❦ 17th Record

[iattractmushi]

How often do the memories come with multiple [pause] side effects? I thought they usually came with just one, but I just discovered all my cigarettes have turned into some kind of hard candy.

[Pause]Oh, and anyone who has seen me today, or might see me in the next few days--no, I'm not doing this on purpose. It's annoying, and makes it hard to get

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[sting_to_death]

Doing what?

[iattractmushi]

Why do you want to know?

[sting_to_death]

Mere curiosity.

[iattractmushi]

You can read, can't you?

[spandexisyouth]

I cannot think of a time when there were multiple side effects, but I do not know for sure.

What are you doing?

[iattractmushi]

Thanks.

I can't seem to walk in a straight line.

[spandexisyouth]

You are welcome.

Oh. You normally walk in an exactly straight line? I had not noticed.

[iattractmushi]

Not what I meant.

[Pause]

I can't walk straight from one place to another without a lot of unnecessary movements. It takes a lot longer to get things done.

[azhdarchidae]

[Somewhat awkward, angular marker-writing:] Wait. Is there like a pill for memories, then?

[iattractmushi]

Kind of. There's a way to get them back--it's better to ask people about that in person.

But weird things always happen afterward.

[azhdarchidae]

Really? Huh. [She's not sure if she wants that or not.]

...Who would I ask about it?

[iattractmushi]

A lot of people know about them. It's just safer to ask in person, off the journals.

[feathered_earth]

I had a memory crystal rain candy on my head before it dropped the crystal. But that might not be an effect.

So what is it you're doing?

[iattractmushi]

If it happened before the memory, probably not.

Walking strangely.

[longnosedliar]

No, the thing with the cigarettes seems to be the latest thing. What are you doing that's so funny?

[iattractmushi]

I can't walk straight.

[longnosedliar]

So... what, you walk in zig-zags?

[iattractmushi]

Sort of. It's more like I skip a lot, take unnecessary steps to the side, and sometimes walk backwards.

It makes getting things done pretty difficult.