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

[alovelyvoice]

That seems like a very useful new word.

I do think so. I hope it lives up to your expectations and hopes, when the opportunity does arise.

[lunchboxs]

Oh, do you have any haters?

I hope so, too. Thank you!

[alovelyvoice]

Oh, most certainly. Doubtless too many to count, although thankfully I have never and likely will never meet most of them. My oldest friend likely counts as one.

You're very welcome.

[lunchboxs]

I've had a few haters myself, but I'm lucky to never have had a friend turn on me like that. Do you still think of them as a friend even now?

[alovelyvoice]

As those things usually go, she would equally say that I had turned on her. She may have a bit more ground to stand on, as years went by, there were... so many things that we each had to do that would have made our friendship unsustainable anyways.

I don't know what I would call her now. I don't know if there is an adequate word.

[lunchboxs]

I think that would feel the worst: not knowing what to consider them. Not a friend, not an enemy, not some old flame. Just an open wound. One that won't be able to heal over until you know...

Oh, gosh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have sent that. Sometimes, relationships don't need a label. Sometimes, they just are.

[alovelyvoice]

No, no need to apologize. You are exactly correct, it feels very much like an open wound, and there is the added difficulty of no one understanding that I have it, really, or why. We were already in strife when my children came along, they have never known us to be otherwise, and they do not understand. I had spent so much daydreaming as a girl, about us raising our children together to be as close as we were, and losing that... Well.
I am being depressing again. I apologize. I cannot seem to help it today.

[lunchboxs]

This sounds like something that must have been weighing on your for a long, long time now. I know what it's like to struggle alone, to have a wound most people can't ever understand—or even know is there.

If you need to talk about, I'm here. Even if I can't understand what that type of friendship was like, I'm a real good listener.

[alovelyvoice]

Thank you for that offer. I confess I am not generally very good at talking about it.

Would you like to talk about yours?

[lunchboxs]

You don't have to be. And if you're not interested in talking about it, I suggest you write about it. I keep a diary, but sometimes when I want to say things no one should hear I burn the paper after I write it. It's like a... a big cleansing!

Thank you, but no. Sometimes, I feel like talking about it makes it more real. I don't think I'm ready for that. [ her positivity comes at a price ]

[alovelyvoice]

I may just have to try that. That sounds rather cathartic, and you certainly would not have to worry about anyone happening across it.

I can understand that. If you ever change your mind, please feel free to ask.

[lunchboxs]

Exactly! It gets it out, and after it's gone, you never got to worry about it again.

Thank you, Miss Alicent, I appreciate that.

[alovelyvoice]

There are so very many things I would love never to have to worry about again. I am going to end up burning a good deal of paper, I think.

You're very welcome.