04 [Action/Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

[Asbel is in the plaza today, fighting his way through the sudden crowd of people of mysterious and varying origins.]

Excuse me- ...Ahh, pardon me- I need to get through here, please! Nnngh...

[Eventually, Asbel manages to get himself to a point where he can safely pull out his journal to pose to the network a question.]

...Why is there suddenly such an influx of new people here? Is... there a conference in town today? I wonder for what purpose...

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time paradox!

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

[Aw man, he ended up in another weird place? Well, at least this place looks more like a town. ...But wait, isn't that him-from-the-future?]

Ah! You're here too?

[drawnbythesword]

[...Holy crap, is that...

...Oh god.]

...H-huh?!

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

[Oh Asbel. You and your articulate responses. The kid's not as amused though.]

Whaddaya mean by that? You're the one who told me about... that stuff.

[drawnbythesword]

I told you about... what stuff? [Herp.]

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

That 'being from the future' stuff!

[...

Ding.]

Ack. Don't tell me you have amnesia!

[drawnbythesword]

...Eh? No, I don't have amnesia! Though... I suppose I wouldn't remember if I had amnesia, but...

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... then tell me something you remember.

[drawnbythesword]

But... How would you know if that was right, if you're me from the past-

[...Ding.]

...Ah, I've got it!

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

[...He never claimed to be a good planner.]

Huh? Did you remember something?

[drawnbythesword]

Aha... Well, I was just thinking... I remember the nicknames I would come up with when I was your age--err, you.

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

Hehe, yeah, that was- [Wait, this is kind of off-topic.] ...So that means you don't have amnesia?

Maybe you just hit your head somewhere.

[drawnbythesword]

I would remember doing that, though. [...But just to be sure, he's rubbing the side of his head to check for bumps.]

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

But what if you forgot that, too?

[drawnbythesword]

...Ah! You might be right!

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

[Oh snap, he suggested something right! What is the world coming to.]

Then that just means we have to get your memory back! Uh... [He's kinda peering at his wooden sword.]

[drawnbythesword]

How might we do that, now... [Cue thinking.

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[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

If you lost your memory when you hit your head, maybe it'll come back if we do it again!

[drawnbythesword]

What if I just lost more of my memory?

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah... [And he was so sure about that one, too.

...]

Argh! I don't wanna lose my memory when I grow up!

[drawnbythesword]

I didn't want this, either! I know my memory wasn't the greatest, but... This is really kind of unfair!

[brbdefacingtree.livejournal.com]

[Just. Sulks. He's not really mad at older!Asbel considering it's not really his fault if he just tripped and smashed his head on a tree or something; it's more like general frustration for the situation.]

[drawnbythesword]

Selective amnesia, though... That's...