AUDIENCE: RAVEN

[retellers]

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[laid]

[CLOSES HIS EYES...]
Sharon did say she only heard this from Fox today, so... I suppose talk to the others when you next get the chance?

[In any case;]

I assume you delivering messages to the living for us would be out of the question?
[He doesn't know about the new messaging feature bc he can't fucking see. Idiot man.]

[retellers]

[ i'm crying ]

No... the pathway between the two dimensions isn't stable, so I can't promise that anything I carry would remain intact.

Though I think you can now send messages on the PHS...?

[laid]

[!!!??]

We can? To the people who are still alive?
[A beat;]

... I'm sorry, for some reason, when Laine and I woke up, we were unable to see.

[retellers]

... Ah. Yes, it seems everyone has lost a sense this week, including myself...

It shouldn't last longer than a week, though.

[laid]

... Well, that's good. That it's temporary, I mean.

What one did you lose, if you don't mind me asking?

[retellers]

My sense of taste. It is easy enough to conceal, at least.

[ no one will ever notice that goat is vulnerable now, maybe. ]

[laid]

So normally you'd be exempt from these effects?

[It's just because he's weakened now....]

[retellers]

Yes. None of the past effects worked on the Leaders, so far as I've noticed.

[laid]

[Wow the leaders could have been smooching all last week and didn't?? Zia should be the change she wants to see in the world herself.]

... Have you been trying out some hobbies, Goat?

[retellers]

[ they nod. ]

I've been watching birds and drawing like you suggested... though I'm not very good at it.

[laid]

No one is at first. But a hobby is more about enjoying yourself. Developing a new skill is just a bonus. When I started cooking I wasn't any good, either.

[retellers]

I'm not skilled in much, I think... but I will keep trying, then.

Are you a good cook now?

[laid]

[What a very Mob thing of you to say, Goat.]

... I think so? People seem to like my cooking, though I can't say I really enjoy doing it.
[Definitely not guilty of not following his own advice, nooo... perish the thought.]

[retellers]

If people think so, then you must be talented... though why do you cook if you don't enjoy it?

[laid]

[Haha, enjoying things.]

It's a useful skill to have, and people need to eat.
[He does frown a little because he feels like??? There was another reason too??? But he can't remember.]

[retellers]

... Is something wrong?

[laid]

[A pause, before he shakes his head.]

Nothing new, anyway. I just think that maybe "Raven" would have had a different answer for you.

[retellers]

... I still don't really understand what happened there...

[laid]

[SIGHS.]

I can't really say I do either. As best I can gather, "Raven" was an identity I took on to work for the Don undercover, but as far as I can remember, I've never met the man.
[So he thinks the lost memory is tied up with that, somehow.]

[retellers]

Hm... I hope you are able to regain your memories soon, then. It must be distressing to feel as though you have an incomplete puzzle.

[laid]

It is, but... At least I have something to go off of. I can't imagine having nothing the way the six of you do. I wouldn't even be myself anymore.

[Literally. He'd be someone else.]

[retellers]

It was very strange... although it seems we have been regaining some of our memories.

[laid]

[!!!!!!]

You have? So you remember some things about yourself, now?

[retellers]

... Yes. It feels both like I remember much of my life, but also nothing at all.

[laid]

... Could it maybe be a similar situation to mine? You have your memories back, but you still can't remember who you are, so they're unclear.

[Just spitballing here.]