. 005

[gratefultogetaway]

Ugh, my head is killing me...

So, was there a curse or something this past weekend? Because I cannot remember a thing from this weekend, and I'm pretty sure I didn't go and get blackout drunk on Friday night. Pretty sure, yeah...

This sort of thing is normal here, right? Right?

[ooc: As promised, Anya doesn't remember any of this past weekend's curse.]

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Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

[His English now is almost perfect, though there is, of course, that accent that he'll never quite shake.]

Yiddish, Russian, maybe Polish.

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

Russian, huh...Like this?

[She smirks a little at the camera, before frowning. Wait...]

...chocolate...I remember something about chocolate, but that's it.

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Like that.

[His Russian isn't as good as it had been when he was a kid -- Yiddish and English were his strong suits now -- but it's perfectly decent.]

Chocolate... Yeah, something about chocolate. And singing.

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

[She smiles, nodding at the Russian. It's nice to meet a fellow speaker here.]

I just remember something about chocolate...that's it.

I mean, I'm sure it's nothing important, it's just sort of frustrating, that's all. I hate not remembering things.

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

It's unpleasant, I agree.

[A slight frown.]

Do you often find yourself not remembering things?

[The way she'd phrased it, it certainly sounded that way.]

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

Nah, not often these days. I've...well, amnesia. Lost eight years of my life, give or take, so you can see why forgetting thing is sort of a sore spot.

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Eight years? That's significant. Recent years, or childhood years?

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

Childhood.

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Interesting. No memories at all?

[Yes, he finds this strangely fascinating, what with the disappeared memories of the weekend on top of all of it.]

Re: Video

[gratefultogetaway]

Nope. Sometimes I get flashes of things, but nothing concrete...and never for long. I don't remember anything from before they found me wandering around in Saint Petersburg, and Anya was the name they gave me at the orphanage...

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

You said something about a family. An older sister, maybe. When we met.

[He still barely remembers meeting her, but that strikes him as correct. It's all so fuzzy, though, so blurred at the edges, he's not sure if he's right or not.]

Maybe that was someone else.

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

I...I did...?

[She looks stunned. She never...she couldn't remember any of that. Whenever she got flashes, they were never concrete enough to even suggest at family...]

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

I don't know. It might not have been you. It was a girl with red hair.

[If he's this frustrated about losing a day's worth of memories, he can only imagine how frustrating it must be not to have her whole childhood.]

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

Y...yeah, it might not have been me...I mean, I know I've got red hair, but I'm not the only person here who has it. It could've been somebody else.

[But it's not stopping her from being distressed and mentally panicking.]

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

I certainly wasn't trying to upset you -- I apologize.

[If, indeed, she is upset. Her voice sounds distressed, at the very least.]

You should look back on the network and see what happened to you this weekend. That might give you a better idea than I can.

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

No, it's okay, I just...if I remembered something, and lost it...

[She shakes her head, trying to clear out all the negative thoughts. She needs to concentrate.]

That's not a bad idea.

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

That would certainly be frustrating.

[He offers her a smile.]

At the very least, however, you'll find out about your missing weekend days. That's something.

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

And maybe that'll start something else. Who knows.

[She smiles back, trying to look hopeful. Maybe she remembered something this weekend...!]

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Maybe it will. It's worth a try.

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

If I find out anything about you, I'll let you know, kay?

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

[He laughs.]

All right, unless it's horribly embarrassing.

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

What, you don't want to know if you did something embarrassing over the weekend? I'd think it'd be better to know and be prepared...

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

I guess it depends on how bad it was. There're probably some things better left undiscovered.

Video

[gratefultogetaway]

Heh, yeah, true.

[She shrugs and grins a bit.]

I'll get back to you with what I find out.

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Good luck.