Child adventurers without parents? [He raises an eyebrow. That sounds about right but at the same time...] If that's true, then where's Jason in all of these memories? Then again, I've been having a few of them without you but Thalia's in them. Maybe at one time we split up into teams of two and that's why I gave you the knife?
[Sincere apologies for giving a child a knife and keeping himself unarmed, probably.]
Happens all the time in movies. Maybe our parents were busy on their own adventures. [ that doesn't sound quite right?? ] Maybe? I've seen a dark-haired boy a few times. It didn't look like Jason, but maybe I just couldn't see him clearly enough.
[ that also doesn't sound right. whereisjasongrace.jpg ]
I saw him too. The dark-haired boy...the age different was bigger between me and him, but maybe you're right. Maybe we just didn't get the full picture. I talked to Kashuu the other day and he was mentioning how he's been getting memories with Yamato but the other people in those memories have been really fuzzy, too. Could be what's happening to us.
Jason hasn't told you anything on his own, has he?
Of course it would. What better way to frustrate all of us? [But he shakes his head in response to her shaking her head.] Thalia mentioned seeing two guys with dark hair in one of her memories but unless we can get a clear picture of the guy we're pretty out of luck knowing if it's the same one. She did mention magical flowers though, so there's that.
We can ask Jason later, maybe. I haven't any idea what kind of stuff he's been getting. We need to survey our friends better. Magical flowers? [ flOWER GLEAM AND GLOW ] What, like healing flowers?
Maybe nothing. I was thinking of doing a poll of everybody we know and paying them off since that seems to work half the time. [He shakes his head.] She said they were like...disappearing flowers? I dunno, you'd have to really ask her. Maybe she'd explain it better but it wasn't normal. None of the memories are.
That might work. What would we pay them off with? Free drinks? [ can everyone be bought off with free drinks?? ] Dis...appearing flowers? Maybe I will ask her, so we can have it detailed on the board. Thought we may need a bigger board. Mine are normal. [ pause. ] Except for the one with the sphinx, that, that wasn't normal.
Money, obviously. Free drinks might work but it's not going to be enough for anybody who doesn't actually drink. I have enough in my savings from when I moved out and started renovating the bar. It'll be fine. [But there's a nod.] Ask her, she might explain it better than I can.
How will we stop people from making stuff up just for money? [ but ok not a bad idea. she can contribute, too? don't spend all your money luke. ] All right, I will.
The other day, on the network Thalia and I were talking about hairless animals and I had a hallucination or memory, whatever, of a sphinx. With her hair in a bun, asking me trivia questions. And I was mad about it, because the sphinx is supposed to ask riddles not trivia. [ shrugs? it was. stupid. ]
Well I never said it'd be a lot of money, did I? Also you know me, I'm good at spotting liars. I'm not going to let people show up just for the incentive without paying the price.
[He's just going to pause because a.) why and b.) double-why.] Of course you would challenge a sphinx. Of course. Aren't riddles and trivia sort of the same thing?
[ that's a reasonable pause. ] No, they're not. Riddles are supposed to make you think, trivia is random facts. [ a pause, herself. ] Which is exactly what I told the sphinx, I guess.
Trivia makes you think about if you know the answer so it's still the same thing. [...he settles on a flat look.] I'm going to regret asking, but what did the sphinx say after that?
She said, "How am I supposed to test whether you can think?" and I told her that the test was an insult to my intelligence and refused to continue. [ because she's the worst. ] I think the boys that were there weren't thrilled about that, either. Don't know how it turned out after that, I'm guessing badly.
[He's going to drag a hand over his face and mumble something like "incredible."] Do me a favor and tell past-you not to mouth off to fake creatures that may destroy you. And why are you always with boys in these things?
Yeah, it does. [ she frowns, trying to remember that poor other guy who is not a handsome black-haired protag. ] Actually there were... two other guys besides Rome boy? [ because I forgot tyson existed ] One had curly hair, the other was tall, that's about it.
Oh. So past-you had a harem of teenage boys that you traveled to weird and foreign places with. That's a little beyond suspicious, 'Beth. And I wonder if Thalia might know about the other two boys, too. I mean if all three of us are seeing the dark-haired kid then that probably means they're all connected somehow.
I'm more concerned about why you got a sphinx and we got a dragon when these things shouldn't even be real.
It was not a harem. [ she's blushing and cringing at the same time. damn you, luke. ] Maybe? It would help if we knew their names and not just... vaguely what they looked like.
I... don't even know. Maybe we were... tv actors and it was all fake. Or really imaginative. Or maybe it's just, fake.
Sounds like a harem anyway. [But okay, okay.] Maybe we'll learn that sooner than later. Worth a try to try and figure it out, you know?
And...the rest. [He frowns a little.] I could buy being an actor, actually. Like I did my own action sequences and that's why I know how to fight with a sword. But what're the chances that it happened to all of us?
[ sticks tongue out. it's not a harem!! ] Yeah, it would be. Might help us see if they live in Recolle, too?
I... don't even know. It didn't feel fake, like acting, either. But it makes more sense than the alternative. [ the alternative that dragons and sphinxes are real. ]
That's a good idea. I threw out the phone book that came in the mail but we can probably check online once we have names to match. [He shrugs then, not much more settled either.]
...I don't know. The rest makes sense, too. But maybe that's because of all of the memories I have back by now. It's happening...we're hitting the point we can't tell fiction from reality. Any ideas how to stop it?
... I didn't even know they still made those. [ get with the times, luke, they can just look at facebook? ]
I don't know. [ neither of them knows, welp. ] We just have to remain objective, and make sure we keep track of the fake memories so we don't... [ GO OFF THE DEEP END ]
I didn't either until it showed up at the bar. [SHRUG.]
...I've been sort of keeping track. The diary I got back might help, too, if I figure out how to read the dumb thing. I don't think a conspiracy board is going to help us with this one. [There's a frown.] If you remember anything you'll tell me? Just so we're clear.
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[Sincere apologies for giving a child a knife and keeping himself unarmed, probably.]
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[ that also doesn't sound right. whereisjasongrace.jpg ]
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Jason hasn't told you anything on his own, has he?
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[ she shakes her head. ] He hasn't, no. Has Thalia said anything about seeing him?
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[Wait.] Time out. What's this about a sphinx?
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The other day, on the network Thalia and I were talking about hairless animals and I had a hallucination or memory, whatever, of a sphinx. With her hair in a bun, asking me trivia questions. And I was mad about it, because the sphinx is supposed to ask riddles not trivia. [ shrugs? it was. stupid. ]
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[He's just going to pause because a.) why and b.) double-why.] Of course you would challenge a sphinx. Of course. Aren't riddles and trivia sort of the same thing?
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[ that's a reasonable pause. ] No, they're not. Riddles are supposed to make you think, trivia is random facts. [ a pause, herself. ] Which is exactly what I told the sphinx, I guess.
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[...] The same guy as before?
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[ a nod. ] One of them was, though he was younger than in Rome-- so was I, I think? There was another guy I haven't seen before, too.
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So he's your age, whoever he is. That sounds...right. What'd the other guy look like, do you remember?
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Yeah, it does. [ she frowns, trying to remember that poor other guy who is not a handsome black-haired protag. ] Actually there were... two other guys besides Rome boy? [
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On the other hand.]
Oh. So past-you had a harem of teenage boys that you traveled to weird and foreign places with. That's a little beyond suspicious, 'Beth. And I wonder if Thalia might know about the other two boys, too. I mean if all three of us are seeing the dark-haired kid then that probably means they're all connected somehow.
I'm more concerned about why you got a sphinx and we got a dragon when these things shouldn't even be real.
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I... don't even know. Maybe we were... tv actors and it was all fake. Or really imaginative. Or maybe it's just, fake.
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And...the rest. [He frowns a little.] I could buy being an actor, actually. Like I did my own action sequences and that's why I know how to fight with a sword. But what're the chances that it happened to all of us?
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I... don't even know. It didn't feel fake, like acting, either. But it makes more sense than the alternative. [ the alternative that dragons and sphinxes are real. ]
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...I don't know. The rest makes sense, too. But maybe that's because of all of the memories I have back by now. It's happening...we're hitting the point we can't tell fiction from reality. Any ideas how to stop it?
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I don't know. [ neither of them knows, welp. ] We just have to remain objective, and make sure we keep track of the fake memories so we don't... [ GO OFF THE DEEP END ]
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...I've been sort of keeping track. The diary I got back might help, too, if I figure out how to read the dumb thing. I don't think a conspiracy board is going to help us with this one. [There's a frown.] If you remember anything you'll tell me? Just so we're clear.
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