sixteenth date; [video]

[troublesmells]

[Today you seem to be looking down at Larry from above - probably because he's just stretched out on his bed, the NV raised up high to record him. Before he speaks, a black kitten, bigger and considerably healthier than the last time she was seen over the network wrecking Larry's supposed "NV show", suddenly jumps up onto his bed, climbs onto his

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[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[dancing_pierrot]

You know, as far as powers go, it could be worse.

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[troublesmells]

...y-you mean like touching people and they drop dead? I think I'd take making people forget over that any day.

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[dancing_pierrot]

[Wow, Larry, way to inject this conversation with a tone of pessimism right from the very start! She'd been thinking of her own power when she'd made that remark, but now she is thinking of all the worst possibilities.]

... Why, yes, that's one example. But what I meant is that your power can be put to some positive use.

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[troublesmells]

I've been told I could make criminals forget what crimes they're about to commit and stuff like that, yeah...but still, messing around with memories seems kinda wrong.

Like...I'm reaching into a cookie jar that someone told me not to touch.

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[dancing_pierrot]

[She considers this predicament, but still -- your power sounds a lot more useful than hers, Larry Butz.]

How much control do you have over your powers?

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[troublesmells]

[He wishes he could see what was so useful about messing around with people's memories. Besides, even if it was useful, it also seemed unfair. Wrong. Like he was invading someone's privacy.]

It only happens when I touch someone's forehead, but when it does, I don't know what memory I end up wiping, or how long it'll be gone.

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[dancing_pierrot]

... Couldn't you just avoid touching people's foreheads, in that case? [But it doesn't sound as useful as it could have been if he could choose.]

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[troublesmells]

That's easy until you trip and fall against someone and your hand touches her forehead!

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[dancing_pierrot]

['her'?]

Has this already happened to somebody specific?

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[troublesmells]

...

Yes.

[His voice is small, and ashamed.]

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[dancing_pierrot]

[...Seriously, Larry, how do you even continue to breathe?]

...So, how did you correct that situation?

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[troublesmells]

It kinda corrected itself. She remembered after I kept on telling her what she had forgotten.

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[dancing_pierrot]

So, if you, ah, 'slip and fall' again, could you not just resolve in the same manner as the previous time?

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[troublesmells]

Yeah, but what if it doesn't work the second time around? Besides, I'd rather not have that sort of thing happen again...

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[dancing_pierrot]

[SIIIGH]

Then learn to walk properly.

[voice; private; moderate difficulty]

[troublesmells]

I do walk properly! I just..slipped on some water.