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

[hypoxic]

[She's less comfortable with it, but he softens at the shift in topic.]

Mum and I are very close. I don't think she's ever said or done anything hurtful in her entire life.

[This topic isn't as bad, he thinks. gushing about his mother is easy.]

[mucked]

[ i can't remember the last time I talked with mine -- that's what peggy wishes she could say. sly and distant, putting space between herself and a family tableau that isn't tragic (far from it) but still isn't idyllic either. she brushes crumbs off her sleeve before she speaks again. ]

Truth be told, [ ha, ] I'm well overdue for giving mine a ring. Back home. [ ... ] Does she know what you do? Who you work for?

[hypoxic]

Oh -- no, that's not an option. Can't go round having mum make a target of herself. She's just happy that I'm out on my own, doing all right.

If you can make time to ring yours, you probably ought. Mums get lonely sometimes.

[mucked]

I don't believe she much wants to hear from me. Not unless it's to tell her I've 'come to my senses' -- that I've at long last decided to return to England and find myself some decent prospects.

[ it would be just like amanda carter to still be in contact with fred wells -- stringing him along, if she could, just waiting for the day her daughter returned and found herself in need of a husband. ]

But we send cards at Christmas and telegrams when the news might be more pressing.

[ god, she doesn't mean to go into such dull domestic detail. but here she is. ]

[hypoxic]

[ He presses his lips together at that. ]

I suppose not everyone can be very close with their mums. Do you get on well with your father, at least?

[mucked]

Well enough. [ ... ] Honestly, there's not much to say about it. It's all been very -- middle of the road.

[ and she'd love to stop just there, only: ] Except for Michael. My brother. He's the one who taught me how to throw punch.

[ best friends, really. ]