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

[shadowsincryo]

[He cracks a smile and turns back to the plants. Claws are nice for gardening. He tilts his hand to work some weeds away from a plant they would choke with their growth.]

'Oh, that, I was teasing you. And no one would think twice about such a thing housing the true prize inside.' Mm, you can thank an old friend of mine. She had impeccable taste in fashion and design. Part of my wardrobe is her fault. Some of it no one has seen.

[uncrownedawn]

I knew you were… You’re still lucky no one “accidentally” knocked it over.

[ He pauses for a moment, brow furrowing. The feathers on his wings ruffle a little. ]

I was surprised you had it. I thought Varka and Jean would have kept it locked up somewhere.

[ He shakes his head. ]

Hm. I’m surprised the ever popular Kaeya Alberich even needed a fashionista friend.

[shadowsincryo]

It was more we met at a fashion show and missed our best friends. We hit it off and kept each other company. Vex was wonderful. Never met her husband. [The tender flowers and little herb plants are easier to look at.]

I snatched your Vision from lock up. Everyone seemed to know I had it but we didn’t talk about it. I kept it on me.

[The words keep coming now that he has started to say them.] I always held it when I fell asleep.

[uncrownedawn]

[ This admission makes Diluc’s brow furrow and his frown is deep. He’s trying to resist speaking on the confession that he’s not sure Kaeya would have made in another moment, but for some reason, he can’t keep his thoughts to himself. ]

…They shouldn’t have let you keep it. I’m surprised. Letting you obsess over it like that wasn’t responsible of Jean.

[ He takes his hands out of his pockets and crosses his arms over his chest. ]

And don’t bother denying she knew you did that every night.

[shadowsincryo]

[Kaeya's hands still. The words are out there, but he didn't plan on it. He never intended to say it at all.

He'd glossed over it in his letter. Some history didn't have to be spoken. Yet here he was saying it.] She didn't. No one knew I kept it on me. I was still wearing the old uniform at the time, and we had deeper concerns than how one knight coped. ...we were moving pieces to catch our traitors.

We failed you both. We would not fail again.

[uncrownedawn]

You underestimate how well she knows you. How well she knew us.

[ Diluc can’t help but fire back, frustration rising in his tone now. He’s incapable of displaying much feeling besides frustration when Kaeya talks about failing him. ]

Kaeya, don’t. Don’t pretend Ordo Favonius is where either of you truly want to be. I never expected you to be flawless, to not make mistakes, or keep our enemies at bay alone. What could you have possibly done to save Father? Nothing. I could not even do anything.

[shadowsincryo]

[He sets the tools down. This had to be an effect of this place. He could curse it or pay his dues. He looks up at Diluc and holds up both his hands. A sign of surrender. His voice is softer, gentler.] I'm not. At the time, that was the predominant thought in our heads. I'm not going to pretend I was rational about it.

And yes, the Ordo isn't anywhere close to where we want it to be. It is, at best, a bunch of strings we got handed while the framework went off to face where I came from. We do our best and keep going but we're a handful of people. I'd have never told you about any of this. Then or now. We've had enough pain in our lives. I don't want to cause more of it.