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[035 - audio/action]

Dec 23, 2009 09:30

Memory loss? So not my cup of joe. Chalk another one up for the Malnosso having some kind of uberpowers. The more I witness, the less I like.

[An audible sigh. There's the sound of a mug coming back to rest upon a table-top.] Guess it's time to make it official. If anyone's curious, I'm no longer living back at forty-seven. If you want to find me ( Read more... )

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[voice] chikaidestroyer December 23 2009, 23:15:45 UTC

The mass memory loss is perhaps the most troubling aspect of that situation. Even if other memories aren't altered in the process, being able to remove entire days of memory... Hn.

[voice] slaying December 23 2009, 23:18:15 UTC

I've seen this before. Well, that's kind of a lie. I've seen a more sophisticated this. More selective, less hazy.

[voice] chikaidestroyer December 23 2009, 23:39:15 UTC

Less hazy? So someone would be less likely to think a memory was missing?

[voice] slaying December 23 2009, 23:42:41 UTC

I've seen a spell that systematically removes the thing that's intended to be forgotten. Like, a fight between lovers. Or a whole day, removed. None of the left-over uncomfy feelings.

[voice] chikaidestroyer December 24 2009, 00:04:33 UTC

That would certainly lead to a more ... dramatic revelation.

[voice] slaying December 24 2009, 00:16:49 UTC

It does. But it generally takes some serious concentration, and from what I've see? Can easily go wrong. One time a memory charm back-fired, it wiped the memories of a whole group of people. Everything about themselves--names, jobs, homes, friends? Gone.

[voice] chikaidestroyer December 24 2009, 00:29:52 UTC

...That is an even more dangerous notion than single-memory erasure.

[voice] slaying December 24 2009, 00:34:42 UTC

That was just one misfiring witch. I kinda don't want to think about what could happen if one of our captor scientists accidentally puts a little too much rum in the punch--if you follow me. The intentional wackiness is bad enough, but what if they screw up? Things could get pretty unfun, pretty fast.

[voice] chikaidestroyer December 24 2009, 01:11:50 UTC

[dryly] We would likely hear an "Oops" before we were all wiped out.

[voice] slaying December 24 2009, 13:06:08 UTC

[She chuckles quietly, in spite of herself. It comes across as more of a soft snort with equal parts derision for their captors and bemusement at the possibility.] That would be one Christmas present I wouldn't really want to wake up to.

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