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[peerlesscucumber]

Question: If someone tells you to do whatever's necessary in order to ensure you don't crystalise from chroma deprivation, what does that mean to you?

[ help him prove his point that people's first assumption isn't "have sexual relations!" or help disprove his point... ]

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[sifukatara]

You're welcome. And yeah, that's been my experience.

It's funny you should ask, honestly. I spent a long time living in a place where we had something similar to "moonlacing", but more extreme. I recently ran into someone else from there who I hadn't seen in a long time, and we had this exact misunderstanding because of that.

I don't think he'd normally have jumped to that sort of conclusion, but that was the way we HAD to think for a while and it can be hard to shake sometimes.

I think it depends on how far a person prefers to take things, too. If you asked someone under Sanguis while their moon was active you might get a completely different response than you would normally. Right?

[Realizing she's... rambling then--]

Sorry. I've had a lot of time to think about this kind of thing.

[peerlesscucumber]

No apology is necessary. I asked for your thoughts and invited your conversation. All of this has value and worth in being shared.

If I'm to understand correctly, this is not the first time you've been brought across universes by a force outside of yourself? II find it fascinating this isn't the first or only time I've heard of such a phenomena. That does help inform how someone might respond, I agree. Likewise with the moon phases, considering the temperament shifts that can occur under their influences.

So a list of reasons why one might takes things other than they're meant, in no particular order:

1. Different lived experiences colouring expectations.
2. Moon phases.
3. Poor phrasing, poor tone, or contradictory body language.
4. Different personal desires.
5. Pheromonal influence, or aphrodisiac influence.

What others can you think of?

[sifukatara]

I'm glad that you find it useful. I'm enjoying getting to talk about it with someone else. I didn't really think I would want to, but it's nice being able to compare ideas and thoughts about it.

You have it exactly right. I guess it's more common than any of us might think. I know someone else mentioned meeting people who knew them from other worlds, too. It's kind of crazy to think about when you consider that we don't even remember these places when we're back home. At least, that last part was also my own experience, from the place I was.

I think that list is pretty accurate. The only thing I can really think to add is "emotional attachment", which I think is a little bit different from personal desires.

[peerlesscucumber]

I'm glad to have provided you with that opportunity, then.

I don't know how universal that may be, that being in another world and returning to the one you came from originally seals all memories away, but in some sense, it might be necessary. Too much can render a person unstable, or perhaps the world itself. I don't know what the truth may be here with the ones returned home, or if they're truly sent back, or what happens.

AH, yes. Emotional attachment is an important one. Degrees of emotional attachment can change understandings, too.

[sifukatara]

I agree, and if a person meets people from their future, learning about future events may make them want to try to change the outcome. I think there are some instances when that would do more good than harm, and I can't pretend that if it were me I wouldn't try to use what I'd learned to make better choices back home... and I've met people from my world who I would absolutely NOT want to have that sort of power.

But then I guess the other side of that is that it might drive a person crazy. Sometimes relationships back home are a lot more complicated in these places. I couldn't imagine returning home with some of the memories that I have, as much as I wish I didn't also have to give up remembering the friends I've made. If it were up to me I don't know how I'd be able to choose.

But, what about you? If you don't mind my asking. Do you personally think it's better to remember, or to forget?

[peerlesscucumber]

Or they may hope to find a way to change past events in meeting one from their past who may no longer be with them.

I believe that there's no one way to choose or know until in that position. I personally would believe remembering is better, even if all it does is give you more memories to have nightmares over, for things you can't change and people you can no longer meet. They're my experiences. I don't want to forget.