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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[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.

[serpentinthegarden]

That is what they do in the stories, guard castles and treasure hordes. And chase hobbits.

[ So it was in the movies anyway. ]

[bearshermark]

Do you think it might mean you're a criminal if you're being chased by castle guards? And where jumping off a really tall cliff is preferable to capture?

Hypothetically.

[serpentinthegarden]

Hypothetically, right.

Yea... I'd say that was a pretty safe bet. Why else would they chase anyone? Either they are after a criminal or, maybe, some house guest the King didn't want to leave yet. Came for the buffet but tried to slip out before the tedious ballroom dancing. Maybe it was an eat and run.

[bearshermark]

Yeah, and 'darkspawn' is just a cultural nickname for something harmless.

[serpentinthegarden]

Since we are texting hypothetically... Any idea what that actually means?

[bearshermark]

Not unless it's literal.

[serpentinthegarden]

Do you suppose that means a Darkspawn is some sort of... demon?

[bearshermark]

I guess, if it's spawned from darkness.

[serpentinthegarden]

What else would a demon be spawned from? I'm pretty sure they don't come from Care-a-lot.

That's a rough 'memory' to have.

[bearshermark]

There sure are some layers.

But at least, if that's how I met Erik, then we definitely survived that jump. Guess these memories aren't going to be in any sort of order.

[serpentinthegarden]

That sucks.

[ Wait... Did that make sense? A second text arrives five minutes later to clarify. ]

Not the cliff thing.

[ And it doesn't help. ]

I mean having to jump off a cliff to avoid a dragon sucks too, its good you didn't die, but I meant it sucks that these memories occur out of order. Everything is confusing enough as it is.

[bearshermark]

Yeah. Guess we'll have to do the legwork if we want to keep everything straight. It's probably gonna look like one of those consprliracy walls.

[serpentinthegarden]

Maybe keep a diary instead. People think the Different are crazy enough without giving them a wall full of yarn strings, push pins and photos to stumble across.

[bearshermark]

Fair. Man, I wonder what they really do think of us.

[serpentinthegarden]

Have you ever tried telling anyone you are one of the 'Different'?

[bearshermark]

Just my mom, but uh, turns out she is too, so that was awkward.

[serpentinthegarden]

How could that be awkward? At least she would understand. She is going through the same thing you are.

[bearshermark]

It was a thing. It's worked out of course, so that's a relief. I mean she's upset it's happening to me, but.

Anyway, yeah no, I haven't been brave enough to tell any of my friends.

[serpentinthegarden]

I wouldn't. People wouldn't really understand.

[bearshermark]

I guess I wouldn't have believed it, before all this.

[serpentinthegarden]

I'm still not sure I believe it. How do we really know these are memories? They could be anything, just very real feeling stories we've heard before.

[bearshermark]

I guess it's just down to what you believe. I'm willing to believe in past lives; my first memory directly supported reincarnation. It feels right to me, even if I don't completely understand how it works. But I also haven't heard any compelling alternatives.