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Carlos doesn't remember the app.
I called him last night and it was like he forgot everything about it as well as the weird stuff going on.

[ After a quick check up— he's right. Not on the retrospec contacts. While he's at it, he'll flip through these other comments . . . . ]

what's with people saying "he's still your brother", christ
it's not like he turned into a zombie the app just got wiped like it did with us

Yeah. Idk. I think they mean well, but...
It's a little disturbing how many people felt they had to say it.

sure I guess if meaning well means downgrading people they're going places
this is why I hate fb

Ahaha...I don't think most of them mean it that harshly. ["Most"]
It sounds like some people who lose the app forget everything that happened while they had the app.
One person forgot their entire friendship with someone, and another forgot their girlfriend.
So they were just probably thinking of instances like that, and just forgot that he'd have 18 years worth of memories of me before the app.

[If anything he feels kind of bad these people that'd been forgotten were showing him such empathy while his brother still remembered everything about him]

No argument about fb though.

Edited 2017-09-23 14:18 (UTC)

wait what
don't we just forget there's anything wrong like the monsters?
we can't just forget people like that

Apparently not...
It makes sense in a way. If you met someone on the app, but then forget everything about the app...
Why would you remember them?

[ This is deep. ]

even the meetings that happen outside of the app but started with it?

I knew this shit was pointless, it only screws us
from now on don't do anything important with it

I'd assume so, unless the person with a girlfriend never actually met them face to face.

That's a little overkill, Eren. I need my phone for important things.
One guy suggested writing things down physically you want to remember.
How about we try that instead?

but we don't need the bullcrap app overkill is getting important shit taken from you

[ . . . ]

I'll try it out

I know. I don't like it either.
But don't you think not using the app will make it more likely we'd be removed?
Websites delete inactive accounts all the time.

[ alles lebendige stirbt eines tages . . .

]

let's hope not
retrospec is pretty unpredictable anyway

[ich mag dich eren aber warum bist du immer so dramatisch...]

Yeah, it is.

[A pause before he switches to sending him a Private Text]

He's happy for us.
That's why I called him.

Sorry, I didn't know if you wanted to keep things private or not.

[ MEINE FÜHLEN SIND ÄHNLICH AUF 1000 STALLIONEN, SIE MÜSSEN KOSTENLOS SEIN oh deflating balloon sound because that is a power you have ]

you shouldn't have to ask. or apologize, seriously
you should have the freedom to tell anyone you want
and i'm glad.

[Forget magic, this is Elliot's true power.]

Haha, okay.
~~Sorry~~ [Oh right don't apologize for apologizing. That's weird]
I just wanted to check.

I'm glad too.
Just don't do anything that ends up needing to call the fire department for awhile
Or you might get interrogated.

[Cause you better believe even without the app Carlos is an overprotective brother]

good thing I don't cook

[ or get stuck in small spaces but why would he ever . . . ]

about the app, though.
he might not remember it, but like hell I'd let you take any of this on alone.
so, you've got me. count on it.

Normally I'd say you really should learn.
But I'll save that talk for now. 😔

[The next part makes him smile though]

Hehe. You're my dashing bodyguard, right?
[Okay sorry, putting the flirty joking aside for now]
I know. Thank you Eren.
I'm scared, but I'd be a lot more scared if you weren't here.
I just wish I knew a way I could help out more for certain.
Think there's a chance we'll get lucky and get some nice powers?

im
es

[ when u don't know how flirt so you just

]

you'll help more than you give yourself credit for
ngl, it sounds really cool
any other memories clue you in?

[Eren you're fricking adorable.]

Not really.
I remember a girl attacking a monster with some knives
And she moved really fast, like a bullet.
So maybe that's a clue?
Idk what I was doing there though.

What about you? Anything?

helping fight monsters?

[ are you a wizard yet ]

but yea a few
all of the people in them are in uniform
the last one I was too
and I'm getting my ass kicked

Ha. Or getting my butt saved from them.

[Not for another week honey sorry]

Oh that doesn't sound good.
Were you fighting a monster or a person or...?

It wasn't that intense.... I think it was just training
like disarming people with a wooden rifle
i'm starting to think it's military

[ you can probably . . . sense the excited vibrations at that thought ]

Military huh?
Haha, that's fitting for you.

might just be me projecting but
with uniforms and weapons, crazy strong people— it'd be neat

what makes you think you weren't fighting that monster too?

From everything you've described, I think it's a solid theory.
That past me could play the violin.
So I wouldn't be surprised if the past you was in the military too.

Idk. No exact reason, I guess.
I really can't remember anything besides that girl attacking.
I think I was watching from a good distance behind her?
I wasn't close by.
Though now that I think about it, it's a little weird I could pick up that much detail from that far away...

Edited 2017-09-25 23:35 (UTC)