[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

[unpurify]

[The Batter has to wonder if there was some irony at work, meeting someone who tried to fix their world without destroying it.

Clear seas and hope for the world.

But it's not his story and the Batter doesn't want to bring the mood down. So...]

However it is defined. Perhaps your world will see a rainbow.

[Something pure and wonderful when you see them in person.]

[hyperlit]

[A rainbow.]

[The word, in context, must mean something nice. It must. They just don't know what it could mean. Rain does not bend. They have seen rain many times, many times over, but the skies are too distorted and dark and blighted with swollen clouds to allow for that clarity.]

define rainbow?

[unpurify]

[Evidently the Batter wasn't expecting that question because he pauses for a moment before answering.]

It is something that comes after a storm. It's rare to see sometimes, but it is full of color.

[It's...pretty. That sounds about right. And means a lot more to the Batter then what he's planning on telling, but that's something else completely different.]

It might be possible to find one on the island.

[hyperlit]

[After a storm. Literal, or metaphorical? That is a decidedly nonspecific way to quantify it, but perhaps they will know it, if they see it. They will keep watch, then, the next time a storm occurs near one of the islands. It likely will not be difficult to miss.]

will wait for a storm

[unpurify]

[The answer would always be both if the Drifter asked. But that may just be something to due to the Batter himself.]

Okay. I think a lot of people will like them.

[hyperlit]

[The Batter is doing an excellent job of convincing the Drifter that he is a fine and upstanding fellow. The Drifter lifts one hand to form a u-shape with their gloved fingertips, holding it over their mantle. A little smile-shape, to indicate their agreement and pleasure with that sentiment.]

[unpurify]

[Well he is trying to be good and making someone smile - he guesses? - is a start. The Drifter could probably see the gears turning in the Batter's head, not because he doesn't get what they're doing but because he's figuring out a response.

The light-bulb going off is probably also visible as the Batter smiles himself. It's...incredibly awkward-looking. Sorry.]

Okay.

[hyperlit]

[It cannot be any more or less awkward-looking than theirs, to be fair. They do not and will not judge someone for their capacity to smile; that would make them something of a hypocrite, wouldn't it?]

[He has promised to wait for a storm. And so they will wait. Perhaps then he can point out to them directly, what it is a rainbow looks like.]