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[forgetyourusedtobe]

Who: Elena Gilbert + you!
Broadcast: Video
Action: Starstruck if you want
When: now!!!

I was told that these augments [she gestures to her own and feels a little stupid for doing so because everybody knows what she's talking about (hopefully)] can alter memories. Does anybody have any more specific information on that?

Like how far back in your memory can it reach? How much can it change? How long does it last?

[...You know. Asking for a friend.]

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[truthvalue]

[WELP. That's fairly alarming.]

Can they really do that?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena nods a little.]

From what I've been told. I haven't experienced it myself. [A beat.] I don't think anyway...

[She's super unsure.]

[truthvalue]

[Souji has some experience with altered memories, but he knew they were false after the fact - after the Jaunt ended and he was sent hurtling into Liminal Space with two sets of memories warring for space inside his head.]

Have you noticed anything odd lately?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Depends on what you mean by odd. That's a little relative around here.

[truthvalue]

Odd about your memories. [You know. What made you ask about this in the first place.] Did you suddenly remember things you didn't before, or are there things you should remember but can't? Stuff like that.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

There's someone I don't remember.

[truthvalue]

Are you sure you know them?

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[takeabow]

[ she comes up on the screen. Katniss is never going to be super comfortable, but she figures it's worth contributing ]

I don't know about the augments, but I have some experience with losing memories.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Did you get the memories back?

[takeabow]

Uh... maybe? It's hard to tell.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

How did you figure out they were missing in the first place?

[takeabow]

I... only remembered one thing, and it didn't make sense in the context of where I was?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

What do you mean?

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[blindoptimism]

[She tucks a hair behind her ear as she answers, a slight tell that she feels bad for not having a concrete answer]

As far as I am aware, we do not have a definitive answer. Some people seem to have forgotten large swaths of time, while others just have a hard time remembering people that they've met in the last few years.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Have the memories ever come back?

[blindoptimism]

I think so. I've seen some people have memories return over time, but many don't.

[...] Do you know someone who is missing their memories?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

I don't remember someone at all.

[blindoptimism]

Oh... [her eyebrows crease with sumparhy] Someone from your world?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

No, they're not from my world. But they know me and they were important to me.

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[stefanged]

[He's not really sure if she's asking for him, but this isn't something he can exactly ignore either...]

I'm not sure about the augments specifically, but if you've got a false memory somewhere, something else'll eventually contradict it.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

What if there aren't any false memories and it's just...missing?

[stefanged]

That's a lot harder to tell.

[He's already flipping his diary, checking newer entries in case this is something he should be up and up on.]

I'm a strange case in that someone decided to fill in all the gaps for me, but if you've lost your memories, they're usually triggered by doing something similar to them.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

That didn't work so well the first time you lost your memories though, remember?

[stefanged]

[Guilty as charged.]

Worked pretty well the second time around. But that might be specific to the Numbered.

[There's a small, hesitant pause:] You're sure the missing memories are specific to you? Or that you haven't experienced them yet to begin with?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena shakes her head a little.]

I know they're specific to me, but I don't know a whole lot beyond that yet.