Hypatia’s memory issues

Tagged as Alexandria Hypatia, Grim Alex, Bartholomeus Vasco

Creator: Hydria

Description:

hypatia's memory issues have. so much angst potential, so what if, sometimes, when they act up particularly badly, she occasionally forgets who she is entirely.

Hypatia forgetting what happened to vasco/that he's gone and does so much stuff revolving around the idea that she thinks he's still alive (preparing samples for research for him, writing whole letters to him, bringing an extra bowl of soup with her, etc). she sets out an extra few snacks at his door, and they start to rot as the days pass, but she just doesnt notice.

whenever she loses herself it often ends up with her wandering the halls confusedly, wondering where she even is or why she's here or--. bumps into guards sometimes, wonders how she got into a place crawling with armed men or why said armed men refer to her as a doctor and treat her in a certain way.

and of course alex is goin >:D watching her struggle like this. it's unique entertainment for her. whenever anything bad happens to hypatia alex will be there with a mental bag of popcorn goin AHAHAHA. very self satisfied knowing she caused this in the first place.

ough. her discovering any evidence of alex's existence--the painting room, for instance, or a body--and being allowed to go through panic for a little before being led away and immediately forced to forget. alex revels in hypatia's fear in cases such as these but makes sure to hit that metaphorical delete button soon after. can't risk being discovered for real. not sure if she Can Actually Do That in canon but I like to think she can pull a few strings to shut down particular memories.

while vasco's still around she has occasions where she forgets who he is as well. and he has to kinda gently remind her who he is, and who she is on some occasions, and make sure she doesn't panic. it's an awkward and tedious process that leaves both parties feeling awful after the fact. but whenever she's like this he gets that jolt of fear because what if it's not her at all? what if--.

he's practically trained himself to spot when it's alex in control. she can be crafty, but he can see the little things that indicate her presence--the smallest twitch of the hand, a furrowed brow, a hint of a snarl; there are little things she can't entirely get a full grip on and he can tell.

but often it's not alex trying to disguise herself it's just... hypatia, clueless and afraid, acting strangely out of fear and confusion.

Do you think she’s ever been watching Hypatia work with dangerous chemicals, and made her hands twitch to make her mess up/spill/break equipment out of spite? Would she make sure Hypatia got hurt w/ them? Or would she not wanna damage her body?

Vasco originally helped keep her away from any sharp objects when she seemed "tired" as they put it

nah she'd be happy to damage her body. just perhaps not too badly that it'd be hampered by such an injury.