[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

[achievementhunter]

So they should be. Did you ask to be created? No? Then your manner of coming into existence is the same as us all.

[And no matter how abhorrent that existence, they never asked for this. Not even once.]

It would be a ridiculous thing to judge one over- your actions are what defines you.

very nearly quotes Pokemon......

[attheclocktower]

I-

[A lot of it is things she's heard before. The circumstances of her birth don't matter. It was what she chose to do with her life that did. But one part of what they said grinds her thoughts to a halt, because nobody's ever put it in those terms before.]

The same?

pffffff

[achievementhunter]

Yes, Xion. When a human is born, they've hardly asked to be. To act of conception is to create a sentient being, not provide the container that an already sentient SOUL may occupy.

[They aren't giving you the Talk, Xion. If you need more details on the birds and the bees, go find an adult.]

I did not ask to be born. You did not ask to be created.

Thus, it matters very little how either occurred. We're both here by simple coincidence.