Memory 2

Memory Summary: Snake has a visual memory.
Gained Through: Calhoun Party number 2
Date: Whenever this was, still August I think, kind of behind here...

It's the start of summer vacation and the last day of school. Everyone on the bus is excited for summer as they're getting dropped off at their stops for the last time until September. There's no context for age but he and the people he's talking to are looking forward to the fourth grade. He gets off the bus and everyone is telling him goodbye. He's filled with happy thoughts about soccer practice and swimming pools.

When he gets off the bus, he notices how beautiful the world is and especially how blue the sky can be. The sun is so bright that he has to hold up his left hand to shield his eyes. He can hear the school bus drive away.

There's nothing else to the memory but there's a sense of dark foreboding at the very end, as though something bad was about to happen...

What was learned/Summary: He wasn't, in fact, born blind although Snake had been suspecting that much.
Effects: A bit more information on his life, giving him some clues on how he might have gained his handicaps. Also giving him a precious visual of the world.

Memory 3

Memory Summary: Audio only, Snake is having a simple conversation with someone
Gained Through: Calhoun Heart of the Matter
Date: End of August

What was learned/Summary: The memory appears to take place not long after Memory 1. The person he's talking to is a woman but she isn't named. It's a fairly innocuous conversation but there's a lot that's understood.

Number 1: The woman he's talking to knows him very well
Number 2: She is excellent at describing stories and situations in ways he can easily picture.
Number 3: She makes sure to put all of her feelings in her voice instead of having "dead air" spent on gestures he can't appreciate
Number 4: That she lives nearby? His roommate?
Number 5: That he values her opinion HIGHLY


Effects: He needs to know more about this mystery woman who knows him very well because she might possibly be a close friend or even a family member. Because he doesn't want to lose a very important clue to his past, it prompts him to perform a physically dangerous act.