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[is_the_walrus]

Just slept the whole fucking day, and people still aren't normal.  It's like I never existed.

Maybe I don't.

Never ask the question "what if."  It makes things split until you're living two lives.  When do you know which one's really happening?  How the fuck does anyone know they're cursed today?  Maybe I turned left instead of right and everything

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[obliviomancy]

I... don't think you're dreaming.

[is_the_walrus]

Then what's happening?

[obliviomancy]

Well... a lot of people got pulled from their own worlds into this one. If that's what you mean.

[is_the_walrus]

No, that's not--I don't know what I mean. Sorry.

[obliviomancy]

It's all right. You don't sound too good. Are... you okay?

[is_the_walrus]

Thanks.

Sure, yeah.

[obliviomancy]

Okay. You know it'll be over eventually, right? I know it's kind of weird to be forgotten, but it's just a curse. Everyone'll remember in a few days.

[is_the_walrus]

Not everyone. You ever think about what happens after you die? How everyone forgets you were there?

[obliviomancy]

... Sometimes. I don't think everyone can forget, though. No one ever disappears just like that. Even if people don't talk about you, they remember.

[is_the_walrus]

That's a nice thing to think.

[obliviomancy]

I don't think so - I know it. My friends wouldn't forget me.

What about you?

[is_the_walrus]

Did you die?

No. There's no one to remember. They died too.

[obliviomancy]

No. But I know my friends.

There can't be no one. You still talk to people, right? They'll remember you. It won't be a big memory, but it'll still be there.

[is_the_walrus]

...What's your name?

[obliviomancy]

I'm Roxas. What's yours?

[is_the_walrus]

Roxas... okay. Henry.