[ 01 ] A Mystery Performance!

[dornen_kiste]

_{[ Yogi shares a video ]}

So that happened during the Founder's Day Parade. A very nice man was kind enough to take a vide of me doing it - but I don't understand what half of it even means!

I suppose I understand the 'Sparkling Prince' bit maybe but the rest...

Has anyone ever heard of "The National Defense Organization - Circus" before? And what do I mean when I say I'm a "Second Ship Fighter"? Was I a fighter? I don't feel like a fighter, so why would I be a fighter?

Anyways, if anyone has any ideas, I would really appreciate it. Why are none of my memories helpful...

_{[ ooc: Yogi is not in the outfit in the video nor is he holding swords. He is in the Founder's Day King's Crown from the parade and a suit. He will be making all the same motions, so it will certainly look like he should be holding something, even though he is not. ]}

Comments

[dandyofawolf]

Might I recommend calming down first, Yogi?

[He loves you but seriously...]

[dornen_kiste]

I am calm, I'm just frustrated! I've watched this again and again, and nothing is clicking.

[dandyofawolf]

Most memories don't make sense until you get all of the pieces.

[Sorry, Yogi. He's very...tired today.]

[dornen_kiste]

Yeah, someone else said that too. Just - between the sheep, the rabbits, and this... Kind of some weird pieces.

_{[ He's totally sighing on the other end of this. ]}

[foeyay]

the best way to remember if you fought in your other life is to fight now! i can help with that. :)

[dornen_kiste]

That... makes sense, I suppose. I do call myself a fighter. I don't think I'd do that without reason.

_{[ Even though it makes his stomach twitch a little. He's not into fighting... ]}

[foeyay]

[Unfortunately for Yogi's stomach, Kamui is always up for a fight. The chance to duke it out with a wimp and watch him evolve into something more mid-fight is too much of a cinematic miracle to ignore. If he's stuck having to deal with Retrospec's baggage, then the least they can do is let him take advantage of it every once in a while!]

right? if it works, everybody wins! if it doesn't, you still get to brag about your battle scars to your friends.

[blondferret]

My best advice: Give yourself a few months. One of my first memories had the phrase, "Ministry of Magic," and it took me a while to figure out that my other self, Draco, is from a world where there is magic. I'm still not completely sure, but I think there a part of the government that is specifically for magic stuff, but I still don't know.

So perhaps "The National Defense Organization - Circus" is a government organization the other you is a part of?

[dornen_kiste]

That would make sense. Circus seems a sort of silly name for a government organization though. But maybe it's an acronym?

[blondferret]

That would be a really long acronym.

Crimminal
Investigation and
Research
Community
U ?????
Services

I couldn't think of something for "U"

[beneathmoonlight]

I know how you feel. I have no idea what half of my memories mean either.

I haven’t heard of those things, but even if you were a fighter in your memories, that doesn’t mean you have to be one now.

[dornen_kiste]

I know, but it makes me wonder why this other me - why they chose that. Did they chose it? I say it like I'm proud of it, so I have to think I - me - did choose it.

And what were they - me - fighting for?

[beneathmoonlight]

There’s no way to know until you remember.

Maybe he was fighting to protect the people he cared about.

[liberal_arts]

How delightfully theatrical!

And trust me, I didn't think of myself as a warrior of any kind, before, either. But if that's what wound up happening.

[dornen_kiste]

It did feel pretty nice saying it. A little heroic really.

I think if i was fighting to protect people I would be more okay with it. I don’t know what I would do if I found out I was fighting to hurt people.

[liberal_arts]

Not to be a downer, but isn't fighting of any sort intended to result in hurting of someone?

[thesettingsun]

Memories come in really weird orders. My first memory was about being arrested for association with a communist group, and it took me nearly a year to remember why I didn't have any other memories related to that one.

A circus doesn't sound very intimidating, does it?

[dornen_kiste]

No, not really, but I did also say "national defense force" so maybe circus stands for something instead?

[thesettingsun]

Maybe, but the posing doesn't help the association any.

[pseudonyms]

never heard of it but it feels like the words "circus" and "national defense" maybe shouldn't be in the same sentence...

but I think most people don't get useful memories for a long time. some of mine feel like they have weird holes in them too

[dornen_kiste]

That's what I think! Circus' are supposed to be fun, not, uh, defensive.

I haven't gotten that many back to be honest, and the first to were just of these really cute sheep and bunnies in top hats and capes. Maybe they're related. I mean, those feel like things you would see in a circus...

[pseudonyms]

exactly! my brother has memories from being in a circus I think but I can't imagine him being a fighter or anything either

...those are definitely things you'd see in a circus or a magic show. maybe you were like a crimefighting magician or something? that would explain the defense part at least

[floret]

Maybe "National Defense Organization Circus" means a special circus that's performed exclusively for members of the national defense organization!

[dornen_kiste]

It's possible! I mean that's definitely something I could do! I kind of really like that idea,
haha.

[floret]

I guess it doesn't explain the fighter part, though.
Unless maybe... it's stage combat?