video; BACKDATED to Wednesday

[expunger]

[Raphael, this time, looks less like the bleeding pile of shit she did last time and more like a meditative businesswoman with dry skin who hasn't slept in a while. She is seated Indian-style on the floor of what is obviously a run-down house; her normal illusions of nice drawing rooms and furnished libraries are gone. Forgotten, even. There's a

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[slavishly]

It is pleasant to see you as always Raphael. [ Nemu, somehow, looks better than she ever could be. Her hair is neatly tucked away in a pony tail, not a braid, and she seems to be pristine and free of any bruising. She has a liberating smile, but only a detailed eye would notice it. ]

Do you need anyone to join you?

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[expunger]

I need nothing.

[She's not in the warehouse any more. A clever eye might notice that she's broadcasting from the same house she was in during the power-stripping event- the same place Jinx, Lucifer, and Gabriel all post from. The Chateaux.]

My situation has improved markedly. This event has been... liberating.

[ video ]

[slavishly]

I have noticed your uplifting mood and its result. I hope your situation only continues to improve.

[ She offers a nice and polite smile as she gazes around and notices the people and the change but doesn't comment on it. ]

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[expunger]

It will. I have done something that has been necessary for a long time.

[mister_hatter]

Well, you seem cheerful.

[expunger]

[Side eye. By the way, Break, she's broadcasting now from the Chateaux.]

You have perception problems.

[mister_hatter]

Notorious for them.

[expunger]

Have you decided to change your tone?

[Funnily enough, Raphael doesn't remember what got her so angry at Break. She remembers every word of the argument, but not why she was so pressed about it.]

[saintedsinner]

You're just trading one cage for another.

[expunger]

Why do you act like this is anything but strictly temporary? This event is a fleeting opportunity for objective action, not a cage.

[saintedsinner]

Oh, and you think you can just forget that all this happened? Once any of us remember what really happened in our past, we could remember this past week and torment ourselves with 'what ifs.'

-=snorts=-

Pointless.

[expunger]

That is where you humans go wrong. We do not dwell on what if.

[Or... she's pretty sure of that. Raphael's reasonably sure that that sentence felt right to say. It's something she would say, right?]

[Voice]

[fairymicrowaver]

That's because we are stripped of the important parts. It's like an egg without a yolk. Crazy and without anything to hold it together.

[Voice]

[expunger]

Not everybody has a past that warrants remembering. Some are surely happier this week.

[Voice]

[fairymicrowaver]

They probably are but, you know how these things go. It isn't going to last long. Probably should make the best of it while it lasts.

[Voice]

[expunger]

That's just what I have been saying.

[...]

Do I know you?

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

[Sorry, Raphael, Juliet has forgotten her religion in forgetting everything from home. So right now, she thinks you're a little scary, holding a sword like that, but you say such interesting things!]

That is a most unique interpretation of events, good Lady. To have only our own thoughts and experiences, untainted by what we knew before we arrived to this place - this is clarity and freedom from blinders? With no past to guide us, we must look to our own thoughts and consciences for truths?

It does seem like freedom, of a sort. But what will happen when it ends, and those memories and fetters return?

[Video]

[expunger]

Then the experiences of this week will remain, Juliet. [Raphael knows she likes this girl- that this girl appeals to something in her. But what?] The perspective afforded will endure, and the intelligent of us will use what we learned or forgot to broaden our views of our own situations.

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[capuletnomore]

Let us hope, then, that the truths people discover in themselves, the clarity they receive, are things which will be appreciated when our memories return. Would that such things turn out favorably for everyone.

But you speak wisely, Lady. A chance for reflection and betterment is always a good thing, is it not?