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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.
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[personal profile] daydreamy 2017-12-26 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Kyouko hums quietly in thought and then rocks on her heels, a little anxiously. ]

... did I ever tell you exactly why I got pulled into the Imaginaerium? I said it was because of my body and... well, I guess that's true but it's not exactly the full story.
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[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-27 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yuka sits down cross-legged facing Kyouko, and shakes her head. ]

I made a guess when I first saw you in the Imaginaerium, but you never went into any more details than that.
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[personal profile] daydreamy 2017-12-27 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kyouko doesn't sit. She stays stood, moving around in that fidgety, anxious way of hers, the way she always does when she's unhappy about something. ]

So, like... I was kinda sick as a kid. A whole lot. I was always in and out of hospitals and doctor's offices and... stuff like that. It wasn't any one thing, really? But I was kinda weedy so whenever I picked up anything, I'd get really, really sick. And I was like that basically all the time. I think Mom even had to... either leave the job she had or cut down her hours a whole lot or something like that. I don't really remember, it happened when I was so small and she doesn't really like talking about it. But she had to spend basically all her time looking after me.
shineinside: (Y: It's a long and upsetting story)

[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-27 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wow. After all this time, she never knew this story. She feels like she should have asked about this sooner. ]

So... you felt like your mother would have been happier if it weren't for you?
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[personal profile] daydreamy 2017-12-28 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Her and Dad too, honestly.

[ She's smiling, like she's trying to play it all off as a joke but the way she's sort of averting her gaze and not quite meeting Yuka's eyes makes it clear it's not really working. ]

'cause, Mom stopped working but Dad couldn't, really? Since, wow, being sick a lot is really expensive, who knew! And every time I got sick again, I felt like I was ruining everything for them because they were both gonna be tired and sad and overworked again. I started wondering if... maybe they didn't have a sickly kid like me, they'd be having a way better time.
shineinside: (Y: My day has been SO long)

[personal profile] shineinside 2017-12-28 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yuka stands backup, takes a few steps forward and hugs Kyouko again. ]

I can't really say anything to you here without saying it to myself, too, so here's a reminder for both of us: The people who sacrificed for you did it out of love, not regretful obligation, and their lives are much better for having you in them.

Thank you for... being alive.
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[personal profile] daydreamy 2018-01-02 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Kyouko hugs her back tight. Her hugs are always a bit on the grabby side but this one's a little more so than usual. She leans into Yuka a little and nods. Her smile's a little weary, but there's relief, too. ]

Yeah. Guess we've both gotta make sure we keep that in mind, huh?

... Thank you, too. I'm so, so glad I met you, Yuka-chan.