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[letunityblossom]

It seems lately I keep hearing about people disappearing. This place doesn't seem to make a lot of sense at times. If someone wants to keep us here, why give back memories or let anyone go, seemingly at random? Or is there something they've done that's released them? Has anyone gotten all of their memories back? ...How would you even know if you

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[trouser_chimp]

Saturday?

[letunityblossom]

Oh, I'll be sparring someone that day.

[Well, it's more of a fight than a spar, but he doesn't want Ritsu to worry.]

[trouser_chimp]

[Too late.]

Sparring?! Oh, please be careful!

[letunityblossom]

[...Well, at least it's not as bad as if he'd told the truth, maybe.]

Don't worry, I'll be fine.

[totallynotaspaz]

Maybe they're just doing all this to mess with us. That's what all those strange things happening around the island are, anyway, so why shouldn't all of this just be a bunch of weirdos messing with our heads?

...Wait, what's going on on Saturday?

[letunityblossom]

That's definitely possible--I wish we could tell for sure.

I'm sparring someone on Saturday.

[totallynotaspaz]

But I wish I knew how they decided who disappears, and when--and if they'll ever come back. Or how they even choose people to come here! I don't buy that "despair" stuff.

Oh. I thought it was going to be some holiday that I didn't remember or something.

[letunityblossom]

There are so many things we don't know, it seems. Maybe the despair only counts for certain people? Not everyone seems to despair here.

Sorry, it's nothing so interesting.

[bulletserenade]

...Lots of people have vanished lately, yeah.

[letunityblossom]

...I'm sure they're all alright. They've just gone home.

[He isn't actually sure, but it's better not to say that aloud.]

[bulletserenade]

Exactly. They have to be back where they came from. Where else would they be?

[He says that with more force then intended.]

[letunityblossom]

Yes, I'm sure that's what happens. They just got back before the rest of us.

[future_is_gold]

I asked around not long after I first showed up, and apparently even the people who've been around the longest haven't remembered everything.

[letunityblossom]

Do you know how long they've been here?

[future_is_gold]

My roommate just hit two years and he says there are still gaps in what he knows.

[letunityblossom]

I suppose we'll be here a while... But we do have a lifetime's worth of memories to remember again.