I promised myself I wouldn't cry

[owingnobody]

Television is... interesting.

I found myself turning it on in the middle of the afternoon. Usually the noise bothers me, but today I was intrigued by whatever story they were telling, so I started to watch it. There was a man and a woman, and he was telling her a story about her past-- about their past. Only she couldn't remember it, until he got

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[ablealba]

I can't watch it much. It doesn't sit well with me, being so fast moving and stuff. Movies, too.

You lost your memories??

[owingnobody]

I know what you mean! It's a lot of sound and fury, and most of the time it makes my head hurt.

I did. I guess a lot of people around here did, too. But it seems like everyone else is remembering things, but... it's like I have a block or something. It's coming back very, very slowly. I guess that didn't happen to you?

[ablealba]

Me, too! Sometimes it makes me jump. My daddy didn't like it much either, but my mom did.

Nope! I just got here a little bit ago. How'd your memories disappear?

[owingnobody]

I don't know, exactly. Everyone keeps blaming it on the town. It's the town's fault I forgot everything. And it... sort of sucks, because I feel like I've forgotten something really important. And I don't remember anyone here, and no one here seems to have noticed that I'm not around... or maybe they just assume I've forgotten. Which I have. But... it's very lonely.

I'm sorry... the only things I've remembered so far were not very good. What have you been up to, since you've been in town?

[notdead_poet]

I wish we could remember

Sometimes I look at you and it's like

I know what you mean. I know how powerful and moving the written word can be... and somehow it's way beyond that when you know the words are about you.

[owingnobody]

...Neil?

Why were you dressed as Ichabod Crane?
Better question... why was I dressed as a girl?
...do you have a stuffed rabbit of some sort?

Do you know... songs, at all? There are words on my keychain, and every time I read them, it's like... I start humming a tune, and I don't know what it is, and every time I try to remember, it escapes me. But I keep humming it.

[notdead_poet]

Songs? Of course I know songs. I mean, some, that is. I still haven't gotten entirely used to current music, but I've listened to lots. And I've been in a few musicals since I got here.

What are the words? And why do you think I'll know
There are songs in my head sometimes that make me think of you

[owingnobody]

It says Running together, forever you and I. I'd hum it for you, but I don't think you could hear it through the computer.