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[lecturehall]

I'm sure others have tried it on here so forgive me for asking again but... is there a way to permanently discard what we've been sent?

I tried to throw away some clothes but they keep returning. There's also something that was fixed perfectly when it should have remained shattered. (Though that, at least, was an accident.)

[It wasn't an accident at all.]

It's no urgent matter [it really is] just something I'm curious about. I can't imagine being stuck with objects I can never be rid of.

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[crushcard]

long story short, no, you're stuck with the items.

although I'm curious. my item seems to be the opposite in the sense that it stays broken no matter how much I fix it.

[lecturehall]

It came broken, I assume? Maybe the way they arrive is their permanent state. It'd be convenient if we were given things a bit more useful.

Can I ask what it is?

[crushcard]

yes. I'm more inclined to draw that conclusion now that I'm aware of your case and the initial condition of your item. My other items also arrived in near-mint(?) condition but I haven't had the chance to test damaging them before today.

It's nothing. A playing card that looks like it was torn into two. It's the only one in that set that's damaged.

[lecturehall]

It really is the most useless things...

Mine is a CD. It dropped from high enough that the whole case and disc cracked. Now it's back to normal.

[originallutece]

Can you send them to a place out of sight? Some attic or storage center? I wonder if they'd return to you even then.

[falsepretentious]

Try burning them.

[frostythehitman]

Yeah well lucky for you, you don't have to imagine it, because you have to live it.

I only lost the items Retrospec gave me once, and that was because they were playing some prank and gave it to someone else for like a week. Other than that, nope. You're just gonna have to find a way to live with it. I've got one of mine locked away in a safe.

[ Which is a gross oversimplification of "it's being kept in deep freeze in the morgue at the police station", but this is much easier to say. ]

[lecturehall]

I tried throwing them in a dumpster down the street last night. This morning they were folded and waiting on my desk. I think they may have been ironed too.

So if you count that then, yes. Otherwise I'm not quite sure where to get an attic. Maybe a chest?

[lecturehall]

That's against city regulations.

[lecturehall]

You're not a fan of metaphors, are you?

A safe isn't a bad idea. Though it'd be even better if I could hide it underneath my floor. I'd be worried about the temptation.

[frostythehitman]

I like metaphors perfectly fine, first off, and what you wrote wasn't even a metaphor anyway, so who's not a fan now?

"Temptation"? What did they send you, drugs?

[twelfthspark]

Ever cut your hair and had it grow back in a day? because that happened.

[falsepretentious]

How diligent of you. Even if you ensure that it's a controlled fire?

[lecturehall]

No! It's just... nostalgic, I suppose. A type I don't need.

[lecturehall]

You're kidding.

How much did you cut off?

[lecturehall]

If it's within the realm of the city then the only way to bypass it is with proper government clearance. I'd have to make an event out of it for it to be worth all the paperwork.

[twelfthspark]

Just a couple narrow sections.

[twelfthspark]

You totally should! Invite the rest of the network along to burn their useless junk. It'd be a hit.

[frostythehitman]

It's nostalgic, so you tried to burn it?

[lecturehall]

What is with you all and burning? You can't burn anything inside city limits without a permit. I just tried to leave it in a dumpster a few blocks from where I live.

[lecturehall]

And they all grew back overnight? How long did you sleep?

[lecturehall]

I

[actually...]

You'd think people would really want that?

[originallutece]

Ah, you're in the dorms, aren't you. A chest might work-- although now I'm curious. What is it about those clothes that makes you detest them so?

[lecturehall]

It's not that I detest them. The opposite of it, really.

It's just become complicated to have them.

[originallutece]

That's a very cryptic answer.

Going to clarify?