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snowblindrpg2018-06-14 06:39 pm
thewarningafter) wrote in snowblindrpg2018-06-14 06:39 pm
[log] Lost Yo Mind [closed]
Characters: Stephen, Nathan, and David
Location: Building 79 (also buildings 85 and 91 if threads extend to later in the day)
Date: Day 367 (morning)
Summary: A wizard gets his short term memory back, and there is much rejoicing.
Warnings: References to cognitive impairment, specifically anterograde amnesia.
79: A standard two-story house with a basement. The first floor has a kitchen, living room, and dining room, while the second floor has two bedrooms and a bathroom. Each bedroom has a mattress. Small, finger-sized holes have been cut into the couch cushions. A cardboard sign on one of the mattresses reads "DAY 60, REACHABLE SHELTER TO EAST, NEARBY. REACHABLE RESUPPLY POINT TO EAST." "ALPHONSE ELRIC, TADASHI HAMADA, STEPH BROWN, MAMI TOMOE, FREYA CRESCENT, EDWARD ELRIC, DAY SEVENTEEN, TRAVELLING SOUTH" and "ALPHONSE ELRIC, STEPHANIE BROWN, GREED DAY FORTY SIX, TRAVELLING EAST" have been carved into one of the walls. "ALFIE SOLOMONS, 1922. Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe, Earth. Day 148, February 7" is carved into the wall.
Location: Building 79 (also buildings 85 and 91 if threads extend to later in the day)
Date: Day 367 (morning)
Summary: A wizard gets his short term memory back, and there is much rejoicing.
Warnings: References to cognitive impairment, specifically anterograde amnesia.
79: A standard two-story house with a basement. The first floor has a kitchen, living room, and dining room, while the second floor has two bedrooms and a bathroom. Each bedroom has a mattress. Small, finger-sized holes have been cut into the couch cushions. A cardboard sign on one of the mattresses reads "DAY 60, REACHABLE SHELTER TO EAST, NEARBY. REACHABLE RESUPPLY POINT TO EAST." "ALPHONSE ELRIC, TADASHI HAMADA, STEPH BROWN, MAMI TOMOE, FREYA CRESCENT, EDWARD ELRIC, DAY SEVENTEEN, TRAVELLING SOUTH" and "ALPHONSE ELRIC, STEPHANIE BROWN, GREED DAY FORTY SIX, TRAVELLING EAST" have been carved into one of the walls. "ALFIE SOLOMONS, 1922. Camden Town, London, England, UK, Europe, Earth. Day 148, February 7" is carved into the wall.
open to either - building 79, morning
[Stephen awakens in confusion, as he does most mornings--frankly, as he's spent his days since he last woke from the dead. It takes him a minute sitting up on the mattress on which he awoke to sort through the jumble of conflicting memories of home and of a death out in the snow--of Peter dying--
It's when he starts wondering where the hell he is that he finds the note on his hand ("READ," with an arrow pointing up his wrist), which naturally leads to the notes on his forearm once he peels back his sleeve ("anterograde amnesia" and "P.Q. alive dont call").]
Aw, hell.
[His dramatic sigh and flop back down on the bed is probably pretty typical of a morning.]
B - awake and rude
What have we actually been doing?
[This question asked of whichever of the other men happens to be near once Stephen's worked things out and realized that notes on his arm or no, he's retaining memories now.]
Don't tell me we've just been walking in circles.
[As though that wasn't what he used to do with Peter and the others....]
b
[It's suspiciously unclear if he's being serious or taking a piss. It's Nathan so, really, it could go either way. I'm absolutely sorry for him, Stephen.]
no subject
Hilarious.
a
Well, bonjour to you, too, sunshine.
[Again. Another Groundhog Day in the snowhell, how delightful. David yawns, rubbing the back of his head and sitting up with a curse. Not smoking has actually done wonders for his lungs but his joints hurt and he refuses to think it's from the cold. He's lived in the cold his entire life.]
Found the writing already?
no subject
And it gets even better. How long?
no subject
Eight days. You are very stupidly stubborn about this, mon chum.
no subject
Not by choice, I'm sure.
[He doesn't get up. He doesn't even sit back up.]
Got somewhere important to be?
no subject
Right now we are just circling until you stop forgetting things.
no subject
[Sigh.]
Of course we are. Wait--why are you doing that?
no subject
[A shrug.]
So you don't walk outside and freeze your stupid ass to death.
no subject
[Stephen makes the same disgusted face he has every time he's come to that conclusion over the past week.]
What's going on? What have I missed?
[As though there would be any point in telling him.]
no subject
Not much, actually. There is no point to make any long-term plans. [Heh.]
Just been prodding you to check if you still forget things. We had many interesting conversations. And many shitty ones but practice makes perfect?
no subject
I wouldn't know.
[Obviously. He doesn't much like the thought of eight days' worth of conversations he can't remember. What have they talked about? What has he told this man?]
Just the two of us?
[He's still confused about why David would do that for him. Wasn't he traveling with Peter? Except--]
Why am I not supposed to call Peter?
no subject
[Look what a swell group you have, Stephen!]
The crazy Cat Man? Uh, you had some big falling out and he hates you for some reason. Something you did back home? He yelled a lot about it on the network.
no subject
[Little pieces of information forming a picture bit by bit. The mention of Nathan doesn't get much reaction; Stephen hasn't been around Nathan long enough (at least, not while capable of forming memories and lasting opinions) to know what a shit he is. Doubtless he's learned a couple times over the last week.]
Well, I feel thoroughly useless.