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May Event Information and Signups!
▼ If I walked in your shoes...
Hello and welcome players, both old and new, to the event planning for the memory exchange!
We hope that new players will be tantalized by the effects this event offers and give interesting insight into different characters.
Basically, a memory exchange/swap event. However, this is Strings, so it's much more than that! There are consequences and side effects...
Starting the 15th of May, characters participating will get their Destiny Strings tangled together. At first it will be barely noticeable; just odd memories that as a player, you know your character didn't have, but your character will think is actually theirs. Their brains/cpus/etc will assimilate these new memories as their own. What this does for a character can depend immensely. A character who has always hated fish but gains a memory about loving sushi might go out to eat sushi that night and then go "Wow I really hate this! But I remember liking it a lot...". Characters who have the ability to view the Strings may start to notice that the Strings are intertwined, but it will take some time for that to be completely visible.
By the end, the characters will be in terrible pain, as their minds try to access these full memories, but with their brains realizing that these are not there after all; many of them no doubt painful and private for the other player. The Government will do their best to aid them during this time, and sort them in a level of the hospital and figure out what they can do to fix it.
Yet in the end, the solution will not be from the Government nor players, but the Strings themselves. With so much tension between both characters, the Strings will, like rubber-bands, snap back into place. This will cause a MASSIVE drain of energy, as it's not a physical snapping, but rather a soul snap and drain. Thus even characters who are strong physically and mentally will be in the hospital for a day or two, drained.
The memories of the others will slowly fade, like dreams...but there are some interesting side-effects to this...
If you are interested in swapping and participating we will need from you the following:
▶ 7 "mundane" or semi-important memories your character has. This can be anything from "Went to a music concert with a friend and saw flowers for the first time," to "had ice-cream and fell in love with it." Anything, anytime in your character's life that they remember is fair game. These should be more like tiny little things, not memories that last a day. Just something that the other person can remember and think is their memory.
▶ 4 Traumatic or important memories your character has. These will be for the last four days of the event. These, usually, should be the most life-changing memories your character has had in their lives. For example, one of Eikichi's memories might be when they fought against Nyralthotep. These do not have to be 'bad' memories per-say these can be joyful memories too! But they are usually very private and not something characters would share willingly.
▶ As many routine traits and personality quirks that define them. These can be words they commonly say (Eikichi would be Babe, Hooooo!), things that they tend to do during the day (urge to put on visual-kei makeup and dye their hair, hates sushi, bad singing). This section is to give flavor to the exchange, as the other character starts using them too.
But here's the fun part...even after the event is over, you'll be allowed to keep some of these! It's a memory lingering effect, and not something your characters can completely control.
▶ Four skills the character has. Two should be mundane things (drawing, cooking, guitar, good with plants, etc), and two should be unique skills the character has (martial artist, boxer, lightsaber fighting, etc.)
When the event is over, players will be allowed to pick ONE Mundane and ONE unique skill from the list as muscle and lingering mind memory. Keep in mind that these skills would be more as side effects and no, your character would not suddenly be a jedi master.
An example is if someone listed martial artist as one of their two their unique skills, the other character, once the event is over, might suddenly stop an attack with a reflex block. A person who switched with a Jedi master would be able to hold a Lightsaber without cutting their arm off, but wouldn't be able do actual lightsaber dueling.
These may, however, cause the character to be much more interested in that skill and slowly work on them! Someone who ended up with cooking might start to peruse more complicated recipes. And what better than the person who you shared a few memories from...if they want to teach you.
▶ This will be asked near the end of the event, but everyone who does a memory swap will automatically gain a dual persona with that person. This is the major side effect from the exchange.
Reply below either in either the preplaned exchanges (meaning you talked with someone and you already agreed you'd be exchanging with them) with your list of memories and who you are changing it with OR the roulette exchange, which will close on May 15th, 11L59pm and you will get randomly paired with someone else.
No problem!
▶ 15th of May, any character participating will have their String start to get tangled with someone else's. This will lead to memory bleeding, with their own brains trying to assimilate those memories as their own. No one thinks anything is wrong for now.
▶ Characters will start to act odder than normal, and adopt behavior and quirks from the other person.
▶ The last four days will end with very emotionally important memories from the other person, as they begin to suspect something is wrong. It will become much more painful.
▶ On the last day, the Government will try to round up everyone affected in the hospital in a hope to cure them.
▶ However the Strings themselves will snap back into place, causing a massive energy loss and soul draining, meaning anyone involved will be in the hospital for the next few days to regain their strength.
▶ The memories they experienced will linger like dreams; they may remember the more traumatic ones, but not fully and, as time goes on, will remember less and less.
▶ They will gain a dual persona with the other person
▶ They can also have lingering memories of a mundane and one unique skill the other character has. What they do with these is up to them; it might pique their curiosity about the subject or it might just end up being muscle reflexes later on.
▶ But who caused this and why? The Government have no leads, so some digging may be necessary...
Copy this and post it below in the proper section (either planned or roulette):
Your Nickname:
Character's Name: Name (Series)
Exchanging With: (only if you have an exchanged planned with someone. Remove this if you are doing the roulette option.)
Comfort Level: (ROULETTE PEOPLE ONLY. Reply here with either yes or no if you are comfortable getting someone whose memories may be triggery, or list your triggers.)
Normal Memories: (List 7. You can be as detailed as you want, remember this is for the other player!)
Traumatic/Important Memories: (List 4. Same as above, but these should be more detailed as these will be the ones the other character will remember the most. IF THE EVENT IS TRIGGERY, PLEASE CLEARLY MARK THIS BEFORE THE EVENT DESCRIPTION.)
Character Quirks: (List as many as you want. These are traits that define the character, either speech patters, hand movements they do, things they really really like, etc.)
Mundane Skills: (List 2. Mundane skills are cooking, singing, drawing, and so on).
Unique Skills (List 2. These skills have to do more with your character, such as basic fire magic, martial arts, summoning, force manipulation and so on. When you list a unique skill, make sure you list it in its most beginners form possible.)
Cause it's going to be awesome!
We hope that new players will be tantalized by the effects this event offers and give interesting insight into different characters.
▼ What is the Event About?
Starting the 15th of May, characters participating will get their Destiny Strings tangled together. At first it will be barely noticeable; just odd memories that as a player, you know your character didn't have, but your character will think is actually theirs. Their brains/cpus/etc will assimilate these new memories as their own. What this does for a character can depend immensely. A character who has always hated fish but gains a memory about loving sushi might go out to eat sushi that night and then go "Wow I really hate this! But I remember liking it a lot...". Characters who have the ability to view the Strings may start to notice that the Strings are intertwined, but it will take some time for that to be completely visible.
By the end, the characters will be in terrible pain, as their minds try to access these full memories, but with their brains realizing that these are not there after all; many of them no doubt painful and private for the other player. The Government will do their best to aid them during this time, and sort them in a level of the hospital and figure out what they can do to fix it.
Yet in the end, the solution will not be from the Government nor players, but the Strings themselves. With so much tension between both characters, the Strings will, like rubber-bands, snap back into place. This will cause a MASSIVE drain of energy, as it's not a physical snapping, but rather a soul snap and drain. Thus even characters who are strong physically and mentally will be in the hospital for a day or two, drained.
The memories of the others will slowly fade, like dreams...but there are some interesting side-effects to this...
▼ What do you need from players?
▶ 7 "mundane" or semi-important memories your character has. This can be anything from "Went to a music concert with a friend and saw flowers for the first time," to "had ice-cream and fell in love with it." Anything, anytime in your character's life that they remember is fair game. These should be more like tiny little things, not memories that last a day. Just something that the other person can remember and think is their memory.
▶ 4 Traumatic or important memories your character has. These will be for the last four days of the event. These, usually, should be the most life-changing memories your character has had in their lives. For example, one of Eikichi's memories might be when they fought against Nyralthotep. These do not have to be 'bad' memories per-say these can be joyful memories too! But they are usually very private and not something characters would share willingly.
▶ As many routine traits and personality quirks that define them. These can be words they commonly say (Eikichi would be Babe, Hooooo!), things that they tend to do during the day (urge to put on visual-kei makeup and dye their hair, hates sushi, bad singing). This section is to give flavor to the exchange, as the other character starts using them too.
But here's the fun part...even after the event is over, you'll be allowed to keep some of these! It's a memory lingering effect, and not something your characters can completely control.
▶ Four skills the character has. Two should be mundane things (drawing, cooking, guitar, good with plants, etc), and two should be unique skills the character has (martial artist, boxer, lightsaber fighting, etc.)
When the event is over, players will be allowed to pick ONE Mundane and ONE unique skill from the list as muscle and lingering mind memory. Keep in mind that these skills would be more as side effects and no, your character would not suddenly be a jedi master.
An example is if someone listed martial artist as one of their two their unique skills, the other character, once the event is over, might suddenly stop an attack with a reflex block. A person who switched with a Jedi master would be able to hold a Lightsaber without cutting their arm off, but wouldn't be able do actual lightsaber dueling.
These may, however, cause the character to be much more interested in that skill and slowly work on them! Someone who ended up with cooking might start to peruse more complicated recipes. And what better than the person who you shared a few memories from...if they want to teach you.
▶ This will be asked near the end of the event, but everyone who does a memory swap will automatically gain a dual persona with that person. This is the major side effect from the exchange.
▼ Okay, I got all of that, what now?
▼ Can I have a simple timeline of what's happening?
▶ 15th of May, any character participating will have their String start to get tangled with someone else's. This will lead to memory bleeding, with their own brains trying to assimilate those memories as their own. No one thinks anything is wrong for now.
▶ Characters will start to act odder than normal, and adopt behavior and quirks from the other person.
▶ The last four days will end with very emotionally important memories from the other person, as they begin to suspect something is wrong. It will become much more painful.
▶ On the last day, the Government will try to round up everyone affected in the hospital in a hope to cure them.
▶ However the Strings themselves will snap back into place, causing a massive energy loss and soul draining, meaning anyone involved will be in the hospital for the next few days to regain their strength.
▶ The memories they experienced will linger like dreams; they may remember the more traumatic ones, but not fully and, as time goes on, will remember less and less.
▶ They will gain a dual persona with the other person
▶ They can also have lingering memories of a mundane and one unique skill the other character has. What they do with these is up to them; it might pique their curiosity about the subject or it might just end up being muscle reflexes later on.
▶ But who caused this and why? The Government have no leads, so some digging may be necessary...
▼ Signups
Your Nickname:
Character's Name: Name (Series)
Exchanging With: (only if you have an exchanged planned with someone. Remove this if you are doing the roulette option.)
Comfort Level: (ROULETTE PEOPLE ONLY. Reply here with either yes or no if you are comfortable getting someone whose memories may be triggery, or list your triggers.)
Normal Memories: (List 7. You can be as detailed as you want, remember this is for the other player!)
Traumatic/Important Memories: (List 4. Same as above, but these should be more detailed as these will be the ones the other character will remember the most. IF THE EVENT IS TRIGGERY, PLEASE CLEARLY MARK THIS BEFORE THE EVENT DESCRIPTION.)
Character Quirks: (List as many as you want. These are traits that define the character, either speech patters, hand movements they do, things they really really like, etc.)
Mundane Skills: (List 2. Mundane skills are cooking, singing, drawing, and so on).
Unique Skills (List 2. These skills have to do more with your character, such as basic fire magic, martial arts, summoning, force manipulation and so on. When you list a unique skill, make sure you list it in its most beginners form possible.)
▼ Have fun!
Cause it's going to be awesome!
Hoshi Takeda [OC] & Eikichi Mishina [OU]
Character: Hoshi Takeda [OC]
Exchanging With: Eikichi Mishina [OU] (Persona 2: Innocent Sin)
Normal Memories:
- It's winter, and you and your papa are going head to head in a snowball fight. It is a long battle, but one you eventually win, and you decide to reward yourself with some hot cocoa with him and your mama.
- Years later, you're in another battle, albeit a much more dangerous one: this time, you're fighting against the Devouring, the sick, disgusting creatures that threaten to destroy the world. You're working alone, because you haven't met your comrades yet, but for the first time in your life, you feel powerful, like nothing in the world can stop you.
- You and Mitsuki like to have tea together every now and then. On one particular occasion, Keiko expresses a desire to join you, and you reluctantly agree. Before long, this results in everyone else — Kotone, Mayu, Sora, and Suzume - inviting themselves over, too. Sounds like a party.
- You're ten years old. It's almost bedtime, and you're only just now sitting down to eat dinner — alone. Your father is nowhere to be found; odds are he's working late again. He never used to miss dinner, before your mother died.
- At Mayu's insistence, you're attending a soccer game with your new friends at their school. You have zero interest in the sport, but the rest of them seem to be enjoying themselves, especially Mayu, so you don't mind being there too much.
- Sora has dragged you out to a scary movie, because no one else could go with her. You close your eyes during the violent parts — not because they frighten you, but because they remind you of things you don't want to remember.
- Keiko is brushing your hair and wants to put it up in pigtails, and you know this is probably a bad idea, but you play along anyway, because it makes her happy.
Traumatic/Important Memories:
CONTENT WARNING for death and violence
- You are seven years old, your mother is dead, and you are pretty sure it was your fault. She was mad at you, you think, and she attacked, chasing you with a knife, so you pushed her away, and she fell down the stairs. Later that night, a black and purple wolf appears on your doorstep, introducing herself as Hotaru. No one else can see her, but she claims that she's here to be your friend and protect you.
- Today is your birthday. There's no party, no cake, and your only gifts are some trinkets and money from your father... and a special key from Hotaru. "Now that you're sixteen, I can tell you! You're a Magical Hunter; you have the power to save the world."
- You and your friends are at the hospital, gathered around Mayu's bedside. You all know that she has never been long for this world, but it doesn't make her passing any easier.
- You haven't had very much time at all to recover from Mayu's death before you lose another precious friend: Sora, who leaps in front of Keiko, taking a mortal blow for her sake. It doesn't take long for her to succumb to her wounds, but when she does, there's a smile on her face.
Character Quirks:
- Very quiet and distant and linefacey. Doesn't smile very often, never laughs.
- Has zero social skills.
- Dresses plainly and tries to attract as little attention as possible.
- Incredibly dependent on the few friends that she has.
- Speaks very formally and is incredibly polite. (For example, she refers to everyone as "family name-san" unless they are very close, in which case they get "given name-san.")
- Opens up a bit more when she's in magical girl mode (i.e., on the battlefield) and becomes more confident and talkative/expressive.
Mundane Skills: Photography, basic cooking.
Unique Skills: Martial arts, dark magic.
ADDITIONAL MEMORY
You remember standing before a large crowd of people in a poorly lit area, all disguised in various ways and wearing different sorts of masks. Two figures in a Theatre Drama masks stand at your sides as you address the assembly.