GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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If we’re infected too, why is this the only way it’s manifested? Just basic memory issues?

@Webmaster

The only way we've seen, at least. But I don't know. Like I said, it's just a theory. A big, huge, crackpot theory. And you two having forgotten about each other again when we first met up here today is just what tipped it over the edge for me.

Myriad Reality

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Not a chance. Mom would never do anything like that to us.

@Server

It would be a lot of coincidences though... I had to bring it up.

Myriad Reality

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So are you saying that the mom we saw was her corrupted version, like Sam’s?

@Webmaster

I don't really know much of anything about Sam to say, but possibly?

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*Sighs*
Hit me.

@Server

Okay. If Melody was willing to apply the program to herself as 01, and not just some arbitrary, meaningless test subject, then what if the other three subjects are also not arbitrary? What if those other three subjects are other people who are important to her who she'd also want to have the benefits of the program. Those specific three people, no more and no less. An exact collective of three other individuals, one of which we can't account for, and the other two of which we know are having trouble with their memory. And not just a single instance of having trouble with their memory, but as of meeting here today, have proven to have had their altered memory restored to a state where they didn't know about each other.
*Glances down at the floor, avoiding eye contact with anyone*

Myriad Reality

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Does that mean she was attempting to un-virus herself?

@Ignacious

I have no clue what it means, really. That's something we might never know.

Myriad Reality

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I... don’t think that’s a bad guess. Did any of the documents point to her being a part of this?

@Webmaster

Not necessarily. But her user info was the only one who accessed the experiment data at all, on top of all the info about the specifics of the work being wiped.

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I really don’t want to think like that. At all.

@Server

I'm not stopping short now, because I'm unfortunately not done.

Myriad Reality

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I’m not going to hate you. But don’t keep me in suspense.

@Server

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Huh?

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Sure, I promise I won’t hate you.

@Webmaster

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*looks at both of them*

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Do they do that alot?

@Ignacious

*Takes a deep breath*
Right now, we're assuming "Purge01" is an experiment, and underscore-zero-one, two, three, and four are test subjects, right? We know it was tested on viruses at least, and we know... What we learned about Melody. If we just assume for a second that, if this Purge01 is a restorative program of sorts with some flaws, what if Melody wasn't just a researcher, but is one of the test subjects?
*Pauses here to gauge the room*

Myriad Reality

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*looks at both of them*

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Do they do that alot?

@Ignacious

Moreso when they're aware of each other. But oh yeah.

Myriad Reality

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Now you’ve made me nervous.

@Webmaster

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Now you’ve made me nervous.

@Server

You have to. I mean it. I hate keeping secrets- that will just slow us down. If I end up wrong, then we can forget about it when it's over and move on. But with all possibilities on the table, you have to promise.

Myriad Reality

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Well... I guess, let’s hear it.

@Webmaster

You all have to promise not to hate me for even thinking it. I'm serious.
*Looks at Rhythm when I say this as well*

Myriad Reality

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Well, there’s one new opportunity.
*Pushes the next “Yes” button, summoning an array of windows around us color coded and displaying abundant auxiliary data about Purge01_02’s operation*

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Any ideas?

@Webmaster

I... Have maybe the craziest theory even imaginable. A theory I hate, and it makes me afraid to share it.