mingle (memory edition)

[widenessofthesea]

Who: y'all (with memories to take)
Where: everywhere (where you feel comfortable taking memories)
When: day 350, midday onwards (or earlier, i don't know your life)

[ anyway maybe having a bad time has made you want to take memories for whatever reason

maybe you just want to take memories. live your best life ]

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351, morning cw: cannibalism mention, human remains as a result

[quickpersuader]

[They're fortunate in that the glass doesn't last very long, leaving them free to take a run in a new tracksuit with... a sailor collar? Well, whatever counts.

It's as they're taking a break to drink some water from the conbini by the hotel that they decide to regain a memory and

well.

This might actually be the only one they take today.

At least it seems they know their name now.]

Re: 351, morning cw: cannibalism mention, human remains as a result

[romanticlove]

Are you alright...?

[She doesn't know where to begin with all of that. She feels bad that this was how they regained their name.]

Re: 351, morning cw: cannibalism mention, human remains as a result

[quickpersuader]

[They release a soft, long breath.]

...Yeah. I'm okay. I guess that was my lesson not to trust strangers on the road.

[They'll remember that.]

"Kino," huh?

Re: 351, morning cw: cannibalism mention, human remains as a result

[romanticlove]

Would you rather be called Kino or Sky? I chose to go by Ren after learning that was my name, but it was gradual. At first only my parents called me by it.

Re: 351, morning cw: cannibalism mention, human remains as a result

[quickpersuader]

...

I think I might go back to Kino. ["Back to."] It... feels right. Like it fits me better.

Re: 351, morning cw: cannibalism mention, human remains as a result

[romanticlove]

Then, Kino it is. I'm glad you were able to learn your name, even if that memory was... well... not good.

Re: 351, morning cw: cannibalism mention, human remains as a result

[quickpersuader]

...That's probably just part of traveling. Hermes even told me about all of the horrible things I faced on the road.

[And yet, they can't quite keep a small, if sad smile from their face.]

Even if it wasn't a very happy one, I'm glad to have it back.

*shakes fist at gmail*

[romanticlove]

I guess... I'm still not clear on why you travel so much, if it's so dangerous. Are you trying to help people?

[She understands, though. Regaining sad memories is hard for anyone.]

Not that something like that is a bad thing, if that's the case.

Re: *shakes fist at gmail*

[quickpersuader]

Oh, it's nothing that grand.

[That sounds much too kind.]

I just... love traveling, I suppose. It means I get to see all kinds of places and meet all kinds of people. Even if some of those places or people hurt me... if I let that scare me off, I'd never see anything new at all.

[romanticlove]

I see. Still, that sounds... really exciting. What memories I have, I spent most of them going to school or at home. I only recall one time I went traveling with my father and he taught me how to put together a tent and to fish and to cook the fish after. I probably learned a lot more later on, but it still made me feel like I wanted to see more.

[quickpersuader]

I don't think it's for everyone. And I've definitely been to places that are too dangerous for most people.

But... I can't think of a better way to begin to see the vastness of the world. There's so many people who you don't know and never will, who grew up in completely different circumstances from you, living out their own complete lives...

Even if it's just a short glimpse, I'm glad I get the chance to see it, just a little.

[romanticlove]

Even if it's dangerous, I still think it's admirable. You get to learn about and see so many different things and people... if I weren't here, I wanted to become a Hunter like my father. I want to protect humans from bad vampires. I also want to learn more about people - vampire or human. I'm a little envious.

[quickpersuader]

How long are you expected to stay in school?

[tenebraecious]

How, how truly awful . . .

[quickpersuader]

[They release a breath in a long exhale, almost a sigh.]

Someone asked me if my world was really dangerous enough to need a pers- a gun at all times. I suppose that's why.

[And they'd really tried to save those men, too.

How foolish. Everyone has to eat to live, after all.]

[tenebraecious]

They are a rogue few, though, aren't they? Everyone cannot be so — Terrible.

[quickpersuader]

There was another country that gave me a rifle-type persuader as a gift, since they thought I'd have more use for it on the road than they would in their military. It seems they were in peaceful times, but... I don't think that's the sort of thing you give out lightly, even then.

Not only that, but I remember a country where killing wasn't against the law. Besides just the roads, I'm sure there are dangerous countries, too.

[tenebraecious]

[searching for a second]

. . . I doubt there is a world that is truly free of violence. People can be quite blind when they choose to be. I am glad you possess the means to protect yourself, at the least.

[quickpersuader]

Yeah. It seems like my skills are considered high-level even for that world.

...That must have been what Hermes meant, when he asked me why I keep traveling. Even though I've been met with so much cruelty, endured so many hardships, and was nearly killed.

[tenebraecious]

Are they solely out of necessity?

What was your answer?

[quickpersuader]

I don't know. I still don't know how or why I learned any of it. Only that I'm very, very good at it.

As for my answer... it's because traveling meant I saw so many things that were fantastic and beautiful, too. I got to see so many places and meet so many people, and see their lives and countries.

I told Hermes, all of those meetings and memories - they were all incredibly important to me. And also... since I could quit at any time, settle down, and make a living off of my skill with persuaders... I wanted to keep going instead.

[tenebraecious]

I can only think of learning out of necessity or desire or, most likely, a blend between the two.

Hm, you have a destination like any traveler, so you will do what it takes to arrive there, right? Even if the destination keeps changing at each turn. I hope you get to have a few beautiful memories in between the troubling ones, at least.

[quickpersuader]

...I think the the ones I've remembered so far are beautiful, in their own ways. They can be very strange, but that's just part of what makes them so interesting.

I don't regret remembering this, even if it turned out to have a sorrowful conclusion. In the end, it was an important lesson.

[Kindness does not always beget kindness.]

[tenebraecious]

[wow, praying to bail out of this convo]

Whether happy or not, they are our memories. There are few of us here that do not wish for them back, even when we know what may come of them.

[quickpersuader]

They are an important part of us, after all.

...Although I think for today I'll leave it at just that one.

[tenebraecious]

[letting out a small sigh of relief]

Thank you. For both of our sakes.

[quickpersuader]

Ah...

Did it bother you to see all of that? It was a lot to watch.

[tenebraecious]

More than I care to admit, yes. Do you think you will have more like it?

[quickpersuader]

Probably. If it's too much, I can avoid taking them while you're around.

[No skin off their back, they're handling the memories well enough even on their own.]

[widenessofthesea]

[ what better way to take your mind off of all of that shit yesterday than to forge boldly ahead and play memory roulette, amirite, so you might find her in the park in the early evening fucking around and finding out.

anyway the first one is a nice snippet of a productive and trusting relationship with a scientific mentor of hers, who seems like legitimately a lovely person despite being a vampire.

the second one is. uncomfortable. her mouth is drawn into a thoughtful frown by the end of it, but the thin spiny black tail peeking from under the hem of her skirt is fwipping back and forth in an agitated sort of way. ]