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[blackbirdsing]

[ When Sarah comes into view, she's sitting with her elbows on a table, fingers steepled, and she actually looks Very Serious™ while contemplating how best to phrase her question. The conversation has come up privately, and she needs to have a full understanding of one of the parts of Wonderland she's never bothered with - the Vendors. ]

Hey. I know everyone's kind of consumed with what the dormouse had to say or...didn't say. But I really want to see where everyone falls regarding opinions on the Vendors.

Since we can't pick the memory they want, that means somehow they can rifle through our minds to pick the thing they want to take. And it'd probably have to be something meaningful or impactful. If I ever, for whatever reason, had no option but to use the Vendors, I could lose something like the birth of my son. I'd have no choice or say in the matter.

[ Her reason for using the Vendors would have to be extraordinary. Something involving Kurt or Ray and dire circumstances. ]

Anyway, my actual question is...how do we know, if the Vendors can access our minds and memories, that they or someone or something else doesn't do that all the time, on a constant basis? If Wonderland does actually use our memories to fuel the things that happen here, does that mean our brains are constantly being...I don't know. Monitored???

I'd really like some opinions on this.

[ Sarah isn't paranoid at all usually, and she'd say this is more concerned than paranoid, but it feels like such a violation of privacy that she can't help asking the community at large. ]

Comments

[blackbirdsing]

'Toughie' is definitely right. I also kind of wonder how they decide a memory is good enough to be used on everyone, and how they decide whether or not we're worth bringing to Wonderland to begin with.

[ She can appreciate a good mystery to solve, something to unravel, but if her boyfriend has the potential to march off to the vendors, she wants to know what he's getting into the best she can. ]

[fancylad]

Well... And this is just a theory, ma'am! But maybe the memories used for events are, um, ones that are easier to focus in on? Perhaps they are more highly valued, or shared among multiple people, or harder for the host to forget! But... I don't know how to work in the aftereffects of the words that go missing from the host or hosts' memories to that one. I'm working on it.

[blackbirdsing]

Maybe it's like a souvenir? Something the mansion has to hold onto once everything is said and done to retain the memory?

[ God, she has no idea. ]

So...what do you think would happen if we destroyed the heart of what takes our memories? Some people call it the Core. I don't know if that's the official word for it, but.

[fancylad]

[Angus' eyes widen. Destroying the Core didn't even occur to Angus as something anyone might want to try. He only has a very base knowledge on what the Core even does, hasn't even seen it, but it's got to be very powerful.]

If we destroyed the Core... If it really powers Wonderland as its name implies, we can't be sure what that would do. Perhaps all magic would be gone from this place. And if that were to happen... We can't be sure that Wonderland itself isn't made entirely of magic.

At the very least, it would likely change Wonderland forever.

[blackbirdsing]

Our luck the events would stop happening, but no one would be able to leave and the closets wouldn't work because we destroyed the source of the magic, too.

[ So, it's probably a bad idea all the way around. ]

You're right. It's too dangerous to even consider, really.

[fancylad]

Yes, sorry, ma'am. It was a very interesting idea, though. I'll keep it in mind if I ever get a chance to really study the Core more closely.

[blackbirdsing]

If you ever find out anything about the vendors or the Core that seems new, would you mind letting me know? I'm always curious about how it all works and I don't think I've been asking enough questions.