[network] @MarbleHornets; morning 20 [open]

[genreblindness]

[Here's a summary of the last ten or so hours of Jay's life: he woke up locked inside a spooky cold morgue in the middle of the night, suffering from a terrible headache and sensitivity to light that made him want to curl up in the shadows. Then, just as he finally managed to fall asleep, he woke up to a mystery injection with no warning. Then, upon inspecting the tablet he found on him, he discovered he'd recently posted a video on the local network despite having no memory of doing so. A video that made it look a lot like he'd died.

Actually, he seems to be missing at least several weeks' worth of memories. Again.

And just to top everything off, he has no tapes for his camera.

Everything really sucks.

He hadn't planned on making any more posts until he had a better grasp on the situation, but after a skim of earlier posts he feels the need to ask a question.]

Apparently a couple of people here have lost their memories and then gotten them back. Is that a common thing? If there's anyone else who's experienced something like that, please tell me. Thank you.

Comments

text ==> video;

[maskintape]

[ just THE MOST UNAMUSED FLOURISH

BEHOLD THE SHITTY FLANNEL, WHICH IS CLEARLY SUPERIOR TO THE FUCKING MONKEY SHIRT ]

still text;

[genreblindness]

[Jay inspects both the flannel and its wearer critically. The guy he's apparently ~together~ with looks like a sad hobo lumberjack. Still, it could be worse.]

Ok it's not as bad as the monkey shirt, I'll give you that.

video ==> text;

[maskintape]

[ Jay gets to watch Tim deliver the most rolly of eyerolls as he reads the message. Before he switches back to text. GOTTA MATCH. ]

such praise
and from a guy in a fuchsia coat and a ~sparkly custom-embroidered shirt,~ too

two can play the tilde game fyi

[genreblindness]

Ok why is there sparkly custom embroidery on my shirt
Because I definitely don't remember it being there.

[maskintape]

you snagged it on something

[ Liar liar LIAR. What happened to 'no more lies,' Tim? ]

silver thread was the only thing available to sew it up with so
s h r u g
beats walking around in the snow with holes in your clothes right

[genreblindness]

Yeah
plus it goes great with the fuchsia.

[maskintape]

there we go
looks like you're regaining your sense of style at least
you'll be back to your old self in no time

[genreblindness]

I can't wait. It sounds like my sense of judgement only got better with time. Not that it's ever been anything but impeccable.

[stop the presses jay's having a self-aware moment]

[maskintape]

that better not be sarcasm. I won't have you criticising such things
you haven't followed any known murderers into spooky forests in, oh
WEEKS now
I'm so proud of you it brings a tear to my eye

[genreblindness]

Hey from what you said I only ever did that once. I might have made some bad decisions but I'm not STUPID.



And don't you dare imply otherwise or there will be some seriously hurt feelings. I might cry.

[maskintape]

I wouldn't dream of implying anything of the sort
but I DO want to point out that we spent a night here locked in a bathroom with Alex
and that was your idea

[genreblindness]

Okay I'm
going to need some context for that.

[maskintape]

the buildings here auto-lock at night
if you get left outside, you're stuck there
Alex showed up at our shelter just before lockdown and you insisted we let him in
it wasn't the best experience of my life, leave it at that

[genreblindness]

[Oh. Jay can't even begin to imagine how badly that went.]

Well
it sounds like the only other option would have been to let him die
and I don't know about you but even if he's a psycho that's not something I'd want to have on my conscience.

[AHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHaaah.]

[maskintape]

[ Ouch. O u c h.

Saying something about that isn't even an option. Especially since technically Tim shouldn't have it on his conscience yet and the fact that he does is all stupid Alex's stupid fault. Ugh. ]

yeah
me neither
that's basically what you said back then too, so

[genreblindness]

So I don't know if you can really count that as a bad idea on my part.
Even if it sucked it's not like there really was any other choice.

[maskintape]

except if you die here, you come back
obviously
but some things can't be undone even here. so

[genreblindness]

is that actually true about coming back from the dead
did I really die

[maskintape]

yeah
I'm sorry
that's why you can't remember anything, when you die the thing takes something from you for a while
your memories will be back. it was just a couple of days before I was back to normal

[genreblindness]

Why is it suddenly giving memories back
that's never happened before has it?

[maskintape]

nope
the death thing is different somehow
it's not always memories either. one guy went blind and it took my voice
I guess it could be something else bringing us back and not the thing but. doesn't seem likely
shrug

[genreblindness]

None of this is making any sense. Not that anything's made much sense since this whole thing started but this place takes it to a whole new level. It's going to take forever to figure this out.

[maskintape]

[ CONCERN POWERS, ACTIVATE ]

ok sure but now isn't really the time for worrying about figuring out what makes this place tick or w/e
your priority is safety now ok
it's not like back home
you can't afford to take any risks at all here

[genreblindness]

Look I get that you're concerned and I'm not going to do anything stupid

[AHAHAHAHAHAHA]

but you can't just expect me to sit around and do NOTHING. That's not going to get us anywhere.

[maskintape]

putting investigation before everything else is what got you killed in the first place

[ BOTH TIMES, KINDA. ]

and idk what you think you're going to get out of it anyway
answers are great but not if you're risking yourself for them ffs