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criminaljustice) wrote2018-10-28 01:20 pm
criminaljustice) wrote2018-10-28 01:20 pmEntry tags:
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This is Boss AKA Joker AKA "Prisoner". Leave a message.
criminaljustice) wrote2018-10-28 01:20 pm
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Joker: praise be! he's not a complete idiot!
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Water Lily: I'm really glad.
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Joker: I'm glad it all worked out
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Water Lily: We're just friends.
[kiss friends..... but friends. but he is pretty sure if anyone brought up the idea of dating Mars might freak out, so he wants to make that clear in case Joker ever tries to prod him about it.]
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Joker: i'm the last person to recommend rushing into anything
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Water Lily: He had some really good embarrassed faces.
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Joker: but do get me any public ones
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[attached is a photo of Mars doing a peace sign with an otherwise straight face in front of a hospital wall with NERD written in red, spooky letters]
Water Lily: Hey... can I bother you for one more thing, though? Unrelatedly?
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one day, there will be a smile.]
Joker: sure? I don't mind
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Water Lily: I guess I'm wondering, how do people keep going for more memories when they remember horrible things, or know there's horrible things yet for them to remember?
[like getting shot by your boyfriend...]
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good question. since he hasn't gotten another memory since then.]
Joker: curiosity, mostly?
Joker: wanting to know the people they were
Joker: or the people they knew
Joker: important things like that
Joker: like for me... I want to know how things went so wrong
Joker: and i want to remember my friends who were with me the whole way through
Joker: 2 of them are here... and I want to remember them, too
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Water Lily: I guess I'm just kind of scared.
Water Lily: Remembering a lifetime of abandonment wasn't what I expected from trying to get memories.
Water Lily: I'm curious about that weird thing I remembered first, but... I don't know how much I care to know about who I was?
Water Lily: I like who I am now. I don't want that to change, especially since it felt like I'd grown so jaded by the time I caught up.
Water Lily: Though...
Water Lily: You saying that weird thing reminded you of that cognitive place you knew makes me wonder if I might be connected to you, or to Mars, and that makes me curious.
Water Lily: But the curiosity is being curbed by fear... I don't want to hurt more like I did.
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Joker: you're going to change in this place one way or another
Joker: games aren't kind
Joker: they're getting worse
Joker: violence is spilling out of games, also
Joker: which is what they want us to do to keep this place running
Joker: but things are already different here compared to where you came from originally
Joker: you have friends
Joker: you have Mars, too
[you have... Joker... but he is. not bold enough currently.]
Joker: and if it is the same kind of thing that Mars and I remember...
Joker: chances are likely, you'll remember some useful skills or abilities or maybe even... other people
Joker: I dunno
Joker: fear is... hard. but. I think if you really want to know, you can
Joker: and you have friends to help you through it.
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pause.
this repeats a few times.]
Water Lily: You're right.
Water Lily: I want to know.
Water Lily: Things are going to get painful either way.
Water Lily: Maybe... the chance of nice things are worth the chance of bad things.
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Joker: no pain, no gain, right?
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[pause...]
Water Lily: If I get another memory, do you maybe want to sit with me when I do?
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but also he's... weak]
Joker: sure
Joker: just text me when you want to
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Water Lily: Okay. Thank you.
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