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So I'm sure there's plenty of moments where you guys have gone "what." at the hallucinomemories but bear with me for a sec here-

Anyone ever deal with something that when you looked it up just made barely any scrap of sense? Not even in the nonsense way, mind you. Like apparently I was called "Fafnir" in one of mine. As in (depending on where you take it from, shut up I had to look it up after finding out obviously) an asshole dragon or a giant. Either way, he gets smoked.

So running bet here is either:

1.) was the "other me" self-aware that he was a dick in some capacity?

or

2.) did he just pick the name out because it sounded cool?

Because if 1, then I can respect that; but if 2, then what the shit.

(David here just got his freebie regain in the form of remembering his mercenary codename, and in a sense of self-deprecation, I had to poke fun at myself for my choices. No regrets.)

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dragons are cooler than giants

and also

it could be both?

Going by previous experience it is also possible you were a giant or a dragon. Either way, your current accommodation will prove inadequate if you start to change.

[ Although Laurent doesn't truly believe this, he's still in denial in many ways. ]

Dragons seem to be coming up a statistically suspicious number of times.

It sounds like a name a teenager would have decided on before researching the irony. Both seem plausible.

[Amelia be nice]

I mean that's a given, yeah.

Then I repeat: what the shit. This whole memory thing is fucking weird.

Possibly. I guess the fact that we had dealt with literal monsters not too long ago kinda threw any doubts about that being possible out the window.

You too? Suppose that's one thing I can take solace in.

At this rate I'm almost scared to find out which one's actually right.

I have had outlandish dreams, yes. That is all they are.

[...still, she was rather loathe to wake up from them sometimes. That feeling of power was difficult to replicate.

She missed it.]

Its beginning to sound like a fair amount of us have some tie to dragons.

It really doesn't sound like a coincidence at this point.

I want to say it is for me too but who knows.

[ Call it a gut feeling or something. ]

And what makes you say that?

Dunno whether to feel relieved or insulted over it, really.

This whole thing is just confusing.

In my case, dragons are nothing good, so at least it sounds like you were probably sane?

Because what I remember of dragons doesn't imply that.

Instinct? it's nothing that's actually happened so far, but with what has, there's got to be some truth to it all. I dunno.

Perhaps it's merely wish fulfillment. I am certainly not thirty feet tall in anywhere but a few dreams.

[She's Tall, but not that tall.]

Hopefully. At the very least I had pissed off a few people, though that's honestly pretty unhelpful without context.

No, I guess not.

This whole other lives thing is bizarre, to say the least.

why couldn't it have been that someone else named you
maybe they had an odd sense of humor

Fafnir is from German mythology. It's a part of where we get dragons hoarding treasure and being slain by knights.

Given that the hallucimemories usually don't line up with any specific story that we know of, it's more likely that your other is similar to Fafnir, at most.

just wait until you get weird abilities

did you know that I couldn't twirl a baton to save my life before Retrospec happened? And now I twirl spears

among other things

anyways, it's not your first memory, right? What else have you learned about this Fafnir guy?

Dragons are badass.

I used to go by the Dragon of Dojima in my memories, but I'm pretty sure it was just a reputation thing. Or because I had the kanji for dragon in my name.

I'd go with #2 anyway. Naming yourself after a dragon would be pretty cool.

dragon
for reasons
also
have you ever felt the need to call me a leech anytime at all
besides the other names

Do you not think Fafnir sounds cool?

I think it sounds cool

It's not - but the other ones are pretty vague. Guy apparently liked to fight, those were the main triggers so far. And maybe had a thing for people with weird eye colors, the two main players I saw in them both had gold eyes.

Maybe. Though I really would prefer not getting weapons pointed in my face in one case, made of fire or otherwise.

It is. Should invest in a lot of aspirin at this point.

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