Got a Mind Like Swiss Cheese

[hollystrike]

Who: Katie and you
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Vanquish, Iskaulit
When: 25th June onwards

[You'd think she'd reach out to let people know she was okay.  What a jerk.

Instead, running into Katie might be an accidental thing.  She's either curled up in her room on the Vanquish (her actual room, not the personnel office), patting Licorice absently and not sure why the poor cat sounds so distressed...

...or the jumbled pieces of memory she has eventually lead her to the Iskaulit, exploring most places in the vain hopes it will fill in the gaps.

Run into her anywhere.  She's not staying put in any one place unless someone gets her attention, but moving through in a slow sort of way, wrapped in the warmest coat she has.  Except for one point where she passes her reflection and stares for a while.]

...

When did I get so old...?

Comments

[hollystrike]

Hard to answer. Everything's such a jumble I have a lot of difficulty determining what came last.

[She's already tried to work this out.]

The surest memories I have are all far too old to be the last thing. Sorry.

[shroudedsecrets]

I wonder why that is.

[Oh does she wonder. Did it mean this had happened before, that she "lost" whatever had been that special part of her, enough for her to be left like this...?]

Until you start feeling better, we will just have to make new memories. Then we can laugh about it when it does all come back.

[hollystrike]

[She tries a tentative smile at that.]

Well...I suppose I've only met you just recently, as you say. Do you mind telling me about yourself again?

[shroudedsecrets]

[She tilts her head.]

Most of it you will remember later, so if you don't mind, I'll skip the boring parts.

[hollystrike]

Can't you at least tell me why we were raised apart? That sounds juicy.

[shroudedsecrets]

There is a lot we don't know about it at all. We haven't exactly gotten to the confrontation stage with our families. We wondered if it was because I was ill, growing up. Being here has been a... change of pace instead of dealing with that.

[That almost hits home in an entirely different way. Easier to keep it real, she supposes.]

[hollystrike]

[Oh. She doesn't know this sister from a bar of soap, but she still feels a sudden concern.]

Have you recovered now?

[shroudedsecrets]

Better than I have been in a long time. Do not worry. The only cause for concern is you not remembering... maybe you would feel better with a distraction.

[A considering pause.] Do you want to watch a movie?

[hollystrike]

[She brightens a little. That sounds so... normal.]

We can do that here?

[She has some recollection of a tiny cinema, but surely that was some place else.]

[shroudedsecrets]

Yes, there is a place to watch them on this ship. You seemed quite fond of it.

[hollystrike]

I'm not surprised. [Lots of B Grade movies, she recalls. And-- oh.] Have you watched any with me before this?

[shroudedsecrets]

A couple of times.

[If only for the sake of appropriating knowledge, not that they were easy to sit through. Too many antics to be appreciated as real entertainment. But she puts her effort in where it is due.]

We last saw the Princess Bride together.

[hollystrike]

Of course. [She remembers! Well-- not her sister, but she's watched that movie half a dozen times at least while here. Odd what sticks with you.]

It's a fun movie, isn't it? I used to have a crush on Wesley when I was little.

[shroudedsecrets]

["Fun". That certainly was a word.

It was an "experience", she'd give it that much. Far more interesting to see Katie's reactions to it and somehow survive the layers of inanity of it all. Still, she was glad to hit some point of reference for her, even if it was that... movie.]

I enjoyed Miracle Max and his wife.

[hollystrike]

[Look, there are far worse movies to watch!!

...of course, all the Z-list scifi movies would probably just give Haggar robeast ideas. Aheh.]

Weren't they great? Have fun storming the castle! [See now, you'll need to divert her before she traps you with incessant Princess Bride quotes.]

[shroudedsecrets]

[If she understood the concept of regret, maybe. It's Weird but she's also Been Alive a Long Time to not care.

But at least Katie seems to be in a better mood? She's... helping. Right.]

They could have had a whole movie to themselves. [Never say she doesn't make sacrifices.] Come, let us go find ourselves something else amusing.

[hollystrike]

[Put aside the vaguely dreadful experience of having half a memory for bad movies? Seems like a fun idea.]

Lead the way.