[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

[holdmyhand]

Oh! Well...you just! Raise your hand like, like this... [ she reaches out to touch his hand and flatten his hand out for the base structure of a hand, holding five fingers out.

Can't believe you never done high fived before. She's got a super focused look on her face. We can fix that! ]

[unpurify]

[His hand is pretty calloused due to swinging around a baseball bat for most of his life and his fingers involuntarily twitch. The Batter has a personal space limit of five miles and wasn't too fond of touching or being touched, bar a select few.

But he needs to learn these things, so the Batter lets Luna shape his hand into the correct form for a 'high five'.]

What comes next?

[holdmyhand]

[ that's okay!! Calloused hands are hands that are ready to be held the most! Luna holds her hand out in the same position and grins happily. ]

Okay! Then you just say 'High Five!' and clap your hand against mine! Like this...high five!

[ she reaches out and claps her hand!! against his!!! It's a soft little sound-- despite schooling him (literally) in arm wrestling and winning one round, she isn't terribly strong. ] And you do it when you're with friends, and you accomplish something! It's like...a victory hand shake!

[ Luna's School of Learning, step right up, folks. ]

[unpurify]

[Nope, not strong at all. But the Batter has a feeling Luna's strength was elsewhere. As corny as that may sound.]

High five.

[The most deadpan of 'high fives'. He's still working on the whole emoting thing. The Batter knows this is silly but he was nothing if not good at rolling with the punches. And still possesses an inability to care about the minor details but that was perpetual and nothing new.]

[holdmyhand]

Yess! [ WHAT A GOOD STUDENT LUNA IS SO PLEASED ] That's the way, you got it!

Oh! And you can do a 'low-five' too! It's down here! [ she brings her hand down to her side for what can only be the beginning of a low five. ] And watch out for people who say 'too slow!' because they can act like they want to give you a high five and then psyche you out at the last second!

[ MANY TIMES HAS THIS HAPPENED and her brow is furrowed deeply. >:C rude. ]

[unpurify]

[He makes a bit of an odd face, trying to figure this out.]

What is the point?

[Did 'high fives' have a reason behind them? Or was it just one of those things that were just fun and the Batter wasn't understanding it.]

[holdmyhand]

To have fun!

[ the answer is so fast that she can't help but laugh. ] It's like you're saying 'I'm ready to have fun!' but with your hands!

[ she kid of thinks you're precious like a smol child, Batter. Coming from the smol child. ]

[unpurify]

[Technically Luna is right: in a new world and without his purpose, the Batter was functionally a small child with no knowledge on how these things worked. Luna says it's simply for fun but it's not something he can understand easily.]

So if you are doing something 'fun' with someone...you should do that?

[If that's correct?]

[holdmyhand]

Yep! High-fives are a good way to start, and a good way to celebrate when you do a good job! There's a lot of other things you can do to have fun, too! Wanna see?!

[ her hands are places on her hips. Yes, this is good. A good discovery for you, Batter. And a good chance for Luna to show off her amazing magic tricks. ]

[unpurify]

[Well why not.]

Sure.

[So him your magic ways Luna.]

[holdmyhand]

[ she stands in front of him bringing her hands together, flat and facing him. With a twinkle in her eye, she places her other hand atop the flat one, and--!! ]

I can take my thumb off and put it back on! Watch! [ she does.


Girl, she does. And she does it a few times happily!! Her thumb just pops on and off. She's secretly a sorceress, Batter. Next, she'll turn you into a frog. ]

[unpurify]

[It's impressive for a hot minute, unfortunately. The Batter may not understand the purpose of these tricks, but he can figure out how they work.]

You bent your thumb.

[...also he doesn't understand 'don't explain the joke'. Sorry Luna.]

[holdmyhand]

[ she looks stunned!!!! ]

You saw it?? [ she looks at her hands-- they're expertly trained in this one, glorious trick, and he figured it out without skipping a beat. She can't help but throw both her thumbs up towards him with a laugh. ]

That's it! You're amazing-- you figured it out so fast!

[ she's just impressed with this guy. Despite having the emotional consistency of a plank of wood, he's...nice. And he's trying. A good person. ]

I told you because we're friends, but it's bad luck to spoil a magician's secrets! So don't tell anyone, okay?

[unpurify]

[He's trying to work on the whole 'emotional rage of a brick wall' thing. It's hard going from zero to something reasonably human, however.]

I won't.

[It's a far different type of 'magic' then what the Batter was used to, even if it was just a trick, but he'll take Luna at her word.]