Question of the day

[airfoils]

[Alex is going to use text for this, because text might be safer this way, and he's possibly less likely to weird people out the he has been recently.]

I have a question.

These "pulses" or "echoes," whatever you want to call them... have these things ever, uh.... glitched before? Particularly when it comes to memories. I've been told that I should remember things from my former life, but so far, I can't remember anything...and I don't know what that means.

Also, have echoes ever caused anyone to blackout, or behave strangely with no recollection that they ever did anything, or anything else unusual like that?

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[squicksilver]

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well, this is concerning. ]

What happened?

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[disdainfully]

Sometimes, a certain type of pulses takes a while to happen, and others come instead.

Do these blackouts happen often?

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[youngestone]

you might get memories later. they just come at random, pretty much.

no blackouts on my end though

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[airfoils]

Nothing serious, thankfully. But some of the guests have complained, saying that I've been laughing at them, when I honestly don't remember doing any such thing.

Its happened frequently enough to be... worrisome.

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[sjokolade]

I never heard of an echo glitching before but it depends? What do you remember so far about your past life?

Maybe that could be why you can't remember anything yet?

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[airfoils]

They happen often enough. They're brief, thankfully, nothing more than a few seconds, but its enough that several of my coworkers are concerned.

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[disdainfully]

And they started after your first pulse?

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[airfoils]

Okay. So I guess I shouldn't worry about the memories, then.

Do you know if anyone else has had blackouts at all?

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[airfoils]

I don't remember anything. At all. Nothing about any other life. Though there are people around here who claim to have known me in their former life.

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[youngestone]

not yet, but honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it happens more often than people mention.

[airfoils]

Yeah. This was never a problem until I got a string of numbers shoved into my head.

[disdainfully]

Have you kept diary about your blackouts?

[airfoils]

No. Most of the time I'm not even aware that I've had one. I only know because whomever I'm talking to suddenly looks at me funny.

[disdainfully]

1. Keep track of however many you manage to notice, and document them. Ask people what they witnessed.
2. Make a description of yourself; your thoughts, personality, beliefs, motivations, and so on. Pulses can alter one's personality.

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[dominateartimus]

Not that I'm aware of. Unless you count someone suddenly disappearing from a memory when they were there a few seconds before.

As for your other question, no on blacking out and yes on behaving strangely.

[peacefulwinter]

I'm not sure I like to use the word "glitched," but no, I can't remember anything like that happening. It's possible that you just haven't pulsed back a memory yet, though. There are a lot of different things you could end up with. I mean, I have a plushie and magic powers, but I could have remembered something from my past instead. Or the other way around. It's hard to say.

I can't say I know of anyone that's blacked out, or done things without remembering them later. That sounds very, very bad, and I'm not sure what to tell you if it's something that's happening to you. Are you thinking about something like "I was over here before, now I'm here and I don't know how I got here?"

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[squicksilver]

If it happens frequently enough, you might get fired.

[ #priorities ]

If it helps, I don't remember anything about my past life either.

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[sjokolade]

Really? Now that's just weird! I guess you can ask those people who known you in your previous life and what you were like?

I think that could a step forward! Otherwise, I got nothing! Maybe you just slept a lot in your other life and just blacked out a lot!

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[airfoils]

[He doesn't take offense at that, since rent has to be paid somehow.]

That's what I'm worried about.

Its good to know I'm not the only one who doesn't remember anything about another life. Have you had any blackouts or anything similar, though?

[airfoils]

They can alter your personality??!!

[Okay, no one has mentioned that bit of information to him before and it might be freaking him out a little.]

How?

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[airfoils]

That's

a little unsettling.

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[airfoils]

That one has never happened.

Behaving strangely how?

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[youngestone]

you must be new. unsettling is pretty much day-to-day on the Network. that or absurd

[airfoils]

Its more like, sometimes, when I'm having a conversation will look at me strange. Apparently, in the middle of a sentence, I'll start laughing like a maniac or making strange noises for a few moments, then I'll continue talking as if nothing happened. And I won't even know it happened until someone points it out.

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[dominateartimus]

Hopefully it won't happen for you either.

By acting more reckless, aggressive and violent when dealing with situations.