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Memory #2-5, Skill #3-4
Memory #2: Neutral Positive; The circus is my family. Eating, training, falling asleep in piles together after a show.
Regained: Day 6 (Nyssa)
A simple jumble of memories detailing her life with the circus crew; they all ate together, trained together, and after their shows they'd all flop out in the big livingroom backstage and talk and laugh and fall asleep warm and exhausted and happy. An interesting note is that all of the crew, save a couple of them, seem to have very odd and unsual odds and ends about them: horns, tails, large ears, and the like.
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Memory #3: Significant Neutral; Ballet practice and acrobatics-- learning balance and poise.
Regained: Day 11 (Princess)
An important memory from when Natsume first joined the circus, being taught ballet and simple acrobatics to better her balance and poise. This being the basis for every act she puts on at the circus, and her teachers tell her so. Her ballet teacher is a woman with tiny cloven hooves, large brown ears, and freckles all over her body. She learned acrobatics from a variety of people, most notably a shaggy man with goat horns and a girl with feathery black hair. Nobody seems disturbed or unsure about their strange looks.
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Memory #4: Significant Positive; First trapeze act at the circus.
Regained: Day 72 (Nyssa)
You're suddenly thrust onto a stage. Or above one, in any case-- you're on a platform. You're so high you can only just make out the faces in the crowd seated far below, staring upwards in wonder and excitement, smiles and clapping on every face. You almost feel naked, in your skin-tight leotard and all these eyes on you, watching your every move.
Across from you, another pair of people stand on a platform some distance away. Gently, your partner next to you(a man with shaggy hair and curling goat horns-- part of a costume, maybe?) lightly touches your back and passes the trapeze bar to you.
"You're up first, love."
Your heart pounds. The spotlights are blinding, and the music fades to a dull buzz in your head.
And then you're flying. This is what you've trained for. This is what you live for. The exultation surging through your veins powers your body, you can feel the strength you've built up, the strength it takes for you to swing to far and so high and to let go. You're not afraid of falling; it feels like the ground can never reach you. You spin, twirl, and catch the opposite bar, swinging onto the other platform.
"You did it, Natsume!" The two waiting on the platform are positively glowing; a woman with peculiar feather-like hair and a man with tattoos curling over his face. They take their moment to congratulate you before getting back to their show; they're up next, and soon enough it's your turn again.
You can't imagine having ever been nervous in the first place, now.
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Memory #5: Trivial Negative; Discovering a fear of thunderstorms, cowering in fear where she could find shelter.
Regained: Day 82 (The Bone Witch)
A memory of Natsume in her fox form. The air is heavy and tense with a storm and she can feel it-- she's very young, here, and all alone, and isn't quite sure what to do. She's thinking of maybe finding a rabbit warren to hide in when the first earth-shaking clap of thunder crashes in the sky above her. And abruptly she's filled with sudden, animal terror, scrambling to hide any place she can. She ends up cowering under the steps of a human shed until the rain and thunder has past, starting with every little rumble.
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Skill #3: Dancing
Regained: Day 76 (Nafuna) swapped!
All sorts of dance; waltz, tango, ballet, you name it she's got it.
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Skill #4: Shapeshifting
Regained: Day 81 (Dream Traveler)
The ability to change her form from fox to human to sparrow to toaster to lamp or anything else she's ever seen with her own eyes or a picture of before.
Regained: Day 6 (Nyssa)
A simple jumble of memories detailing her life with the circus crew; they all ate together, trained together, and after their shows they'd all flop out in the big livingroom backstage and talk and laugh and fall asleep warm and exhausted and happy. An interesting note is that all of the crew, save a couple of them, seem to have very odd and unsual odds and ends about them: horns, tails, large ears, and the like.
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Memory #3: Significant Neutral; Ballet practice and acrobatics-- learning balance and poise.
Regained: Day 11 (Princess)
An important memory from when Natsume first joined the circus, being taught ballet and simple acrobatics to better her balance and poise. This being the basis for every act she puts on at the circus, and her teachers tell her so. Her ballet teacher is a woman with tiny cloven hooves, large brown ears, and freckles all over her body. She learned acrobatics from a variety of people, most notably a shaggy man with goat horns and a girl with feathery black hair. Nobody seems disturbed or unsure about their strange looks.
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Memory #4: Significant Positive; First trapeze act at the circus.
Regained: Day 72 (Nyssa)
You're suddenly thrust onto a stage. Or above one, in any case-- you're on a platform. You're so high you can only just make out the faces in the crowd seated far below, staring upwards in wonder and excitement, smiles and clapping on every face. You almost feel naked, in your skin-tight leotard and all these eyes on you, watching your every move.
Across from you, another pair of people stand on a platform some distance away. Gently, your partner next to you(a man with shaggy hair and curling goat horns-- part of a costume, maybe?) lightly touches your back and passes the trapeze bar to you.
"You're up first, love."
Your heart pounds. The spotlights are blinding, and the music fades to a dull buzz in your head.
And then you're flying. This is what you've trained for. This is what you live for. The exultation surging through your veins powers your body, you can feel the strength you've built up, the strength it takes for you to swing to far and so high and to let go. You're not afraid of falling; it feels like the ground can never reach you. You spin, twirl, and catch the opposite bar, swinging onto the other platform.
"You did it, Natsume!" The two waiting on the platform are positively glowing; a woman with peculiar feather-like hair and a man with tattoos curling over his face. They take their moment to congratulate you before getting back to their show; they're up next, and soon enough it's your turn again.
You can't imagine having ever been nervous in the first place, now.
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Memory #5: Trivial Negative; Discovering a fear of thunderstorms, cowering in fear where she could find shelter.
Regained: Day 82 (The Bone Witch)
A memory of Natsume in her fox form. The air is heavy and tense with a storm and she can feel it-- she's very young, here, and all alone, and isn't quite sure what to do. She's thinking of maybe finding a rabbit warren to hide in when the first earth-shaking clap of thunder crashes in the sky above her. And abruptly she's filled with sudden, animal terror, scrambling to hide any place she can. She ends up cowering under the steps of a human shed until the rain and thunder has past, starting with every little rumble.
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Skill #3: Dancing
Regained: Day 76 (Nafuna) swapped!
All sorts of dance; waltz, tango, ballet, you name it she's got it.
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Skill #4: Shapeshifting
Regained: Day 81 (Dream Traveler)
The ability to change her form from fox to human to sparrow to toaster to lamp or anything else she's ever seen with her own eyes or a picture of before.