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[soulcomet]

[yeah, this hasn't really been the greatest of weeks for Madoka, and the way the entire city is cloaked and flowers and thoughts for things lost is probably only fitting.]

[she could use a good distraction right now — and she figures that after the lockdown and whatever else they may be going through, maybe someone else might like one, too. so, at some point in the evening, she sends out what is hopefully not a too intrusive brain text:]

Hi. What's your favorite thing from back home? I'd like to try to draw it for you.

Or, we could just talk about it, if you prefer.

Comments

[gimmecandy]

THIS IS REALLY CUTE OH MY GOODness! You are a very talented young lady! My favorite tends to be toffee and lollipops! AND ALSO SUCKERS, WHICH I GUESS ARE LOLLIPOPS LOL?

[soulcomet]

Wow, really? Thank you!

I'm a big fan of toffee, too — and Halloween can be pretty fun! If you don't mind me asking, what's your favorite thing about it?

[gimmecandy]

THE CANDY!

But also, I suppose I could say it is simply a matter of aesthetics, but I think there are deeper connections within my incomplete memories that would suggest why the entire concept appeals so strongly to me, but it's mOSTLY THE CANDY!

[soulcomet]

[hey, wow, incomplete memories. Madoka, weirdly enough, can relate.]

You mean you have memories missing?

[gimmecandy]

YEAH LIKE THERE'S LOTS OF WHOLES AND STUFF AND STUFF I THINK IS IMPOrtant is just lost on me when I try to force recollection, but at other times it seems to come and go, but never enough for me to form some cognitive connection to it. It's vexing at times, to have 'nothing' and become so desperate for a deeper reason to haVE THESE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THAT HURT MY HEAD AND HEART SO MUCH.

[soulcomet]

[whoa.]

I'm sorry. I wish I knew how to help, but I wouldn't know where to begin figuring out what to do when you've lost your memories.

Maybe they'll come back to you with time?

[gimmecandy]

IT'S NOT LOST REALLY

You can't lose what you never had.

[soulcomet]

So there are holes in your memory, but those gaps have always been there to begin with? There's no chance you could ever fill them in?

[wait.]

I'm sorry if that's rude to ask.

[gimmecandy]

IT'S NOT RUDE it's stimulating conversation!

If I were to fill in those memories WOULD I BE THE SAME EXISTENCE I AM NOW?