Fiftieth Theory [Voice/Action for Housemates]

[i_speak_softly]

[When Don opens the door to the storage room, he immediately forgets what he went there for. His housemates will hear him shouting:]

No!

[Later, when he's calmer, a Voice post:]

Derek Bliss has gone home.

[... That's all he can manage.]

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I don't know. [And for once, she speaks honestly when she continues:]

I thought, for awhile, that maybe it was to give me a second chance. I know it's not just about me, of course, but that's what it meant to me. But when I went home, I forgot everything, and I missed that second chance!

[i_speak_softly]

[Right. She had told him about that.]

What is it like?

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

Going home? It was like always being there.

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[i_speak_softly]

And coming back?

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

It was confusing. [She can admit that much.] So much had happened, and so many people knew me, that I had no memories of.

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[i_speak_softly]

You didn't remember your first time?

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

No. Even know, I only remember it vaguely, some parts.

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[i_speak_softly]

[The other questions he wanted to ask are irrelevant, then.]

I - I would rather Derek not come back, than come back without his memories.

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[Maybe or maybe not; she's pieced a lot together since back then, and has talked to a lot of other people for their experiences.]

You wouldn't want to see him again? [Something in her expression becomes firm, almost cool.]

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[i_speak_softly]

[Don't do that, Ami.]

I do, but - not if he's going to look at me that way. [That "what are you, and what do you mean I used to live with you" way.] I can't...

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I... just don't think he'd want you to stay away from him.

[At least to her, it'd be the worst thing.]

And if he were here, he'd want to be with you.

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[i_speak_softly]

[He just shakes his head - how can he answer that?]

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

It's just what I think. Because if I left and came back again, I'd want to meet you again.

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[i_speak_softly]

Really? [There's a hollowness to the question, as in "Really, Ami? Think carefully about what you are saying."]

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

Yes. Because even when we forget, there's a new beginning. If we don't meet again at all, we really lose each other.

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[i_speak_softly]

[Don's not sure he can agree with this, but Ami is at least pretending to believe it, and that means something to him.]

Mm.

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

[She isn't pretending. She believes it absolutely. It's happened for her in her world; her belief comes from that experience. And from Usagi.]

Do you think we can meet again?

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[i_speak_softly]

[He looks over at her.]

It happens.

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

And if he returns, I'll help you help him to remember. Even if all we can do is tell him about what happened before.

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[i_speak_softly]

[Well, that could be a better way of doing it. Don nods slowly.]

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I appreciated everyone who helped me like that when I came back.

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[i_speak_softly]

[He can't help asking.] How - how long did it take?

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

I don't really know, exactly; it was gradual. And, even now I can't really say I remember everything. Just... some things. [Hazy memories of people she was drawn to or nervous around, hazy memories of terrible things she knows are explained by her time in the Dark Kingdom.]

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[i_speak_softly]

How long until the first thing? [The point when you realized everyone else was telling the truth.]

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[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

My journal. Only I could have written that.