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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.

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Oh that thing.

Indoors, really?

[don't call it 'that thing', that is a very special thing]

[immediately distracted-]

that thing! that thing!!!
say you're sorry
im so offended

I'm sorry I didn't know you NAMED IT

Why does everyone name weapons

its a classic move when you get a cool weapon
all the cool weapons have names

i didnt name it tho, it came with one when i got it

The sword forged for me here is a 'cool weapon' and I am not giving it a name. It's better than anything Shinra's produced though.

Okay who ELSE is naming swords

you'd think a teenager would get the importance of sword naming :(

it was angeals sword, idk if he named it or his parents did
it was made special so it needed a name!

I probably missed some critical moment of childhood where giving names to swords is very important. Probably because they break so easy half the time. Cheap materials, even the P0s can break them. I'd name one Nidhogg or something and then snap, I gotta get Nid 2.

I feel like you might have mentioned that name before but mostly it eludes me. Maybe I saw it somewhere. Not sure. Do things get busted with it or is it mostly decoration, I never really know. Sorry, not decoration. 'Ceremonial'.

Edited 2025-02-22 19:30 (UTC)

that's probably why yeah. idk if anything could break the buster or masamune. they feel invincible lol
the kind of shit that can kill gods or w/e like you'd see in movies

[The Buster kind of did? does the mystery "goddess" Genesis was obsessed with count? Anyway.]

i mean it does bust things really well
no one gave me the origin story besides what i already said

If it's important to you please don't try to use it to stab a god with. Or a 'god'. If you lost it, what then?

too late for the second one already
(didn't break it though)

Wait what how is it too late

Did you stab a god here??

not here, no

I am reasonably sure nothing on our planet qualifies, except perhaps summons, to some?

she wasn't a summon
at least not with any materia i saw
probably was mako related there was a lot of wispy shit around

she was called a goddess though

By who?

genesis
don't remember if i mentioned him before

It doesn't ring any bells. Would you consider him a trustworthy source on divinity?

[Maybe in a few years he could defend Genesis' beliefs.. until then.]

Then we definitely don't know if you stabbed a god or not.

no, but it makes for a better brag than "i killed some kind of ego manifest by a theater nerd"

[Sephiroth knows about Folkmore's version of 'theater nerds'.

They're not exactly skilled at combat.]

I know you're not the sort to pick on some helpless and ultimately useless artist but from the two or three lines I now know, it sounds like you beat up someone's imagination.

i mean he turned into a giant metal monster and shot lasers at my face i def didnt imagine THAT

Depending on how much mako you were breathing at the time you COULD have been imagining that.

I was watching a video a couple weeks ago about giant mecha, the likes of which would make Miss Scarlet immediately defund her entire division to get her hands on. That sounds like a giant mecha.

dude im immune to mako poisoning it was legit

it might've been a giant mecha
maybe giant mechas can be gods too??
i swear genesis was standing there talkin to a statue and then the statue glowed and a bunch of lifestream dropped on his head and suddenly big armor with laser sword
he said it was a goddess so i'm calling it a goddess bc i don't know what else to call it

I'm pretty certain every SOLDIER is supposed to be, but saying so is begging circumstances to make sure you get mako poisoning.

All of that sounds very strange and not at all believable and if it wasn't for the fact we can't lie right now I'd think you were trying to trick me!

But since we can't lie it has to be true and now I have to re-evaluate some things.

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