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[imaginex]

If someone's name isn't registered with restrospec anymore what happened

do they forget everything

how many people have disappeared

[Yes she's sure someone has asked this question a million times already but she cannot be assed to look for it

someone please help her, she can't get in contact with her sister]

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[falsepretentious]

[Sakura can't be asking this question for no reason... and a quick check of the directory confirms what must have brought this on.

So, like him, she is now missing family.]

I'm afraid so. They forget everything related to Retrospec and their other lives. And they become just like the other app-less citizens of the city.

Countless people have disappeared. I'm sorry, Sakura.

[imaginex]

[And normally, Sakura would be fine with that -- deeply hurt and upset, but fine.

But that last part

That she can't accept.]

She's always so busy. Maybe that's why she's not answering.

She has a lot of different jobs and is going back to school soon.

[falsepretentious]

[That sounds like denial. He's not sure about the best way to handle this, especially over text, but an attempt is made.]

Those are significant factors, to be sure. And I applaud her academic intentions.

But are you sure that is all that is happening?

[imaginex]

I came to this city to find her, she's the reason I'm here at all.

And it took me months to track her down.

[She just... she can't. She won't.

This is the only conclusion she can accept]

[falsepretentious]

And eventually, you found her.

She may be out of reach now, but that doesn't mean that you won't find her again.

[imaginex]

That would depend on retrospec being kind for once.

[... And she supposes that's the truth of it; finding Rin before had been a matter of effort, but only on her part. Now? She has to trust this place to put itself back together when it's constantly breaking.]

... Sorry, Byakuya-san. I know you're trying to help.

[falsepretentious]

There's no need for apologies. So what if I am trying to help? You're not wrong.

It depends on highly unlikely variables, while still remainining possible. That's all.