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

[dreamfyres]

[ it’s not that she means to launch into strings of thought without clarification; her brain sometimes goes faster than her mouth, and she assumes others already understand until she realizes they do not. ]

Father, when he told you Aegon should be king.

[alovelyvoice]

Ah. No. Actually, I have received confirmation he did not mean our Aegon. There was a prophecy, apparently, from the Conqueror, that is what he was talking about.

[At least Helaena believes her, that the conversation happened at all.]

[dreamfyres]

[ a prophecy. she would like to hear it. ]

I had a dream. He lay in bed and he spoke of snow and flame, and then he spoke of her, and then no more.

[alovelyvoice]

You dreamt that?

When?

[dreamfyres]

Before, or after. [ she tries to think, squinting her eyes. ] Before.

[alovelyvoice]

Before he died?

...

I'm sorry.

[dreamfyres]

It isn't your fault, Mama. You did the best you could.

[alovelyvoice]

[She's going to need a minute. Or five.]

That's very kind of you to say, but... No, I did not.

[dreamfyres]

[ her mouth compresses into a line, considering. ]

A girl child makes a wanting bride.

[alovelyvoice]

[For once, although the statement may seem out of place to eavesdroppers, Alicent understands what her daughter means immediately and completely.]

Yes.

But a girl child grows into a woman, and a woman ought to know better.

[dreamfyres]

I suppose. [ it isn't very often that they are on the same brainwave length, not for alicent's lack of trying.

helaena considers this, too. ] I would rather be a dragonfly than a woman.

[alovelyvoice]

Do you know, I think I agree? I think I would not mind being a dragonfly at all, and I have minded being a woman quite a lot.

[dreamfyres]

[ that inspires a smile, curving up her mouth. a hint of surprise. her mother has heard so many bug facts from her, but she knows they are not her favorite animals. ]

We shall be dragonflies together. And we can be, here.

[alovelyvoice]

[how rare. no, maybe not so rare anymore, at least not so much as it was at home, but... how special, still. what else could Alicent do but smile back?]

We have a great deal more options available to us here. [peace, perhaps.] What color dragonfly would you like to be?

[dreamfyres]

[ helaena returns that smile, and she has not smiled so much of late, though more since coming here. it is peaceful here, unlike king's landing.

considering, then, with total conviction: ] Blue.

And you?

[alovelyvoice]

[This, this is a memory she is going to cherish.]

I promise I am not just copying you, I think I would go with blue as well.

[dreamfyres]

[ helaena never knows how gentle and sweet she is ]

You may copy me. I wouldn't mind.

[alovelyvoice]

[Oh. Well. Alicent is not emotional or welling up or anything. Someone is just chopping onions. That's a saying she understands now!]

That is very sweet of you to say, Helaena, thank you.