Your New Life

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Another New Life

You wake up to the sound of surf, much, much closer than you've ever heard it unless you moseyed down to Puffin Pier back in the old days. What old days...? Why, the days when you had a body, of course. The memories are probably coming back by now, jumbled along with everything else you lost. What a wake-up call.

But at least the ocean is real, unlike your dubiously fragmented remembrances. This little island out in the middle of nowhere sports a crude sign reading DUCK DAMNED ISLAND that seems like it's really railing against whatever fate you've been left to. There are little seashells and sparkling fragments amongst the sand to the left of your face. If you look further, to the left and right, it seems you're not the only one who's woken up here; it's considerably less cushy than your last wakeup, but maybe that's not a bad thing.

Here, you're free, albeit... kind of incorporeal, as you'll soon find out. The island is covered in pretty little trees that don't quite form a forest, bowed over the really beautiful sandy beach that is way prettier than the one on the mainland. One, slightly rickety treehouse -- bare of anything, because incorporeal ghosts don't need furniture, of course -- peeks out from between the leaves. This is, apparently, your home away from home now.

Finally, there's a small bay-like area on the island that leads you to a strange-looking storm drain, marked with a symbol that's not-quite-an-apple. Stepping in will wash you alllllll the way back up to Puffin Pier, right where the sewers normally let out.

Oh, and once you step onto the mainland? You're now a duck. What kind of quacking afterlife is this.

((OOC: the tldr; about death is here!))

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[lovebombing]

Biiiiiig deep breath in! Biiiiiiig deep breath out! Repeat! Take your time. Say it from the start.

1/2

[aurevoirx2]

[ He nods at Keito and listens, sitting down where he's directed and taking some breathes before he starts. ]

So, I went to town to, well, watch. [ Don't judge. ] I saw buildings with tape on them. It was almost curfew, and the one doing it was Furodo-san.

I went to inspect, and it was duct tape. Almost all the buildings were taped up, except Jade Vine.

[ Taking a long breath. ]

2/2

[aurevoirx2]

So, I went to try something. I went to a building I thought they wouldn't probably try to use, Jojamart's, and used that knife I had earlier to cut it, but then...

She came from behind me. She said...

"Don't be a naughty duck."

Then, I don't know what happened. It was suddenly morning. It was so... I couldn't remember anything.

And I rushed back here...

[lovebombing]

You went go watch. [A long sigh.] Kids these days...

So you think she ambushed you and stole your memories? Memokeeper vibes, I'm telling ya!

[aurevoirx2]

It feels exactly like when we couldn't remember things before. Just kind of, worse.

[ He doesn't know what that is, so he's just moving past it. ]

[driftedaway]

I wonder if she is one of those Memokeepers after all...

[ He doesn't really see a need to comment on Sora's voyeur ways, since well, that's just a thing now. ]

What do you mean by "worse", Sora?

[aurevoirx2]

Well, it just happened quickly, so I felt very disoriented. Like my time went missing.

[driftedaway]

That's awful...and to leave you there? I'm just glad you're okay.

[ Probably weird coming from him, but well, Keito's not the type to lie about that. They should check how he is in duck form later, but he's not suggesting that until Sora gets more rest. So instead he grabs some of the post-its and starts writing a summary. ]

[aurevoirx2]

I don't think I came to at Jojamart though. So, whatever happened I'm missing it.

[driftedaway]

...Wait, where did you wake up?

[ He has a bad feeling about this? ]

[aurevoirx2]

I think it was on the other side of town...? I was more worried about getting back though...

[driftedaway]

I'm glad you made it back, but the other part's...not so good.

[ He nervously fiddles with his hands. ]

I was trying not to manifest it, but...it happened again, didn't it?

[aurevoirx2]

I didn't kill anyone this time.

But Adela-san is definitely the one taking our memories. [ He's sure. ]

[driftedaway]

...Glad to hear? [ He's too sleepy for this... Little ones shouldn't be stabbing with knives anyway??? ]

It's a good thing I was avoiding her and Miss Makima then... I really wanted to ask them more questions, but I guess it's too late for that.

[aurevoirx2]

[ He's older than you tho, ty ]

Mmhmm... About that. What did you talk to her about before, then?

[driftedaway]

[ Still shorter tho! ]

...I fished for stuff about what happened before us. [ Not that he got much out of it, but hey, he learned more about Adela? ] And I also asked if it was possible to pull specific people here.

[ /closes eyes ]

[aurevoirx2]

Oh, I asked that too. To Makima-san. Same deal, though, I suppose.

[driftedaway]

Sounds like it. [ Is it sad that he can't be mad at all? ] ...Of course we'd both ask.

back to cw: suicidal ideation

[aurevoirx2]

[ Of course, they both would. ]

... I asked if it would count if it wasn't murder... and I guess things went downhill from there.

[driftedaway]

[ He pauses at that, biting his lip as he thinks. ] ...This place has a way of wringing out something raw and bloody from within and putting it at the forefront.

[aurevoirx2]

... Yes. When I admitted my fears that I'd be able to do it, she just... Encouraged me. She said... Hinata didn't have to know. She said, we could have a new beginning.

[ Well, Hinata's in a coma because of him, and if he remembered... Maybe hearing what he wanted to hear wouldn't have worked so well. ]

[lovebombing]

Ugh....what a pain.

[yes these boys are having a heart to heart HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING TOO]

Do we have to beat her up? Maybe she'll drop memories like loot....

[aurevoirx2]

[ don't mind them they're just chatty yans ]

People seem to have been getting them back, from the sounds of it after... Well, after I was executed. But if she has the powers to just do it again...

[lovebombing]

That's real worrying.

Do we know why she's doing it?

[aurevoirx2]

[ shaking his head because this is before the execution and i need to make a toplevel ]

I don't know, but if we keep an eye on them, maybe we'll get some clues?

She didn't seem to want me interfering.