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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.
shineinside: (Y: YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND)

[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-20 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh no, someone saw.]

I, um... Th-That's not me! It's... That's my brother, Ryouma. So, this isn't even my memory...

[Then why is she panicking like that?]
souris_keteer: (Mikkie)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-20 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[doubt.jpg]

Then whose are we seeing?
shineinside: (Y: It's a long and upsetting story)

[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-20 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That's, um...

[It pains her to think it, but sometimes you have to know when it's too late to pull off lying about something. Maybe this is part of starting a new life, too...]

...It doesn't have anything to do with the dancing part. I mean, I'd like to get better at that, too, it's just...

[She looks at 'Ryouma' again. Five foot ten and handsome. Eurgh, it's even weirder seeing her old self from the outside.]

...I didn't want anyone to see what I used to look like. I decided when I ended up here that I would just abandon the old me and live as Yuka Ichijou from now on...
souris_keteer: (Miki)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-20 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mickey watches her carefully, seeing the pain clear on her face. This isn't easy on her... so he has no right to make things difficult.]

... All right, then. I won't tell anyone what I saw. You're Yuka Ichijou, and that's that.
shineinside: (Y: This is what I actually look like)

[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-20 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. Thank you...

[The pain on her face was clear, but the relief and gratitude that follow it even more so.]

It isn't something I have much practice talking about... I've been Ryouma for almost my entire life. I think Kyouko is the only other person who knows. 'Yuka' is even just a random name I made up on a whim...
souris_keteer: (Miki)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-20 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Just like that?

[he has to admit, he's impressed.]

Then you must have some imagination! It's a really nice name.
shineinside: (Default)

[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-20 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, more like I came up with it secretly, then didn't tell anyone for three years. There's a lot of troubling things about being stuck on these islands, but it's been really exciting getting to use it openly.
souris_keteer: (Default)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-20 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, then, Yuka! I'll be sure to say it lots, Yuka! I promise, Yuka!

[...he thinks by saying it a lot he's helping.]
shineinside: (Y: ha ha ha what?)

[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-20 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[By the way she giggles, apparently he is.]

I'd like to thank you again for being so understanding. At the same time, I still don't think I'm ready to be completely open about it, so...
souris_keteer: (Miki)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-20 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods, then mimes zipping his lips.]

I ain't ever gunna tell anyone what I found out. Far as anyone knows, this never happened, no sir.