>>5676540“Out? I… don’t know. You’ve been sitting there for half-an hour. I thought I might lose you.”
>Well, I’m back. Tell me what happened from the moment I took the whole packet.That worried face comes back again, but Number 5, to his credit, doesn’t question it. He knows the rules of the game.
“From then? Alright. You took them, and, I’m not sure, had some kind of mind battle? You seemed like you were concentrating on something. And… no, it was something you couldn’t see. That went on for a few minutes, and that D-Boy kept on cackling the whole way through. Then he seemed disappointed, and you told me to follow you out of the room. We walked in circles around the D-Sphere for a while, you were muttering to yourself, and then we ended up here.”
He takes a moment to look at you. You can tell he’s worried, but you think you’re fine.
“Do… do you know how to fight these things?”
>I think I do.His eyes widen.
“They eat your memories. Our memories. Once they’re done, they eat us. Or worse. What exactly they do I don’t know. But I think I know how we fight them off.”
“Well?”
>Overload them. Force them to gorge themselves. I think that’s what I just did. Sacrificed everything I remembered to get away. But… I’m not sure. It seems risky. Extremely risky. There’s still a lot I don’t know. The stuff I forgot just so I could get away. Probably better that way. You both remain silent for a few moments, mulling over what you’ve learned, and unlearned.
>So how much do you actually know?“Not much. I thought it was memory. Suspected. Never confirmed. Too scared. And I know more.” At this he looks directly at you. “But I think it’s safer you don’t see the things I see. I’ve been in this longer than you.”
>How long?“Since the beginning, I think. I’ve lost a lot. Who I am. People I knew. That D-Boy’s face was familiar, but I know nothing more than that. There’s so much missing… Even if I don’t get it all back, I just want it to end.”
You’re not sure what to do next. There’s still not much to go on, but you’ve finally found the first solid piece of information you can keep hold of. Just what to do with it?
>Convince Number 5 to remember who he is. You need to know who he used to be, and how he got into this.>Risk taking a memory-pill now, when there isn’t any immediate danger.>Figure out another way. You know how to fight these things. You can learn more, at least as long as the pills last. [You have 5 packets].>Write in. 
