❦ 17th Record

[iattractmushi]

How often do the memories come with multiple [pause] side effects? I thought they usually came with just one, but I just discovered all my cigarettes have turned into some kind of hard candy.

[Pause]

Oh, and anyone who has seen me today, or might see me in the next few days--no, I'm not doing this on purpose. It's annoying, and makes it hard to get things done. Feel free to laugh, but just let me do my job without stopping me to tell me how funny I am.

Comments

[sting-to-death.livejournal.com]

Doing what?

[iattractmushi]

Why do you want to know?

[sting-to-death.livejournal.com]

Mere curiosity.

[iattractmushi]

You can read, can't you?

[spandexisyouth]

I cannot think of a time when there were multiple side effects, but I do not know for sure.

What are you doing?

[iattractmushi]

Thanks.

I can't seem to walk in a straight line.

[spandexisyouth]

You are welcome.

Oh. You normally walk in an exactly straight line? I had not noticed.

[iattractmushi]

Not what I meant.

[Pause]

I can't walk straight from one place to another without a lot of unnecessary movements. It takes a lot longer to get things done.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

[Somewhat awkward, angular marker-writing:] Wait. Is there like a pill for memories, then?

[iattractmushi]

Kind of. There's a way to get them back--it's better to ask people about that in person.

But weird things always happen afterward.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

Really? Huh. [She's not sure if she wants that or not.]

...Who would I ask about it?

[iattractmushi]

A lot of people know about them. It's just safer to ask in person, off the journals.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

I had a memory crystal rain candy on my head before it dropped the crystal. But that might not be an effect.

So what is it you're doing?

[iattractmushi]

If it happened before the memory, probably not.

Walking strangely.

[longnosedliar.livejournal.com]

No, the thing with the cigarettes seems to be the latest thing. What are you doing that's so funny?

[iattractmushi]

I can't walk straight.

[longnosedliar.livejournal.com]

So... what, you walk in zig-zags?

[iattractmushi]

Sort of. It's more like I skip a lot, take unnecessary steps to the side, and sometimes walk backwards.

It makes getting things done pretty difficult.

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

Looks like we're in the same boat with the cigs.

[iattractmushi]

Terrific... but at least that's not just affecting me.

[inthecenterfold.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna go berserk if this lasts more than a day.

[iattractmushi]

You and every other smoker in Edensphere.

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

That's one way to make people curious about what happened to you.

[iattractmushi]

It's not like it's a secret. I'm just asking they let me do my work, that's all.

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

You'd think people would be used to stranger sights than a peculiar gait. It's not hampering you too much, I hope?