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

sansa stark | asoiaf crau | legend

[dohaeris]

You're all very lucky the Lady Fox likes us to think she cares little what we say of her. It's mad to speak ill of the queen when she might be listening. My omen wishes to say you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.

[faceblocks]

might last long enough to punch her in her face tho
no regrets there
my omen says hey to ur omen and that hes right

[dohaeris]

She isn't even as bad as Bausphomette, and I liked Bausphomette very much. This is the worst curse we've had, and it isn't even hers. Everyone here has everything they need. I would give anything to make the North like this.

The only thing bad here is the trials, and only sometimes. None of them are as bad as what we had in Trench, except when the fey came, and we don't know if that's her doing. I don't think it is, because it reminds me of Riteoir, but of course I could be wrong. And anyway, all of it is better than having to fight in a war because some lord is angry with the king.

[faceblocks]

she isnt not at all
i liked bausphomette too
really over half of them not the worst
i dont mind this one too much but i can see why ud hate it
and im sure ill eat my words at some point
i mean why make people say all the truth when theyre not ready thats
idk its kinda a dick move to some people

thats one of the best things about this place i couldnt agree more
better than trench in that way because no trenchies and their infighting and we dont have to do food drops at the docks because no ones starving and no riteoir either good riddance to that one that was the fucking worst thing i still have nightmares about it sometimes even though i say im fine im not fine about that

i think u could do it
the way ive seen u pull stuff together here u could make the north just like this
but without the weird curses and trials
it wouldnt be perfect bc nothing is but itd be great

[dohaeris]

They meant well, most of them. None of them understood about pain, except for Madame Generosity. I miss her, and I miss the ravens. I even miss the Archives, though it took me so long to make sense of them. I miss the Pale Sanctuary, and all the other Palebloods. I miss dreamwalking with other people, instead of only carrying them around.

I'm sure I could fix your nightmares. I didn't know you had them. I can fix anything, in dreams. I like dreamwalking better than being awake, but I'm afraid if people knew how good I was at it they'd think I was going into their dreams and changing them, and then they wouldn't like me anymore. Besides, if anyone very dangerous came here, I might need to do it. I think I could get past John Gaius's wards now, if I were very careful. Since "Lazarus" isn't here, there isn't anyone else that can do it.

I miss him most of all.

[faceblocks]

yeah like fuck the reckoning too but not as much as riteor riteoir idk even remember how to spell it and idc bc fuck them and i do care actually that other world was fucked up and it scared the shit out of me for a minute but the worst part was the start of it the tower the cultists i dont feel guilty about killing them at all but then i feel all kinds of fucked up about that. worst part wasnt even being on the table it was jinx having to see it. it was getting jun out, me and fang and falco and fuck i miss them too

i wish i had chill dreams but its p much always that same shit
always the worst parts

most of my sleep is nightmares which wasnt that much of a problem in trench but i need a liiiiitle more sleep here and im not digging that part. i think im pretty good at hiding it id probably be better but i never sleep with my door shut and i hardly ever shut any door and i have reasons for that and reasons i keep busy. it only stops when i drink and well thats a whole lot more trouble than its worth i guess thats another favor i can thank trench for. if it were easier for me to get shitfaced i think we might have a real problem. i didnt want to bother you about it but yeah i could use the help.

i dont think ud try to change me at least not on purpose and not without asking me first even if u wanted to do it but i can see why people would get weird about it esp if they dont know u

REALLY id be down to test it but im no john (fuck that guy too)

me too. i think about him when im in my shop because hes up there with the others and how he liked cookies but he was real hesitant to take them from me at first. he helped me with that little statue i got from mariana and when he was in the bathtub because also fuck u john. it must suck to be the only one. do u think maybe u could teach sharon? are you for sure sure that no one else can?

[dohaeris]

I should have seen it. I'm sorry. I would have if I weren't always busy with my dreams at night. You would know that, of course. I suppose I can't be angry, because I'm always trying to hide things. Still, if I knew that you could help me, I would ask you. I wish people would ask me for help. I'm certain I could be of use.

I would like to teach Sharon very many things, but she has little interest in mastering her emotions. Dreams will pull you under if you'll just go and feel anything. I was always rescuing Lazarus when he got lost in dreams. I wish I knew his true name.

[faceblocks]

hey now no need to be sorry u have ur own stuff to deal with and i coulda told u i just figured itd stop eventually but so far not so good

what things are do u feel u gotta hide
i thought u were under less pressure here but i know some of the worries never end
if i can help ill help if i cant well ill do literally anything else w/e u throw at me

im not the best at asking for help im better and barging and and offering it if i think i can which is kinda one sided bc i dont even think theres anything wrong with asking for help just the opposite except when it comes to me

i didnt know he got that lost in there i thought idk that he was less feelsy but what do i know
not a whole lot sometimes
maybe thirteen could tell you
or maybe theres an archive
here?
idk
does it matter that much?

[miniroth]

I'm very grateful to her, if she's our queen then she's a good one, she's willing to put a lot more into people changing things than most gods are and that's both rare and to be encouraged so she keeps doing it.

[dohaeris]

She is a fair queen. She doesn't like for people to call her a god, though. It's something of a relief to me. I've found things go very poorly when people worship their rulers.

I do think she wants for us to do well. She might also want for us to generate Lore; I don't see why it can't be both. I haven't liked doing every trial, but they're all better than the wars ordinary kings and queens make people fight. And I don't think the storm was her doing. I don't think it's wise just to assume she controls everything here. In truth she could be gathering an army. This would be a very good way to train one. It's also a very good way to train leaders, though, and artists, and everything else. I think she's building a kingdom. I don't mind it.

[miniroth]

I struggle to think of anything as being an actual god, as opposed to simply being a more powerful tier of life. If Thirteen doesn't think of herself as a god, it'd be silly for anyone else to. She's undeniably powerful, but chances are high there's beings out there stronger yet.

She sent me back to my planet and my time, with my memories of Folkmore intact. And the powers and knowledge I've gained here. When she says she wants us to reach our full potential, I believe it, why else would she give me the avenue to change everything? Maybe some Trials are bad, I didn't like the last one I was involved in, I still get nightmares. But it's a small price to pay with what I'm gaining in return.

And all the people who have nothing to return to at all.

I'll help how I can, for what she's done for us. For the people who have no life to return to, since they're dead. For the people who have a chance to make real, lasting change.

Plus she asked, way back when. I went willingly. I can't complain now!

[dohaeris]

That's lucky. I am glad for you. I wouldn't want to go back to my world, even if I could keep all my magic. Everything is so difficult there. We scarcely have enough food for everyone, let alone books or medicine.

Whenever I say anything about it people tell me they're sure I could build schools or whatever I like. I'm sure I could build schools if I were a great lady in their world, we don't have printing machines, and we can't make paper in great quantities. It's very frustrating. The only ones who understand are the other people from my realm.

Sometimes I wish they could go back to their own time and stop everyone from killing all the dragons, but I'm afraid if they did no one in my family would be born. Anyway I think Helaena might've known about it all along, but nobody listened to her.

Men don't listen to women in my realm. It's very embarrassing. I would rather you didn't ask me why, because I don't have any good answer.

[miniroth]

I understand. I have to try to bring knowledge back to my own to help prevent a lot of disasters, and I don't know that I'll be able to either. It's not as simple, especially when you have to convince everyone else to go along with it. Or kill them if they won't. I'm going to have to kill a lot of people to try to make any of it happen, I don't recommend it.

And meanwhile if YOU try the people who hold power will know you're upsetting their own position of strength and you'll be painting a target on your back, wouldn't you? And that's assuming the medicine information, or the technology, or even the ideas, can be saved to be passed along and Thirteen doesn't make you forget.

Nobody listens until it's too late. And a lot of people here will just say you're not willing to try, instead of it being worse to try and fail when success isn't possible. I hope you get to stay here. A lot of people, this place is better for them.

In a lot of places men don't listen to women. It's stupid, and born of nothing more than the desire to keep half the population under control. There is no good answer, it's all bad answers by petty, greedy people. The only reason anyone listens to the head of weapons development is because she'd shoot them herself if they tried to treat her that way.

I don't think you should try her way. It gets exhausting.

[dohaeris]

You'll have to make them think it was their own idea, or you could make them like you enough that they'll do it to make you happy. It's like the great game of thrones. I think I've become good at it, which is frightening. I never asked to play it.

Likely it's more exhausting than threatening everyone with violence, but it works better. People hate to feel threatened, and they'll be waiting for a chance to be rid of you. Unless you prove yourself useful once you have everything you want, but I wouldn't take the chance. They won't ever forget the danger.

Most people will like you if you're kind to them, and helpful. Not everybody will, because people can be stupid and cruel, but if everyone else likes you, they'll take your side.

You've been kind to me, so I think you can do it. Once you know what people want, it's easy. You have to make them think they'll get what they want if they do what you say. If what they want is very dangerous, you might have to make it so everyone else will want to be rid of them, too. You just have to make them see the danger for themselves. It's harder to make sure they don't do anything stupid about it.

You must see how it's all very tiring, but it's better than fighting a war.

[miniroth]

Oh, that won't work. I can't make people like me, I'm terrible at pretending to be human even when I try hard to be helpful and do the right thing. I'm hated anyway, because in the future I try to destroy the world, and all I know is fighting wars. But there's a lot of benefits to being good at manipulating people on a social level instead of with violence, it might keep you safer.

Safer yet is staying here. Are you happy here? That's not a fair question, happiness never lasts. How about, contentment? Could you see yourself staying here until you're very old?

[dohaeris]

Yes, I intend to stay here. I know there's another one of me still in Trench, because my friends here were in Trench when I left, so I think the Fox is telling the truth about the other girl. I have been waiting a long time for my family to join me, here and in Trench. I wish it would save them from their suffering in our own world, but I believe the other girl will help with that. That's the only thing that makes me unhappy, besides people leaving, which happens in every world.

You might change your name and your appearance. You likely should anyway, if people know about your future. You can just copy whatever you like about the humans you know, to start. It will get easier if you do it often enough, like reading or writing. I could help you. Do you know about mumming, or acting? People have different words for the same thing, and I never know which one to use. Anyway, they have lessons for it at Jewelia.

text; un: TheWitch

[survivingsister]

It is the fact she pretend not to care which concerns me.
One of the concerns I have anyway.

[dohaeris]

I don't know that she's pretending. I think it would bother her more if she thought we cared what we said about her than if we said anything bad, but I still shouldn't like to say it.

In truth, I find it very annoying the way people complain about her keeping us here, as if there were anywhere at all we didn't have to mind the whims of someone, or else die alone in the wilderness. People will blame her for anything because they mislike her and think her power absolute, which is even more annoying, because it blinds them to any other threat.

I'm concerned she may not be responsible for the storm or the incursion of the fey. We ought to be prepared in case she isn't. I think she may expect us to address it regardless. Likely she'll view it as a lesson, if that wasn't her intent on bringing us here. She likes to be many things at once, and foxes are scavengers who will make us of anything they can find. It's stupid to think everyone always only has one reason for whatever it is they do, especially when she likes to be so many people.

What are your concerns?

[survivingsister]

That she wasn't responsible for either or other mishaps. If she isn't the reigning power, but is hiding that, we are all in a great deal of danger from threats we cannot properly prepare for.

That she is spilt enough being many things that she is going to develop holes in her being, also leading to unforseen threats.

There are others, minor compared to those.

[dohaeris]

Those are good concerns; most people have stupid ones.

I don't think she's hiding anything to look more powerful. I think she would rather look as if she didn't care about being powerful. It's likely she doesn't understand the danger, or that she believes if this place is destroyed she could only make another one. She might expect us to work it out for ourselves––for training, to make us better, or because she would rather see if we could do it than defend this place. She might not know what it is to find herself in danger, or she may believe she's defeated worse before.

She doesn't think like us. I've been trying to work out how she does think, but there isn't very much information about her that might help me.

[nativized]

Raised in an asylum, huh? Is the omen some sort of being or something within your mind? Or something else?

I don't think I would think of "queen" as the first way to describe it, really

But the sentiment's true.

[dohaeris]

Oh, now I shall have to answer your endless questions. I'm sorry, that was very rude. It's an Earth song, by the singer Taylor Swift. The fox likes her very much. I must suggest you look on the inter net instead of asking me, though it seems rude as well. The song is called Who's Afraid of Little Old Me. It's very good. It's about being any kind of famous person, and it reminds me of my time at court. It was very treacherous, and I couldn't say anything about anyone I hated, because they could have me killed. I was a hostage. I don't know if I've told you that. I'm ill-used to talking about myself, and I can't always remember what I've told to whom. It isn't as bad as in Trench, where I was always being ravens, and I had to remember everything they knew. I expect you'll want to know about the ravens as well, but I don't want to tell you, since I don't like for people to know what I can do, unless I know for certain they won't become my enemy, and because I think you're only asking out of idle curiosity, which is very annoying.

I've been rude, I'm sorry. An omen is like a piece of your soul with a mind of its own. Everyone has one, but only Sleepers had them on the outside, in Trench. Sleepers were like Star Children here. I expect you'll want to know why we were called Sleepers, but the answer is to do with the Dream, and I wouldn't know how to explain it. They looked like animals. Mine was a white raven. He can't seem to come outside of my body here. Mostly he sings songs by Taylor Swift. Very much of this place is to do with her songs. Again, I must ask you to research this elsewhere, instead of making me explain it. I'm very sorry.

[nativized]

Hey, hey, I'm walking in on this rudely as well. The very fact I can ask people things and it prompts them to respond is a lot of why I'm here despite the fact I'll be spewing things back. Well, that and I literally couldn't stop my fingers once I started.

But yeah you're right that curiosity's going to push me to ask more. Feel free to throw the Relic into a wall or something if you dislike it too much. Or I can see if I can't blindfold myself. Well, no, that's a bit of a lie I'd definitely end up peeking.

I forget these things have internet to research things. I didn't have that for years and I swear I always just figure these are communication devices.

Other people have told me that Taylor Swift thing though; for appearances. Didn't really know the songs are connective though. You're right that's interesting and I oughta look more into that. See if the internet here works for me. Part of why I've been afraid to look is a really silly reason.

You've told me very little we've just had a few chats here and there before I think based on the username. I'd gotten the impression you were connected to that Trench place but the hostage thing is new.

And the omen thing is *really* interesting. A soul animal which can manifest outside? Ruth would have a field day looking into that. I meant to type Magister Kios. Not Ruth.

[dohaeris]

You know your courtesies. I have noticed that. It's strange that you choose not to use them. It is a little like my sister, I suppose, except she'd be angry with me if I called her annoying. Aren't you ever afraid you'll make someone angry?

I suppose it's different for men. Nobody likes Littlefinger, but everyone finds him useful, so they think they've gotten the better of him. Still, it means everyone will want to believe me when I tell him what he did. I think I could even get them to believe he killed Joffrey, but I can't know for sure, yet.

We spoke of court, once. I don't remember what I said exactly. I was a hostage for most of my time at court. It was more frightening than much of what happened in Trench. I had Lady with me there. Little frightens me when I have Lady.

Vi has her omen on the outside. You might ask her about it. I don't think she minds pointless questions.