MEMORIES

[afailedmurder]

Who: Cheapskates who broadcast their memories
Where: Around the hotel
When: Dy 29, evening

[REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE, SIMBA... REMEMBER...]

Comments

[criminaljustice]

[HOW COME YOU KEEP REMEMBERING MY FRIENDS FIRST???]

[afailedmurder]

[probably because I buy memories significantly faster. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY]

What do you think of my abilities?

[criminaljustice]

Our abilities.

And I'm not even sure what we're doing, exactly.

[afailedmurder]

We're fighting Shadows in Mementos. You were short on cash, I think.

[criminaljustice]

... that explains literally nothing except I get cash from fighting.

[afailedmurder]

Mementos is a part of the cognitive world. The people's twisted desires manifest there.

[criminaljustice]

... are you going to do this piece by piece.

[afailedmurder]

That's more or less how the Phantom Thieves stole hearts. You'd go into the cognitive world, find your target, and force them to repent their evil ways. I believe that memory took place shortly after I joined the group.

[criminaljustice]

... so you're saying we literally changed people's minds.

[wait.]

Forced a "change of heart".

[afailedmurder]

Exactly. After you were finished with someone, they became a totally different person.

[criminaljustice]

[. . . unsure how accurate this assessment is but also...]

But we only went after criminals.

[remembers that from the tv station memory]

[afailedmurder]

Yes, that is true. At least as far as I can tell.

[criminaljustice]

Criminals that the police and government wouldn't go after.

[which we know why that's the case.

spoilers: it's because your boss is a fucko.]

[afailedmurder]

That would seem to be the case, yes.

[criminaljustice]

[... yeah, he sees no reason he should feel bad about that, then.]

Guess that explains some things.

[afailedmurder]

I suppose it does.

[criminaljustice]

So...

Cognitive world.

And a place called Mementos where we run around defeating Shadows--which are... twisted desires?

[see, he was right that you were gonna remember this shit first]

[afailedmurder]

It'll make sense to you once you remember for yourself.

How many memories have you purchased thus far, anyway?

[criminaljustice]

Seven.

The past couple of weeks weren't that productive for me.

[for legitimate reasons i mean terribad game followed by relationship explosion followed by terribad game, uhhhh...]

[afailedmurder]

I see, so you're not too far behind me. The producers seem interested in maintaining the intertwined nature of our "story arcs" so I'm sure you'll get something enlightening soon enough.

[criminaljustice]

Either that or get a bunch of inane things since I got that last big one...

[afailedmurder]

Or that. Either way, I'm sure it will be entertaining.

[criminaljustice]

"Entertaining" is one way to look at it.

... why do you get to remember my friends before I do, anyway? That's stupid.

[afailedmurder]

Likely because that's what you want to remember, just as my own awakening is something I would like to remember.

I enjoyed this memory, though. Fighting Shadows is quite the thrill.

[criminaljustice]

It looked like...

[he wants to remember fights with his team! 8(]