06/24 - early afternoon: text

[hibana_incursa]

[ She is absolutely not getting on video for this. For a variety of reasons. She's tired. A bit terrified. All of this is vastly familiar and she hates it.

But she knows a thing or two about it, so she's going to warn the town. ]

A couple years ago, I found myself in the wrong dimension. There was this guy who was so desperate to see his dead wife and son again, that he had people build a machine that punched holes through the multiverse and I happened to fall through one.

While I was in the wrong universe, my cells and molecules were fighting to get back home. I wasn't the only displaced person in the wrong universe, we were all going through the same thing. We called it glitching.

It kind of feels like suddenly every molecule in your body is on fire and trying to go an infinite number of directions all at once, and it's a very visible response to being where you shouldn't be. It looks like turning on the television and for a moment, the picture goes wild. Like several shows are trying to air on the same channel. Kind of sounds the same way, too.

I just glitched...three times? Since I woke up this morning? And I'm not the only one. My boyfriend's experiencing the same thing.

Anyone else? Or are Hawk and I the only lucky ones, here?

If we aren't the only ones, please be very careful with what you do today. There's really no way to predict when these are going to happen, and it can get really, really bad.

Like...molecules dying just a bit at a time bad.

The one thing that fixed it was getting back to my own universe, but as none of us even know how we got here in the first place, I don't know what else to tell you.

Stay safe. Stay with a friend in case you get hurt and need help.

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[bargain_batman]

Directory. Right.

[ His face was also tired but not bruised. There was a sheen of sweat and a little more scruff than usual on his face. Diego glitched, dropping the device and in turn, her view of him for the time that it took place. After a couple of seconds of groaning and muttered cursing, he picked up the device again and reconvened glaring into the screen. ]

So if he isn’t here, how did this shit happen?

[hibana_incursa]

I wish I knew.

I’ve also noticed I’ve been getting other peoples memories.

[bargain_batman]

Other people’s memories?

[ There was as much question on his annoyed face as there was in his tone when asking. It wasn’t that Diego didn’t believe her, he just hadn’t experienced anything other than what seemed like a weird dream after being so tired from the glitching. Had someone seen a memory of his? He watched Gwen intently. ]

[hibana_incursa]

Yeah. I saw a couple things from people I know. Nothing...too exciting.

[ That's not at all the truth in some cases. She's just protecting loved-ones. Not to mention, not her memories so not her business. ]

[private:]

I think I saw your parents? Your mom's name is Grace, right?

[bargain_batman]

[ Diego stared and his expression didn’t change until she said the name ‘Grace’. His Adam’s apple made it clear that he swallowed thickly, suddenly void of any moisture in his mouth which made a distinct sound when he finally opened to speak. ]

You saw my mom? [ The woman who meant so much to him, getting him to overcome his stutter and showering him with support and affection. She taught him the important life lessons like empathy. Yet she wasn’t really a woman. Not a textbook one. ]

[hibana_incursa]

[ Gwen's own facial expression is apologetic. She didn't mean to see that, Diego. It just...fell into her head while she was glitching. ]

Your mom is lovely. She seemed very warm and caring. Like mine.

[bargain_batman]

I-I-is she h-h-here? H-h-how’d you see her?

[ It didn’t register that his stutter returned in the moment that his mom was mentioned. He’d heard Gwen say she had seen memories but it was hard for him to believe. He also couldn’t chance Grace being in Haven somewhere and he hadn’t gone to look for her, regardless if she could take care of herself. ]

[hibana_incursa]

No. I wish, but probably not half as much as you do. I think I got one of your memories? She was saying 'just picture the words', or something like that.

[bargain_batman]

[ He remained silent, closing his eyes for a second and doing just as Grace had told him so the words wouldn’t get tangled when they left his mouth. Diego opened his eyes and spoke in the collected manner Gwen was used to. ]

Yeah. She was good like that. I didn’t realize what we were seeing were memories but that would’ve been one for me.