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dilf quixote ([personal profile] icanfixer) wrote in [community profile] citynet2024-01-15 10:37 pm

@DONQUIXOT3, video (free for all, really)

[ let those wounds heal and come clean--to everyone, angela had told her.

well. the wounds won't heal for some time, as many as there are, but she fears they never will 'til she does the latter. but it's hard, it's difficult, and there are many more who have not even thought about it... such a possibility is ever in the back of one's mind, of disappearing as althea had done, as gregor and roland and gebura, as the young ken amada and so many more--

but no one really stops to think about it until it happens. their population has dwindled, month by month, without a word.



the background is colorful and a myriad of various crafts, not her own room at home (home, what a funny concept it is to call such here, and yet--) but at the host club of which she works. don quixote is not here to advertise her space nor is she here to show off some new craft, and everything from the oversized sweater she wears to the attempt at a bright smile despite the darkness under her eyes speaks to those even who may have met her once that something isn't quite right today. she's always a cheerful, upbeat girl to any she meets, any she passes or knows,

just not today. ]


Ahem! Kehm. Good day to thee all, new faces and old. I am Don Quixote, holder of several positions and jobs both here and in the world I hail from; it is alright if we have yet to meet, but prithee do not retire just yet! I have something I wish to speak to thee about... something that is quite important, and shall perhaps change the way thy time here is spent.

[ ... huuuuf. okay. ]

Some months ago, perhaps four hence, I found myself upon the train as if I had died -- and I can assure thee, as one who has died purposefully before, it was the same but different. With my return, I found I had gained many new memories and experiences... as if I had gone back to my world and lived it, from the very moment I had left. Those who were here still appeared and acted as they ought there, without a word about this city, this world, and... in truth--

I did not recall this city whatsoever when I was gone from it and remembered my time only once I had returned.

[ shot out, without a pause save the stumble before, and don holds the gaze of her device a moment before exhaling. ]

To those whom I lied to, I am sorry. It was not my intention to hurt thee, nor to give false hope unduly, but I did not want any to think their time here meaningless simply because one does not remember it. I am certain there must be a way that we may-- we may keep them, or to leave our mark upon the world in hopes of jogging our memories should we find ourselves in the same circumstance, just as others have left theirs with pictures, with scratches in tables and walls, and-- and so on! But... I do not know, so I only wished to be honest and frank. For it is only once we are armed with knowledge that may we be able to solve a problem, or so I am told.

[ ... and she wanted to come clean, too. for herself. it's a lot easier like this than doing it one on one, she finds, not having to worry about the other's reaction so soon, though she shrinks a little all the same. ]

I am not the only one who has experienced this coming and going, that I know for certain, but I understand if it may sound unbelievable, or that one may wish to deny it. Do what comforts thee best, but know that what I say is true -- and allow this space to be one in which we may exchange ideas to ensure that these memories of ours last beyond our time spent here.

[ and,

as tempting as it is just to close off completely and throw herself back into her work without further replies, she'll still very much be around. for better or worse. ]
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video; un: louis

[personal profile] deathoftheauthor 2024-01-16 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, you're saying that when you returned to your own world, it was as if no one had ever left?
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[personal profile] fauned 2024-01-16 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
( --- ? ?? wait hold on, the rest of that can wait. there's an important thing here she's glossing over. )

Why didn't you just call me!

( hm. at least she's made no secret as to where she is. she can make an impromptu visit to the host club. )
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[personal profile] deathoftheauthor 2024-01-16 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a troubling thing to contemplate.

( And with so many others here discussing memory and casting doubt: )

I wonder... how might one prove that they actually left and returned? That it isn't some trick by the powers that be? If there were some physical evidence of what happened outside the City, that could perhaps settle matters.

( Sigh. )

If we can't trust our own memories, what do we have?
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[personal profile] fanstheflames 2024-01-16 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh believe me, I've slept through a lot worse when it comes to depressing revelations...

[ Not a lie. ]

But I... want to believe that, too. That maybe there's a way around it. There's no way all the bonds we made and strengthened here mean nothing, ultimately.
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[personal profile] gripper 2024-01-16 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha :)
Seriously though, good going!
Look at all these people willing to forgive you...
Guess you're not so bad at networking after all.
Too bad you're stuck on that bus! Might've made something of yourself otherwise :)
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[personal profile] fauned 2024-01-16 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
( squinting.. her buddy wouldn't just lie to her so soon after confessing to the entire network, would she? surely not. we've learned lessons, haven't we? )

Scratches are enough to stop you from doin' stuff all of a sudden?

( c'mon, now. where's the don who breaks doors down without hesitation? )
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2024-01-17 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Or maybe we're flesh dolls implanted with memories and our real selves are out there having a party.

See, I can do the useless theorizing, too. We don't know anything at this point, Don Quixote. It's all conjecture.
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2024-01-17 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
We can talk conjecture based on evidence. Going down wells of despair simply to daydream about what tragedies are woven for us is too far.

Whatever this is, we'll figure it out. Not sink into whatever nightmare we make for ourselves. Our captors don't need the help.
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[personal profile] justscribing 2024-01-17 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
I think you're overestimating how tangible your current surroundings are.

Was there any indication to you that you may have been released as a reward? There's not much use in trying to apply an explanation after the fact, unless you have some evidence of it.
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[personal profile] featheradrift 2024-01-17 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Now there's a thought. That their captors are actually just a concept planted into their minds through these documents that they find. But no, he can't follow that train of thought to its conclusion, because if he does, he'll lose faith in all the information they've gathered so far.

'Assuming everything is false leads to just as much ignorance as assuming everything is true. All information should be considered carefully when determining its accuracy.' That's what Alhaitham said, in the Discovery Centre. He's kept that in mind ever since, because it's far too easy to let the schemer in him run wild and imagine all sorts of conspiracies. A Haravatat scholar once posited that other things being equal, simpler explanations are generally better than more complex ones. It would be far simpler to consider the documents to be truthful and extrapolate from there. It doesn't always work, he knows, but it provides a baseline to start at.
]

It'd take a lot of work to falsify the documents we're seeing, and for what purpose? They exist, and we'll find them. To give up beforehand is foolish.

[ Not that he can blame her for doubting. This place has done a good job unsettling all of the residents, and altering their state of mind. ]

Exactly. We ought to be wary of any attempts to manipulate our emotions, whether it be forced, or through petty tactics like this. We already know the power they hold over us.

If nothing else, think about utterly destroying them for what they've done to all of us. [ wait, is that really what you should be advocating— ] Everything else comes after. With that system of theirs under our control, anything is possible.
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[personal profile] wordchain 2024-01-17 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Knowing Don, Yesod doubts that she is anything but serious. He accepts the rest of her answer in silence, no longer scrutinizing her in her sweater with its long sleeves. She has been taking steps to address the guilt festering inside of her, at least.

That doesn't necessarily mean that there is no cause for concern anymore. She seemed convinced that no one would forgive her. ]


...And you've spoken with Netzach recently?

[ Netzach was affected by the truth, he knows, subdued upon returning home. Of course, not long after those doors and hallways, much more took place with no reprieve. ]
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[personal profile] fauned 2024-01-17 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
( is that right? don can watch her go to the closet to rummage for a coat, then. )

Sounds annoying, but not a hard fix. ( because she's so good at her job and all. ) Anything you want me to bring over?
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[personal profile] justscribing 2024-01-17 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
No need. Of course it feels real to you. But have you ever had a dream that felt so real that when you woke up you were disoriented? Maybe you even believed it was real.

Think of it like that. This computer simulation we're in likely isn't a physical place, but a facsimile connected to our minds.

As for going back: why were you rewarded or baited? People who have received objects from home had some sort of note of praise. Was there something like that when you woke up on the train again? Did you have any belief until now that cooperating with each experiment granted your release?
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[personal profile] fauned 2024-01-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
( well, she succeeds in making her pause for a moment, but her brows do furrow. )

Why not?

( at this point, it's not a hard thing to guess that the injuries are more than just a few scratches. but don doesn't want her to see or help. why? )

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