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Nyardyn Mewzunia He certainly keeps busy, doesn't he? One wonders where he finds all the energy.
Nyardyn Mewzunia This may lead nowhere, of course, but there's no harm in the suggestion for now.
Nyardyn Mewzunia In the meanwhile, I wonder what other manner of odd things will be sent from Retrospec before we get any real answers?

Hitori Togusa The current winner is the young lady who got sent the smiling fruit before the rest of us were subjected to the change.
Hitori Togusa Who knows what's next? I'm afraid to even make a suggestion, because Retrospec will find away to surpass the most ridiculous thing I could come up with.

Nyardyn Mewzunia Has there been any correlation between what has been sent, and the "memories" that plague us, however?
Nyardyn Mewzunia If that's the case, then you need only hope that said memories are mundane and unexciting, and therefore you'll be sent nothing ridiculous at all.

[Togusa almost flat-out lies to Ardyn, when he remembers that one of the only other people who knows that Togusa has gotten anything is Ardyn's own brother so maybe he shouldn't outright lie, if Fynn could bust him so easily.]

Hitori Togusa I wouldn't know, because I've missed out on the fun of the hallucinomemories.
Hitori Togusa Only other example I can think of was a guy that got a cat plush in the mail, and he didn't remember anything about it.

[And the former is of more interest than the latter.]

Nyardyn Mewzunia Really? No "hallucinomemories" at all?
Nyardyn Mewzunia You seem to be one of the fortunate few, Togusa. I'm almost jealous.

Hitori Togusa Not a thing. I've only run into two other people who haven't.
Hitori Togusa Either we've found their control group, or we just haven't done the right things yet.
Hitori Togusa Somebody was suggesting that they come to you when you're sleeping, so I should get on a human sleep cycle like everyone else.
Hitori Togusa I said I'd take it under advisement.

Nyardyn Mewzunia Having a normal sleep cycle has little to do with it, else I wouldn't have experienced these memories either.

[Ardyn has a terrible sleep schedule you know.]

Nyardyn Mewzunia And I can tell you for certain that they've come to me when I was very much awake. Every time.

Hitori Togusa I don't know what to tell you, then. Either I need to luck into the right conversations, or there's nothing to tell.

[Pause.]

Hitori Togusa If you're just recalling things like your normal memory, then how come it sticks out? You'd said something before about snow, you're sure that it's something that you can't have done before, instead of it just being an incident that you'd forgotten about?
Hitori Togusa Not, for example, something from your childhood that you just hadn't thought about since it happened?

Nyardyn Mewzunia Naturally, I can't speak for everyone, but there are qualities that simply don't make sense in the context of experiences that I've merely... forgotten about.

[Though to be fair, it's not like Togusa would know. He hasn't spoken to the man about it in finer detail.]

Nyardyn Mewzunia I've also remembered monsters that can't possibly exist.
Nyardyn Mewzunia And healing people with a literal magic touch.
Nyardyn Mewzunia And that's not even taking into consideration the clothes I happened to be wearing.

Hitori Togusa Healing?
Hitori Togusa I can see it. Somehow, it fits with your personality.
Hitori Togusa But it feels like you've done it, even though magic doesn't exist and monsters aren't real?

[It's right there. Yes, this is a serious conversation, but the line is right there. Just take it. Taaaake it.]

Hitori Togusa Why, what were you wearing, something that matched?

[wow he was going to respond to the other question first but now he's been derailed by the usual fashion criticisms.

Not that he's even mildly offended.]

Nyardyn Mewzunia You're hilarious, Togusa.
Nyardyn Mewzunia My feelings are utterly and completely hurt.
Nyardyn Mewzunia Now I'm not sure I want to tell you, else I might be attacked by another snide remark.

Hitori Togusa If you count that as an attack, how have you survived around your brother for so long?
Hitori Togusa Even if logic is telling you that what you're seeing is impossible, how do you know it's true?

Nyardyn Mewzunia Because Fynn is predictable in his emotions, and therefore his verbal attacks as well.
Nyardyn Mewzunia One learns to block out his words after years of practice.

[Sorry Fynn. But it's true.]

Nyardyn Mewzunia As for your question, the answer is unsatisfactory.
Nyardyn Mewzunia A gut feeling. A certainty that's difficult to explain unless you've experienced them yourself.
Nyardyn Mewzunia Hardly proof, I know.

Hitori Togusa I've told him he needs to start getting more creative in his insults if he wants all of us to stop thinking there's something going on between him and Detective Gabranth. He's just a little too specific in what he wants to do to the man.

Hitori Togusa Proof's for investigations. Doesn't mean it's not happening.
Hitori Togusa Makes you wonder what would happen if Retrospec does another one of those competitions. "One chance to remember." But what would happen if it gets given to someone who isn't "remembering" anything?

Nyardyn Mewzunia But maybe there is something going on. Can you imagine?

[pours fuel on the fire with absolutely no regrets.]

Nyardyn Mewzunia Someone like yourself, you mean?

Hitori Togusa Hey, I'm in favor of it! Whatever makes Fynn happy. I would just lock the two of them in the supply closet, and let them work it out, but we don't have a door strong enough to withstand both of them trying to break it down.

Hitori Togusa Well. Yeah. We're pretty limited in who of us isn't seeing anything. We're out here, but that means that I have to give it a shot, whatever comes up.

Nyardyn Mewzunia I think you should try it anyway.
Nyardyn Mewzunia I'm sure with enough manpower pressed against the door, they'll be forced to confront their feelings in the confines of a closet, rather than escape.

[God, he hopes either Fynn or Gabranth sees this, honestly.]

Nyardyn Mewzunia Regardless, it would be interesting to see if a memory did crop up for you anyway.
Nyardyn Mewzunia Hypothetically speaking. I'd not wish it on you in reality.

[And now Togusa is getting suspicious looks from his neighboring desks, because he has burst out into very loud laughter. Never before has the word 'manpower' been quite so funny.]

Hitori Togusa I don't know if the door would be able to stand up to that, either...

Hitori Togusa It really is bothering you, isn't it?
Hitori Togusa I appreciate the concern. Maybe I shouldn't try to force it, but I wish things weren't so uncertain.

Nyardyn Mewzunia You won't know unless you try.

[Ardyn is trying hard not to laugh at the very thought. Sorry Fynn. Of course, it's easy enough to quell this feeling of amusement when swinging back around to the subject of memories.]

Nyardyn Mewzunia I think it's only reasonable for it to bother me. And for me to be worried about others, if they'll not do it themselves.
Nyardyn Mewzunia But it's the uncertainty, as you said, that disturbs me the most.

[If they somehow by pure happenstance do get locked in the closet, Togusa is going to get blamed now. Somehow, he's okay with this.]

Hitori Togusa I don't even know what I should be worried about. The scope of what people have been reporting is so out there, it could be anything. Magic, monsters, feudal battles, what's next?
Hitori Togusa The big question everyone's grappling with is the same deep down: what does Retrospec know about us that we don't know about ourselves?

Nyardyn Mewzunia If they know something, then why not reveal all at once?
Nyardyn Mewzunia What's the point of one memory here, another there?
Nyardyn Mewzunia I'd rather be privy to the entire story, or none at all.

[The irony is that, no, you wouldn't, Ardyn.]

Hitori Togusa Because human memory doesn't work that way. I think. You can't just suddenly recall your whole life at once, you can only focus on a piece at a time.
Hitori Togusa Either that, or the shock of remembering a whole lot at once would fry your mind.

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Argh that Jack being like "Hey I got a sweet gun!" hasn't happened yet.

what are timelines....

Throw Jack under the bus later

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