thats not reaaally fair to say. he knows a lot of things. he explained in great detail the reason why skin colour is different for humans just because i showed interest in it. give him a litttttle bit of credit. i know you can :P
and sure i guess. maybe not as pressing here though. i mean besides finding a way home and stuff. dunno what were all doing about that yet.
[She actually doesn't have any problem admitting that but she is very curious about what Wally had to say regarding human skin color. Especially knowing what she knows about M'gann.
Still, she can't think of a way to ask that won't make things weird.]
I went home once. I was here for a couple of months, went home for a bit, then ended up back here again. Same thing happened to Robin. I don't know... just getting home isn't really the problem. the problem is trying to remember being here when you're home.
[ She'll figure it out one day. Or maybe just blurt it out; that sometimes works. ]
oh... you remembered when you came back though? but forget when you go home? thats weird... maybe the memories get locked away?
i mean ... if i knew i had forgotten something i could go into my memories and try and find them but i dont know if id remember that i forgot anything.
hey, no, wait. that's a good idea. What if there was something we could do, like what we did in Bialya but in reverse? Like embedded suggestions to remember.
[Okay, that sounds creepily like what Cadmus did to Superboy. And Roy.]
noooo no that's a good idea! only thing is id need express permission from anyone i did it to. i mean i can do it to myself but it might not work as well.
... something I found out that I didn't want to know. From the 2016 kids.
Do you need to know what it is to make sure I remember?
[It was bad enough when they all saw her die in the training program, and Artemis wasn't even around for the worst of it--just the bits afterwards where everyone tip toed around her like she was some kind of invalid. Now it might be real and she doesn't want to face it any more than she already has.]
[ Oh. Oh, this is the thing that Robin had mentioned. That they'd agreed to leave up to Artemis herself to share. And while curiosity claws at every inch of her, she refrains from bringing it up. ]
i ... might need to. i might be able to broaden it to a time frame rather than a specific memory but ive never done that before. i dont know if i could do it on the first try or not.
[ Let's not bring up the training program, perhaps. Maybe just for everyone's sake. Even if it's 100% of M'gann being unwilling to face her own fuck ups. ]
[Artemis would gladly go to her grave without bringing that up again. Then again, that phrase has taken on a certain amount of unpleasant immediacy lately.]
[ Hey hey, in fairness, M'gann had asked her to. So it may only be a little surprising to have the door opening almost as soon as she knocks. ]
Be there in a sec!
[ She is at least. Just darting out of her room in a bit of a rush; it had been slightly messy since she'd had Robin over. Rearranging a room from a dance floor back into a bedroom had proven trickier than she'd thought. If only because room decor. ]
[She comes in, not quite sure why M'gann sounds so rushed. The house looks... fine to Artemis. Then again, compared to the apartment she shared with Sportsmaster for six years, most places look pretty nice.
... which is something else M'gann doesn't know about.]
[ M'gann doesn't know a lot of things in this place, ironically. ]
Totally fine. [ She's back to audible speech- at least for the moment. ] I was just uh, tidying my room. Forgot I'd moved everything out of the way for a dance lesson.
Come on in! It's fine now, we can crash on the bed.
[ She will tug you by the wrist, Artemis. Seriously, she hasn't seen another girl properly in days. ]
[Artemis is... surprisingly okay with that. Her strictly enforced personal bubble is much more relaxed when it comes to the girls on the team and M'gann is just one of those people who make personal bubbles seem sort of pointless.
She follows M'gann into the room and sits on the bed, as indicated.]
... Dance lesson? You're really getting into this dance thing.
[ M'gann doesn't do bubbles. I mean she does, she wholly likes her own bubble in it's place and blowing bubbles and bubble baths but-- We're getting off topic.
The bed is made and free for sitting upon, however. Plain as it is. ]
Uh- Well, it was more just for fun. Robin taught me the basics of a few different dances, so I won't show up looking like a total dork to the lessons on Saturday.
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Rocket's awesome. she just started, but I hope she sticks around. you'll like her.
Wally doesn't know a lot of things, period, whenever he's from. I don't know. It's stupid. There's way more important things to worry about, right?
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and sure i guess. maybe not as pressing here though. i mean besides finding a way home and stuff. dunno what were all doing about that yet.
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I... ok, yeah. Wally knows stuff.[She actually doesn't have any problem admitting that but she is very curious about what Wally had to say regarding human skin color. Especially knowing what she knows about M'gann.
Still, she can't think of a way to ask that won't make things weird.]
I went home once. I was here for a couple of months, went home for a bit, then ended up back here again. Same thing happened to Robin. I don't know... just getting home isn't really the problem. the problem is trying to remember being here when you're home.text.
oh... you remembered when you came back though? but forget when you go home? thats weird... maybe the memories get locked away?
i mean ... if i knew i had forgotten something i could go into my memories and try and find them but i dont know if id remember that i forgot anything.
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hey, no, wait. that's a good idea. What if there was something we could do, like what we did in Bialya but in reverse? Like embedded suggestions to remember.[Okay, that sounds creepily like what Cadmus did to Superboy. And Roy.]
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I'd give you permission.[In Bialya the last thing in the world Artemis wanted was a psychic in her mind, digging up the secrets that she'd worked so hard to hide.
But if it could save her life...]
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and i promise i wont go looking for anything. just giving. no taking.
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you could try it out on me. no need to get the others involved, just...
There's something I need to remember, M'gann. It's important.
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i can do that. if you think its a good idea i wont bring it up to robin just yet.
what is it?
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... something I found out that I didn't want to know. From the 2016 kids.
Do you need to know what it is to make sure I remember?
[It was bad enough when they all saw her die in the training program, and Artemis wasn't even around for the worst of it--just the bits afterwards where everyone tip toed around her like she was some kind of invalid. Now it might be real and she doesn't want to face it any more than she already has.]
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i ... might need to. i might be able to broaden it to a time frame rather than a specific memory but ive never done that before. i dont know if i could do it on the first try or not.
[ Let's not bring up the training program, perhaps. Maybe just for everyone's sake. Even if it's 100% of M'gann being unwilling to face her own fuck ups. ]
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ok.
... ok.
I want to try.
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okay.
whenever you want to do it. i have free time now if you want to .... maybe try getting it over with?
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yeah, lets do it.
Where should I meet you?
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yours[That way she has an escape plan if things get too intense. She's not sure how this is supposed to work.]
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residence 17
youll be in telepathic range once you're on the street so i'll open the door for you while i tidy up
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i'm just a few streets over. see you soon.[Well... that's handy.
Once she gets to the porch she pauses and experimentally thinks ... M'gann?
... because suddenly Artemis has developed telepathic powers and can initiate a mind link? Yeah, better knock instead.
She knocks.]
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Be there in a sec!
[ She is at least. Just darting out of her room in a bit of a rush; it had been slightly messy since she'd had Robin over. Rearranging a room from a dance floor back into a bedroom had proven trickier than she'd thought. If only because room decor. ]
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... which is something else M'gann doesn't know about.]
... Everything okay?
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Totally fine. [ She's back to audible speech- at least for the moment. ] I was just uh, tidying my room. Forgot I'd moved everything out of the way for a dance lesson.
Come on in! It's fine now, we can crash on the bed.
[ She will tug you by the wrist, Artemis. Seriously, she hasn't seen another girl properly in days. ]
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... Dance lesson? You're really getting into this dance thing.
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The bed is made and free for sitting upon, however. Plain as it is. ]
Uh- Well, it was more just for fun. Robin taught me the basics of a few different dances, so I won't show up looking like a total dork to the lessons on Saturday.
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