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The Mods of LifeAftr ([personal profile] lifeaftr_mods) wrote in [community profile] aftr_stories2018-02-19 08:51 pm

[MU] - FEBRUARY STORYTELLING / VOTING

Surprise, surprise, islanders: you're due for another lecture from your friendly neighborhood deity. An ocelot sits before the sprawling campfire on the beaches of Mu, grooming one paw - a paw that, on second glance, will prove to not be a paw at all, but a delicate cloven hoof.

"While I am not pleased with your intrusion," says the Storyteller, "it does not mean that nothing should come of it. You've doubtless glimpsed many things, most of which you were never meant to see. I suppose that's what some might call the wizard behind the curtain."

Some. Not all. They don't care to elaborate.

"Given that you're so interested in how the islands on this archipelago come to be, I will provide you with the choice," and here they stress the word with a calm switch of their spotted tail, "as to what sort of land you would prefer to brave next. I cannot promise safe travels, but I can guarantee the manner of materials those new lands may contain."

Four round dollops of sand wobble at the Storyteller's hooved feet, as though shaped by invisible hands, trembling, jellylike in the imaginary night breeze.

"The first...I have glimpsed flora and vegetation that may benefit you - for food, for medicinal purposes, for whatever you may see fit. The second bears something that I suspect can be used to fashion buildings, tools - an ore, of some sort. The third is...loud, terribly loud. A great many people live there, and they do not seem innately hostile. The fourth is full of noises, too, but of a different sort. I suspect a large number of beasts live there; perhaps tameable, perhaps docile, and perhaps not."

Their hooves have sunk into the sand, their amber gaze fixed and unblinking at some distant point on the horizon. Then, abruptly, they straighten, and the tension clenching their slim, felid frame eases.

"...cast your votes, if you wish. Whichever you choose, I will take us there."



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. Those of the nonverbal persuasion have, as of a request issued by Ren ([personal profile] catpiper), an alternative means of telling their stories if they so choose, in the form of the Chamber of Glyphs.

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.
story_teller: (He gives his harness bells a shake)

The Storyteller | OTA

[personal profile] story_teller 2018-02-20 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
There is a finality with which the Storyteller issues their bottom line, and yet they remain before the fire. For there are the stories for them to collect -- as there always are, and as they must do. The ocelot sets their cloven hoof delicately upon the gray cover of their tome, and they listen. It is their wont.

So, too, does the Storyteller recognize the stirrings of inquiries among their charges. Their duty to the collection of tales is their priority, of course, and they will not entertain interruptions to the Storytelling. But when everyone has finished, when it is the Storyteller's common cue to lift themself from the sand, seize their tome, and snuff the fire in a flurry of light that islanders process as sunlight upon awakening to the real world, they do not.

They simply turn to a blank, spontaneous page in their tome, and incline their head invitingly.
postictal: (like i kicked him in the puppy)

(frozen comment) TIM WRIGHT

[personal profile] postictal 2018-02-20 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
He wants the Island of Building Things thanks
yourattention: we've been way too out of touch (dear evan hansen)

[personal profile] yourattention 2018-02-20 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Can I ask you about the things in the ocean? Off the coast of Ensō."

Because that's what he wants to know about, honestly. He doesn't care what island they go to, although he'll cast a vote eventually.

"Or is that a question you can't answer?"
encircling: (Default)

(frozen comment)

[personal profile] encircling 2018-02-20 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
+1
sorewatopsecret: (top secret)

(frozen comment)

[personal profile] sorewatopsecret 2018-02-20 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
buryyourfriends: (03)

(frozen comment)

[personal profile] buryyourfriends 2018-02-20 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Seto will be voting for this one!
finethanks: (☆ 44)

(frozen comment)

[personal profile] finethanks 2018-02-20 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
The one with the most likely chance of him being useful gets his vote. ♪
catpiper: (is your cats but its me)

(frozen comment)

[personal profile] catpiper 2018-02-20 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
thermalwind: (pulling in three two one)

(frozen comment) Keith

[personal profile] thermalwind 2018-02-20 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
He feels they need to rebuild and fortify structures they have.
thisisourfuture: (The future is like an ocean.)

(frozen comment) Hinata Hajime

[personal profile] thisisourfuture 2018-02-20 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
+1 plants to be grown for meds, plz.
hyperlit: (can do anything that you can)

(frozen comment) +1

[personal profile] hyperlit 2018-02-20 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
flowers r good
buryyourfriends: (49)

[personal profile] buryyourfriends 2018-02-20 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: AB
Character Name: Seto
Character Journal: [personal profile] buryyourfriends
Number of Offerings: 2
Offering(s): The first story is basically a retelling of Seto's introduction to LifeAftr via a party and his reunion with Ren and Crow. He's a pretty good storyteller, although he uses rather simple words to describing the food with the occasional pause to remember the names. He puts more empathize on the people he met, however. It's very, very easy to tell that Seto isn't used to seeing so many people in one place.

The second story is about defacing the ST's temple the doodle party with Ren and Crow in the Chamber of Glyphs.
Public/Private: Public!
savedbyasong: (Default)

(frozen comment) Shion

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2018-02-20 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Plants please!
lightlessfuture: (blooming deep inside of me) (♪ blommar djupt i mig)

(frozen comment)

[personal profile] lightlessfuture 2018-02-20 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
Tiny child is a Hunter and will not back down! Animals it is.
achievementhunter: (eh what's the prob bob)

(frozen comment) CHARA

[personal profile] achievementhunter 2018-02-20 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
flowers r also gr8 but u kno whats better than flowers?

Knives.
souldeterminant: (garbage time)

(frozen comment)

[personal profile] souldeterminant 2018-02-20 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
they want to pet things

literally anything
ichininyaanshi: (and maybe you're too good for me)

(frozen comment)

[personal profile] ichininyaanshi 2018-02-20 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
he also wants to pet things

mainly cats

he's hoping for cats
finethanks: (☆ 61)

[personal profile] finethanks 2018-02-20 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Ash
Character Name: Eichi Tenshouin
Character Journal: [personal profile] finethanks
Number of Offerings: 1
Offering(s): Eichi tells stories in a very flowery and poetic way full of metaphors. This story is about an Emperor who took his throne by climbing over the corpses of people who could have been his friends. There are lots of war and religion mentions, metaphorically, as well as bloodshed. He'll very dramatically recount that the Emperor was then chased from his throne, but that now, surrounded by a few close friends and a little more aware of how it works, that he intends to keep the throne as his from now on. Aka it's just how he talks about his idol history. He did completely traumatize plenty of people with his actions, so, the metaphors are fair to him. He'll also say that he doesn't want to share this with everyone for a handful of reasons, but that next time he finds a story to share, he'll share it publicly.
Public/Private: Private, this time.

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