still so confused

[shadow_of_myself]

I started here in hopes of finding the truth about my past, but ever since I arrived, I've been getting all kinds of stories... I just don't know anything anymore.

Who am I? Who is "Shadow"? Why can't I remember anything?

That purple cat... She was the most confounding of all. A Knight of the Round Table? There's no way... But then I met that Knight.

[ Shakes his head, looking dismayed. ]

You brought me here, you told me that you would help me find the truth about my past. Was it all a farce? I'm not playing your games anymore.

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[knight_of_the_lake]

Purple Cat? Did you see Sir Percival?

[shadow_of_myself]

Yes, that was her name... She mistook me for you.

[knight_of_the_lake]

Without my armor, we are identical. I was mistaken for you by a blue hedgehog.

[shadow_of_myself]

A blue hedgehog... I see. He seems to know who I am, too.

[knight_of_the_lake]

If what he spoke was true, you once tried to destroy the world with something called an Eclipse Cannon.

[shadow_of_myself]

I... I did that?

[ His ears flick, and it's true that it does sound familiar... His head aches trying to think about it. ]

[knight_of_the_lake]

From what the blue hedgehog said, yes. Though as to why he did not tell me.

[shadow_of_myself]

[ Possibly more confused than before. ]

Why did I want to destroy the world? I need to know...

[knight_of_the_lake]

Speak with one known as Eggman. You were assisting him to do it. He may know.

[notshadowfever]

Oh, Shadow! It's you again. There are so many of you around lately.

[shadow_of_myself]

Doctor, I was wondering when I'd find you.

[notshadowfever]

Really, now? What can I do for you, Shadow?

[shadow_of_myself]

Why was I sealed in your base? What were those robots that looked like me?

Who am I?

[notshadowfever]

Hmm... I don't have any reason to lie to you here. It's all a very long story.

[shadow_of_myself]

Please! Tell me! I need to know... Everyone acts like they know me, but I don't remember anyone...

[notshadowfever]

I can tell you what I know, but I should tell you this: Not everyone you meet here who recognises you truly knows you. There are lots of daffy doubles of us around here.

You came to be in my laboratory after my robots discovered you unconscious and barely alive. You'd fallen all the way to Earth from space, do you remember?

[shadow_of_myself]

[ Shadow listens with complete interest. His ears twitch, and he feels like he should remember this but... nothing is sticking. ]

I... I don't remember... Why can't I remember, Doctor?

shit now I'm earwormed with "This Machine"

[ophiovacca]

Maybe you can make yourself a new identity.

It's a good tune.

[shadow_of_myself]

A new identity? [ He never thought about that. ] I don't think I could... not while everyone knows me as someone else.

[ophiovacca]

But that's not who you are, is it? Shouldn't you be who you are now, instead of who they remember you as~?

[shadow_of_myself]

But I have nothing right now... I don't even know my reason for being here, who created me...

[ophiovacca]

Hm~ that is a problem. Well, maybe your mundane can help you find what you're looking for. After all, this is a very strange place~

[shadow_of_myself]

So I've seen.

[ophiovacca]

[she gives him an honest smile.]

I hope that you can find it here. Things are confusing enough for us when we do have all the answers-- well, most of them, that is. I don't think anyone really knows all of them for sure. My own mundane is still plotting and expanding my world and past every day.

[shadow_of_myself]

[ Tilts his head a little. ]

You don't have a set past or present?