[Text] From Late Night

[matchbreaker]

[ I mean she's still out in Magatus but there's a thought which has sort of lingered in the back of her mind for a while now and as such more to clear her mind from thoughts of wolves and the thoughts of her own son (including of all things puns, why??? she's going to put out vaguepost in the form of: ]

So does anyone else have children in the memories they've been getting?

To answer my own question the woman I am in my memories has a son and then her son has three children as well.

[ So this tbh pretty young looking 41 year old is a grandmother in her memories but that's beside the point. ]

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[matchbreaker]

Who knows, maybe! Even I'm not sure.

I'm sleeping in a wolf den after all.

[livingimpaired]

A wolf den?
There is surely a story there.
But could it be that you've regained something?
Or is it the gloom of the den getting you down, I wonder?

[matchbreaker]

No it's just literally what it sounds like! I'm out in that Magatus region and we're looking into some wolf attacks.

[livingimpaired]

[ That's much less interesting. ]

Oh! I see.
Are you all doing all right?
That sounds like it could be dangerous.

[matchbreaker]

Yeah no I'm fine. We appeared them with jerky.

[livingimpaired]

So they are now a little more tame?

[matchbreaker]

More like I'm never sure they were that wild to begin with.

[livingimpaired]

Then why the attacks?

[matchbreaker]

That's what we're looking into!

Everything's clearly more complex than just some aggressive wolves at this point

[livingimpaired]

Is that so?
I suppose that explains why you are in a wolves den.

Does that mean that something is doing the attacks and the wolves are being blamed, then?

[matchbreaker]

Maybe! I think it might be more like something is forcing the wolves to attack. That Carlisle man seems to think it's "magic rabies."

[livingimpaired]

"Carlisle man?"

Something forcing the wolves to attack.
Do you know who they are attacking?

[matchbreaker]

You know, the one who sent out those texts at the top of the month and brought us out here? I heard you guys in the city got even more texts from him.

And yes! This little village up here.

[livingimpaired]

Ah, him.
I had forgotten about him.

[ Why is Kei like this? The world may never know. ]

No.
I did word that poorly.
My apologies.
Who in the village are they attacking?

[matchbreaker]

Livestock, mostly. They've also killed wild game and isolated the people here more than they already were. They also harass or attack people who go into the woods or too near this old ski lodge apparently.

The town's been fighting them since October.

You seriously forgot about him?

[livingimpaired]

Mysterious.
I cannot actually see any sense in what they're doing.
Other than attempting to drive the people out.

I have been busy.
I can't remember every man that sends a message and vanishes.

[matchbreaker]

Well he is someone from Retrospec who actually responds back. At least to us, but his initial message included an inbox too I think?

But no, I couldn't either, it's why I decided to try to communicate with them. Well, that and I was with two young women who wanted to try even more than me.

[livingimpaired]

Maybe?
Anyway, you seem fond of him.
I'll do my best to remember he exists and maybe speak to him later.

Dragged along by youth, hm?

[matchbreaker]

I don't know if you noticed yet, but people our age on this app almost feel like anomalies sometimes. Just 20-somethings everywhere.

I wouldn't say fond, per se, though. More that he's been more forward than anyone else, and I can speak with him as evenly as possible with a Retrospec employee.

[livingimpaired]

Ah, I see. Still... be proud, Elda Marker.
I don't know about you, but my twenties were not an enjoyable time.
My late thirties are not shaping up to be much better.
But I can honestly say I would rather keep moving forward than backslide for the sake of feeling young.

It's being drawn into the sense that you're able to talk to someone who has control.
And that you can feel familiarity with someone like that.

[matchbreaker]

Oh really? I loved my twenties, honestly! But if I had been on this app at that age, I'd certainly be a lot more foolish.

So "proud" might be a bit much, but I suppose I am grateful.

As for Carlisle...? Yeah, I can't deny that's somewhat accurate.

[livingimpaired]

I believe I would have ended up more stressed.
See? You're already feeling better about being an anomaly.

At least you realize it.
But yes, since you've spoken well of him -- or at least well of how forward he is with everyone, I may attempt a chat or two.

[matchbreaker]

Go for it. If you learn anything new from him . . .

Well, I've got my work cut out for me fixing up an edit to the guide.

[livingimpaired]

That is right.
You are the one who wrote up the guide.
Thank you for doing so.
I had been linked it to a friend's daughter.
I must admit it is nice that you are keeping all that in line.

[matchbreaker]

I did, but it's meant to be open to anyone, so it can live beyond me if I were to get removed from the app.

You're welcome though!

But ideally, more people will end up writing different sections of it to collect more perspectives and knowledge together. I'm sure I've missed things, especially about August or God forbid this month's mess; what the other three groups are doing.