Chapter 3 - 4

“Ok,” Alan started explaining, “So when one becomes a No One, we assume that he/she comes into being with Items attached, such as your deck of playing cards.”

“Magic cards.”

“Whatever. So, we assume when a person stops being a No One, the Items on them also fade away as well.”

“That’s something else,” Travis interrupted. “What happens when someone stops being a No One, and how do you do it?”

“No one knows. I mean, we don’t know, we just know that we forget about them, the same way that normals tend to forget about us. But we don’t know if that means they are gone gone, or if they merely switched back to the world of the living, with all that mortality attached to it. Since there’s no real way to track it, and nobody comes back, well…it’s about as mysterious as death itself, with the unfortunate side effect that nobody remembers who you are.”

“Damn…how does it happen?”

“You wish for it hard enough. You say to yourself that you’re done, and – poof – you vanish.”

“So it doesn’t happen that often?”

Travis shook his head in disagreement. “The average lifespan of a No One, according to the Emperor, is only about five years. Apparently we all get bored of this eventually.”

“Huh. How long have you been a No One?”

“Only about a year and a half. I’m probably good for the next little while,” Alan said, beaming. “But back to the question at hand. Unattached Items.”