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Room 030 [video]

_{[The feed flicks on to the image of a pair of pokemon dozing outside under a tree. An Eevee and a shiny Venonat are curled up together as if they were brothers. They may as well be. A tiny stream of smoke wafts into the frame from Henry's cigarette.]}

This is kind of a weird question but...has anybody started to forget things about home? I know some weird stuff happened to me before I wound up here but...I can't remember what color my carpet was. Or what commercials used to come on all the time on TV. Or what the mirror in my bathroom used to look like...

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No. My memory of home is as intact as it ever was. However it is my understanding that gradually forgetting unimportant things is something every person experiences.

I just hope I don't start forgetting other stuff. I heard that when people go home, they don't remember Johto at all. I don't want to forget my real home.

_{[Though was that REALLY his real home now?]}

Then I suggest writing it down. It may not help you remember later, but in that way, the memory is never really gone. Keep the book you write it in safe.

Record the sights that were important to you. The scents, how things looked and felt. The mind is a thing of habit, unused memories fall by the wayside but are rarely gone. Perhaps through this exercise you could reawaken what you are afraid you have lost.

A common effect of staying away from anywhere too long, my dear - believe me, I've been many places in my time...and while my memory is far better than most, after a while the details do tend to get a bit blurry around the edges.

Not the important things, however - if they truly matter, things will stay around more often than not. If I had to take a stab in the dark at it, I'd say that it's either the things you really want to remember or the things you truly wish you could forget that tend to stay around.

I think something is wrong with your brain, kid.

It is not uncommon when you remove yourself from an environment to slowly start to lose recollection of minor details. If it puts you at ease, it would take quite some time indeed for you to start losing memories of people or places of some significance.

I still remember everything from my worlds. It was before I came here that I couldn't remember anything.

[And then at some point, she passed out for a week and awoke with all of her memories.]

Do you think about your home often?

Yeah...I've got some really important stuff to do.

_{[LIKE KILL A GOD.]}

This is a good idea.

_{[If it wasn't for Joseph writing pretty much everything ever, the whole world would be doomed. If it wasn't already.]}

_{[Henry scrunches his nose up slightly. Dear?]}

I guess you're right...

Not today, robot.

That's good to know. I just don't want my only memories of home to be the weird stuff.

If you cannot remember things, it must be your mind, at fault. Do not blame me.

_{[The photographer heaves a sigh.]}

I don't have the energy to deal with you today.

Because I am suggesting something is wrong with your head?

No, I just hate you.

... And?

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

_{[Henry drags a hand down his face.]}

What do you want, Ironhide? What do you want me to say? Huh huh, I'm Henry and my brain's finally cracked!

_{[That last bit might or might not be his own immitation of Heather's mocking voice.]}

Apologies do not fix the problem.

If you are damaged, cracked, whichever, find someone to repair it.

You can't repair brains. It's not like replacing a computer chip. Go bother somebody else.

Have you tried?

Mm. I do too.

But I know everything will turn out alright once I go back. Just knowing that is enough.

Your most significant memories should hold out the longest. Some simple exercises, assigning meanings to things to promote remembrance, should help you to retain things longer. The more you use those memories, the more important they are, the higher priority they will be filed in your mind.

That's got to make it easier to sleep.

I guess it does.

[Well, she slept for a week while all her memories came back.]

Maybe you'll remember if you saw something similar.

Well, the weird stuff was pretty significant...you've got some good ideas though. Like making lists.

Maybe...when we were in bigger cities, it was easier to think of home. I don't think this place has a subway though.

A subway? That's...one of those underground trains, right?

Right. They're really noisy and smell kind of awful. But I think about them when I think of home.

I've never seen one before. There's a train here though, right? It should be similar.

It was pretty close, but it's still not the same. Maybe we'll visit again soon...it's so weird how there are no cars here.

I see. It's kind of strange, but it's nice being able to take your time to see the scenery.

It's not too bad to look at...but man. I've walked more since I've been here than I have in my entire life.

You don't have any pokémon that you can ride or fly?

I didn't in the beginning. Froot Loops wasn't big enough to ride for a while. I've been here a couple years now. That feels so weird to say.

You've really been here that long? I wonder if I will, too.

Who knows? My best friend has been here even longer than me.

That's...a long time. Do they know anything about what might have brought us here?

Someone has to know something, even if it's only the tiniest bit of information.

No...nobody I know understands what happened. I'm just happy to be here instead of the weird place I was before.

That seems a bit strange. I can agree with that. This world is better than the one I was in too.

I'm sorry to hear that...but I'm glad your here. It's not every day you get to go on adventures with weird magic animals.

Perhaps making a journal of things you do not wish to forget... a written record is more permanent.

I'm kind of glad to be here too, although I wish my family could be here.

That's true, I don't remember anything like them in my world.

Who knows, maybe they'll show up one day! My friend's dad is here. We're kind of like a family now.

Yeah. My friend's dad is a writer. I'm sure he can hook me up with a journal.

Maybe. I hope so. I'd like to see them again. That's great!

I suppose it bears saying that even if you feel that you no longer remember something, it is essential to remember that all of your memories are bound up with your heart. So long as your heart beats, that memory will still exist, no matter if your mind has lost it. Who knows, perhaps that memory may return somehow, guided back to conscious thought at the right moment.

_{[Henry reads and re-reads this. It's far more comforting than the other advice he's been receiving. So it wasn't lost for good or left behind in his haunted appartment. Just covered up.]}

Thank you.

You're welcome. I've found sometimes it is the simplest truths that mean the most.

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