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[awesmazings]

I know a lot of people have been here for a long time. Like, a lot longer than I have, and I've almost been here a whole year now.

But how many of you have, you know...gone home and come back? I don't mean like, leave for real, exactly. I mean like...you go to sleep out of nowhere and then wake up back here again a couple days later. If that happened to you, did it feel like...well, real, or did it feel more like a really convincing dream?

I never really thought all that much about it until recently, so I just wanna know what you guys have to say about it.

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

Hey.

Are you okay, Jimmy?

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[awesmazings]

Hi.

I'm okay. You weren't looking for me, were you?

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

No, I wasn't. I didn't know anything was happening.

[Which is what this seems like, even though he just said that he was fine.]

And, no. To answer you question. I don't think that's ever happened to me before.

[awesmazings]

Okay, just making sure.

[Because it seems like he was a bit missed for a while.]

It's...really weird. I actually got to go back home and...everything. But it felt like a couple months went by, but apparently it's only been about a week or something like that.

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[...See, that makes her worried, Jimmy.]

You really went home? Huh. It must have been nice.

Only a week? Weird. You must be lucky, or something. I know about someone that disappeared for months before he appeared again.

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[death_glare]

I have been told that I've been here twice before, yet I have no memory of it. I assume you're asking for those who remember, though?

[awesmazings]

Yeah, I am. I've heard that can happen sometimes, too...I'm not sure what would be worse. Leaving and then coming back, or coming back having just forgotten everything.

[It would make it hard on those you left behind, that's for sure.]

If you don't mind me asking, you really don't remember anything at all?

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[twinsanity]

What an insipid question - what do you expect some of us to say to that? "Of course, child, I always have hyper-realistic dreams about dying"?

Not all of us were treated kindly enough for that to even be a question.

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[awesmazings]

[...Ah.]

I'm sorry. I've never really asked anyone about this before...but I guess I can understand why a lot of people really wouldn't want to talk about it if...something like that happened.

[crackpotcrocker]

Can't say I have - but I have heard your Pokemon don't come with you...

[awesmazings]

Yeah...they don't. Or, they didn't.

[crackpotcrocker]

What posses this question, mmm?

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[superordinary]

It happened to me last year. I was a bit confused at first but that was probably because my brain was trying to reconcile my memories of this place and the new memories of my home.

[ Which resulted in him asking Ishimaru if he shouldn't be in the morgue. ]

But it felt real.

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[awesmazings]

[...oh dear.]

Yeah, I'm still a little confused, too. I mean, I am glad I came back and everything, but at the same time...I dunno.

But if they're actually memories, then I guess it has to be real, huh?

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[superordinary]

Yeah, it's definitely real. Or at least it was for me. The things I experienced matched what I'd been told about the future from my classmates.

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[awesmazings]

Okay, thank you. I just wanted to make sure...

Were you asleep for a week too, Naegi?

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[superordinary]

Yes. It seems that when it happens to someone, they're out for a week. Another one of this world's mysteries, I guess.

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[lullabytes]

I haven't done that, but I don't think I actually could, anyway.

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[awesmazings]

You think so? Why's that?

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[lullabytes]

[ because she's not sure there's anything more to remember... ]

Call it a hunch. I never have gone back, even after a year...it's over that, now.

But, I have known people who remember things, and they always seem to think it's very realistic.

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[awesmazings]

I guess it makes sense to think that. I haven't been here quite a year yet and it happened kinda out of nowhere, so...

I'm kinda glad to hear that. It would be disappointing if it were just a dream. For me, anyway.

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[pipers_son]

[Well, he was bringing the kid lunch anyway, so he may as well track him down to ask about this little question as well.]

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[awesmazings]

[Joker will find Jimmy lounging probably wherever he left him before to sleep off his coma, his Cyndaquil perched protectively on top of his chest. He's got the Gear in his hand and he's quietly typing away at it, likely responding to the answers he'd gotten from the question he had posed to the Network.

Fahren lifts his head a little when he hears someone coming, his nose sniffing the air briefly before he lies back down, tucking his head near Jimmy's neck.]

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[pipers_son]

Mornin', Jims.

[With Dove coming up behind him holding up a large sport drink in its claws, Joker comes over holding a bowl of hot porridge in his own hand and sets it down besides Jimmy.]

Been out for a while, ain't ya?

[Something is obviously up, but he'll at least try to give the boy a sense of normalcy to return to before they get into anything heavy.]

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[awesmazings]

Hi, Joker.

[Jimmy looks over with a half smile as the man approaches, pushing himself up into a sitting position on his elbows.]

Yeah...I know I needed some rest, but not that much.

I hope I didn't worry you too much or anything.