Truth Meme

[folkie]

Truth Meme

Somehow, there is kirin on you.

Most likely, it is the fur of the kirin that was caught in the environment of wherever you’ve been; there is a stray hair on you because one was on the seat you sat on upon the train or because it blew onto the brim of your hat in the wind.

Or it may be because you met the kirin—a playful ungulate moose-sized spirit who prefers not to speak—and engaged with him and gave him a pat, or a scratch behind an ear. Maybe the kirin nosed or licked your hand because you made him laugh (it’s an adorable ‘keh keh keh’ sound).

Unfortunately for both you and the kirin (who had not meant to trouble your day like this, truly), this exposure to his dander has only one reaction, and it happens to 100% of Star Children: you are compelled to tell the entire truth. About what is less specific; you are compelled simply to announce things about yourself—your life, experiences, thoughts, opinions, feelings. No matter if it’s something silly and inconsequential, deep or secretive, life-altering or commonplace. Some may choose to do this by employing Foxi and their relic; others by finding people to exchange truth with to face to face.

When you have met the kirin’s subconscious desire for four hours, you will be free from the truth telling and the recipient of 24 hours of good luck. The good luck will be sometime in the next year rather than in the next day, and you may have no idea where it came from, but you’ll know a lucky day when you have it!

• This meme is game canon unless marked otherwise at the start of threads! Threads can be used for spoons and application samples.
• Assume all characters involved on this meme are affected.
• Characters will compulsively state truths about themselves/their feelings on the network or in-person. Top-levels may include either/both options.
• Please include prompts in your top level.
• All questions will be answered with complete and total honesty. No special abilities, half-truths, or omissions can avoid sharing all of the truth.
• Meme is open until the next truth meme!
• After one month, you may use the kirin mechanic generally in game. It can be one-sided! All truth-telling characters must consent.

Comments

[supersmashbro]

worth it for raph dummy
why else would i eat them

[scienceofthearcane]

More like magical experimentation added to someone else's desperation to keep me alive. It is a complicated story that has a lot of messy human emotions mixed up with the chaos that the arcane is capable of.

[scienceofthearcane]

Since the magic that I am capable of has a terrible cost to the people that I'm 'healing', I have resolved to never use my magic on an organic person. I'm learning that it's still safe to use my magic on a nonorganic person.

Since you would be one of the very few people here that has the potential to stop me if I lose myself again, I will hold you to that.

[supersmashbro]

FINE but only bc you asked specifically.
you ever change your mind or want a talk backup, i got you.
donnie's a straight shooter but sometimes stuff is still extra weird and complicated with him. we could figure it out.

uhhhhhh
it COULD mean a lot of things. technically yeah.
none of us ever want you to be in that position again anyway, for caring about you reasons. so let's not even worry about it more than a normal amount.

[steepwithdead]

Not wrong. [He'll readily admit that, truth spell or not.] I'm not opposed to violence, when the situation calls for it. But I've found that many jump right to violence when alternatives could be safely pursued first.

[licensetocrane]

true dat
dont suppose you can just offline our relics or somethin from there

[licensetocrane]

[BOO--no look, April likes a good pun okok]

ba dum tss
yeah lets go with that why not

[apuckalypse]

Um, you don't have to pay me anything. [He's not sure if there are rules attached to this or something, so:] Or if you do have to, can I grab a snack from your kitchen? I didn't have lunch.

[apuckalypse]

yeah. that's true too.

[nnnnnngh. It's complicated, though. If he or Leo (or both) go back, they'll be in the same New York, right? And... hopefully, eventually, he'd reach this same point again whether he remembers or not.

But there's no permanence in that world, either. He or Leo could die, and it would be the same end. If he lived, he might regret. If Leo lived, maybe he'd lack that closure. (Or maybe he wouldn't care about it?) Impossible to tell if he never asks.]

i'll think about it.

[hollystrike]

[Oh. Well, that... sounds somewhat familiar.]

Someone must love you very much. Is it one you feel interested in telling?

[hollystrike]

Oh. [Blinks. Wow. Yeah, it must have been a while.] Did you just stay here the entire time?

[Uncurling herself from the couch in one swift move and heading for her kitchen. The room rocks a little when she gets to her feet, but it's nothing she can't handle.]

[therewerefifty]

I believe the Fox administers the trials but the other inhabitants might have their own effects, but I do admit I haven't given it terribly much thought as it doesn't matter to me. At least for my own sake.

[therewerefifty]

She already discussed it openly on the network, which I'm not sure how to feel about but I was quiet out of politeness. [....pause. Dammit.]

That is to say, I don't mind if you want to know more. I assumed people would prefer not to know.

[therewerefifty]

They do. [Softly.] I've killed a great many people, you know. I don't like killing. But sometimes I feel like my country runs on murder.

[Everyone jumps to skewering first. But seeing as we're being completely honest, she's forced to add after a moment...] I think... coming here has shown me how much gentler the world can be. It's hard to process. But it's clear I also made very poor choices.

[therewerefifty]

You owe no answer to me or to anyone else. Just remember that. And good luck.

[necrosavior]

If you decide to be petty and spiteful, I support your right to do that all the way. I've done that more times than I can count when it was pointless and caused some Inconvenience (TM). It's your right.

It left me very spiky and angry and not enjoying my tasty food nearly as much. So sometimes spiky. Rest of the time, this is MY trial, girl.

[apuckalypse]

thank you, seriously. means a lot just to have back-up options

i'm not worried about it, for the record
i mean not more than a normal amount. i try not to think about it and that's fine
i don't want to be in that position with ANY of you ever again though

[athiefalways]

Pity's never fun. Now I know we don't know each other too well, but you don't seem like a spacecase to me.

And I might know something about something awful getting in your head, too. You want to talk about it?

[zacrifice]

i didnt watch a lot of movies back home but i remember seeing posters, its true everybody was so damn pretty

kind of a nice boost for us tho huh? congrats on the world confirming you're hot shit

[zacrifice]

no but like the awkwardness is
it's sad to hear someone died! even if that person is like super alive right in front of you
ppl get sad so it's awkward

actually sometimes the person who did it IS here so
super extra awkward

[zacrifice]

lol
ok but do you want to be the one to tell scarlet that
bc i met her like 1 time and she was the scariest lady i ever saw

[zacrifice]

lol
i will live my best lifestream then

[miniroth]

She's been to a few of the experiments I participated in, but that probably doesn't count as meeting someone. I'll tell her that if I see her when I return to Midgar, ideally with a surge protector in hand and after I kill the Professor. He's my father, did you know that? I'm really getting tired of this truth compulsion thing.

[zacrifice]

[........]

i dont believe you
i know i should bc the truth thing but WHAT

[miniroth]

Mr. Valentine was under the effects of a different truth compulsion when he told me. Unfortunately it seems he was actually married to my human mother.

Who chose him on purpose. :(

Do you think insanity runs in my family on all sides?