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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.
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Break time, BREAK TIME!

[personal profile] alittleditty 2017-12-20 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[This memory, at least, is a far simpler one. For those of you who need a break from all this misery and heavy revelations about your fellow residents of LifeAftr?

There's a relatively simple memory of Tataru and Amaterasu working on her garden. And getting positively filthy in the process.]
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[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-21 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh good, something that isn't fraught with tragedy. Also, a cute and mysterious dog!.]

Sorry for intruding on your memories like that... but I'm glad that something nice happened in one of them for a change.
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[personal profile] alittleditty 2017-12-22 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She can't help but laugh a bit, sheepishly.]

Gods, isn't that the truth! So many memories have been... rather intense.

[Good and bad, depending on the memories, but very poignant, all the same.]
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[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-22 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... they have been.

[ Asch. Akira. The Drifter... ]

So many of the people here have led such painful lives... it really puts my own problems into perspective.
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[personal profile] alittleditty 2017-12-22 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes... I suppose it would.

[Tataru is used to seeing the plights of others that are far worse off than herself, so she's able to take it more in stride. But still... some of the other worlds out there truly were awful.]

All we can do is be there for those who need us, I think.

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[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-23 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... that's right. [She reminds herself that as much as she thinks of herself as depending on Kyouko for strength, Kyouko's probably relying on her, too. So, she should try to be strong.]

In a way, it makes it a little easier, being reminded that I'm not the only one who has painful memories. People who have been through something similar can have a sort of a connection, you know?
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[personal profile] alittleditty 2017-12-26 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Having people who can understand your thoughts... it's rather underrated how much of a comfort that can be.

[She's not always been the best person to share experiences and hardships with people, but from her time at the Forgotten Knight, she's seen what people can do for each other. Even the act of sharing stories, of finding out one isn't alone...

It made a difference.]
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[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2017-12-26 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Ignis has seen so many painful and sad memories tonight that he is quite grateful when he stumbles into this one. It takes a little while, but eventually, the sadness of those other memories is pushed away for at least a little while and a small smile crosses his face.]

I didn't realize you were also gardening. Is there nothing you can't do?

[Aside from staying clean that is.]
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[personal profile] alittleditty 2017-12-26 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah, there's a welcome face to see. Especially a welcome face to see smiling.]

Well, I can't fight, first of all.

[Tried once. It went terribly.]

Also you're making the woefully generous assumption that I'm an experienced gardener.

[You plant plants? Water them? And they grow? Isn't that it?]
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[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2017-12-28 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Look, she's probably got more experience than this bookworm does. Not that, that is saying much all things considered.]

No one can take a compliment here, can they?

[Ignis laughs and shakes his head.]

You aren't suppose to tell me that part. You're suppose to smile and thank me.
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[personal profile] alittleditty 2017-12-29 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see.

[She bobs a little curtsy.]

My apologies and thank you, Ser Ignis. I'm sure the results of my gardening will be a delight to all.

[In case it isn't obvious, she's teasing.]
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[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-01-01 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs, so much better at catching the humor in her words now than he was at their first meeting.]

I look forward to it Lady Tataru. After all, no chef is happier than when they have the very best of garden-fresh ingredients to use.