[MU] - DECEMBER STORYTELLING / MEMORY SHARE

[lifeaftr_mods]

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

you feel like you're in for a slow time

[achievementhunter]

...That is nothing new, either.

[If anything, his admittance simply causes their voice to become quieter- a reflection of their own thoughts, for a very long time. I just wanted to free everyone. I just wanted them to be happy. I wanted Asriel to see the sun.]

In the end, we were wrong. And people are often all too happy to forget their mistakes.

That is our burden, sir. To live with the consequences when no one else has to.

[scourgingstars]

Tragedies are unfortunately common tales, it would seem. And I doubt anyone thinks of the would-be heroes of such stories once the events have played out.

...I'm sorry, for what it's worth.

[achievementhunter]

...As am I, sir. [A slow exhale, almost akin to a laugh.] At the least, I can hardly say your rage is unfounded.

Attempting to enforce the consequences of our actions hardly constitutes for an innocent world.

[scourgingstars]

Not unfounded, but also wildly unnecessary. Whether the world is innocent or not, even such a horrendous betrayal should not condemn countless uninvolved mortals to die two thousand years after the fact.

[achievementhunter]

And yet in a court of law, ignorance is not an appropriate defense when one is accused of a crime.

I imagine that humans are a dominant species in your world- in which case, I reiterate. Your rage was not unfounded.

[scourgingstars]

...Perhaps not. But right now, I can’t quite think of it as anything but unfair.

[achievementhunter]

What a pity. I almost liked you better when you were dangerous, sir.

[scourgingstars]

It’s certainly far easier to handle as a monster. Shrieking anger and oaths of vengeance are always simpler than actually looking at the situation and contemplating the sheer scale of the things which brought it to pass.

[achievementhunter]

On the contrary, sir. There are only so many times one can sit and consider the sheer magnitude of the issue before they act.

[It is presumptuous, to imply that they had not. They had had plenty of time to consider, over and over again.]