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Myriad Reality

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A timer would be meaningless to us though. It's really hard to tell.

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I'd have to double check.
*Pulls out a small tablet device and loads up the data to do so*

@GalaxyRaider

The condition is worse, right? I doubt it’s a shortening timer.

Myriad Reality

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Wait... Has she? Did I miss that?

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Yeah. But that means it has a timer, or a trigger that isn't just "new info needs purged", right?

@GalaxyRaider

Right. It has to be something more complex than that.

Myriad Reality

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Yes. I was trying to see if it really was instant and we just missed it until now. Doesn’t seem to be.

@GalaxyRaider

No, but it clearly works fast enough.

Myriad Reality

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*Frowns, then speaks with repeated intonation*
... How about now? It clearly doesn't do anything instantly, because I assume you still remember that we've told you about your sister as of right now at least, right?

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I'll never think otherwise.

@GalaxyRaider

You mean when you asked whether I remembered you talking about some kind of sister?

Myriad Reality

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It's possible. It clearly doesn't do anything instantly, because I assume you still remember that we've told you about your sister as of right now at least, right?

@GalaxyRaider

Uh...

Myriad Reality

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*Wraps my arms around you in a huge, comforting hug*
Here's hoping more info proves it's something else.

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I didn't either, or else I would have been more eager to share it.

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Based on what we have now, at least.

@GalaxyRaider

Are you thinking that it’s deleting and restoring modified memory on the fly? And that it could have the same effect on dad?

Myriad Reality

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The only way we've seen, at least. But I don't know. Like I said, it's just a theory. A big, huge, crackpot theory. And you two having forgotten about each other again when we first met up here today is just what tipped it over the edge for me.

@GalaxyRaider

I... don’t love that idea.

Myriad Reality

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I don't really know much of anything about Sam to say, but possibly?

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Okay. If Melody was willing to apply the program to herself as 01, and not just some arbitrary, meaningless test subject, then what if the other three subjects are also not arbitrary? What if those other three subjects are other people who are important to her who she'd also want to have the benefits of the program. Those specific three people, no more and no less. An exact collective of three other individuals, one of which we can't account for, and the other two of which we know are having trouble with their memory. And not just a single instance of having trouble with their memory, but as of meeting here today, have proven to have had their altered memory restored to a state where they didn't know about each other.
*Glances down at the floor, avoiding eye contact with anyone*

@GalaxyRaider

If we’re infected too, why is this the only way it’s manifested? Just basic memory issues?

Myriad Reality

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Hm…

@Ignacious

I’ll keep digging.

Myriad Reality

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Not necessarily. But her user info was the only one who accessed the experiment data at all, on top of all the info about the specifics of the work being wiped.

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I'm not stopping short now, because I'm unfortunately not done.

@GalaxyRaider

So are you saying that the mom we saw was her corrupted version, like Sam’s?