text; super early in the morning

[bearshermark]

I can't do this. These memories need to stop. I can't.



Edit: Didn't someone ask about castles? There was also a dragon. It was not a good time.


Edit 2: No one named Erik with blue hair out here by any chance, right?

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[serpentinthegarden]

[ Of the two similar messages that went up this was the more approachable. Text gave one more of a feeling of distance and after his owns dreams had disturbed his sleep distance was precisely what was wanted. ]

Were you the dragon?

[bearshermark]

No, I was trying not to get eaten or burned to death. It was very close.

[And that's not even half of it]

[serpentinthegarden]

So you your past life dragons were a real thing?

[ Obviously or he wouldn't have been trying not to be eaten by one... well, done Anthony. ]

You buy that or do you think it was just a bad dream?

[bearshermark]

I might have, but there was someone with me that I recognized from my first memory. He introduced himself to me just before we jumped off a cliff.

[serpentinthegarden]

That guy you were asking about?

[ He scrolled up to read the name again. ]

Erik? I do know an Erik but he doesn't have blue hair. Can you remember anything else about him?

[bearshermark]

Well he was kind of short, slight build, wore earrings. His eyes might have been blue?

I doubt he's around though. What are the odds, right? I only know one person that has someone from their world here so far- and that's crazy as it is.

[serpentinthegarden]

The guy I know is large, big build, he does have blue eyes but he runs a bar back in Dorset now. Can't be the same guy.

[ The rest gave him pause. Should he ask? Did he want the answer? Was that Mr. Fell's name about to come up again? ]

Who? Do they both actually remember each other?

[bearshermark]

I'm not sure. Think I was too shocked to ask. I hope so, though. Just the odds of two people being Different, in the same place, knowing each other in a previous life, then actually meeting?

And of course it'd just be really awesome to have a friend from a past life to talk to.

[serpentinthegarden]

Must be rare.

[ Written with doubts as what did Anthony know about it? Not a thing!]

Why was the dragon trying to eat you anyway?

[bearshermark]

Uh well, I don't know. We kind of stumbled on it in the dark, then had to run for our lives. I only know it was under a castle because Erik mentioned it. It might have been guarding something for all I could see.

[hardtoignore]

Dude, are you okay? Do you wanna talk about this privately or are you good with blurting it all out on the network?

[I guess having friends causes you to worry about them. Lame.]

[bearshermark]

I'm really worried I might have been a criminal right now.

[hardtoignore]

[There's a pause before a response.]

That's gotta be hard. Are you worried it's gonna take over who you are now if that's the case?

[bearshermark]

I don't know. Maybe knowing about it means I can make sure it doesn't happen? I must have been really different in that life.

[hardtoignore]

I think that's a good way to look at it. We don't really have any way to change that old life, if it's actually real.

You didn't see yourself doing anything particularly bad, did you? Like

You didn't kill someone did you?

[bearshermark]

No! Of course not. I don't know why we were on the run. One of the guards called me 'Darkspawn'. I don't really know what it means, but it sounds terrible.

[hardtoignore]

Darkspawn, huh? Sounds like something out of a video game.

Were these guards like the police? Because if they are, them chasing after you might also mean something different.


[[[ooc: ngl every time I hear "darkspawn" in DQXI I immediately think of Dragon Age.]]]

Lmao fair

[bearshermark]

I'm not sure, but it seemed like they were going to kill us if they caught us.

[hardtoignore]

Well, if they are like the police then you were probably the ones in the right. You know how They Are.

[He doesn't send an emoji but El could probably guess just the right level of scowl Clarence has going on right now.]

[temptationaccomplished]

Someone did, yes. My newest one had a castle too. No dragons, though, I'm afraid; just a snake. I'm wondering if this is some kind of theme.

Have you by chance found any more hints about the location yours takes place in, other than the mythology?

[bearshermark]

Well the technology level is or was low- swords and armor reminiscent of crusaders. But there's dragons and floating trees so who knows?

[temptationaccomplished]

Floating trees. So there was some kind of magic other than dragons? Seems like these memories are getting more and more outlandish. Next thing we know, they'll be telling us we're wizards and shipping us off to magical boarding schools.

[bearshermark]

Man I wish. That'd be so much cooler than what's actually happening.

How have your memories been?

[temptationaccomplished]

Aside from that first one, nothing too horrible. A bit unrealistic, but that seems to be the way of it.

[So I may be a magic school student or I might be part of a Satanic cult that kills children. Jury is still out. But I got a snake so that's a safe topic to discuss. No one's going to judge me for having a pet. ]

[bearshermark]

I guess none of us are doing terribly well right now. I wonder if this will ever not be too strange.