FicĀ» Blessed Are the Forgetful, for They Get the Better Even of Their Blunders (an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind AU)
Being asked to close your eyes and think of everything that comes to mind when you hear a certain name.
Every remembrance, every thought.
Helping to create a pattern so someone can map your memories and take them away from you. Thatās what they ask you at Lacuna Incās mapping test room.
Memory thieves.
No, more like memory killers.
You sit beside someone you loveāor used to loveāand listen to what sounds like an evil plan to make you two forget each other.
Willingly.
Which somehow makes everything worse and even more bizarre.
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WTFOCKDOWN - Wednesday April 1, 18:45
News article: Teenagers canāt visit their significant others, adults in steady relationships can
āWe canāt have sixteen-year-old kids visiting their boyfriends and girlfriends,ā Yves Stevens with the crisis center tells us. āBut adult partners in a steady relationship, and a limited social circle, should be able to visit each other.āĀ
Headline: Trumpās new, strategic limit: 200.000 corona deaths.Ā
Incoming videochat: Senne De Smet is calling you
Z: Hey.Ā
S: Hey. How are you?Ā
Z: All right. You?Ā
S: Fine. Iām fine.Ā
Z: Why did you call all of a sudden?Ā
S: Justā¦ I was thinking about you. How are you holding up, staying inside?*
Z: We agreed not to contact each other for a little while, right?Ā
S: That was three months ago, ZoĆ«.Ā
Z: So?Ā
S: So, weāre online. Itās not like I can start kissing you, or something like that. No stress.Ā
Z: I could do with a little distraction. Go get your guitar! You can sing me a song!Ā
S: ZoĆ«, I know you. When you start making cynical remarks like that, I know that youāre either insecure or having a hard time. Is the lockdown getting to you? Is that it?Ā
Z: Iām not the one whoās randomly calling people.Ā
S: So youāre having a hard time then, thatās obvious. Come on, ZoĆ«, itās me. You can tell me. How are you doing? Really?Ā
Z: Fine.Ā
S: Yeah?Ā
Z: Milan is kind of driving me crazy, butā¦Ā
S: What do you mean?Ā
Z: Now that the Eurovision Song Contest got cancelled, heās gotten it into his head that every day heās going to play the song of a winning country, ten times in a row. And every five minutes heās at my door, asking me what I think about one of his new Grindr beaus. Yeah, heās not leaving me alone.Ā
S: I do miss him. What, uhm, whatās going on with you in your dating life?Ā
Z: What do you want to know?Ā
S: I donāt know. Do you have a new beau, or crush or?
Z: Donāt do that, Senne.Ā
S: You can tell me.Ā
Z: Thatās weird. What have you been up to?Ā
S: The usual, I guess. Watching shows, Iāve been working out a little. All that crap.Ā
Z: Working out at home.Ā
S: Yeah, working out at home. Youād be surprised at all the things you can do at home. Do you want me to show you something?Ā
Z: No.Ā
S: Yes! Get up. Come on, ZoĆ«. Letās do some sports!Ā
Z: So, what? Now youāre going to try and seduce me with your body? That might be better than a guitar, actually. Change your game.Ā
S: Iām not doing anything.Ā
Z: Uhm, Iāve got to keep working on this assignment for school, soā¦ Iām gonna let you go.Ā
S: Uhm, ZoĆ«, school will be closed for many more weeks. Your assignment can wait. What are they gonna do? Make you video call the principal? Thatās bullshit.Ā
Z: You go and work out a little, or play the guitar.Ā
S: Come on, stay a little longer.Ā
Z: No, sorry.Ā
S: Okay.Ā
Z: Bye.Ā
S: Bye.Ā
Note: Belgium has been in what we call ālockdown lightā for a couple of weeks now. Itās unclear when schools will be open again, and kids can go back to school.Ā
We hope everyone is staying safe in these difficult times. Look out for yourselves and each other!Ā
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