saveyourbrain | ECHOES OPINIONS MEME

We all love smashing our characters in the face with Echoes, right? And yet, rarely do we have the opportunity to ramble about what they actually think about them and/or just what the hell they assume is really going on...!

RIGHT HERE IS THAT CHANCE. Fill out the below for each of your dudez or ladiez, then comment around with your own thoughts or offers to help with future plans or whatever. Hell, post ICly too, if you want! 8Db

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Character: Sam Iwata [Sasame]
How long they've been in game: Since April, so 4 months.
When or how long ago their first Echo was: When he was in high school--I think I've said around 3 or 4 years ago?
How many total they've received so far: 12

What do they think of their Echos?: He's figured out that he was a "Leafe Knight" and that came with certain powers and responsibilities, although he's still not sure exactly what. He's got some weird metaphysical memory of combining with energy with some girl he doesn't know, so that's weird.

Also, although he makes every effort to hide it (and generally does), he's lately been feeling VERY bitter toward his memories. He knows that the "other him" had a very low opinion of themselves and was not a very happy person, and was also very set in his roles. And then there's what he knows about Tamara's other, which is also not particularly good news...he's become pretty distressed over the idea that they might be turning into these people whether they want to or not, and he's actually starting to become a little depressed himself the more he obsesses over the Echoes.

So he's started to take another tactic of trying not to think about them as much as he can and continue being as cheerful as he's always been, while focusing both on his schoolwork and Tamara and alternating between being a "useful member of the group" to "avoiding anything serious about it as much as possible." So far, it's working, but he's aware that it might just be a temporary coping mechanism.

And on other things?: Similar to the above, he's secretly frightened that his mother--or Tamara--will have something bad happen to them because of his involvement in the Network. But he doesn't think he can ignore it, either (although he tried that for a time) because echoes can come from such seemingly mundane things and inaction doesn't guarantee anyone's safety.

On top of that, he feels like his broken leg is a burden, and he's aware that so far his powers and knowledge are mostly either useless or not fully developed. He feels a little incapable.

Also like the above he's hiding this as much as possible. He really doesn't like talking about his problems, particularly to those that are close to him.

Any plans for them in the future?: I'm going to try to focus on less memory echoes (particularly those focusing on Takako since so many are focused on her and it's reeeeally easy for him to get canon reoccurances with Tamara without me trying much) and more on building up his powers a little so that he can...well, stop feeling QUITE so useless. That being said one way or another his self-esteem and mental health are probably going to keep taking hits, because...canon. I'm not sure how all of this will effect his relationship with Tamara--if they'll work through things well and become a really solid couple or if they'll start hitting some trouble--I'm sort of interested in both so I'm just letting things happen as they come.

I also feel like I should do more stuff with his mother, although I'm not sure what yet.

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