[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

[alittleditty]

I mean... you're not wrong. But that wasn't precisely the point, in this case. The Scions at the banquet, my friends... they were framed for the assassination- attempted assassination.

[Although was it really even an attempt if the whole thing had been Lolorito's trick? Ugh, details.]

It's likely they knew, but they wanted all of the Scions captured because of that.

[souris_keteer]

Did that all ever get cleared up? Did the real bad guys get caught?

[alittleditty]

Our name did get cleared, yes. But...

[She sighs, shaking her head.]

Not all of them, no.

[Tedji Adaledji was dead, true, but Lolorito had gotten off completely without consequences for his role. And Ilberd and the other Crystal Braves were still on the loose, doing who knew what.]

[souris_keteer]

[he frowns. That's just not right.]

Well... the story's far from over. Maybe someone can still catch 'em!

[alittleditty]

Well, yes. The Scions are trying to of course.

[At least in Ilberd's case. Their hands were rather tied with Lolorito, given his status, and the deal that he had made to reinstate Raubhan in his position and provide the potion that woke the sultana from her deathlike slumber.]

I was listening for any kind of information about where they might be, before I got here.

[souris_keteer]

Well then, I bet when you head back, you'll be more than ready! You might even become a real hero.

[alittleditty]

Oh no, I'm hardly a hero.

[Leave that for people like Alphinaud, and the Warrior of Light, the Scions, even several of the Ishgardians she'd met.]

I just do what I can to help them.

[souris_keteer]

But that can be pretty heroic too! Trying to help folks even when it's hard and scary. There are some folks who would turn tail and run... It's those that stick around that are the real heroes.