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The Mods of LifeAftr ([personal profile] lifeaftr_mods) wrote in [community profile] aftr_stories2018-01-19 08:21 pm

[MU] - JANUARY STORYTELLING

For once, there is nothing that needs sharing before this particular dream. There is, perhaps, a lingering edge of tension, of anticipation, like a great jungle cat gathering their hindquarters just moments prior to making a leap.

But you knew that already, didn't you?

In any case, everything settles into place with the air of natural routine.



It is time, once more, for you to tell a story. The setting will be familiar for oldcomers, and newcomers will recognize it from the introduction they received in their dreams. This too is a dream, and the ink-black dark is illuminated only by the bonfire surrounded by log seats. And seated around the fire are your fellow islanders, many of whom doubtless know the drill by now.

One by one, you will each have the opportunity to share your stories, as stories possess a certain undeniable power. Newcomers can tell whatever tale they wish, but for those who have been in LifeAftr for at least one Storytelling, only stories of their time in LifeAftr will count down the road. The story need not be long, or conventional, or even verbal; as long as the Storyteller knows it has been told, it will qualify.

If you prefer to keep your mouth shut, that's always an option, though you're more liable to benefit if you do. Perhaps you'd rather not relive any of your history, varied and variegated as it must be. Or maybe you're something of a compulsive un-truther, prone to embellishments and long, fanciful tangents. As long as the core of the story is true to its spirit, you are free to spin your tale however you like.

So choose well.
onegreeneye: (haha yeah well)

[personal profile] onegreeneye 2018-01-26 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I, uh... I'm told that's supposed to be the idea.

[Whether it usually works out for him is another story entirely but ANYWAY.]

I'm glad things went as well as they did this time.
onegreeneye: (seriously?)

[personal profile] onegreeneye 2018-01-26 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
What? No. I'm... okay, what year was it before you arrived here?
souris_keteer: (Mikkie)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2018-01-26 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
... This time?

[As opposed to...?]
bitch4bitch: (you smell like beef.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2018-01-27 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Erika tips her head back and groans.] Man, you SHOULD be sorry, and so should they.

For the record, though, it was more like a jab.
onegreeneye: (seriously?)

[personal profile] onegreeneye 2018-01-27 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
I... don't have a good history with parties. At this point, I'd consider any where nothing goes horribly wrong to be a success.
souris_keteer: (Default)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2018-01-27 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Well then... we definitely have to change the way you party!
onegreeneye: (i'm hilarious okay)

[personal profile] onegreeneye 2018-01-28 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, it's not my actions that cause the problems. I just get dragged into them.
Edited 2018-01-28 01:06 (UTC)
souris_keteer: (Miki)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2018-01-28 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Then that's what we have to work on, how to avoid those problems altogether!
escampist: (you already got one black eye asshole)

[personal profile] escampist 2018-01-29 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
It can be more than one thing, man.

2016.
hellawrath: (in every note)

[personal profile] hellawrath 2018-01-29 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Laura
Character Name: Lup
Character Journal: [personal profile] hellawrath
Number of Offerings: 3
Offering(s): The first story describes a chill afternoon with two of her favorite people ostensibly exploring but really just wandering through the jungle and talking about seemingly unimportant things like favorite flowers and cute animals and silly games. But it's clear by the way she talks that it means the world to her, a chance to breathe and for two kids to just be kids. She's grateful both that she was around for that and for having these two in her life every day.

The second story is about basically the best day of her life, as she was blessed with the sight of a whole gaggle of kids dabbing their tiny hearts out. This is the future and the future is gonna be in good memeloving hands. She sounds very proud, dramatically so, and also goes on to describe some of the fun had by other people with snowball fights and the ice rink. Maybe it wasn't a wild rager, but it eased everyone's worries for a day or two. You can all thank her later when they've kicked the darkness' ass.

The third story details her meeting with the leader of the fish people and how awesome she is, both as a warrior and as uh a lady which i'm still totally going to tag again. Lup uses very many excited adjectives such as dope and ripped. But she does also go into the Jormun's preparations and their dedication to defending the sun, which, she's still not sure that's a real thing? But hey, weirder shit has fallen from the sky and caused a bunch of eldritch horrors to arrive. Anyway she knows it's gonna be a tough fight, she knows it's gonna be scary and not everyone might have fought like this before, but they've all been proving their bravery and resilience here on these islands every day just surviving and working together. They're gonna have to fight, and they're gonna win.

Public/Private: public
Edited 2018-01-29 01:08 (UTC)
onegreeneye: (excuse u)

[personal profile] onegreeneye 2018-01-29 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it's not, because I'm not that old.

[One day maybe he'll learn to stop arguing about this.]

The last time I was in my own world, it was 1873. [Somewhat dryly, he adds,] I've gathered that a lot happened in the next hundred years or so.
tenthstreetbred: (Smile)

[personal profile] tenthstreetbred 2018-01-31 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Vanessa
Character Name: Commander Shepard
Character Journal: [personal profile] tenthstreetbred
Number of Offerings: One!
Offering(s): Shepard follows in Muffet's footsteps and tells her side of meeting the gods of Monsun. She's pretty engaged, not over the top in her story. It's more of adding a few more details to a report she would have given to Anderson back on the Normandy. She can't quite keep the low level of awe out of her voice over it all however.
Public/Private: Public!
prettypurpleparlor: A subtle web (I'm sure you're very welcome)

[personal profile] prettypurpleparlor 2018-01-31 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I am, though he wouldn't be in the slightest.

[She's pretty sure Sans has never been sorry for a pun in his entire ridiculous life, honestly. Moving on briskly to more dignified topics, she adds:]

If you don't mind my asking, are werewolves the only magical people in your world, or are there others? Where I come from it's just humans and my people, but I've met people here from places with quite a bit more variety.
onegreeneye: ([troll]are you sure?)

[personal profile] onegreeneye 2018-02-05 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, best idea I've got is to just not go to parties anymore.

[Listen it sounds like a pretty good plan to him.]
bitch4bitch: (i'm not saying it looks better on me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2018-02-05 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, there's, uh... I mean, there's a few. I guess by some people's definition here, anyone from where I'm from would be 'magical'? Basically anybody can use magic, you just gotta know how.

[It feels weird trying to answer this stuff, and, not for the first time, she kind of wishes Grant were here to explain.]

Technically, werewolves are just a kind of human - a cursed kind. [She gives a quiet snort.] Then there's undead humans, plus elementals, dragons... not to mention extraplanars. Fae, angels, demons, all those.

[Normally she wouldn't even refer to them as being from 'her world', but in this case she supposes that's as opposed to this... purple spider lady's. Hang on.]

Yyyyou're... Muffet, right?
souris_keteer: (Mikkie)

[personal profile] souris_keteer 2018-02-05 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
But you'll miss out on all the fun with your friends!
escampist: (at every possible turn)

[personal profile] escampist 2018-02-06 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure thing, gramps.

[You're an adult, that's always gonna be Old to a ten year old.]

Wow, okay. You missed out on like the entire internet, not just memes. And like... what, modern medicine, running water, pretty much everything.

...But again, you missed memes, so you might be the real winner here.
prettypurpleparlor: Thinking only (And I've a many curious things)

[personal profile] prettypurpleparlor 2018-02-08 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Extraplanars would be species from... different but nearby worlds, then?

[Muffet looks genuinely interested at the explanation, always curious about strange new places. At the question she smiles and does a polite little nod, unable to respond with her usual curtsy while still sitting down.]

I am, yes, and it's a pleasure to meet you- though it seems you've the advantage of me, as I still haven't heard your name?
onegreeneye: (haha yeah well)

[personal profile] onegreeneye 2018-02-11 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
I, uh... I hate to say this, but sometimes it seems like the potential for 'fun' isn't really worth everything falling apart the way it tends to.
onegreeneye: ([troll]side-eyeing you pretty hard rn)

[personal profile] onegreeneye 2018-02-11 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He just... makes an irritated grumbling noise. It kind of sounds like someone pouring out a bag of gravel.]

Yeah, I've, uh... been told about a lot of what I apparently missed out on. Not... "memes", though. That's a new one.
bitch4bitch: (got no fuckin steps.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2018-02-13 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, pretty much. That not a thing for you?

[Boy, it would've been embarrassing if she was wrong, come to think of it. But, since she's not:] Erika Fisher. Just got here a couple weeks ago.
prettypurpleparlor: A subtle web (I'm sure you're very welcome)

[personal profile] prettypurpleparlor 2018-02-14 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
If it is, they've certainly not contacted us- or if they have, I've never heard of it. There are stories of angels and the like, but nothing particularly solid.

[So probably not, but she's careful not to rule anything out yet, just in case.]

Ah, that would be at the beginning of that sudden winter freeze, yes? I'm sorry you couldn't have arrived during more pleasant weather, though I suppose there's always going to be some sort of trouble going on at any given time.
bitch4bitch: (i'm not saying it looks better on me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2018-02-25 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. Lucky you.

[Sure, the extraplanar involvement in the affairs of Earth isn't all bad, but it can sure as hell be inconvenient. Also, y'know. A lot of them are dicks.]

Right, uh-- that whole mess. Are you saying this place is always that hectic?
prettypurpleparlor: I have within my pantry (Table ready)

[personal profile] prettypurpleparlor 2018-02-26 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That specific type of hectic? No. But there's generally some kind of bizarre or worrying situation going on most of the time, with brief intervals of peace.
bitch4bitch: (you smell like beef.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2018-03-03 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Great. Sounds like, uh... like an adventure.

[She makes a face. Sounds like a shitty adventure.]

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