MemMingle!

[thanks_satan]

Who: Idols
Where: Lobby?
When: 62 Afternoon

[ Well, how about it kids? You're out of points jail, you've had plenty of Lives. Care to try your luck with ye old trauma roulette? ]

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[criminaljustice]

[... oh wait.

he remembers that kid.

except not like that.

he remembers a kid who was abused along with their classmates by a shitty teacher who drove a girl to attempt suicide.

UM.]

[foolmetwice]

[UM INDEED]

[Mars for his part is still coughing up dirt, but there are people approaching him with water and stuff, so it doesn't take him too terribly long to catch his breath again. when he does, he. . . uh. well, first he dumps a bunch of dirt out of his palm onto the couch because he's rude (he won't clean that up)]

[and then he looks up and catches sight of Boss, and kind of freezes]

[. . .]

[he doesn't say anything]

[criminaljustice]

[... well.]

... getting stabbed sucks.

[empathic.]

[foolmetwice]

[. . .]

[wryly]

Quicker and more efficient than getting buried alive. It wasn’t that bad.

[yOU JUST GOT STABBED???]

[criminaljustice]

[ok but TRUFAX: STABBING IS BETTER THAN BEING BURIED ALIVE.

nods along.]

I mean, there's definitely worse ways to go.

[R U 2 EVEN OK???]

[foolmetwice]

[all signs point to no]

Being electrocuted. Drowning. Burned at the stake. Exsanguination.

[all signs point to DEFINITELY no]

[criminaljustice]

Being eaten.

[got that one under his belt. the horror was just belated.]

[foolmetwice]

[god]

We should play bingo.

[no!!!]

[criminaljustice]

That'll make people think we want to get brutally murdered.

[which, no?]

[foolmetwice]

[. . . gestures at the TV]

Been through it once. What’s a second time going to matter?

[is he joking]

[criminaljustice]

You'll make Prim cry.

[and then I will have to do bad things to make sure you stop making her cry.]

[foolmetwice]

[does. . . not. . . compute. . . everyone dies here right. . . why cry over it. . .]

[but also it’s been five days and that’s semi-effective, because Prim is HSS]

. . .

[criminaljustice]

[YEAH, GOOD.]

... anyway, how the hell do you know what happens a month into the future?

[foolmetwice]

[gives him a long look]

How should I know?

[criminaljustice]

[frrrrrowns...]

... I remember that kid. But he was just... someone who was beaten up by a shitty coach at school. Said shitty coach was so bad to students, one of them tried to kill herself.

[foolmetwice]

[. . . oof]

. . .

So it’s different. . .?

[criminaljustice]

I dunno... maybe?

In my memory... he did seem genuinely upset and remorseful that he followed that teacher's orders to spread rumors about me to the school at large.

[foolmetwice]

Uuuuh so I don’t remember, exactly, seeing anyone be remorseful, but that’s mostly because I don’t have any memories.

[taps his head with a scowl]

Pretty sure, however, that that— [waves a hand st the TV] — was not remorse.

[criminaljustice]

Yeah, no. Definitely not remorseful.

[just... so confusing.]

... his voice kind of did that thing that shitty King Kamoshida did...

[foolmetwice]

. . . who?

[kamoshitty what now]

No memories, remember? Names mean zilch to me.

[criminaljustice]

[welp.

time to buy a replay of a memory to show you this shit]

[foolmetwice]

[what the FUCK that’s so fucking BADASS]

[also I guess that’s a shitty king]

Holy shit. . .!

[criminaljustice]

Yeah.

[basically.]

So, uh. Personas. Shadows... things like that... maybe that guy was a Shadow...?

But I think Shadows usually turn into monsters.

[foolmetwice]

[he wants one. . .]

I’m not. . . really in a position to speculate?

[but Boss is right; it was similar]

[criminaljustice]

I'm not really, either. A, Fox, and Prim have gotten more memories of fighting Shadows than I have.

[frrrrrooooowns more]