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

[hollystrike]

[Oh. Well, that... sounds somewhat familiar.]

Someone must love you very much. Is it one you feel interested in telling?

I had c&p this so apologies for any mistakes

[scienceofthearcane]

I don't mind but I will warn you that it is a long story.

There was a magical artifact that I was studying, but since I watched it kill someone I had decided that day to have nothing more to do with it. I made my lab partner promise me that he would destroy it.

He didn't.

In fact, when I regained consciousness, what I thought would be that same day, he explained that he had fused it with me in an effort to save my life. We had worked together since we met in school, but I was devastated by what he had done, so I broke all ties with him and walked out of our lab that day.

[ He didn't want to spend too much time explaining about Zaun and the poverty or squalor there.]

With the new ability to use magic that I had my first impulse was to help as many people as I could. So I found a way to make clean water and clean soil so that the light shining into the canyon we were all in would be sufficient, so that there was enough food growing for everyone and I healed as many people as I could.

But what I didn't realize until later was that by healing people's bodies I was taking control of their minds. It wasn't until my chest was destroyed in a magic blast that I came to the conclusion that at the root of all our problems was human emotion. And all those people that I 'healed' became both a hive mind and one that I entirely had control of. So I made all of those people into my personal puppet army of automatons.

It wasn't until much later that I learned the truth of what was happening to me. I was systematically giving up more and more of my humanity because unknown to me at first, the magic that I was making use of wanted to sterilize the entire world of all life. And I was helping it do just that. When the real horror of what was happening connected with the humanity that I was reminded of in the end, I chose to die in order to use a kind of sympathetic magic to unmake the magical anomaly that was fueling the magical artifact fused with me.

I did not expect to survive. Much less be transported inter-dimensionally.

np <3

[hollystrike]

[...this is the problem with empty promises. In spades. Katie never says I promise unless she means it. Well... all enforcement by the Wyrd aside.'

There is a lot he has left out here, clearly, but Katie doesn't begrudge it. The road sounds terrifying; what he was doing, taking people's will away, is so very taboo. But the culmination of his journey leads her to a wary sort of acceptance.

In the end, she wonders if he can still be helped. The Fox has brought him here for such a reason, surely.]

How are you taking your survival? Would you prefer you hadn't?

[scienceofthearcane]

[ Well, it depends on what you mean by helped. There is a large disparity between what Viktor seems to be on the outside, and what he really is on the inside. On the inside, he's a chaotic storm of emotion but on the outside, he seems to have a serene sense of calm. Right now chief among that was feeling a huge amount of guilt. ]

I have not decided yet. I'm probably the only person who feels that they do actually belong in this pocket reality since I would be easier to contain here.

[hollystrike]

Are you in danger of needing to be contained?

[scienceofthearcane]

I thought I was following a logical thought pattern when I was really being manipulated. So I would like to say no I'm not, but I have good reason to second guess myself.

[hollystrike]

That seems a dreadful weight in a world where its very nature will cause a sort of second guessing all the time. Is there anything others can do to help?

[scienceofthearcane]

I honestly don't know. I am actually afraid that if the magic were to take my mind over again then no one would be able to stop me.

[hollystrike]

Is there a way to partition the magic? You said you were working with ways to transfer such magic, yes?

[Something like that-- it had been a while since they talked, but she's sure he'll correct her if she's remembering wrong.]

[scienceofthearcane]

Not in this case. My entire body has been corrupted by it. Even my consciousness has been merged with it so I don't know how I could partition it at all.

[ She is not wrong though. The hard part would be partitioning it while still allowing it to keep his body alive. ]

[hollystrike]

[Damn. Magic tends to be like that on her side of the fence too; at least Katie's particular brand of it. Once glamour is infected, it stays that way until you bleed it off. She doesn't think that's an option here, though.]

Are you looking for solutions still or making peace with it?

[scienceofthearcane]

Everything happened so fast that I didn't give it much thought. The problem is that I don't want to completely get rid of it because I am very certain that if this had not happened to me I would be dead of a chronic, wasting illness by now.

I think I would prefer to learn how to partition it.

[hollystrike]

[Hmm.]

Making a promise would be unwise given the circumstances, but would it help if I told you I could see the flow of magic? Perhaps I could give you a fresh perspective.

[scienceofthearcane]

That would actually be very helpful, thank you.

[hollystrike]

You're most welcome. When would be a good time?

[scienceofthearcane]

Anytime day or night apparently. I don't need to sleep.

[hollystrike]

A terrible state of events. How can you dream if you can't sleep? More importantly, where can you be found?

[scienceofthearcane]

Because dreams that you have while awake are the best kind of dreams. But I can usually be found at the hydroponic garden.

[hollystrike]

[...well, that's certainly a fantastic thing to say. He's 100% correct, but she does like the chaos of the sleeping ones.]

I'm sure I'll find my way there eventually.

[She actually intends to go there the next day, but there's this whole pesky kidnapping thing, so... a bit later than intended.]

What sort of dreams do you have, Viktor?

[scienceofthearcane]

I don't sleep much anymore.

[hollystrike]

So you said. I mean the kind you have when you're awake. The best kind, as you say.

[scienceofthearcane]

My dream is to help people. I thought I was going to do it with magic, but I was very wrong because magic only does what magic wants.

[hollystrike]

Can you still help people without the aid of magic?

[scienceofthearcane]

If it was removed from my person, then I would be dead and the magical object that I was fused with would still remain in this world. So I don't think so, no.

[hollystrike]

Too far the other direction. Are you saying that every action you take is guided by magic and you can do nothing so simple as assist a person with more mundane methods?