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office hours;

[juiceofthevine]

[ Edgin is just storming into Xenk's office hours. Is it ungodly early? Well, for Edgin, yes, but he knows Xenk doesn't have a life, he's pretty sure he's going to be here. ]

We need to talk.

[partybabysitter]

[ Correct, Xenk does not have a life. He does enjoy reading books in his office when he's not practicing his swordplay or whatever, so Edgin just steps on in while Xenk looks up from his smutty novel. ]

Yes? Is something the matter?

[ He is not paying Edgin much attention, but in his defense, he just got to a really good part. ]

[juiceofthevine]

[ he does a double take at the novel but that issue gets tabled. There's something more important than Xenk Yendar's smut. ]

I saw you in a dream in a cave. But it -- it wasn't a dream, was it? This is that memory thing you were asking me about.

[partybabysitter]

[ Xenk may not like Edgin, but he isn't so disrespectful that he'd continue to ignore him. This memory stuff is more important than how he feels about him.

He sets his book down, giving Edgin his full attention. ]

In a cave, you say? I have yet to recall anything of the sort.

[ He pauses, clearly taking Edgin at face value. Why does he sound so surprised? ]

Was the memory troubling?

[juiceofthevine]

Well, it was insulting. There were these...brains with legs? And you said they only attack people with high intelligence and they didn't attack any of us.

[ terrible!! ]

You included though.

[partybabysitter]

I... see.

[ Xenk blinks, somewhat incredulous. Dragon people? Sure, why not. Brains with legs, that only attack smart people? What the fuck kind of past life was this? ]

And you are certain this was a memory?

[ Edgin seems serious but he is from the Blue Court, there's always a chance he could be fucking with him. ]

[juiceofthevine]

I felt it. It felt real.

[ it's because he's from Blue Court that he's so certain. Revel and remember. ]

[partybabysitter]

That is indeed how I experienced it, as well.

[ Xenk nods. That's how it felt for him too. Even now he can recall leaving Edgin and his crew upon the beach and the insult he bore: a memory as clear to him as any other.

Except. "It felt real," sure makes Xenk wonder one thing. ]

Did you perhaps not believe me when I first came to you...?

[juiceofthevine]

No, I believed you. It's just like you said, it made more sense that it was...a past life, or something.

[ not something that felt...like it could've happen to him. ]

[partybabysitter]

[ OK, good. Xenk doesn't say that, but some part of him wanted Edgin to believe him. Not that he needs anything from Edgin, but. There's a reason his insult bothered him, and it wasn't because he didn't care.

It's confusing. ]

Yes, I believe this may be the most... I cannot say logical, for the matter seems fantastical in nature, but it is the closest descriptor I can use. In the memory, I am only who I was in that moment. Did it feel the same to you as well?

[juiceofthevine]

I guess. But I don't know, with a past life I'd expect more detachment?

[ what a weird thing to say out loud ]

I guess it's weird to make any assumptions about what a past life would feel like. It just felt too real.

[partybabysitter]

[ Xenk hums, considering Edgin's words. More detachment? ]

Indeed, it is difficult to presume what such a situation would feel like, given that the accounts I have read have solely been those described in works of fiction.

[ Which. You've seen the fiction Xenk was reading. ]

It felt real, as you said. I can remember the warmth from the sun, yet it did not burn me.

[juiceofthevine]

[ yeah, the smut!! they'll get back to that ]

Wish I could trade you for the stupid cave memory.

[partybabysitter]

[ Xenk hums again. A cave and a beach... were they together often? Or was it just a coincidence, that they remembered two instances with one another? Xenk doesn't actually want to know. It's weird enough that he's remembered dragon-men and now Edgin has remembered some kind of brain monster. ]

What else do you recall from your memory? Was the woman with horns there as well?

[ Simon was there too (sorry, Simon) but pointy ears is kind of less weird than horns and a tail. ]

[juiceofthevine]

Yeah, she was standing next to me. Her hair was...red or brown, maybe?

[ He doesn't have darkvision :( ]

[partybabysitter]

[ It's ok buddy, you have it now... though maybe that would tell you something, if Xenk actually remembered this part with perfect clarity, that is. ]

Red, I believe. How interesting. Perhaps she was a mutual acquaintance.

[ I mean, if they're remembering stuff with each other, there's no reason she can't be... ]

I have searched among the thralls of the castle and have not found any that share appearances with those I recall. Besides you.

[juiceofthevine]

Yeah, it was...kind of hard to see.

[ Edgin frowns. Hard to see in the dark. It's been awhile since that was the case. ]

There was also...a woman with giant muscles I was very fond of for some reason, and a younger, scared guy. I haven't seen anyone like them before, either.

[partybabysitter]

[ Xenk nods. It wouldn't surprise him to hear that they were human in a past life. After all, they were... already human in a "past life" so to speak. Though it seems they at least didn't have pointed ears or horns or anything. ]

I see. [ Hm, yes, Xenk is pointedly ignoring how he felt in the memory, don't ask him about it. ] I recall the younger one, I believe. Were his ears pointed?

[ He seemed nice, he said Xenk was good at everything :) ]

[juiceofthevine]

Yeah, I think so.

[ What was his name? It feels like it's on the very edge of the memory, but he can't quite grasp it. ]

Guess none of us were very intelligent, though.

[partybabysitter]

[ Xenk makes a face. Why does Edgin always insult him!!! ]

It is possible the creature simply did not perceive us.

[ He's very intelligent, thank you! He gets a whole +5 to Intelligence checks!!! ]

[juiceofthevine]

I guess, sure, yeah.

[ he pulls out his journal from a bag and sketches down a picture of what it looked like and then holds it up for Xenk. ]

This is it.

[partybabysitter]

[ Xenk stares at the drawing with interest. This is... a really weird creature. Weirder than a dragon person? Yeah, maybe. Damn. He would not have believed Edgin about this a month ago, that's for sure. ]

It truly is a brain with legs.

[ That's not helpful, but there you go. ]

[juiceofthevine]

That's what I just said!

[ Edgin's drawing skills are not bad, considering he had to draw this completely from memory. ]

[partybabysitter]

I expected perhaps... some manner of eyes or teeth on the creature.

[ How would it just know who's intelligent? This is so weird. Maybe I should give Xenk the mind flayer memory next. ]

This past life we share... it seems somewhat fantastical.

[ He wouldn't believe it himself if he hadn't seen the dragon guy tbh. ]

[juiceofthevine]

Whoa, now, let's not get ahead of ourselves! Just because we have two memories that each other are in doesn't mean we "shared" a life.

[ shared?? A life?? With Xenk Yendar??? No....]