is and time may very well be completely different, here. Sorry about that. I am trapped inside a set of rooms called ''The black lodge''. I have no idea if this message can get through, but I have no other option at the time other than this. If my plan succeeds, this message should be transmitted to my past self once it has been recorded and sent. I already tried to get a first message through, but I can only presume of the success of the operation. If I am correct, the message in question should have been given to Laura Palmer by Annie before she was murdered by her father. I still hope to save her.

I am perfectly aware of the fact that this is one confusing message, but I have seen and understood things that can't be experienced anywhere else. You will have to trust me, as always.

Chronology here is blurred beyond recognition and reality can only be perceived through a veil of dreams. I have no idea how my actions can affect the linearity outside of the black lodge.

However, I have seen the truth about the owls. I tried my best to warn myself about them, but the best I could manage to get from here to the outside world was the sentence ''The owls are not what they seem'', followed by repetitions of my name on a piece of paper which had been brought to me by major Briggs and was part of the events that led me here. It makes me fear that nothing I can do no is able to affect the past more than it already did.

The voice stops.

The bedroom inside which the green tape recorder has been playing is revealed.

A woman lies on the bed, her inexpressive face illuminated with the red light of the lamp. Her skin is pale under the red mask of light. Her gaze is empty.

A phone rings somewhere inside the room. It is hidden from view.

After ringing for approximately fifteen seconds, the answering machine lets a voice echo inside the bedroom.

Voice from the phone : Caroline. It's Dale. I- I think we've made a mistake. I have (sigh) .

Silence.

Back to the nightstand. A gloved hand closes around the green tape recorder. When it opens, the device has vanished. The hand rises to a forehead and wipes away drops of sweat.

We see the face of a smiling man. His eyes are nothing more than uniformly white globes.

His face is Dale Cooper's, but slightly distorted. We then see it turn progressively into Windom Earle's face.

Windom Earle moves his fingers above the lamp in a strange gesture and everything goes black.