text from a cell phone;

[cursedtolive]

If this whole thing is real and we're getting memories and things from our "past lives", I think my past self was either really paranoid or an assassin. idek what I'm supposed to make of getting (echoing???) a concealed knife out of nowhere but since that's all I've got I might as well make the guess?

On one hand that's a cool idea and all because that's like the difference between being a zombie ninja and being zombie guy at Best Buys, but on the other hand idk if I really want to remember being crazy or a killer. Ugh.

What am I even supposed to do if mad killer past me takes over my mind or something. I don't think even my brother can laugh off something like that.

Comments

[text; handwritten]

[darkhourdear]

No one's minds have really been 'taken over' or anything. I think you'll be ok!

perma text!

[cursedtolive]

Is that definitely or is that a yet...

I mean I'm sure I'll be ok but that still sounds ominous.

permatext!

[darkhourdear]

Well I mean it hasn't happened, and I don't think it's going to. So whichever one that is.

Lots of people remember some bad things, but no one's turned into a crazy murderer or anything.

[cursedtolive]

That's good. I didn't really want to have to explain to my brother why I might come home not acting like myself on certain Mondays or anything like that.

What sorts of bad things though?

[darkhourdear]

I don't think you will.

Well a lot of people remembering dying, and other stuff they don't like. I think it kind of depends.

[cursedtolive]

I guess some people would have violent past lives sometimes. I don't remember anything yet. What about you?

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[darkhourdear]

I don't have a lot memories, but I remember talking to the girl, and a lot about tarot cards, and this weird lab thing. [Since the guy is new and Phillip at least understands that other people have issues with death, he leaves out the whole 'killing a bunch of people while escaping said lab' thing.]

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[cursedtolive]

Huh. So you have fortune telling and science?

THat sounds complicated.

Re: text

[darkhourdear]

I don't know how to tell fortunes, I just understand the cards. It's weird.

Yeah I'm not really sure what I was supposed to be.

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[cursedtolive]

I've got no idea either but at least it doesn't sound related to murders?

Re: text

[darkhourdear]

[well that would be because he left out some stuff.]

Do you have anything other than the knife?

[cursedtolive]

Nope. Nothing at all. I got hit by a pencil and then I got a knife.

[darkhourdear]

That's weird.

I guess I should ask if you have any questions about this thing. I've been here a while!

[cursedtolive]

I think my biggest question will be "why?" but I'm not sure if that's soemthing you can answer.

Do you have any advice for someone new?

[darkhourdear]

Not really. Sorry. :(

Stay away from the Dead District unless you've got powers. There's gang people who don't like us there.

[cursedtolive]

Oh yeah. I got told to stay away from there, to.

Dead district. Gangs. And I guess it's better to keep quiet about this because the police don't like us?

[darkhourdear]

Right!

[cursedtolive]

Great, thanks! My name's Benjamin. What's yours?

[darkhourdear]

[huh! he has a friend named benjamin!]

I'm Phillip.

[pause, and then (because benjamin is a common name):]

Are you in sixth grade?

[cursedtolive]

[oh crap what]

um, yeah? why, are you?

[video]

[darkhourdear]

[YUP JUST GONNA DO THIS grinning at you now.]

Hi Benjamin!

[video]

[cursedtolive]

[oh my god it's a face he knows, it's--]

Phillip!?

You're on this too?

[video]

[darkhourdear]

Yeah! I've been on here for a while.

[video]

[cursedtolive]

Really....?

Oh my god. I can't believe it. You're on the network.

Re: [video]

[darkhourdear]

Is that bad? [actually yeah phillip it kind of is.]