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[lackinginfaith]

*Kari twirls one of those pearl-cage necklaces around her finger; the pearl it came with has been replaced by her purple one.*

I remembered something and I don't know if any of you can assist, but I may as well ask. I don't think anyone's had any of my own memories, one or two possibilities aside, but it's good for everyone to keep aware of each other's Echoes. Especially since it tends to give more to others from the same -- group, let's say.

Do any of you remember a sunken castle? Or just an extremely purple castle. I had another memory after that sewer expedition, and this time my castle must not have been underwater, because we had working fountains.

...Unless you can have those underwater somehow. Scientists?

Another thing. Does anybody remember seeing people who weren't really there?

Comments

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

No. Illusions aren't a thing. Neither are ghosts.

Purple castles, though? ... Also not so much.

[lackinginfaith]

I suppose full disclosure's a good idea. I don't know if she was a ghost or not. I know -- I remember she was the queen, she must have been. She was there on my birthday when I was a child, but... not physically. Not really. She looked like a hologram.

I have no idea who decorated the place.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Oh, holograms? Those... Well, they exist. More or less.

[lackinginfaith]

I have no idea what was really happening. Ghost, hologram, illusion... She must have been real, though, because I could see her, too.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Trust me, I wish I knew.

[lackinginfaith]

I hope this doesn't mean some see-through blonde ocean queen was my mother. I don't think I could deal with that.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... Huh.

[lackinginfaith]

What?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

I just... That's an interesting possibility.

A more logical one would be some kind of authority figure, depending on how rare holographic technology was in your time.

[lackinginfaith]

I don't even know what time I was living in, but that was definitely my castle.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

I wish I had a castle.

[lackinginfaith]

It can't have been all fun and games, you know. I spent a good year running away, like we are now.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Nah, we're not running. We're hiding while we find opportunities to kick snake-conspiracy-weirdness butt.

[lackinginfaith]

That's one way to put it.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Well if we keep getting stronger...