Strange Growth

Keen · Nov 9, 2018

"This all sounds complicated." It didn't sound like a pouty complaint, but like Smokey was thinking deeply about their options. Best case scenario, they gain perfect memories and get the same power as Jude to modify their memories. That at least cut the middleman out with the modifying part. But drugs for perfect memory would surely be expensive, and their family wasn't rich. They could go to the Leizus, if they wanted to be in so much debt that—

No, they were overcomplicating this.

"I'd see if there was eldritch magic that has similar effects, but something that direct with my mind would probably make me instantly crazy."

They threw back their head and gave an exaggerated sigh. "I'll ask Ilada. I've done a lot for them. I deserve at least one favor right now. After they made us go through two changes in such a short amount of time, with us having to relearn how to wa—" Smokey stopped. No, it wasn't their place to expect a favor from Ilada automatically, and it wasn't their place to criticize their judgment. "I'll see about them giving me an enhanced memory. We're supposed to be able to function as brains and brawns, but I don't have much of the brawns."

Romi · Nov 9, 2018

"Probably," Jude agreed. Anything that direct would probably expand Smokey's mind in a way they couldn't come back from. The line between true insanity and just having your head permanently turned towards the fifth direction was not a clear one.

"There's no harm in asking," Jude said with a shrug. "The worst they can do is just say no. But if you're supposed to be learning, having an enhanced memory would help a lot." That was the idea of Oricenta, so why not give them enhanced memory? He supposed it would probably be a tradeoff with something else, or...

Who knew. Maybe it was to make them more dependent on Illida.

"If you need any other help, just let me know, alright?"

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