Memories

Spoiler*This article contains **SPOILERS** to Stray! Please read it only if you have already completed the game.*

**Memories** are important collectibles for the drone B-12 and for the player to receive more background information about the world of Stray. The player can find memories in various places after they found B-12 in Chapter 3: The Flat.

Optional memories appear as a light blue glow with square-shaped particles around certain objects and places throughout the game.

There are five story memories that are not always prompted when playing through the game normally. These do not have a glow, and are cutscenes prompted by B-12 seeing or realizing something. These are the five larger rectangles in the top of the memories menu.

Collecting all memories results in B-12 giving the player a new harness design and earns I Remember! achievement.

## B-12 Flat

Wait. I remember. The **Outside**.
It feels like I’ve been there before. Is this where you came from?
I promised someone I would go there. Promised who?
This postcard, the mural was painted from it. Let's take it.
Why do I have these memories? How did they get here?
Let’s keep going.

See also: The Outside, Postcard.

## Rooftops

The city is full of neon. It wasn't always this way.
There used to be strict energy caps, especially in the Slums.
But people couldn't handle the constant darkness.
One day someone lit up rainbow lamps. Neon signs all over their house.
That person was taken away and never seen again.
But people saw hope and, not long after, everyone started putting lots of lights in their homes. There was nothing the oppressors could do.
It was a way for people to see colors again like on the **Outside**. I think it helped.

See also: Signs, The Outside.
**Neco Corp**.
They were responsible for waste management.
As trash from the upper levels overloaded the Slums, they tried to develop a bacteria to dissolve it all.
After the humans disappeared, that bacteria mutated. Growing, eating way more than trash.
And now we have **Zurks**.
...
Let's go.

See also: Neco Corporation, Zurks, Zurk Runs.
Look, the view. It’s beautiful from here.
I remember now. The city. It was meant to be a shelter.
Those look like stars, but they're only lights marking the hermetic roof sealing off the city.
Humankind built this shell to protect themselves from the **Outside**. But it came at a cost. Nobody can go out.
The **Outside** was a disaster. Completely barren, unlivable and dangerous.
But if you come from there, it must mean it's safe again.
And my promise wasn't just to go to the **Outside**. It was to open the city.
I still don’t understand why some memories are coming back and others aren't.
But I'm certain now this is my purpose. I have to open the city.
Come on, let’s go back and find Momo. Now that we've connected the transmitter. We should be able to get help.

Obtained on placing the Transceiver.

See also: Walled City 99, The Outside, Circles of Light.

## Dead End

Look at how huge this wall is.
I remember, it was a symbol of the division between those in the Slums and in Midtown.
That and the fact that they kept throwing their garbage down here.
What a horrible thing to do. Maybe that's why they failed.

See also: Walled City 99, Upper Level, Lower Level, Neco Corporation.
The scientist I used to work for always said he wanted to retire to a little cottage, fishing all day long.
Of course that was not a possibility in the city and nobody could have done that for at least a hundred years.
When we get to the Outside, what if we found ourselves a little cottage with a harmless fishing rod and a lot of books?
I think that's what the scientist would have wanted.
But first, we should go find **Doc**.

Sleeping spot near the robot.
See also: Scientist.
I've seen humans wear costumes like this.
They were small and running around making lots of noise.
Oh yes, I remember now. They were children.
The streets felt much more alive with them.
Even with the difficulty they brought, the adults seemed to love them very much.
Doc says he misses Seamus, is that the same thing?

See also: Doc, Seamus, Companion#Society.

## The Sewers

The sewer system. Yes, I remember now. Clean water was scarce.
The city was supplied by huge machinery that dug deep into the earth.
Just like everything else, it was rationed out to sustain people during times of drought.
The Scientist showed me the blueprint of the water tanks. They are huge and could contain a whole building in them.

See also: City Technical Network.
This substance grows in all places where there are **Zurks**.
What is it made out of? It seems to pulse as though alive.
Do you think we’re inside a giant organism?
It’s... frame-chilling.

See also: Fleshy Walls, Flesh Eyeballs, Birthing Pods, Zurks.

## Antvillage

This machine. The scientist I assisted used one of these.
He was sick. This was his last hope. He walked into the machine.
But I wasn't with him. He was alone. What was he doing?
He uploaded himself into the computer and then everything was different.
But the upload, something went wrong. He was stuck for hundreds of years.
Until... a little cat appeared.
Was it? It was. Me. I was the scientist.
**I was human.**
I... I need a moment.

See also: B-12, Scientist, Sarcophagus, The Network.
This language. The Companion robots made it up from scratch. How impressive.
I remember it happening, when I was in the network.
I don’t know when exactly, but at one time all the communication started to switch to these symbols.
I was stuck in a computer and alone for a long time.
So I translated every symbol and word one by one until I was able to understand everything.
Now that I’m out and I know their language, I am curious to hear all they have to say.

See also: Alphabet.

## Jail

This poor fellow.
It seems that the Sentinels are ruthless when it comes to defying them.
That’s what I feared. They have completely erased him.
No more emotions, no more self-awareness, no more memories.
Please, let’s not get caught.

See also: Companion, Sentinels, Alterisateur, Background characters#Jail.

## Control Room

This is the Control Room for the entire city. They controlled everything from here. And it's empty.
I remember hating them so much. They had everything. Clean space, limitless power, freedom to move. Little good it did them.
The plague. I remember now.
Everyone was dying and they thought they were above it all. They did nothing to help us.
I watched my family die. I felt helpless. I couldn’t do anything to save them.
But I can still help you. We can still go outside. Together.
I will carry the memories of humanity and the people I loved.

See also: Control Room Area, Humans, The Outside.