48. Showers

[corrinesbell]

...I guess he's gone. I don't think he was captured. ...Maybe they sent him home. I hope so. 

Anyway. Lloyd, I think I owe you a birthday present, right? Come over and get it. ...That reminds me, Allen, can I ask you something? 

Whether they think so or not, that last experiment was pretty...damaging. Hopefully the next one isn't as bad. ...Though I'm not stupid enough to assume that. It's been raining a lot recently and it...it reminds me of when I first got here. 

Hey, Raine. ...Can I talk to you?

[[ooc: "He" is Albert-not-Silverberg, and Sheena went to Lloyd's party but didn't have anything to give him. Also, wow, I never make this many typos, I really apologize.]]

Comments

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

...Do you have something to say, Sheena, or are you referring to the last experiment?

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

...I'm referring to something you said to me. ...About...if I wanted to talk.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

...

I don't think there's anyone else here who has been here as long and been in the Malnosso's hands as much as us.

I won't say anything, Sheena.

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

I would talk to my friends from home, except...I know what they'd say already.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

So you need an unbiased opinion. I understand.

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

This is about...

It's about what they did. ...Last time.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

It was different, this time. ...Worse?

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

...It was...

...It was scarring enough the first time I lived through it.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

They made you relive memories?

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[corrinesbell]

...It wasn't like reliving. I can relive on my own time.

It was like living.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

....

What on earth could they possibly get out of that torment? Ridiculous...

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

I don't know what they wanted. They put so many damn drugs in my system I didn't even know my name anymore.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

And each time, this gets worse...

If not for them forcing you to remember your past, I would think they were trying to make you believe there was nothing beyond Luceti.

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[corrinesbell]

That's what I thought at first. ...And maybe it's true. Sometimes I think I'm just dreaming I got back to the village at all.

...But I was...I am more worried they'll...they'll make it happen all over again. Except to all of you.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

What exactly happened? It sounds tragic, the way you speak about it.

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

...I don't know if I can write it down. I wasn't even the one to tell all of them about it. ...And I'm kinda supposed to be over it.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

Talking about tragedy is supposed to be therapeutic. Even a little might help.

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

No, I mean...I can think of a few people who seem to ignore privacy and would love to have something like this to hold over my head.

[[ooc: See the last thread on this post. :P ]]

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

...That's true. My apologies. I'm usually good about keeping privileged information off of these journals.

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[corrinesbell]

...And yet for some reason I think I could actually tell you

You don't have to apologize. It took me a while to realize I shouldn't trust this stupid book.

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

I've tried to be completely tactless to keep people from looking at breaking my filters, but some people are stubborn and invasive.

Talking in person has its benefits, even with this communication available.

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

No kidding.

[[ooc: Is that an invitation to talk in person, Albert~?]]

[private - unhackable]

[chikaidestroyer]

If you're still feeling up to it, I would be happy to listen. In person.

[ooc: He's so elusive. Getting out of the house would probably help his complexion.]

[private - unhackable]

[corrinesbell]

...Right now there isn't much else I do feel up to. ...Thanks.

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[chikaidestroyer]

...I have a feeling you would do the same for me in reversed circumstances. It's no trouble.

[ooc: How do we want to handle this? Continue with action, assume, doing something else?]