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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.
attheclocktower: (pic#5092976)

[personal profile] attheclocktower 2017-12-21 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[Xion ducks her head.]

It's just... I didn't think about it for so long. But it feels weird to just... forget, I guess.

[She never really got a full closure or resolution for her feelings on the matter. They just... faded into the background.]
souris_keteer: (Miki)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-21 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
... If you don't think you should forget, you shouldn't force yourself to. Memories are precious things... even the sad ones, even the bad ones. They make us who we are today.

These are your memories, Xion. Only you can choose what should be done with them.
attheclocktower: (choices ♡ and filled with fear)

[personal profile] attheclocktower 2017-12-22 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
It's not... that I'm forcing myself to, or that I think I should. Just... I don't know what's best, the best thing to do about them. Or even what feels right, really.

[it's... a complicated situation.]
souris_keteer: (Miki)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-22 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I think that's all right, too. Nobody has all the answers. You should take your time to do what feels best for you.
attheclocktower: (melancholy ♡ which then grew into a hope)

[personal profile] attheclocktower 2017-12-22 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiles a bit wryly.]

I guess so.
souris_keteer: (Mikkie)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-23 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
... I know a lot of our memories aren't exactly being shared willingly... so I won't tell folks what I saw.
attheclocktower: (pic#4824877)

[personal profile] attheclocktower 2017-12-23 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks.... Others still might've seen it, but... I appreciate it.

[Besides that, she's kind of used to things not really going to plan, but the gesture is a nice one.]
souris_keteer: (Miki)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-23 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. We should all do everythin' we can to get along here.
attheclocktower: (blank ♡ when it's over)

[personal profile] attheclocktower 2017-12-23 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[On that she can agree.]

Does this normally happen, when we're supposed to be telling stories?
souris_keteer: (Miku)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-23 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[he shakes his head.]

No, this is a first... We just speak our stories, we never "see" them happening. Something must have happened...
attheclocktower: (pic#5908589)

[personal profile] attheclocktower 2017-12-24 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
To the Storyteller?

[Or the island? Or both?
souris_keteer: (Mikkie)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-24 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nodnod.]

And we can choose to tell the Storyteller privately, or share it with everyone. We've always had a choice.
attheclocktower: (pic#5908598)

[personal profile] attheclocktower 2017-12-26 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The Storyteller isn't even here tonight. [Not that they can see, anyway.] Yeah, something must have happened to them.

[The question is what, or why.]
souris_keteer: (Miku)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2017-12-26 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope it's nothing serious... We're going to need their help, especially with that business about the sun.

[He sighs, but then straightens his back, trying to gain back some positivity.]

But! We'll make it through! Won't be easy, but we've got each other!