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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?

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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.

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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]

[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.]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Did you get the memories back?

[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?

[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?

[takeabow]

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

[forgetyourusedtobe]

I don't remember someone at all.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

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

[blindoptimism]

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

[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]

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]

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

[forgetyourusedtobe]

There's someone I don't remember.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

What do you mean?

[takeabow]

Sorry, it didn't happen here. It doesn't have anything to do with the augment. It happened in the last place I was at, Aather.

[blindoptimism]

I see. [it sounds like a complex situation, and a painful one on both sides]

As far as I know, there's no way to... Kickstart the process of regaining old memories. [and she pauses for a moment, before a personal question slips out] Do you think this person is willing to create new memories together?

[truthvalue]

Are you sure you know them?

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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]

They know me and we were...close. I just don't remember anything about it.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Aather? [She's aware that there are other places people have been taken to, but this is the first time she's heard of this one.] What was that place like?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

I think so. I... I hope so?

[It feels wrong not at least making the effort anyway.]