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Welcome to Folkmore's Texts From Last Night meme!

Because it's still April and Thoth is still amused, consider this round two of the Initial Misfire Edition. Initial messages maaaaay go to the wrong person! So not all hell breaks loose, replies carry forward with whoever you've reached, but you might be texting your innermost intoxicated or sleep deprived secret to someone you don't even know.

If you'd like to opt out of misfires, please include this in your top level (by prompt or overall). Otherwise, enjoy indulging Thoth's amusement and building some new CR.

This meme can be used as a branch off from our Test Drive Memes and be used as game canon or just for casual fun in the setting! You do not need to be in our game or be invited to play on our TFLN. This can be a great way to meet current players for future invites, get a feel for the setting, or just have some fun.

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It's a bad idea to remain stagnant, even when life is difficult. I do hope he's not idle; even if he has no desire to cook, it's much healthier to learn new things. Especially as an adult. It's so very easy to become complacent as an adult.

I'm not sure what new things he might be doing, but he certainly seems far happier the few times I have seen him since! I think he is getting better.

[Remarkably quickly, in fact...]

That's wonderful.

Are you not very close, though?

[Are they close? Ingo hesitates. But then, he's not sure why he's hesitating; it’s very clear.]

No, we are not.

I see. I've never been very close with my brother, so you have my sympathies.

I'm sorry to hear that. Thank you, though, that's kind of you.

It costs very little to be kind, think nothing of it.

Never too late to change things though, right?

Perhaps.
Though I think the distance between us has been good for him.

Sometimes that can happen with family. With my brother, our being apart for a long time did make the reunion for me hit differently than just seeing him on a day-to-day basis. Time and distance cools one's head if you've parted on bad terms.

Too much distance can become painful. Too little can exhaust you. Be wary of that, and consider what is most healthy for you both.

Ah, well, he is the one who has been having trouble. I will do whatever is best for him.

[Screw what's healthy for Ingo himself!]

[Oh no, he's that type.]

You know it doesn't have to be one or the other, right?

It seems very much like it does.

[With...most things between the two of them, really.]

Only if you allow it to be. Healthy relationships take balance, give and take. It shouldn't be purely one way, especially between adults.

I owe him. It is my fault that he has been so unhappy for so long. It is only right that I should be the one to make some sacrifices for once.

You blame yourself for it?

Of course. I was not there for him. That’s the entire problem.

Pardon my misunderstanding. Your absence caused his problems, is your belief, but now you think your absence is helping him to improve?

Oh, I apologize. I have amnesia, so I am not really the person he lost anymore.
I have lost the ability to be that person.

[It doesn't make much sense without that context, true!]

[.......

probably lead with that next time.]

I see.
My condolences.
Is he angry you've forgotten? Or is it hard for him to be around you?

[He didn't think we were going to get that deep into it, tbh]

The latter, I suppose. Perhaps he is angry as well, but he would never admit to that.
Besides which, I'm rather ill-suited to help him recover when I do not know him.

[The perils of talking to this guy, sorry.]

I can only imagine how difficult that would make everything.
Is there no way to return your memories? How were they taken from you?

Well, I somehow ended up two hundred-odd years in the past, so I presume it was somehow related to whatever caused that. But I don't remember it.
I've only ever regained a few general impressions before. Everything I've tried to make them come back has failed. I'm still trying, of course!

[Oh no, time travel. Better not let Caleb know about this one.]

Of course. [That, he doesn't doubt. This is all very clearly weighing on the man's mind.] I am familiar with unnatural magics causing a loss of memory. I know a spell that might assist with it, though I lack the components for it right now.

I can't promise success, but we can try that if you wish.

Really? I'm happy to try anything.
Other people here have already attempted a sort of magic on me, but that did not work. I expect it was different, though; there were no "components".

Hopefully I won't find myself at the end of a list of failures. I really would like to help you.

Once I'm able to gather what I need, I'll reach out to you. It's worth a shot, at least.

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