video; ID reads Clark Kent

[andaway]

Uh, hi. I’m Clark.

[This is not a bad idea. This is not a bad idea. This is not a bad idea. Maybe if he keeps repeating the same thing over and over he’ll be able to convince himself. But he doesn’t seem to be the only one confused (not by a long shot), so there shouldn’t be any harm in getting some answers through this network. It’s just unnerving to know so many people that know who he is. What he is, something only his family and Lana were supposed to know. Will he find more people who know that, if he shows his face?

Again: This is not a bad idea...]

Uh, so now we know why some of us de-aged a bit, I guess? Or aged up. Which is- well, not good that it happened. But it’s good that we at least we know what’s going on. And it wasn’t the government doing it. [Which is a relief.]

But what about those who don’t remember? Do we have any idea why that’s happening or how to reverse it? [The idea of someone playing tricks with his mind it’s pretty unnerving. And it’s the unnerving cherry on top of a very unnerving couple days.]

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[kittenjones]

Does that mean that you've lost your memory?

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[andaway]

yeah
or at least everyone says i have
there's a lot of people i'm supposed to remember and i don't

permanon text forever!

[kittenjones]

Can you be sure they're not lying to you?

[andaway]

yeah
at least some of them

[He unconsciously reaches for the pendant, under his clothes.]

and i know i'm not the only one going through this
but it's a bit scary to think i've forgotten months of my life

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[zodbob]

[Though his face isn't being shown, it should be obvious who is texting with the ID "Zod-Ur"]

Maybe there's a way that it can be reversed separately from the aging effects?
It doesn't seem like Hiro's failed experiment should have made people lose their memories, so something else must have happened at the same time of his experiment to trigger this.

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[andaway]

[Clark only does a subtle double take at the name, but it's not the weirdest name he's heard. He isn't familiar enough with Kryptonian naming costumes to realize that's a Kryptonian name.

(And yet, he feels himself get a little tense. 'Zod' echoes ominously on the back of his head.)]

yeah it sounds like something else is going on with our minds
i mean being younger for a couple days would not be all that bad i think but having no memories of this place or the people i'm supposed to know it's creepy

[zodbob]

[...Makes more sense why he would ask then, if he remembers nothing. Zod thinks he'll avoid mentioning that they met for now.]

It's understandably unsettling.
Maybe you could ask people who say they know about you for some information?
It isn't the same but it's something.

[andaway]

i have but
well i mean i trust them but it's weird to just take what they say at a face value and believe them
especially if it's going to be permanent

i really don't know what to do next what if i become an adult with no memories?

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[boobwindow]

[ Her eyes narrow dangerously looking at the ID printed. ]

Leave him alone.

[ It's not... the exact same name, but it's still Zod. That doesn't bode well. ]

hello there also permatext for him

[zodbob]

[He blinks when a separate feed appears for him, the woman in the video not recognizable. Power Girl isn't a hero title he recognizes either.]

Excuse me?

[He...doesn't think he's said anything offensive or anger inducing. Why does she seem angry?]

i'm sorry for everything ALSO ENCRYPTED NOW

[boobwindow]

Don't play dumb, Zod.

video; comm tag is "Hiro"

[microbrobotics]

Sorry, I didn't do the memory thing at all. There's no way.

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[andaway]

I believe you. I mean you wouldn't admit to one thing then deny the other, right?

But that makes it worse. We have no idea what happened...

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[microbrobotics]

Well ... I have a couple theories, but ...

Were you at that festival in De Chima by any chance?

[andaway]

That's where I was, yeah. And I had a notebook with a lot of notes on it so I'm guessing I'd been there for a while already when... this happened.

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[daughteroftheoriginal]

[May is still an adult, but that last post to the network did answer some questions, at least.]

Hi, Clark. I'm May.

[It's not a bad idea, really!]

It is good that we know what happened there, but as for the memories, I'm wondering if that might have been from something else. Not everyone was affected by that, after all. Maybe it will wear off once everything's back to normal? [She's guessing he's in the group that lost their memories.]

You could also try looking through the network for anything from you, see if that jogs anything?

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[andaway]

I tried! But it's... weird looking at someone who's supposed to be me do things I don't remember doing. He has friends, he has people he knows and it's just really, really weird.

But uhm, hi May.

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[daughteroftheoriginal]

I get the whole weird thing, promise. I got hit by it too. Normally I'm sixteen.

Have you tried talking to any of them or did that just make things more weird?

[This is way more of a Fantastic Five thing than a Spider-thing on the weirdness scale.]

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[andaway]

I have, yeah. They seem nice, it's just weird that they know me better than... well. Than I know myself? That sounds cheesy, but it's kind of literal in this case.

[A beat.] Wait, what about you? Do I know you, May?

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[boobwindow]

[ Holy guacamole. ]

permaencrypted | id reads "karen starr"

[boobwindow]

Ohmygosh.

... Kal?

[andaway]

Uh... [People have recognized him before, but no one has ever used that one name of all things.]

I think so. I mean that's what the hologram- how do you know that name?

[mercyisweakness]

Try hypnotizing yourself. Humans like to trick their brains, I hear.

[andaway]

Tricking a brain that's already been tricked sounds like a really bad idea to me.

[mercyisweakness]

Are human minds that so weak?