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[recollecters]

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[zerotohiro]

That's the opposite of not sounding dramatic.
And anyway there are different kinds of hell, so on a scale from one to ten how would you rate Retrospec hell?

[blacksong]

it depends i guess?
like on average idk
8
summer as a whole was like a solid 12 tho

[zerotohiro]

Wait why? What happened during the summer? People keep talking about last summer but not this one.

[blacksong]

[Just her own personal hell in a lot of different but equally terrible ways! Though when she thinks about it, she realizes that it likely wasn't THAT bad for other people.]

whole lotta weird shit
including almost my entire family not really remembering me anymore
same with most of my friends
so not excruciatingly painful but still pretty hellish

[zerotohiro]

I don't know. That still sounds pretty bad. Nobody's mentioned anything like that.
What happened? They all remember you now don't they? How did they even lose memories like that?

[blacksong]

yeah everything's back to normal
sorta anyways
they remembered whole different lives back then
even now i think parts of their memories are fuzzy because of how mixed up shit is

[zerotohiro]

So then...how do you even deal with something like that? Can you even trust their memories (or yours?) after all of that?
Not that I'm questioning it or anything I just want to know.

[blacksong]

uh



by not even thinking about it that far honestly
shit man
i know what i know and it seems like they remember what i expect them to
that's probably all i can ask for

[zerotohiro]

Okay okay, sorry.
This whole "an app is changing your life and everything you know about it" thing is new to me. I figure the only way to learn anything anymore is ask everybody else about what they're experienced.

[blacksong]

i mean that's as good a plan as any
other experiences with the app tho... let's see

feel like i've seen the city itself get fucked up like 3 different times now
occasionally landed in dangerous life-or-death situations
my hair turned white
lost an eye
remembered a whole bunch of awful shit

that about sums it up i think

[zerotohiro]

I've met a few people who've had different hair colors because of this dumb thing. And I heard about the monsters and stuff from last summer even if I don't remember that much.
But you're the first I've heard about losing something.
...are you okay? Did it hurt?

[blacksong]

idk how many other people have dealt with something like that
but i'm hoping it doesn't happen often
it happened a while ago now so yeah i'm fine
... but it did hurt when it happened

[zerotohiro]

[There's a pause before he replies.]

That's so unfair.
Maybe a lot of people don't have to deal with something like that happening but it's still not fair that it IS happening and that you actually have to feel it. I'm sorry.
But that means that whoever you're remembering also had a flower in her eye, doesn't it? Any idea why?

[blacksong]

you're telling me

[Honestly she just tries not to think about it much anymore because if she does, she'll never stop raging at how unfair it is.]

thanks tho
and i have a few ideas yeah
none of them seem to mean anything good

[zerotohiro]

I mean I can't think of any good reason someone's eye would be replaced with a flower but I might've been hoping someone came up with something better.
You're...not expecting even more changes, are you?

[blacksong]

... i dunno honestly
the person i remember lost her left arm
she has some kind of prosthetic too but
i don't wanna have to expect it at least

[The fact that she doesn't know who she's talking to is probably the only reason she mentions this. And that's not even getting into how she's not sure if she can change into whatever Zero actually is.]

[zerotohiro]

[That sounds terrifying? He's going to withhold mentioning that prosthetics can be pretty impressive and almost lifelike now since he doubts that'd help.]

Yeah, I can't blame you. I don't know if it's better to know in case it does happen or worse knowing it might happen.
Nobody ever said anything about these kind of changes.
I'm going to look into the app some more though. See if I can get into its programming, maybe figure out how this is even possible.
I haven't remembered anything yet, so...maybe I have time.

[blacksong]

i guess it just depends on what kind of person you end up remembering
i used to know some other people who lost eyes because of the app but
idk anyone who might've lost limbs
here's hoping you don't remember anything like that yourself
good luck though
i'm sure other people've tried that too but it doesn't hurt to have fresh eyes taking a look

[zerotohiro]

If it's a common enough pattern that it's happened before, there has to be a connection.
And anyway, my only other option would be to do nothing and that doesn't sound so great either.
If I find anything, I'll figure out a way to let people know.