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[parodeity]

Doesn't it? You may change your mind after you get some more of 'em. The hallucinomemories.

[ yeah, weird fake memories confirms that. ]

I've been havin' 'em since February. Your sense of reality starts to crack, eventually.

[frostythehitman]

And I've had 'em since March, big whoop. They're still fake.

Have you even seen a ghost in real life? Like, actual real life, not your memories.

[parodeity]

Wait, wait. You think they're fake even havin' 'em since March?

[frostythehitman]

Yeah? Why wouldn't I?

All they've proven is that Retrospec is seriously creepy and trying to mess with my head. Just because Retrospec said it doesn't mean it's real.

[ He pauses and then reconsiders: ]

Actually, especially because Retrospec said it, it doesn't make it real.

[parodeity]

So...how do you explain everythin', then?

[frostythehitman]

They're playing mind games. They wanna send us a bunch of suspicious junk and give us weird fake memories that make no sense.

[ He shrugs, as if this is obvious. ]

It's Beckham's Razor. The simplest solution is the one that's right. It's way simpler for Retrospec to just be messing with us, than for any of this to actually be real.

[ He means Occam's razor. ]

[parodeity]

I am pretty sure Beckham's Razor is about how there a soccer film either sucks ass or is Bend It Like the aforementioned dude?

[frostythehitman]

What?

[ It takes him a moment but he finally catches on to his mistake and rolls his eyes. ]

Yeah okay, fine. Beckham's Razor, Mockham's Razor, whatever it's called. You get the idea. The simplest idea is the one that's real.

[parodeity]

I think the thing is we disagree on what idea is simplest. Like...y'know, it makes sense to me if this shit were real moreso than if it were fake?

[frostythehitman]

Oh yeah? And how exactly does all of this being real make more sense than Retrospec making crap up for us?

[parodeity]

Because we literally have powers and I think it's too...intricate to be fake.

[frostythehitman]

Okay, fine. If it's too intricate to be fake, please, tell me all about the simple reasons why people are getting superpowers.

[parodeity]

We had 'em once upon a time, basically.

[frostythehitman]

[ He practically throws his hands up in the air. Seriously? None of this is making any sense. ]

When?

When could we have possibly had superpowers when we've all been alive for our entire lives and never had them?

[ He can't believe he just said "alive for our entire lives" but this is what he's been reduced to, Dave. This is what you've reduced him to. ]

[parodeity]

In the lives I am pretty sure we lived before this one?

[ LOOK... ]

[frostythehitman]

[ For someone who's got raccoon eyeliner right now, James is doing a pretty good job of giving Dave a withering look of complete "you really are an idiot." ]

Oh great, like some fantasy reincarnation?

[parodeity]

Pretty much exactly that, yeah.

[ COOL AS A CUCUMBER UNDER THE SEA ]

[frostythehitman]

[ SQUIIIIIINT ]

Do you not hear how crazy you sound right now?

[parodeity]

Nah, I hear it. It's just, like. The truth? You don't have to believe me right now, dude.

[frostythehitman]

[ Dammit he wants to throw his hands up and walk away from this but that would mean letting Dave WIN. ]

Good, because I don't. And I won't. I like to see some proof before I subscribe to any wacko theory.

[parodeity]

Well, if you ever change your mind, you can look me up?

[ PRETTY CALMLY since he doesn't really expect bucky to buy it... ]

It's easier to have that conversation once people believe it.

[frostythehitman]

Pfft, fine then. I guess this conversation's done forever, because there's nothing there to believe.

[ He shrugs and turns, walking away. BYE DAVE, NICE TALKING TO YOU AND YOUR DELUSIONS, BARNES OUT ]