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[lostapprentice]

who else feels like their "past self" should have remained dead? i can't be the only one.

unrelated: has anyone had the misfortune of being granted injuries or scars from their past lives?

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[lingeringwill]

I think I might have done some bad stuff in that life, yeah.

I think I killed someone, at least.

My eyes changed color, but I haven't gotten any injuries

[lostapprentice]

you only think, then. you haven't confirmed it?

apparently that's not an uncommon change, though it seems insignificant.

[lingeringwill]

Yeah, they turned yellow, it was weird.

I took someone's heart from them, but not...literally? It felt a lot like killing her, but I dunno.

[standalonehuman]

We've had a few. The docs are starting to get used to seeing people about them.

Color me skeptical about the idea that it's unrelated, though.

[lostapprentice]

wonderful. apparently i'll have that to look forward to, then.

[Great. Awesome.]

fine, it's slightly related. i was just thinking about a memory i received recently.

[standalonehuman]

Stayed dead. You're one of the group of people who has seen the person Retrospec is showing them die?

[glaciers]

Just today.

[lostapprentice]

my sympathies.

[It's a sincere statement, even if text makes it difficult to tell. Even getting the memory of an injury kind of stung...]

is it something significant?

[glaciers]

[He knows where this injury came from and it only makes having it worse.]

It covers my entire left eye. So yes, it is.

[mercurio]

that bad huh?

[lostapprentice]

a man who has no qualms ordering child soldiers to kill entire villages isn't someone i'd consider worth "saving." would you?

[mercurio]

yikes
no way that's really messed up

[crushcard]

not remained dead, per se, but I remember my past self being turned to stone. I don't remember how it led to it or why it even happened specifically, but it would also have been relatively decent penance for some of my other memories.

[lostapprentice]

they had to have died for us to end up here in the first place, though i suppose stone is as good as dead.

any memories of mythological creatures involving snakes?

[crushcard]

the lack of context just means that i can't exactly tell whether i was revived back from stone or not. it's a mystery that has to wait for another day, apparently.

... ha. do dragons count?

[negativism]

Nothing yet, but unless something comes up to turn it from the contrary, I'm not thrilled with whatever "past me" did considering one of the memories involved me getting yelled at by someone, flipped onto my back, and weapons pointed at my face.

[lostapprentice]

given that you weren't the one pointing weapons at someone, i'm willing to give the other you the benefit of the doubt.

that does sound unpleasant, though.

[negativism]

Yeah, it's not great. Though my reasoning for thinking I was a dick was because the person who supposedly flipped me on my back was crying and telling me that I shouldn't say she wasn't worthy of something.

Dunno. Unfortunately this is probably going to bother me on and off until I get more context.

[godcards]

Yes and yes, but it's too late now for wishful thinking, now isn't it?

[lostapprentice]

it's never too late for catharsis.

[godcards]

Hard to be cathartic when you're dead. Unless you mean... something along the lines of retribution?

[parodeity]

yeah why did you get some

[lostapprentice]

no. i received a memory of an injury i'm not looking forward to.

i like having my face in one piece.

[manufactured]

[He's been generally trying to avoid saying it directly to anyone, because that makes them weird and upset about it and honestly, he's not here for anyone's feelings. Strangers on the network are another matter.]

Yes, on both counts.

How terrible are the memories that prompted this? I'm not asking for specifics, just a general figure.

[lostapprentice]

indiscriminate mass murder, if what i saw was a trend. it felt like nothing out of the ordinary, so i'm willing to bet it was.

and yours?