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[Adam is not terribly fond of posting on the network, where anyone can hear and respond, but this is kind of important. He doesn't sound nervous, just - very controlled as he jumps right into it.]

So, I know of at least a couple of people who were here in Hadriel before, left, and then came back. Neither of them have memories of their initial time here.

I'm interested in anyone else who's had the same thing happen, but - I guess this is also a warning. The Door must do something to us when we leave, something that makes us forget the things that happened here. It's up to you whether you think that's good or bad, but everyone deserves to know.

And if anyone has left and come back but does remember things, say something. So far this seems universal, but there's no way to be sure yet.

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[peter makes a hmm sound.]

Sorta, but not quite. I mean, you don't have to know how something works or control it exactly to have it work in your favor. That's why they opened it at all, right? To work in their favor. And it is, even if they're just along for the ride.

Maybe. I don't think we can take anything they say at face value, but I also don't think it's a good idea to assume anything else without proof. For now, all we know for sure is that some people keep their memories and some people don't.

Maybe I'll ask one of them about it.

I guess we can't prove anything, for better or worse. But it's hard to ignore the trend of everything always working out for their benefit.

Maybe you should ask all of them about it. See what kinda answers you get.

Yes, but we don't know how people keeping or losing their memories might benefit them. At least, not yet. Who knows if it fits that trend or not? If it does, I'm sure we'll find out eventually.

What do you mean? Somebody leaves, and you either hope they come back or you hope they don't. Maybe you're angry about getting left here. Meantime, you're afraid of your other friends leaving, afraid your friend will come back and not remember you, hopeful that they will, and mad as hell that these asshole gods or that stupid door put you in this position. Seems like everyone's winning on that side to me.

Sure, but since we can't control what we feel, nearly any emotion is likely to benefit one of them. I'm more concerned about the likelihood of people remembering their time here if they return, rather than how it benefits the gods.

Oh, likelihood. It would be nice to know whether that was a total crapshoot. I guess my point is that I'm not sure it matters to the gods, they win either way. Might matter to the Door, but who knows what that thing is thinking, if it thinks at all.

I doubt it matters to any of them - it only matters to us. Maybe once it's happened a few more times we'll have a better understanding of it, though that seems unlikely.