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

[decohere]

don't think it was me being lucky. but that janet was so kind, to save me even after i nearly killed her.

can see how that would be an efficient distraction. but i've been alone most of my life. the idea of other people is exhausting. i'm not very good at socializing, i often end up feeling embarrassed or irritated or confused or upset. i hate that this whole spoon system is based off of it.

it's fine, trouble tends to find me wherever i go regardless.

[serendipitously]

That is impressive kindness, probably more than I would show someone that tried to kill me. Why were you after her?

If I'm being honest--which it would seem we're being forced to be, I cheat most of the time back home. Without that to lean on as much here I'm a bit more of a mess about social interactions. You really shouldn't be embarrassed by it though. Most people can't read minds and make major missteps with people, that's just how it goes.

Optimism is hardly my strong suit, but maybe trouble won't find you here. If you stay out of Exile and avoid the fighting pits of Cruel Summer most of this place is trouble free. Outside of trials.

[decohere]

she got lost in the quantum realm for nearly two decades. absorbing the exact frequency of energy i required to survive. dr. pym located her, was set to pull her out. i intervened. intended on extracting the quantum energy from her.

seems we're being forced, yes. i don't even know you and i wouldn't otherwise trust you with any of this information. i'm not really sure how i feel about your admission of reading minds. while i can understand how it's helpful to you, the idea of it makes me deeply uncomfortable. i prefer the security of privacy and my thoughts untouched.

what exactly is exile?

[serendipitously]

....Dr. Pym? Wouldn't be a Hank Pym, would it? Known for his breakthroughs in science like the Pym Particles?

No offense, but I wouldn't trust you either. I've also started to be less open in admitting my powers, it gets tiring realizing I constantly make people some variation of uncomfortable. But it seems the Fox doesn't care about that today.

Exile is a place here. Baba Yaga's school is there, a variety of intelligent monsters, a swamp of sorrows, and the Encantado river .

[decohere]

that one, the old arrogant geezer with the ants. unfortunately. used to work at SHIELD with my father. and my adopted father.

i'd say it's quite invasive to dig around in somebody else's mind without consent. but it'd be hypocritical, given i'm a spy. and often watch people while they don't know i'm there at all. and even in acknowledging that, i still don't like it when anyone knows anything about me that i have not allowed.

i see. maybe a swamp of sorrows is exactly where i belong.

[serendipitously]

Not sure if I'd call him a geezer in my world but I'd go with arrogant. If your world has SHIELD then we're from variations of the same place. Does your world have X-Men or is it the one with just the Avengers?

I can't how I was born. We don't get to choose our powers. Nor can I help that the life I've lived has meant that I've had to get used to utilizing them for safety. You could say I've worked as something of a spy myself.

For as little as it's worth you have my promise that I won't invade your privacy. I accept that will mean nothing.

I'd say I wouldn't suggest it, but I go there a lot so I'd just be a hypocrite.

[decohere]

i've suspected many are from a similar world as mine, but i have avoided in engaging with most. i do not know of any x-men, though somebody here told me of an x gene so i suspect it is related. there are avengers, but i do not associate with them. i was working for shield when they were assembled, but i was overlooked as an option for the roster. part of me is bitter about this fact despite me wanting nothing to do with them. they do not even know i exist.

no, none of us can help what we are. my abilities have been used against me most of my life, and as dangerous as they are i do not blame others for finding me terrifying or not trusting me. but just as you're concerned with your safety, my sense of control over my own life has been highly compromised and therefore my instinct to protect my fragile sense of security has little to do with you and more with my own paranoia. so i do hope you don't take it personally.

actually it means a lot. thank you.

oh if it's a popular self pity retreat then i'll avoid it. makes me feel more pathetic.

[serendipitously]

The world without mutants then. I hate the idea of that one, no offense. If it helps, you're not missing much by not being invited to join their club. At least not if they're like the Avengers of my world.

I wouldn't take it personally. In fact I understand rather well. My life has been a series of incidents where my control and sense of self have been taken from me. I would say I'm sorry that you've experienced it, but from experience I'm well aware of how shallow the sympathies of others are. Sorry hardly takes away the rigid need to claw onto whatever you can for control.

You're welcome.

Wouldn't say it's popular. Only had the misfortune of running into someone else once and that was complicated. If you want to be alone and can handle yourself it's a good spot here. Very big.

[decohere]

i doubt i exist within your world either, or am long dead within it. though it's preferable that way. it's not that i want to be part of them, it would have just been nice to be considered as a possible candidate. instead it confirmed that the believed my place was operating in the shadows getting my hands dirty for them while they sent others out to earn the public praise.

i am glad you understand. it's exhausting to keep having to defend my habits to those that do not.

how much i want to be alone varies by the day, but i can handle myself.

[serendipitously]

You might. Or you might be a very different version. I've seen a lot of differences. Unfair, but often the reality of any superhero team. They always need people like us who do the dirty work, but they rarely want to acknowledge it in the daylight. I'm certain if my own main team knew of some of the things I've done I'd be facing a lot of problems.

You shouldn't have to defend it. Nobody knows what you've been through but you, if people can't respect how you choose to handle it then they're not worth your time.

Then by all means, give Exile a try at some point. Just don't complain to me if something eats you

[decohere]

what happened to me was a statistical anomaly and nearly impossible to have occurred twice. so either she's dead, or the accident never occurred at all. effectively neither outcome is me in any meaningful way.
i don't play well with others, so it was the right call. doesn't make me less bitter.

it's frustrating when people seem to think all your problems can be solved with their not so insightful advice. i don't care what they would do in my situation. because they are not in my situation and they have not struggled through it the way i have. it's honestly offensive and demeaning to suggest my life would be better if i behaved more in a way they approved of.

can't eat what's not actually there.

[serendipitously]

I have a friend who would tell you to look at the bright side there, it means you're unique. I rarely listen to him myself so take that as you will.

That's why I prefer to stick with either saying as little as possible or offering only the most basic half truths about what I've gone through. I don't want to hear how most may sympathize, or see the looks on their face that express how differently they might have done things. I agree, it's offensive that they think they might actually know how they would react in the moment. Easier to just avoid dealing with the possibility.

...you win that round.

[decohere]

your friend sounds annoyingly optimistic

i don't know if it's the pity or the judgment that irritates me more, but i want neither of it.

how i win most rounds. being untouchable.