#memory restoration

It’s taking everyone such a long time to remember things fully.. I’ll just speed up the remembering process! You Protagonists should start remembering everything now. Everything from your past adventures!

Thrills! Chills! Kills!

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Memory triggered.

Memory trigger cause- pain from salt in wound / taste of salt in mouth.

Memory fracture return- we have tasted salt before and have had salt in our wound before.

Extra info- location unknown. Being who did it unknown. Alter who was fronting during unknown. Wound itself unknown. Severity of wound unknown. Salt pain 7/10.

Sensation triggered memory- ankle restraint and salt sting.

Memory triggered- ankles restrained in chair, feeling of hyperventilating, dark mask so unable to see and unable to breath properly. Dissociating, dizzy like drunk but not.

Be careful what you wish for.

It really didn’t help that the mages in question, cloaked in their anonymity, flat out warned that it would be painful for an indeterminate amount of time. It was practically the first thing on her mind when thinking about it, given that she had so much to work on and didn't know if it would actually incapacitate her or not. As the days wore on, though, the temptation grew stronger and stronger, to the point that the smith knew she wouldn't be able to resist the risk for much longer. Even without the pain, she knew there would be tears as the memories returned. People forgotten, places traveled, efforts long since come to fruition or failure.

The month was wearing on, and eventually she knew the time had come. Stocking up on supplies so that she could just stay home until getting through the pain, August hung a sighn on the door to her shop. Entrance by appointment only. Maybe one or two firends could get in, but that was it. Food, solitude, and plenty of work to distract herself with if needed, or accessable.

On the chosen day, she pulled the vial from the shelf, a bit shocked that it still held the same heat as it had on the day it had been given to her. Staring at it for a bit longer than intended, eventually she pulled the cork, afraid to even give it a sniff before bringing it to her lips and throwing her head back.