[MU] - I'VE HEARD YOU SCREAM IN YOUR SLEEP

[story_teller]

[The night of May 27th, in the familiar avenue of your dreams, you will finally receive some manner of explanation for the catastrophic mishap that has struck the local network of Stones of Farspeech.]

[The Storyteller is, unsurprisingly, harried in their delivery of this news. Perhaps their stress will be evident in the shape they have currently chosen to assume.]

- stories. I need stories to fix this. I'd not realized things had grown so dire. The monthly upkeep was not enough to sustain this ever-growing, ever-changing fabric, and so I'll require your stories. They may be past or present - it does not matter, but the sooner you can offer them, the sooner I can fix this! From as many different people as possible! Variety is critical. One story from ten people will be more helpful by far than twenty from one!

I...I will fix this. I can fix this. I only need your help to do it. The more I can accrue...

[A moment of consideration, and then - ]

Ten. Ten at the minimum. Ten should stabilize this. Twenty-five will ensure it will remain stable for the next three months. Fifty, and it will remain stable for the rest of the year.

Without your aid, I will be unable to make this right.

[If your character wishes to donate, they may comment to the corresponding top-level below. To ensure that no one goes bankrupt, we will impose a five story limit per character - and only two stories can be used to stabilize the network immediately.

If your character wishes to converse with the Storyteller, they may also do so.]

Comments

[story_teller]

You underwent quite the shift yourself, over a period of years. You tell me.

[Two, dear Ardyn Lucis Caelum, may play at that game if they like.]

[scourgingstars]

All the more reason to ask. This realm's certainly had no shame in laying out all my secrets and nightmares, whyever should its deities be allowed respite from such thoughtless cruelty?

[story_teller]

They aren't.

[The Storyteller has, if you recall, been just as affected by such things as anyone else.]

Look for the answers yourself, provided you're so interested. [They're not about to drop them into your lap.]

[Particularly considering how little of those answers the Storyteller themself actually remembers. Being asleep for as long as they have, as they may have mentioned, tends to leave large gaps in the memory.]

[scourgingstars]

[he's still bitter, news at eleven]

And what if I said that I was?

[story_teller]

Then that would not surprise me in the slightest.

[scourgingstars]

Oh, my. Should I be insulted by such a lack of surprise?

[story_teller]

I am not your arbiter, and nor are you the only to be interested in picking apart the intricacies of this world. You may consider that as offensive or inoffensive as you would like.