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Mother's day has come and gone. It was my first mother's day here. I never got to see where my mother's ashes were scattered. And now I never will. It's made me think of other ways to remember her.

[She holds up a sketch she made of her mother, climbing a mountain.]

That's her. I drew her going up Eagle Mountain. It was a trip we were planning to make, before...

[Her voice trails off and she puts the sketch down.]

Well, before.

[She pauses and blinks a few times, keeping herself from crying.]

I have a power with a harpsichord. One of the things I can do is help people recall good memories. Or make the bad ones less painful. I can't use it on myself. It only works on others. So if anyone wants to remember the good things about the people you've lost, or to get beyond some bad memories, I can try to help you.

[It isn't entirely selfless. She's hoping someone out there can offer to help with her memories too.]

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[ Oh that's...

Pretty upsetting actually... ]

Your picture of her is really good.

[ That's the most comforting thing he can think to say, and he realizes almost immediately it's kind of shitty comfort,
and looks away from the camera as he tries and fails to think up something better. ]

Thank you. That means a lot. I'm trying to make it as good as I can, because I don't have any photos of her here. Do you draw?

[She's hoping the question might get him to look at her again.]

I think it's really... nice of you to offer that to people. To help them, I mean.

[ She smiles a little. ]

Your mother would love that picture, I'm sure.

I figure we're all missing people. We should try to help when we can.

[She manages a small smile in return.]

Thank you.

I'm sorry about your mother... [ Since she mentioned ashes being scattered and all. ] But it's good to keep her close in your memories.

what do you want in exchange for your services?

shooting straight, you should know upfront i'm hard up for cash and don't see myself coming into any money anytime soon. we're gonna have to negotiate this out.

Aw, damn. I'm sorry, Abigail.

[she'd been very understanding to him when he'd first shown up, confused and unhappy. he's trying to return it.]

Maybe someone has the power to absorb powers? Y'know, like duplicate it. Then they could use it on you!

Thanks. And I agree. Keeping people with us in our memories is very important.

Nothing. I just want to help people. ~~And I'm curious about memories.~~ You have to be able to come to my home and let me know you're coming.

Thank you.

Do you think that could be a power? That would be really cool if it worked.

is there a non-disclosure agreement in place or am i supposed to just take your word for it you won't share what you find

bc let's be real, this is a great way to get incriminating info on people.

I mean... there seems ta be a power for everything. Powers that mess with other powers have to be a thing, right?

Nothing to sign. There's your trust in my power and my trust that I won't get mugged.

Not really. They don't have to tell me anything. It works better if they tell me that they're looking for a good memory or trying to heal a bad one. And it's best they suggest a song that's related to the memory. But they don't have to.

I don't ask for specifics. I don't need to know what the actual memory is. They just listen to the music and let it wash over them.

Yeah, I guess that's true. Everything can be a thing here.

how much experience do you have doing this? no offense but i'd like to know you know what you're doing before you fiddle around with my mind.

Honestly, not that much. I'd understand if you'd rather wait.

I do know a couple other techniques for memories that you could try on your own. Things a psychiatrist showed me. But they're also unconventional.

with all due respect i think i'd prefer to wait this one out a bit.

i'm open to suggestions. unconventional isn't as important as getting results

You can make a memory palace. It's based on an old memory trick, the method of loci. You create an imaginary place in your mind. And assign each room to someone or something from your past. You can visit those memories anytime you want and the ones you don't want can be locked away in their own room.

Another thing is psilocybin. It makes you fuzzy or even hallucinate, and when you do, the bad memories don't seem so bad. You can gain a power over them.

yeah no that last one is a bad idea waiting to happen

first one has some merit, maybe

I had a psychiatrist guide me with the psilocybin. I guess I can see how it would be bad without him.

The memory palace can give some comfort too. You can know you made a place for the people you've lost.

Yeah, it can! I bet someone can do that for ya!

[a pause, then.]

You should get that neat picture framed, by the way.

It's beautiful, Abigail.

[ He smiles, weakly. Yusuke has always felt the sting of being motherless, but this was the first Mother's Day since he found out what really happened to her. ]

My entire life, I only knew my mother from her own self-portrait. I don't want to forget anything, but there is a chance I could help you, if that's what you really want.

That's a good idea. It'd be easy to do. I work in an art shop.

Thank you.

[She smiles back.]

I'm sorry. That must have been hard.

[A pause.]

Help me how?

You said that you can't use your powers on yourself. An odd thing to mention, unless you wanted to. I can't change that, but I can probably make it so that someone else can use them.

Edited 2017-05-17 21:54 (UTC)

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