[just - a gentle correction. but he's still calm, and he didn't expect anything of what he'd said to be new, just confirmations of what they've come to find.]
You could inquire if the Leaders have the same issues that we do, and if they can still remember, that might be a way for the memories to be stored somewhere safely.
[A beat, her temper flaring just slightly, before it dies down. No, stop, she knew what he meant.]
I should be more clear with my words. I'm sorry.
I meant those that have died. None of deserve this, and I know that much. But the people that are being killed just for being here... it's cruelty on top of unfair circumstances. Those are the ones that will suffer a really unkind fate if we can't remember them.
[She swallows, before straightening back up, that resolve slipping right back where it had been before.]
There's something else I'd like to try too, Haku-san. It's a little, um, busy, and will require some teamwork, but... it does involve writing things down.
[the temper flare manages to surprise him just a bit - did he say something wrong? even if he understood the sentiment, the word choice was a bit hard to accept - before he continues to listen.]
.... what are you working on? Do you need any help?
[Sometimes you're just trying your best and you have to stomp your foot a little at being corrected it's fine ): ):]
It's something I started yesterday, but I... I want to expand on it a little.
I wanted to have people write down some simple things about themselves at first - like their names, where they were from, something they liked to eat. Simple things like that. Since I noticed the dead were starting to get a little fuzzy, I wanted people to try and put together something to remember the dead, as well.
When I tried it with Elsa-sama, though, she helped confirm something for me. She'd forgotten something that she'd written in a journal... but I was still able to read what she'd written, before she'd forgotten it.
I know some people know Vesda-san's name as well, since it's in the PHS, even though he doesn't think it's his real name. If we're able to write down things, to keep them somewhere that isn't our own minds, then maybe it can help us fill the gaps for one another if things keep getting worse.
.... perhaps? I wrote down some basics the first day that we told that our members would go, and while all the information is still there, I can no longer recall someone whose name I apparently wrote down as important. That's happened in a few cases.
If you give your memories to someone else to hold onto by telling them beforehand, then those actually stay with them - but when they tell you what you've forgotten, it makes no difference because the information does not remain nor do you get to suddenly remember what you lost.
Is that what you're looking to do? I believe that's been a practice between a few people already, and even if it's not perfect, I do recommend it.
Yeah, you got it exactly. When I tried with Elsa-sama, in regards to someone important from her life, I could read everything, and even tried to tell her... but the words were blank space for her no matter where it was written, and whatever I said sounded like nonsense to her.
It makes me think that... maybe, somehow, the Realm itself wants us to forget.
Even if it's not perfect, or if it can be abused by others, I think the idea is going to be important. If we really start to lose ourselves, then I don't want people to start thinking desperately. Yoshizawa-chan and Chijin both said they'd be willing to help, so that I don't do everything on my own.
If that's what you're willing to do, then I encourage you to pursue it. Whatever it is that'll bring your heart peace.
[he's not really in the business of telling people what's good or bad ideas for themselves? it's only when it comes to actually tipping the scales in the favor of cruelty on accident that he'll speak up.
but this just sounds like a personal project, so let your freak flag fly, hikaru]
It sounds like you have a good set of people who can aid you with your endeavor.
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No one deserves this, Hikaru.
[just - a gentle correction. but he's still calm, and he didn't expect anything of what he'd said to be new, just confirmations of what they've come to find.]
You could inquire if the Leaders have the same issues that we do, and if they can still remember, that might be a way for the memories to be stored somewhere safely.
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[A beat, her temper flaring just slightly, before it dies down. No, stop, she knew what he meant.]
I should be more clear with my words. I'm sorry.
I meant those that have died. None of deserve this, and I know that much. But the people that are being killed just for being here... it's cruelty on top of unfair circumstances. Those are the ones that will suffer a really unkind fate if we can't remember them.
[She swallows, before straightening back up, that resolve slipping right back where it had been before.]
There's something else I'd like to try too, Haku-san. It's a little, um, busy, and will require some teamwork, but... it does involve writing things down.
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.... what are you working on? Do you need any help?
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It's something I started yesterday, but I... I want to expand on it a little.
I wanted to have people write down some simple things about themselves at first - like their names, where they were from, something they liked to eat. Simple things like that. Since I noticed the dead were starting to get a little fuzzy, I wanted people to try and put together something to remember the dead, as well.
When I tried it with Elsa-sama, though, she helped confirm something for me. She'd forgotten something that she'd written in a journal... but I was still able to read what she'd written, before she'd forgotten it.
I know some people know Vesda-san's name as well, since it's in the PHS, even though he doesn't think it's his real name. If we're able to write down things, to keep them somewhere that isn't our own minds, then maybe it can help us fill the gaps for one another if things keep getting worse.
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.... perhaps? I wrote down some basics the first day that we told that our members would go, and while all the information is still there, I can no longer recall someone whose name I apparently wrote down as important. That's happened in a few cases.
If you give your memories to someone else to hold onto by telling them beforehand, then those actually stay with them - but when they tell you what you've forgotten, it makes no difference because the information does not remain nor do you get to suddenly remember what you lost.
Is that what you're looking to do? I believe that's been a practice between a few people already, and even if it's not perfect, I do recommend it.
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Yeah, you got it exactly. When I tried with Elsa-sama, in regards to someone important from her life, I could read everything, and even tried to tell her... but the words were blank space for her no matter where it was written, and whatever I said sounded like nonsense to her.
It makes me think that... maybe, somehow, the Realm itself wants us to forget.
Even if it's not perfect, or if it can be abused by others, I think the idea is going to be important. If we really start to lose ourselves, then I don't want people to start thinking desperately. Yoshizawa-chan and Chijin both said they'd be willing to help, so that I don't do everything on my own.
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[he's not really in the business of telling people what's good or bad ideas for themselves? it's only when it comes to actually tipping the scales in the favor of cruelty on accident that he'll speak up.
but this just sounds like a personal project, so let your freak flag fly, hikaru]
It sounds like you have a good set of people who can aid you with your endeavor.