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The Mods of LifeAftr ([personal profile] lifeaftr_mods) wrote in [community profile] aftr_stories2018-11-20 08:48 pm

[MU] - NOVEMBER STORYTELLING

After the chaos of last month's Storytelling, it's probably nice to have a little routine involved. Compared to the bombast and terror of October, tonight is downright peaceable.

Maati still awaits. But for now, you can rest and relax and trade tales of your exploits.



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.
savedbyasong: (Default)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2018-11-23 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Katy
Character Name: Shion
Character Journal: [personal profile] savedbyasong
Number of Offerings: 1) He learned a Language. He will even demonstrate some of it.
2) It was Aster's Birthday and Shion hasn't told everyone how amazing she is in a while.
Offering(s): He is a lot more nervous seeming this month- more like he was early on in his arrival on the islands. His stories are more halting and he seems self conscious.
Public/Private: Public
piercetheheart: (sass)

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-11-24 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Gladio smiles, pleased to see Shion. The hug surprises him though and he makes a soft questioning sound. Not that it deters him from wrapping his arms around the younger man and squeezing him.

Maybe a little harder than necessary but dammit he can move again.]
savedbyasong: (unsure)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2018-11-24 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Shion is slightly squished but he figures his ribs can take it.] Are you alright? [He wriggles out of the grip just enough that he can look Gladio up and down, assessing him for any injuries.]
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[personal profile] crosslaced 2018-11-24 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Star
Character Name: Laurent
Character Journal: [personal profile] crosslaced
Number of Offerings: 1
Offering(s):

> Laurent would like to announce that there will be a party on the 24th! Also, full disclosure, he’s invited the Storyteller along.

Public/Private: Public.
Edited 2018-11-24 09:45 (UTC)
vagabone: (up to no good)

[personal profile] vagabone 2018-11-24 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Naz
Character Name: Héctor
Character Journal: [personal profile] vagabone
Number of Offerings: 3
Offering(s):
- Welcoming Lance back. The story is told in two drawings, one with the two of them grinning at each other, and the other has them looking more somber, apparently discussing a... black circle in the sky???

- Portal-hopping with the Drifter. Three drawings of three locations, an ashen wasteland, an abandoned city, and the Storyteller's own temple. The Drifter definitely looks better equipped, with their nice red cape and sword out in every drawing.

- Pumpkin paranoia. The outline of some generic human...ish person pointing at a pumpkin and looking absolutely terrified. (No, he still has no idea who that was. Yes, he's rude.)

Public/Private: Public
vagabone: (hold up there)

[personal profile] vagabone 2018-11-24 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Héctor's still missing his own voice--truly missing it, one of those sorts who really are in love with the sound of their own voice. He was a singer once, why wouldn't he be?

Luckily, he's figured out a loophole. Good for him. (And there are only a few hours left of this, though he doesn't know it.)

He's clutching his stone of farspeech and thinking about speaking to Lance, who is only a few feet away. Behold, a boring monotone voice! Doesn't match his skeptical expression at all.]


Wait, wait, wait. You've been to space?
barberian: (>:|)

[personal profile] barberian 2018-11-25 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: c
Character Name: yasha
Character Journal: [personal profile] barberian
Number of Offerings: 3
Offering(s): 01. taking a trip to a field of flowers, with beau. while yasha tells her stories rather haltingly, and with little extra detail, it's clear that this is a happy memory. she describes the flowers for a solid thirty seconds.
02. the m9 getting their asses absolutely handed to them by the iron golem. yasha talks about a brief fight that turned into an extremely hasty retreat once they fully realised what fighting was going to be like without any of their spell casters along for the ride (also, there's a sentence or two dedicated to beau being very proud about having done something impressive, but yasha isn't really sure of what that something was. she wasn't paying attention).
03. her final tale is about meeting a wolf. before now, she had never 'met' a wolf before, and certainly not one so friendly? it had acted very humanlike toward her. yasha is obviously still trying to puzzle this one out. there are little pauses in the story too as if she is waiting for the storyteller to chime in with some sort of answer. she seems to have the wrong idea about who the wolf might really be!
Public/Private: public.
shatteredlenses: Curious (Curious)

[personal profile] shatteredlenses 2018-11-25 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Neko Sandy
Character Name: Ignis Scientia
Character Journal: [personal profile] shatteredlenses
Number of Offerings: Two
Offering(s):

Story One: Last month was fun for pretty much no one and waking up with such vivid reminders of things he'd rather not have shoved in his face (ha) every day didn't help make it any better for Ignis. What did help was actually letting himself relax and have fun. In this case, that took the form of the not so blind trying to teach the very much blind how to braid without it becoming a complete mess.

Honestly, he and CT are probably lucky Gladio likes them so much.

Story Two: Continuing the trend of doing fun things, Ignis jumped right into offering to cook something for Aster's birthday when Shion asked. The discussion quickly turned to talk of magic, though, because Ignis knew that the way Eos' magic works is quite different from how he's discovered it working on the worlds of others he's talked to while being here. He's found Shion's very good at putting information of this type together, so if he can find some kind of pattern that includes even oddball Eos, they might really be onto something!

Public/Private: Both are public this time.
piercetheheart: (♔unsure)

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-11-26 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Far as I know? And the snag in my shoulders seems to be fine now, too.

[And since Shion is giving the space Gladio looks him over in return.]

What about you? What happened?
thermalwind: (We’ll get some solid prog it’s ok)

[personal profile] thermalwind 2018-11-26 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Sam
Character Name: Keith Kogane
Character Journal: [profile] focusedroar
Number of Offerings: 2
Offering(s):

1 - He talks of the shades that were following everyone, specifically his father. His story is a somber tale about the similarities and differences between the shade and the real man. It ends when he mentions that he told the shade what he once wished he could do for his father. Say good bye.

2 - His second tale is about Mu. He talks about the fragmented memories he has of things he can recall before people arrive. He has a feeling he's missing a few. It's the nature of a dream not to be entirely remembered, but from his tone, it clearly unsettles him.

Public/Private: The first is private, the second is public.
thermalwind: (That...tank buster.)

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[personal profile] thermalwind 2018-11-26 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Not very good. Look, you've seen my drawings come to life. They're fine. You just have trouble seeing. [It's not his fault. If Lance sucks at Pictionary that's his business.]

...who was that guy at the end. I didn't recognize them at all.

[Maybe some Galra from their future. He was kinda small and looked a little pathetic.]
savedbyasong: (thinking)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2018-11-26 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
You disappeared. [Gladio seems fine, no injuries. Shion hugs him again, a briefer hug this time. He's just glad he's back.]

Do you remember anything?

[It's very worrying, even more so in many ways than when they used to disappear to their dead worlds. At least then they had memories, had an accounting of time. Not... nothingness.]
flask: (and how i try to make him leave)

[personal profile] flask 2018-11-26 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Javid
Character Name: Nott
Character Journal: [personal profile] flask
Number of Offerings: 3
Offering(s):

1. Nott tells a tale of how four idiots tried to take on a sentient mountain (i.e. the earth golem). She stresses the whole time that she was against fighting it from the start (a lie), and somehow manages to blame the whole thing on Beauregard.

2. Nott describes her first time experiencing pizza almost like someone might experience their first religious awakening. She goes into great detail about the flavors, textures, and tastes... and then begrudgingly admits that maybe it was really so good because she was mixing liquors at the time she was eating it.

3. Nott tells a rather clinical, halting story about seeing a ghost of "someone very important to her". She starts taking heavy drinks of her flask while she recounts his pleading with her to try to reach him. The story has an unsatisfying ending, with a simple, "But I couldn't do it. That's all." No additional details are given.

Public/Private: First two are public, the last is private.
want_to_belong: (Smile)

[personal profile] want_to_belong 2018-11-27 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Hello Gladio.

Did you know someone was on top of you?

Well. Now you do.]
lesbeau: (« [Concern] no hard feelings yeah)

[personal profile] lesbeau 2018-11-27 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Alex
Character Name: Beauregard
Character Journal: [personal profile] lesbeau
Number of Offerings: 3

Offering(s):
1. First, she starts with a badly told but incredibly enthusiastic story about her incredible ascent to the spire on Maati. While she does let everyone know there wasn't anything of note up there, her point here is looking as impressive as possible, and semi-subtly letting them know that if people need shit climbed, they should consider hiring the Mighty Nein for cool climbing tasks.

2. And of course, this leads into the second story, about what else they found on the island. While Yasha touched on this and Nott full ass called her out, Beau makes it very clear this was not her fault, and makes it sound a lot more like they got some good hits in before figuring out they couldn't take this thing. It decidedly leaves out the part about how she got punched so hard she doesn't actually know how they retreated because she was full ass unconscious.

3. Finally, and almost hastily like she forgot about it, she brings up what she and the Drifter encountered earlier this month at the storytellers temple. She mentions that while she hasn't seen some of the other islands this place may have visited, she kind of wants more deets on that big lava-fire-hell-world, and wants to put it out there that something's likely up.

Public/Private: Public!
Edited 2018-11-27 05:09 (UTC)
deathfindsaway: (« [Serious] you think you can escape dea)

[personal profile] deathfindsaway 2018-11-27 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Alex
Character Name: Kravitz
Character Journal: [personal profile] deathfindsaway
Number of Offerings: 3

Offering(s):

1. Kravitz starts by detailing his encounter with the newest god, noting it's rather strange that he's been unable to get some clear answers out of them about the nature of the island, other than there are "limits" that they'll discover. He suspects that has something to do with the symbols that have appeared on most of them, and warns everyone to stay cautious.

2. And speaking of doing things with Gods, he mentions that he's the one who set up the stones of farspeech for Harv and Anbaki, and encourages everyone to give them a call if necessary or to offer their assistance. He goes into some details about how it's important to keep their communication lines open, and to keep these gods friendly, giving the subtle cue for no one to piss them off.

3. Finally, he talks about his rescue of Legion at the top of the month, and about the chalk on the walls coming to life. He's a little clipped on his description of this, but he seems plenty worried about the ordeal, and what may come in the future.

Public/Private: Public!
Edited (im very tired im sorry) 2018-11-27 05:20 (UTC)
thegoofball: (they're back)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-11-27 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet, for a moment, before looking up at Mira.]

Do you think they could? I mean, it wouldn't take too much out of them, right?
thegoofball: (Default)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-11-27 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
[It's weird hearing the monotonous voice, but at least it makes conversation just that little bit easier.

Lance raises an eyebrow, before nodding.]


Dude, yeah. We were out there for like a year.

[He misses the stars, down on the islands, but he does enjoy solid ground and solid food.]
thegoofball: (we need to stop them)

[personal profile] thegoofball 2018-11-27 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
There's nothing wrong with my eyes! You're the one who couldn't get things done in blazzle hoochas!

[You're asking the wrong person for that one, Keith. Lance? Is not great with names and faces.

But Keith doesn't know just how bad he is just yet.]


No idea. Someone we probably ran into once? I think? He was just kind of a punching bag.
antepone: (katie-findlay-3248009)

[personal profile] antepone 2018-11-27 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure. But... there's no harm in asking if they could.
piercetheheart: (♔ whaaaa?)

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-11-28 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Just me? [That's a horrifying thought. One that has him sitting up straighter, looking around past Shion.]

Is Ignis...?

[What? Is he what? Okay? Alive? Still glowing? Did he leave him here in pain and alone? Is Ardyn with him? Too many questions, too much panic. ]

How long was I gone? [Sorry Shion, he'll get back to the whole remember things bit in a minute.]
piercetheheart: (dashing)

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-11-28 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Hopefully you don't need to breathe Prompto because he's just crushing you to his chest now.]
want_to_belong: (Side glance)

[personal profile] want_to_belong 2018-11-28 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Hopefully Gladio could understand what he was choking out.]

I see you're feeling better.

[And crushing him.]

Where the heck have you been??
piercetheheart: (♔ya don't say)

[personal profile] piercetheheart 2018-11-28 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Deal with it Prom. He's never letting go.

Okay he can loosen his hold a little though.]


Hell if I know?! I didn't even know I'd been gone till Shion said something.

You okay?
want_to_belong: (Serious)

[personal profile] want_to_belong 2018-11-28 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He slowly slid down as Gladio loosened his grip on him.]

Right where I was left.

...We've been worried about you.

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