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The Mods of LifeAftr ([personal profile] lifeaftr_mods) wrote in [community profile] aftr_stories2017-12-19 08:57 pm
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[MU] - DECEMBER STORYTELLING / MEMORY SHARE

Something is wrong.

This may not very well be obvious, at first. The Storyteller is not present to put forth yet another diatribe, informative or apologetic, and the backdrop of guttering flame and sandy campfire is as present as ever...albeit briefly.



Those who tell their stories will start to notice something...odd taking place. Indeed, no matter how they intend to begin their tale, the land of Mu will immediately start to warp to accommodate it, or something utterly unlike it, until storytellers and listeners alike may find themselves in an exact recreation of a seemingly random memory, in the most stark and painstaking of detail. There is no altering the memory, nor is there any preventing it once it's begun to play - you will simply have to witness memories that are not your own this go around.

Furthermore, stories that take place in worlds other than LifeAftr will be, frankly, inevitable. Those memories, too, will be recreated, to be relived by the teller and lived by the listener.



It is time, once more, for you to tell a story...with a slight twist! This is, in fact, our first player plot, as provided by Dragon! The initial setting will be familiar for oldcomers, and newcomers will recognize it from the introduction they received in their dreams.

Yet for this Storytelling only, people can imagine whatever stories they wish, from both their homes and their time on LifeAftr, as long as they don't mind the fact that others will be reliving those stories in the form of an impromptu memory share.

Even those who prefer not to voice their stories aloud are not safe this time around. If the memory is recalled in essence, Mu will shift to accommodate it in full.

There is, however, a benefit to this: those who venture memories to be relived will receive both a befuddled apology from the Storyteller, who will assert that this was most definitely not meant to happen (they're the Storyteller, not the Rememberer!), as well as a tired promise that the relived memories will be worth two offerings each, as if in compensation.

Not that it counts for much, probably.
thermalwind: (wait for it)

[personal profile] thermalwind 2018-01-01 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He falls silent for a little bit to think it over.]

That's my point. If you were evil or a tyrant you wouldn't consider anything but what you want. Here you are worried about going too far. Even if having someone else around helps...you're already thinking of how to stay away from the edge.
shineinside: (Y: This is what I actually look like)

[personal profile] shineinside 2018-01-01 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
You're probably right, I guess... but it's a little hard to make myself believe that I'm a good person right after having to see all that again.

[Said casually, as if it wasn't a kind of bleak thing to say.]
thermalwind: (im about to lose the game)

[personal profile] thermalwind 2018-01-01 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Course it is. [Said as if it doesn’t make sense why it wouldn’t be so difficult.]

It’s like reliving it again. Only this time with all the hindsight that came after it. That’s gonna bother anyone.
shineinside: (Y: My day has been SO long)

[personal profile] shineinside 2018-01-02 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I guess so.

[She sighs.] Thanks for seeing a little good in me, and I'm sorry that you had to see all that.
thermalwind: (pull macro?)

[personal profile] thermalwind 2018-01-06 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry you didn't get a choice in who saw it. [He shrugs, he lacked a lot of the context and it isn't his business.]

Should probably ask the Storyteller when you see them why this happened.