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Who: idols
Where: where you are taking your memories. probably the park but maybe it's the lobby.
When: day 69

[ hey, who else is trying to forget everything that just happened by remembering? its memory time. ]

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Interesting city.

You think so?

I can't tell if it's supposed to be modern or not. Obviously you have the technology for a modern civilization and yet --- something seems off.

...Really? I wonder what. Obviously it looks normal to me, so I dunno.

What's with the wall around the city?

[Also why are you buff as fuck if you seem to be a delivery boy]

For defense...

[Gears turning, trying to remember]

...There was something outside that had to stay out. ...dddaemons? I think it was daemons... wait no there was something else. ...I think...we were...at war? Daemons and war?

[screws up his face]

Bleh, I can't quite remember.

What's the difference between a daemon and a demon?

Daemons are... uhh... they're creatures that live in dark places. They come in all shapes and sizes, and they kinda boil up from the ground. They're a byproduct of... a parasite, I think? People and animals that die from it sort of, like... melt, and reform as daemons somehow. I'm not sure how it works, exactly.

I'm kinda unclear about demons, honestly. I guess sometimes they can talk, and you can summon them, make deals or contracts with them, and they can possess people? Which is all different from daemons, as far as I know.

Pink broadcasted a memory that had a demon in it. It was made of plants, and belonged to one of his classmates, I think? It was apparently friendly and benign, which is also different from daemons.

So just different strands of nightmare fuel, I see.

. . .

Pink comes from a world with demons? No wonder he's unfazed by all the bullshit that goes around here.

Yeah. He knows a lot about them, too. By the way he talks, I think they might be pretty common where he's from.

I'll remember that.

[Points to the screen as if it were still showing the memory]

Was the person behind the counter who I think it was?

It was Thorn! Can you believe it?! It turns out we're from the same place!

You didn't have any idea?

[shakes his head] I only found out just now!

Uhh, but I didn't recognize him in the memory. He was a stranger.

I see. How many memories have you taken?

This is my third one!

And thus begins the arc between you and Thorn. Not nervous about how the producers are going to play that out for you?

I honestly have no idea what to expect.

What's it like with you guys? You've got four other people here from Before, right?

Yes. And as far as I can tell we just get into card game death matches.

So I guess things are pretty much the same, then?

[Laughs at that]

Right.

So that means probably a different arc for you. Otherwise it would be boring.

I have no idea what the connection might be between Thorn and I. Maybe nothing? For all I know, that was the only time we met.

So I guess our arc -- if we have one -- is an exciting mystery for the future!

I'm going to go with friends or lovers torn apart by an unfortunate misunderstanding.

A mysterious meeting seems like a good opener for that kind of thing.

[laughs]

That sounds a lot better than being enemies! Fingers crossed, I guess!

Please. Then they would have front loaded the awful memories in their desperate pull for ratings.

This has to be something more... subtle.