54 // audio // you're not locked in here with me...

[friends and dependents, day 2]

Come talk to me. I want to make sure you're all right. Some people's memories aren't matching up with what I know, and I want to make sure it isn't me.

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If something you know doesn't match what everyone around you thinks, which do you think it is? You going nuts, or everybody else?

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[And he sounds pretty freaked out.]

Who is this?

[Now, she knows someone's losing it, whether it's him or it's her, or he wouldn't even have to ask that question.]

I-it's Lua. You remember me, right?

[Take it slow, really slow.]

Uh. No.

A-all right. Do you know where you are?

I know what they tell me. [Although he doesn't remember who told him... that part of it's fuzzy and strange.]

What are they telling you?

That I'm dead. That it's over. That this is the afterlife.

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I'm just fine. It looks like Babs and Bruce are affected, though. [ She's affected too, she just hasn't noticed. ]

So it isn't just me misremembering a lot.

Probably not. If anything is different it looks like it's really different.

...that's good. I didn't want this place to start getting to me, and I don't think we're going nuts together.

Your nuts could be pretty fun, though.

You think? I bet I've got a bit of crazy in me somewhere.

I can see you wanting to go do everything in the world at once.

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[Bianca does remember being friendly with the shy blonde girl. She's the right kind of dependent; stronger than she looks, Bianca knows, but since Lua herself doesn't seem to know it, it makes her relaxing to be around. Someone who'll never try and push herself into Bianca's spotlight or spoil her harmony with the discord of her own will.]

People's memories are certainly affected. I am plagued by people who claim to remember... regrettable incidents of my past. It's very tiresome.

[This is a lot more awkward than Jesse, in its own way. She at least understands a Jesse like that, but someone who really isn't Iris at all is going to be more difficult. She guesses by the changed appearance that this is some kind of timestream trouble that she barely understands.]

You know how it is, right? It just blows past in a couple days.

[It's a good thing Lua's so good at hiding her thoughts, and that Bianca isn't in hand's reach.]

But will they stop remembering? People who should be my friends are gazing at me - me! - in fear and confusion because they remember her in my place. It is not to be borne, Lua dear!

[And the filters go over so no one else can watch her bullshit this other Iris and possibly screw it up.]

They'll remember how nuts they were. [She giggles, guessing this Iris thinks they're some kind of conspirators.] And then everyone's so embarrassed.

They will remember, won't they?

[That's the part that's really galling Bianca, though. She knows it's not real. But she's been through floods before; she knows the memories stay. The flood will end, but her friends, her lovers, will still look at her and remember the person she outgrew and destroyed.

And at least some of them like Iris better. That's what really hurts.]

They'll remember who they thought they were. It's not really them. You know that, like it isn't really you they think they know.

[She knocks, then opens the door and smiles as she comes in, makes herself comfortable. It's wider and smoother than her usual ones.]

Checking in. I feel fine, though.

[Well, this is something different, but Lua isn't giving any sign of just how different it is yet. She has to know what's going on first.]

That's good. I had to... I ended up calling someone who didn't know I existed.

That sounds awful. I'm sorry.

He sounds like he's never been here before. I hope it isn't me, and he remembers in a day or two.

It's probably him. I mean - it's just simpler, isn't it, to wipe out memories that conflict with the effect?

Barge doesn't know what simple is.

You seeing anything like that? Talk to me. Anyone misremember you?

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