It may very well be the worst thing that's ever happened to you! | OPEN MINGLE

[vitaelamorte]

Who: EVERYONE!
Where: EVERYWHERE!
When: Friday October 27th - Tuesday October 31st
Rating: PG-13, warn if you're gonna go higher!
Summary: A catch all for the Horrible Memory Truth Event!
The Story:

For the duration of this event, everyone's entire room will be replaced with a memory playing on loop. They will likely recognize the moment as soon as they see it – it is a moment they remember as the worst moment of their entire lives. It could be a memory from home or something that happened in Wonderland. Lengths of the memories will vary, but they will find that these are not memories they can merely watch – they can step into these memories and attempt to make changes to them, and the memories will be long enough that they have time to make changes (though no more than 24 hours). However, anyone who tries will find that it is futile. No matter what you do or how hard you try, the outcome is always exactly the same somehow. No changes you make will prevent that horrible outcome. It just happens over and over and over again no matter what you do.

On top of that, perhaps complicating any attempts to make changes, everyone will be forced to be honest for the duration of the event. No lies or half-truths are allowed, and filters will be gone for the entire five days. If something bothers someone then they will blurt it out, regardless of whether or not it hurts someone's feelings, and no one will be able to simply keep quiet when they have something to say. They must be truthful and honest with every word they say.

This is a catch-all log for all of your Worst Memory needs! Please mark your threads clearly in the subject line with your character's name and Room Number + Floor for character rooms, or just location if you're making a top level for a public place in the mansion (like the tea rooms or the kitchen) so people can see if there's already a thread available. And here's the plot post if you need it!

Have fun!

Comments

[kingtrousele]

WELL...NOW THAT I'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOUR 'OTHER SIDE' HAS DONE AND CAN DO, THEN MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU TEMPER DOWN THESE FEELINGS! I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY!

HMM, YOU'RE NOT SURE...WELL, THIS EVENT IS ALL ABOUT HONESTY. PERHAPS IF I ASK YOU IF YOU DO THIS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HELP OR BECAUSE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO STAY WITH YOU, THEN MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT. NO MATTER WHAT THE ANSWER IS, HOWEVER, I'LL STAY WITH YOU!! THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS DO, AFTER ALL!!! WHAT...WHAT DO YOU THINK, MIKAN?

[naughty_nurse]

[Now she'll finally raise her head, her face stained with tears.]

I... I'll do whatever you want. I'll do whatever it takes to keep my friends... to keep people around me.

[kingtrousele]

[Papyrus frowns at that. Oh geez, she relies on other people more than she relies on herself!]

I'M...NOT SURE IF THAT SORT OF CO-DEPENDENCY IS HEALTHY. AT ALL. IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT YOU NEED TO CHANGE WHO YOU ARE SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL LIKE YOU - WHICH I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WAY TOO!

[Oh geez.]

SOMETIMES I CHANGE MY OWN OPINIONS ON THINGS BECAUSE MY FRIENDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T, BUT I'M AFRAID OF VOICING MY OWN OPINION AT TIMES BECAUSE WHAT IF THEY STOP BEING FRIENDS WITH ME?? KIND OF LIKE HOW I WASN'T ABLE TO PERSUADE MY BEST FRIEND INTO NOT DESTROYING THE HUMAN IN ORDER TO STAY ON HER GOOD SIDE. AND YEAH, SURE, I'LL GO TO GRILLBY'S IF UNDYNE GOES, BECAUSE I LIKE HER AS A FRIEND AND I'D GO TO THAT GREASY PLACE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN MY FRIENDSHIP WITH HER AND -

[He looks embarrassed, covering his mouth with a hand.]

...I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT MEAN TO SAY ALL OF THAT.

[naughty_nurse]

[You got no idea, buddy.]

I... I feel the same way! Sometimes I'll say and do things I'm uncomfortable with in order to make people look at me and maybe even like me! I have those same fears! I do those same things!

[Aside from the destroying human deal, but you get the idea.]

[kingtrousele]

WOWIE, I HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WERE SO SIMILAR!! I WISH I COULD STOP FEELING LIKE I HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT MY FRIENDS SAY AND DO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO STILL LIKE ME, BUT IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT SCARY TO DO SO!! I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY I HAVE A FEAR OF LONELINESS...???

BUT!! BUT BUT BUT!!! NOW THAT WE BOTH KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE SAME ANXIETIES OVER PLEASING EVERYBODY, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET OVER THAT!! EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS KIND OF...HARD. BUT STILL!! NO CHALLENGE IS TOO HARD FOR THE GREAT PAPYRUS AND THE GREAT MIKAN!!!

[naughty_nurse]

I have a fear of loneliness too! That's my biggest fear, after death! I'd do anything to make sure I wasn't alone!

[Hold the phone, though.]

... Great? You think I'm great?

[kingtrousele]

[To that, Papyrus smiles wide.]

WHY, OF COURSE, MIKAN!! ANY FRIEND OF MINE IS GREAT, SO SURELY YOU ARE GREAT AS WELL!! NOT TO MENTION, YOU ARE FANTASTIC AT NURSING OTHERS BACK TO HEALTH AND YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT OTHERS!! THAT, TO ME, ARE GOOD CHARACTERISTICS FOR A GOOD FRIEND JUST LIKE YOURSELF!!

[naughty_nurse]

[A slow, hesitant smile begins to show on her face.]

... I know you might not understand it, but... you... a version of you has been here several times. And each time... they've always been nice to me. And I wanted to be friends with all of them...

[kingtrousele]

[Papyrus may not know all that much about what he did during the previous two times he's been here in Wonderland, but hearing that each time he's been nice to Mikan makes him smile.]

I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'RE FRIENDS, MIKAN! AND...AND I LIKE TO THINK THAT THE PREVIOUS TIMES I'VE BEEN HERE I THOUGHT OF YOU AS A FRIEND AS WELL!! AFTER ALL, YOU'RE A VERY GREAT PERSON, AND THAT'S THE TRUTH!!