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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.

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if ur looking for someone to tell u not to eat rat that persons not me
i too have eaten rat
its not great
it could be a challenge

I grew up eating rats
it's all we had
but we didn't have anything to cook them with. and it turns out most things taste bad without flavour. so maybe it's not the rat's fault? idk

i could probably say the same
then again i kinda grew up in prison
before that it was more occasional
like a treat
only not a real treat im just using sarcasm as a coping mechanism
theyre prob better with spices
p much everything is
havent lived til uve eaten one raw
not a thing i like to remember
nope not the rats fault at all

[his response doesn't come immediately; he's compelled to say it, yes, but for a little bit he doesn't know exactly how.]

I get it
not the prison part
or maybe a little bit that part
if you're trapped underground and if you leave you'll die does it half count
anyway like
there's desperation and then there's whatever this is
when you're so hungry anything's food
rats or bugs or bones or blood
maybe they'd all taste good with paprika or whatever

id say that counts
esp if ur eating rats while ur trapped there
even if its not the same its still
the same ENOUGH u know?
i hate that for u
but maybe that explains why u remind me of my brothers
a little
ok more than a little
yeah that kind of shits not even desperation
its the worst
sometimes the guards at stillwater would just
forget to feed me haha
"forget"
so hey
rats
ive eaten bugs on dares before
and also hey hey little cellmate about to be lunch
not the worst thing ever but close
not looking to repeat it
ever
not like that anyway
everything tastes better w/paprika or hot sauce or w/e
except maybe ice cream
how long were u trapped like that?

same enough, yeah. thanks i feel better
most people don't really get it
wish you didn't have to do it either but solidarity is at least kinda nice

[Hunter ate rats but that's just normal food in the Boiling Isles, so there's no stigma. On the other hand: no judgement, either. It's a mixed bag.]

that's kinda why i don't like bugs so much. seeing them reminds me when i'm hungry, because if you see a bug, that's spare food. or maybe it escaped storage. you take what you can get. now it's like.... oh. there's a spider in my apartment. I can just put it outside and eat some chips. but sometimes instinct is gonna kick in and before you know it you're crunching legs?? because that's where bugs go, right in the mouth
ugh anyway
that's just how the world was my whole life until i got here
so like fifteen years

yup
it sucks when someone gets it
bc of the obvious
but its also less idk
yeah what u said about solidarity

[vi's not entirely unsure that rat isn't in some of zaun's street food (it is) but like he'd said: paprika. also ...not raw.]

took me a while not to see it that way
and it woulda gone a lot slower if not for
all the food being practically free
good move for 13 if she wants ppl to communicate and shit
yeah im constantly stuffing my face at the first sign of a gut rumble

fuck im sorry
i had a few good years
maybe not good compared to some ppl
esp the ppl that lived topside but i wasnt totally trapped
and never really went hungry even if i had to do some shady shit
i had ppl that put me and my sis first
u know how that is yeah?

next time i see u ill make u smth
from our kitchen
i wonder if i can get crab here
havent tried to make crab salad like my sister used to
but i think i remember

[a crab is not quite a bug. so there's that.]

I had to get used to it too. at the start there were so many days where i skipped meals bc i wasn't used to having a stocked cupboard or fridge or w/e
like oh i'll eat breakfast and maybe supper
no!! idiot! you can eat lunch too. and snacks. you can eat as much as you want. it's crazy
i had to learn how to cook
i had to learn what spices even were
it's mindblowing to me how many foods there are
i want to try everything!

back home though it wasn't so bad. the nice thing is i never had anything else or barely knew it existed so i didn't really know what i was missing
or i guess "nice thing" is the wrong way to put it
plus side? could be worse? something like that
people would say "food used to be so good!" "i miss pizza!" but if you don't know what pizza is it's like
well, this rat's edible and my stomach's not growling today, so it's fine
i did have people taking care of me, too! sensei and my uncles and auntie april, they made sure i ate first
as long as we had food they didn't let me starve. i was lucky
i always thought it was dumb bc i was just a kid, they were out fighting a war, they needed energy to stay alive
after i started fighting too it made even less sense bc it was exhausting even when i was full
but after lily's dad died i gave her half my dinner a few times and it made more sense to me. you gotta look after the ones littler than you

i've never had crab. i don't think i've ever seen it before. it's like a shell thing right? i bet the shops at nymph port would know where to get it

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