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[seizedtheday]

I'm not saying I can't deny the possibility but it just doesn't feel like it. The variables just aren't equating into something cohesive enough for that.

That being said, I'm not really sure how a memory of oysters would factor into that.

[insantafe]

[ hold on. what. ]

Oysters?

[seizedtheday]

[ That's what you decide to focus on????? ]

A memory I ...remembered, I guess. 'The world is yer ester'

[insantafe]

The world is your what?

[seizedtheday]

Your oyster!

[ It's a good memory isn't it? Such an inconsequential one like this makes it seem less mind screwy. ... Or that's what he keeps telling himself anyway. ]

[insantafe]

You said "ester" before. What was that, some kind of bad accent?

[seizedtheday]

Don't look at me, that's how he pronounced it!

[insantafe]

Y'know, that's one thing I've noticed about those things. Everyone has an accent.

[ except Miss Lutece and her father ]

What's up with that? I haven't known anyone with an accent like that before. And that's just one more reason not to believe in them, if you ask me.

[seizedtheday]

...Really? Sounds like home to me.

[ pauses for a minute though ]

Come to think of it, the person who sounds closest to it is probably my grandfather.

[insantafe]

New York? You know I've only ever been when you dragged me out there. Why would I be getting memories of people with New York accents?

[seizedtheday]

[ you're asking the wrong person, buddy ]

Odder yet that memories come with archaic accents.

[insantafe]

See, this is what I'm saying. None of it makes sense, Davey! There's no way they're not screwing with us!

[seizedtheday]

We're just missing so much information .

[ Like who. And how. And why ]

But like I said, the possibility for trouble is there. But the chance that it doesn't hasn't really been disproven either.

[insantafe]

But do you really want to "remember" more stuff just to get it?

So I'd rather err on the side of caution. Sue me.

[seizedtheday]

It's more like since they don't seem to be inclined to stop any time soon, I'd rather have made my peace with that they'll happen like it or not.

[insantafe]

Even if it means seeing something you don't like?

[seizedtheday]

Well we can’t all just have Good Memories. There’s gotta be some bad along the way.

….
You didn’t kill a man or anything, didja

[insantafe]

Yeah, we’ll, it’d sure be nice to get more of the good ones.

...What the hell, Dave? You really think I’d do something like that?!

[seizedtheday]

Maybe all of the negativity doesn't help [ do you feel the judgment from across the room yet ]

But that's exactly my point. You've been acting like someone went and killed your dog. Nobody died, did they?

[insantafe]

[ hey how about you deal with some bad memories of your own before you start judging ]

Hey, I was doing just fine before she stepped in!

And that's a pretty damn low bar you're setting, you know. Doesn't make it much better.

[seizedtheday]

[ well maybe if you TALKED TO HIM he wouldn't be so on your case about it ]

Oh, she is involved in this then.

And look, you've gotta take the good where you can find 'em. Even if it's only a step up from the floor it could be worse.

But at least you know that you're not Jack the ripper

[insantafe]

[ !! secret's out! damn it he hadn't meant to do that... ]

Look, she came to me with those mind games of hers! If she'd been straight with me from the start there wouldn't be a problem!

[ Or... so he'd like to believe. That may not be true, with the memories he's been getting. And ha - take the good with the bad, he says. Just wait til Davey remembers what happened...

Is it wrong that Jack hopes he never does? ]

Wasn't that guy British? That's a far cry from New York.

[seizedtheday]

[ Persistence rues the day ]

Let me guess. She asked about the memories we share? [ Maybe now they can get somewhere now….. ]

And there’s no conclusive evidence on the guy. He could have been a foreigner for all we know.

[insantafe]

If that was all she’d done we might not be having this conversation. Like I said, if she’d been up front about it, it’d be fine.

Well, whatever’s going on in these memories, there’s been nothing about killing folks, so you can stop joking about that anytime now. And what’s with that anyway, huh? Is that what you’re always after? As long as no one dies everything’s alright?

[ His blood’s already starting to boil again, with everything he knows and this new memory under his belt. Maybe it’s time he walked away from this conversation... ]