[MU] - DECEMBER STORYTELLING / MEMORY SHARE

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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.

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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.

Comments

[prettypurpleparlor]

[In all honesty, Muffet doesn't remember the prince beyond old history lessons, things she read in books. She doesn't even really remember the flower, beyond a few hazy, confused snippets of fear and pain.]

[What she knows is that there's a person standing in front of her right now, who's been through a lot of pain and caused pain for others in turn. She still has a lot of concerns, but mostly what she feels for him is sadness and the desire to help, if she can.]

Sometimes it can be healthy to get things out in the open, but I don't think you've a moral obligation to show the world your secrets unless not knowing about it puts people in danger. And even then, I'd say you still deserved to have a choice in the matter, instead of this place deciding for you.

[There's still a lot she doesn't know, but she suspects that it isn't as simple as he seems to want to believe. She won't push him too far, though. You can't force someone to be all right in one conversation.]

I think trying to be a better person is a worthwhile effort, albeit a complicated one. But... even if you'd prefer not to discuss it with me specifically, I do think you should try to find someone to talk to about it. Trying to handle painful things, to confront yourself... it's harder to deal with alone.