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

[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.