[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

[scourgingstars]

Do you have eyes, I think you can answer that for yourself.

[covertizer]

Then you should moisturise. It's very important.

[ Mass media told him so. ]

[scourgingstars]

...I note you are taking the situation very much in stride.

[covertizer]

...

How would you like me to take it? I can add more screaming and running away, if that works for you?

[scourgingstars]

I think I'd prefer not. I don't get as much of that as I used to and I rather prefer things that way.

[covertizer]

Good. That sounds like a lot of effort. And I don't scare especially easy anymore.

[ ... Sort of. But he did headshot god, so that can change a person's perspective. ]

What were you trying to achieve, anyway?

[scourgingstars]

...In the simplest terms?

The end of the world so that I could be killed.

[covertizer]

...

.... Why is it always "the end of the world" with you guys?

[scourgingstars]

...I wasn't aware that was a common aspiration.

[covertizer]

There are countless ways to end the world without resorting to outright destruction, even if that's pretty popular in media.. Enslaving people's will, toying with them and using people in a secret test of character to decide the fate of the world...

It's not very original.

[scourgingstars]

Ah, well. If it's any consolation it was going to end regardless of whether I did anything or not. Ancient prophecies, predestination, things like that.

[covertizer]

[ Look at this unimpressed face. ]

The word prophecy just makes me want to screw it over and prove it wrong.

[scourgingstars]

...Not a terrible attitude to have, if you ask me.

[covertizer]

Better than rolling over and giving up.

[ or trying to destroy the world and die without caring about the mess left behind. ]