☾ 003 | audio | day 447

[fuckingwolverine]

[Hey, Asgard. Have you ever had to hear a terrified feral six-year-old throwing a tantrum?

Unfortunately, you're about to.

For Lilly, forgetting Asgard memories had been disquieting-- it felt funny, and it was always confusing when they suddenly came rocketing back to her. But now she's periodically forgetting Mama and her sister, and that? Is just not acceptable.]

Mama! No! Victoria! Mama, Mama, Mama, Victoria, Mama!

MAMA!

[There's the sound of small palms slapping the ground in frustration.]

Stop now! Help! Come-- come back!

[She smacks at her bracelet display, and the feed ends there.]

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[bossily]

[Clara pops up, initially looking a little worried. Her mama bear radar is going off, so she smiles, hoping to be reassuring.]

Hey, you okay?

[Obviously the little girl isn't, but Clara isn't sure what to do about it just yet.]

Are you missing someone? Your mum? I'm miss mine too, every day.

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[fuckingwolverine]

[The scraggily little girl on the screen starts to nod, because she is missing Mama-- but then quickly switches to shaking her head, because that isn't the biggest issue here.]

Forget.

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[bossily]

Your memories are being tampered with too, then? Bet you still remember your name though.

[Keeping that smile on her face, she starts walking.]

My name's Clara. I'm a teacher back home, least I can still remember that. Do you think it'd be alright if I came to find you?

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[fuckingwolverine]

Lilly.

[She peers closer to Clara's image on the display.]

... Help?

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[bossily]

I, Lily, am most definitely going to help you. Think you can tell me where you're at?

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[fuckingwolverine]

Freya.

Help now?

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[bossily]

Be there in in a moment, Lily. Promise.

[She keeps the feed going as she starts running, heading over toward Freya district to find the girl. It doesn't take her long to get to the area, and she wastes no time in looking in places kids might be able to tuck themselves away and hide.]

Lilly? If you hear me, come on out, quick as you like.

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[fuckingwolverine]

[After about thirty seconds, Lilly comes scrambling down the stairs on all fours-- not crawling, but bending down and using her hands as an extra pair of feet. It looks potentially dangerous, running down the stairs that way headfirst, but she seems used to it.

She also seems a lot calmer now, considering how she was in her initial video-- people here have helped her before, and if Clara says she can help her stop forgetting things, she completely believes her.

She stops a few feet away from Clara, and points a finger at her.]

Help?

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[runningstart]

Whoa-!

[oh geez, that poor little girl]

Hey, hey, it's okay. It's okay kiddo. Do you need some help?

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[itistolaugh]

[Whoa, that screaming nearly makes Harley jump out of her skin. It takes her a second to realize what's happening and check the video. Hey, isn't that the creepy apple kid? What was her name again?]

Lilly? It's Lilly, right? Hey, are you in the house, kid?

[emulation]

Hey. [a little louder--] Hey! You need to calm down.

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[fuckingwolverine]

Yes! Help! Stop it!

[She pounds a fist on the floor again.]

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[fuckingwolverine]

[She nods, and points to Harley on the screen.]

Freya. Help?

[fuckingwolverine]

[She makes an animal-esque hissing sound.]

No! Help!

[emulation]

[Yikes.]

Help with what?

[fuckingwolverine]

[She lowers her voice a little, almost to a whisper.]

Forget.

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[runningstart]

[VERY distressed child, okay, duly noted]

Okay, it's okay, I'm gonna come help. Can you use your uh, bracelet thingy, can you show me where you are? I'll be there in a heartbeat.

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[fuckingwolverine]

Freya.

[She starts heading towards a door-- the one that'll lead from her room to the hallway-- and the display follows her.]

Here. Freya.

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[runningstart]

Freya? Super cool name. I'm Wally.

[Good, calmer is good. Wally makes his way to the center of town, because he's pretty fast and it'll be easier to get to whichever house she's in from the center than from his own district.]

Are you looking for your family?

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[fuckingwolverine]

No. Lilly. Freya house.

... Mama. Victoria. Forget. Help.

[Her language skills leave a lot to be desired, sorry Wally. She technically could do better than she is (other than pronunciation; that's kind of fucked right now no matter what), but she hates talking any more than she has to.]

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[runningstart]

Oh oh oh. Uh, that's totally what I meant, cool house...name... [w2g walls] But yeah, Lilly, also cool name.

[Wally skids around a corner and heads for the Freya house, hurrying even though there's nothing much he can to do stop her from forgetting, which is what sounds like is going on. Still, nobody should be alone when they're going through something rough, nobody. Being alone is the worst.

50 MPH might be the max speed Wally can reach here, but he can't exactly run that fast down the crowded streets. It takes him some time to reach Freya house and he's out of breath when he does. He shoves his goggles up onto his forehead and lets himself in.]

Lilly? You in here? [He hopes she didn't just freak out and take off.]

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[fuckingwolverine]

[When she hears her name, she comes running down the stairs on all fours.]

Yeah.

Help?

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[runningstart]

WHOA- [Okay, was not expecting that, little bit creepy. At least she wasn't running down the stairs on all fours backwards, Exorcist-style.]

Uh, yeah, gonna do my best. You're forgetting stuff that's important to you, right? So first thing's first, we gotta get down everything you still remember that you want to keep. Write it, record it, draw it- whatever. Just to make sure that stuff stays safe.

[emulation]

Forget what.

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[fuckingwolverine]

[Lilly nods, then reaches into her shirt and pulls a crinkled piece of paper out from under it. She smooths it out, then holds it up to show him.]

Mama.