Screened to the Second Generation Econtrites

[quarkonium]

Okay, who else suddenly has parents who don't remember being married or having kids or being married to the right person?

Comments

[inmymothersname]

My mother doesn't remember having kids at all, and obviously my father thinks he's your father.

[quarkonium]

So my mother and your father think they're together, Uncle Fayt thinks he's with Aunt Sophia... I'd say it's affecting those from our dimension or those related to us, but it's too early to tell.

[inmymothersname]

My mother thinks she's with someone with a Chinese name, I suppose from her world - what about your father?

Everyone affected was at Econtra before, too...

[quarkonium]

He says he doesn't have children, because he's unable to. And mentioned someone named Sacy.

Alternate universes? But if that was the case, mother would be referring to that jerk - what's his name, Albern? - as her child and not us. But apparently, she still knows we're her daughters, just... we have a different father.

Merlot's distressed by all this. I can't blame her. I don't know what's going on, either.

[papastolestars]

[Paris ends up on this screen by default, but is more enthused by pushing the buttons; accidentally turns on the voice feature]

Hey!

[voice]

[quarkonium]

[an audible sigh]

Oh, hey, Paris. How are you?

Re: [voice]

[papastolestars]

I'm okay. How come people are all excited?

[voice]

[quarkonium]

[takes a really long time to answer. brb thinking of a little white lie.]

Well, today's some kind of... a family day. And there's a game. You pretend you have a different family just for today, so that we can get together with the others who are here and get to know them better. But that's only if you want to play.

[forhermemory]

[Merlot is sitting by herself in the corner, holding her father's silver pocketwatch. She is definitely upset but not saying much.]

[inmyfathersname]

[nausy is likewise sulking in a corner, absent-mindedly playing with a dagger.]

We are so screwed.

[forhermemory]

I thought I could get through to him...

[inmyfathersname]

Maybe if you show him that watch...?

Mom doesn't remember us, either.

[quarkonium]

Join the club.

[quarkonium]

... I didn't look at it from that perspective.