Masa con Papas: Proxy's Memory

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Behind masses of hung up curtains and blankets scattered across the floor, sat a dopple on a bed.

One you can only barely recognize as your previous self anymore.

His hair was overgrown, one ear was shorter than another, and his expression was curious but mostly blank of any complex emotion.

And yet you find yourself struggling in the moment to keep a straight face.

Geezer: Hey…

You’re only met with a twitching ear in response.

Geezer: How long you’ve been here…

Elote: A decade approximately, if I recall correctly.

Elote: He’s been well behaved for the most part but… not really much for words.

Geezer: Yeah…

Elote: If you’d like to take him with you, you can.

Geezer: Mm?

Elote: You want your old body back, don’t you?

Geezer: Maybe?

Elote: Oh?

Geezer: I dunno.

Geezer: I still could feel something you know?

Geezer: Some remnant, something telling me it’s still around somewhere.

Geezer: Nothing just disappears from reality like that, not completely.

Geezer: Even with all the weird creatures and angels, there’s always something that sticks around.

Geezer: All sorts of sensations just…

Geezer: Scared, alone, quiet, lost.

Geezer: Poor thing is probably confused about being in here sometimes, right?

Elote: There’s been episodes from time to time but..

Elote: These days he mostly just sits around here passing time drawing.

Elote: He keeps some sketchbooks.

Elote: Do you want to go through?

Geezer: Maybe….

Elote walks over to a box and pulls out a sketch book.


Elote: Always assumed they were dreams, but seeing you…

Elote: Maybe there’s something more.

Geezer: Yeah?

You take the sketchbook from her and take a look through.



Elote: This one’s recent…

You open up on a picture that startles you.

It's you and Charon meeting up after his boat ride.

That was recent, literally last morning…

Geezer: Huh…

Geezer: You’ve been seeing things too huh?

Elote: Is something wrong?

Geezer: Nah just…

You look through. Various recent day to day events from the past month or so.

Work.

Having an argument with Manzana.

A package from your grandma….

Geezer: Don’t really know what to do here, honest.

Geezer: Been a long time since I’ve lost him.

Geezer: In a lot of ways I’ve moved on but…

Geezer: Same time, seems like we’re still connected.

Geezer: Feels bad to say but..

Geezer: I don’t see me anymore when I look at him.

Geezer: Just a sad, lonely rabbit.

Geezer: Don’t need to go back to him. Doesn’t feel right to leave him here either.

Geezer: Think I gotta sit on this.

Elote: Mm..

Elote: If you need a procedure done to merge back, you can always come back.

Elote: He’ll be more than safe here.

Geezer: Yeah.. that’s good.

Geezer: Think I wanna head back for now, let folks know how things went.

You give the rabbit one more look over.

Geezer: I’m gonna make sure you’re safe just…

Geezer: GIve me time to figure this out, alright?

Geezer: You hang in there..