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[bookishnettler]

I'm sorry it's been several days, community! Schoolwork is keeping me dreadfully busy-- not that I'm complaining, of course. But I just had to come and talk about something strange that's happened. Harry and Ron don't remember this place at all! I know this happens sometimes when people leave, but they didn't forget right away, only just now. Has this happened to anybody else's friends?

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[spiritually]

[ A couple of days? Natsume doesn't even remember who she is, so.. ]

It might've been more than a few days.. Sorry. Time flows a little strangely on the community sometimes. What's your name?

[bookishnettler]

Hermione. Hello; you must be new. I don't recognize you at all.

lmfao forgetting time things..

[spiritually]

I'm Natsume. I've been here since the second half of 2011, or.. well, when the community read 2011. Time's a little different in my world, but.. not really new, still. Sorry.

[former_endboss]

Right, time and other things might be a little strange here, but I haven't seen you before and I've been here for a couple of months.

[bookishnettler]

Perhaps we just haven't been introduced. It's a big community.

[former_endboss]

Yes, but I have nothing to do but read the community's entries.

[voice]

[desertification]

And you are?

[Not that he sounds like he cares all that much.]

[voice]

[bookishnettler]

I'm Hermione. It's a pleasure. And you are?

[coolblueiceman]

Harry? Ron? I don't recognize those names, sorry. Nor do I recognize you, and I've been here for... about ten months, by its reckoning? I have heard of the forgetting phenomenon being a little bit of a delayed thing, though.

[bookishnettler]

This is really very strange-- all these people I don't recognize saying they've been here for so long. Is it possible this is a virus?

[coolblueiceman]

Not unless the community decided it likes to nest viruses inside each other now. We just finished with one... within the last 24 hours? At least, if I'm to believe the reports from everyone?

Time scale for some of us can be very odd, though; it's been maybe a month or two since I joined the community in relative time for me, yet the dates I'm seeing correspond to such a long period of time... and they're quite a bit into my future.

[makewayforroze]

Harry? [There's been more than one Harry here. Ron...that isn't a name that sounds familiar.] Were they here long?

[bookishnettler]

Oh! I remember you.

[she's relieved; they might not really know each other, but this is at least someone she recognizes]

But I'm sorry, I don't recall your name.

[makewayforroze]

[The girl did look familiar but there had been a lot of people in her time.]

It has been a while. It's nice to see you again. I'm Roze.

[Wait, did she say several days...? It had been much longer since she'd seen her.]

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[entreats]

.. Yeah, people forget about this place or lose access all the time randomly. [ If there's some vague hints of anything beyond the usual calm blank tone she has, it's clearly just your imagination. Not like she misses some specific people, not at all. ]

It sucks. So don't get too attached to anyone on here.

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[bookishnettler]

Well, yes, I know that. But there was a delay.

[entreats]

Isn't it easy to figure out? The community's always been whimsical, this is just another one of those times.

[pinkbefriendingbeam]

Umm... I don't know who either of those two are at all, sorry. You said they just forgot about the community just now?

[bookishnettler]

Yes, that's right. But they lost their access months ago.

[pinkbefriendingbeam]

That doesn't make sense though? Shouldn't they have lost their memories right when they lost access?

[powerofpink]

Sorry, but it looks like the community's time passed a lot faster for us than for you. I've been here at least a year now, and I haven't met you.

My name is Kendrix.

[bookishnettler]

A year, really? And are you sure you haven't just missed me?

... I'm Hermione. It's lovely to meet you.

[powerofpink]

I've gone through enough that I'm pretty sure I would have seen you sooner or later. Time really seems to flow differently around here.

It's nice to meet you too.

[glimmerous_fop]

Naturally, school work comes before everything else. What are you studying?

I can't account for many people in my world, but everyone has encountered the community seemed to forget about it pretty quickly.

[bookishnettler]

Oh, all sorts of things! The general subject is magic, but of course, there are so many classes to take within that. History of Magic, Herbology, Transfiguration... I can go on!

[she really, really can]

They didn't forget quickly, though, that's the problem. They remembered for at least a month, until just now.