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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.
escampist: (oh my god! language!)

a. a little edgelord

[personal profile] escampist 2017-12-20 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a depressing scene. Rain tends to have that effect. Especially when there's wood piled up for a big bonfire and one camp counselor desperately trying to light it with flint and tinder. And all the campers just watching.]

I can't believe I frenched a platypus for this. [And with that lovely out of context complaint from one of the kids, the other counselor sighs.]

Come on, kids. [And with that Gwen leads the grumbling children away, back inside where it's dry.]

Guys, wait! [David calls after them, still kneeling by the wood.] I-I've almost got it, I'm sure!

[The one camper that's stayed behind is Max. He doesn't care that standing outside is making him soaked, because that can't ruin this for him. Can't wipe the smug smirk off his face.]

Well, David, you were right. [He sounds very proud of himself. There's nothing quite like the feeling of being proven right.] This IS amazing!

David hasn't turned around yet and is still trying to light the fire, no matter how futile it seems.] If I could just show you...

Max can hardly resist the urge to roll his eyes] Did you really think a big campfire and some outdated, honestly kind of racist tradition is going to make anyone care about anything? He gives the back of David's head a blank look as there's no response.] No one gives a shit, David. Nobody wants to be here!

David's grunting gets more desperate, even as the fire still won't start. But Max isn't done yet.]

God, it's like you live in this stupid, make-believe world where eeeeverything's great! Max is almost getting a little heated now, as he keeps going.] The universe doesn't work that way, idiot, just look around! It's what I've been trying to show you since DAY ONE. He starts walking towards David now.] Life sucks. And we live in a world of desensitized, apathetic assholes!

Why don't you just get with the program, and stop giving a shit?

[The memory cuts of suddenly, abruptly.]
tomodachi: (deep thoughts from crow)

[personal profile] tomodachi 2017-12-22 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
... What's a "platypus"?

[because that's totally the most important question here, obviously]
escampist: (i gotta gently crawl to my death)

[personal profile] escampist 2017-12-22 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[You know what, he'd bitch about missing the point, but he almost feels a little bad about this memory. Almost.]

One of nature's weird fuck ups that managed to slip through evolution. Like a cross between a duck and a beaver, with some venom thrown in for funsies. And I guess sometimes they eat their babies.

It's also our camp's mascot.
tomodachi: (no you can't bring more cats in here)

[personal profile] tomodachi 2017-12-22 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
... Why?

[I mean the venom part was cool but everything else???]
escampist: (you fiend piece of shit)

[personal profile] escampist 2017-12-22 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's the appropriate response.

But you gotta take that one up with mother nature, not me. Maybe she got blackout drunk or something, I don't fucking know.

[...]

Well, the part about it being our mascot is sorta on me, I guess. Indirectly. Maybe.
tomodachi: (this is boring and you are boring too)

[personal profile] tomodachi 2017-12-23 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah? Why do you say that?
escampist: (nobody wants anything. fuck you.)

[personal profile] escampist 2018-01-04 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
I might've launched the old mascot into the lake.
tomodachi: (deep thoughts from crow)

[personal profile] tomodachi 2018-01-04 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
What was the old mascot? Was it also a platypus or something weird like that?