"Hey! I hope I'm not too late."
"It's fine. It's not that important, anyway."
"Eh. I get loads of dumb stuff. Sinking asked me to order twelve pizzas...? He... didn't even share."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Not sure why. He even said it wasn't enough. Anyway, you wanted to talk?"
"Yeah, I... think you could help me out here. Or maybe just listen. Look, I don't care which, I just know you'd take me seriously."
"Go ahead."
"I, well, I don't know why the others despise me so much. I didn't do anything. I don't know. Maybe it's something I did last time and forgot. But they don't tell me."
"I think I can say you didn't do anything for that. But... y'know... you could try to ac-"
"Well, I know I'm annoying. But, like, I'm fed up with them! They weren't nice to me when I came back. And it's so frustrating. Marred and Relic are okay, I guess, but they have their own friends. Friends who don't want me near them. And, well, I understand. I know they're my sister and cousin, but... it's like we're strangers. I don't remember them. They remember the person who I was before."
"Do they at least try to remind you?"
"Yes, but... it doesn't feel like the stuff they said are what I'd do. Do you... get what I mean? Like, I know I can't know for sure what past me was like, but a lot of the things they said I did just... doesn't feel like something I'd do. Like, way off. Almost the complete opposite."
"Well, when you forget everything about your past and start from scratch, it's more likely you'd develop differently from the past."
"I mean... makes sense. Did they hate me before?"
"Uh... they were nice for a few days after you got added."
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"Oh."
"Yeah, you didn't do anything, though. They realised the players didn't like your map. The old version, I mean."
"Ah...! Players, right! They never vote for my map. And every time it does get voted, they complain. People even drown themselves to not play it. I don't know why it's that bad! I mean, yeah, I have skips, but a lot of the other maps do, too! And I don't see people complain about it..."
"I think it's due to how useful they are, as well as the impact of the consequences..."
"I guess so. But really, those aren't the intended routes, right? Backjumps, glitching, they're never intended. Yet, people use them. I've seen people just... skip ahead and wait for others to do the work. And they always call one another lazy even if they didn't do anything themselves. But they don't do that on my map. I just don't understand."
"Well, your map has a bad reputation for its previous version."
"But that version's gone. It's what they wanted, right? A better map. They don't really bother about the others. I'm pretty sure some of the maps that were here from the start weren't even updated."
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"Dark Sci said something to me last week. He said that just because I got updated doesn't mean I have to act like a different person."
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"He knows I lost my memories, doesn't he? Everyone does. I can't be the same person I was if I don't remember what made me... me."
"...is that why you wanted to talk to me?"
"I... guess it is. I can't stop thinking about it. It bothers me so much. I want to remember - I really, really just want to feel whole. It's like a piece of me is missing, and it's, I dunno, collecting dust with a bunch of discarded files. And I might never get it back."
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"You know... you're like the only friend I have, Ghost."
"...what? But... we barely talk. I'm always busy helping the others, and since I'm not a mapskin, I'm not even near you during active hours."
"But, you're nice. Nicer than everyone I tried to befriend. Nicer than my cousin. Nicer than my sister. You always listen to me. Marred said that I used to be close to you in the past, even if I don't remember."
"...and you always will have someone to turn to if things are bad."
"...thank you."
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"I... don't know if I'm ever going to recall my past. Or if I'd ever know why things are like this. But... even if you can't give me an answer, I... feel better. By just telling you all of this. And I'm scared. But maybe it's for the best, too. What I don't remember. It's... a fresh start. I still have a long way to go."
"And I'll be happy to help you on your journey."
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FE2 oneshots, I guess.
FanfictionInfo in first chapter, I ain't copying and pasting that here
