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

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!

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Yes. It was pretty goddamn awful.

Things are better between us now, though. Not great, but... better. They are just a child, after all, and however they acted in my world, in my particular timeline... well, children do not just act that way for no reason. So, I am trying to help them when I can. Even if I will probably never be able to get over the trauma of being murdered in such a cruel, cold blooded way.

[Toriel just... sighs, long and deep, as she vents out a whole ton of shit to someone she barely knows and who she only just decided to stop hating less than a minute ago.]

I really, really wish I could just... shut up.

[Lup's first day in Wonderland doesn't feel quite as awful now. Sure, her own brother not recognizing her had sucked something awful, but at least he hadn't, like, attacked her or something. At least she didn't come into this place dead.

Well, more dead than usual.

Even not knowing Toriel very well at all, the elven woman can easily trace the line of stress across her shoulders, the annoyance there at having your secrets just pour out of your mouth to people you don't even know. They are clearly both so over this event.]

Okay, you know what. I was gonna offer to like, I dunno, bake you some cookies or something, but fuck it. How about we get our drink on? Gotta be five o'clock somewhere, am I right?

[Toriel is quiet for a few moments, with the look of a woman in deep, deep contemplation. Because she really doesn't want to think about what kind of a disaster she'd be if she was drunk in addition to being completely honest. That doesn't sound like a good combination.

...But then, maybe Lup has a point. Fuck it, right?]

Okay. Not too much, though.

[She'll just have to try not to go overboard.]

Do you have a drink recommendation? Normally, I just stick with wine.

[The way Lup sees it, they don't have much of a choice in telling the truth as it is anyway, so may as well just go get plastered enough that they don't have to remember any of the shit either of them say. That's a good bonding experience, right?

Toriel agrees and the elf shoots her a wide, beaming grin.] Oh, I can get real trashed on a good red, but if we're really looking to feel it, how do you like rum? I'm down for either. Just gimme like five mins to clean this up. [She gestures to the cutting board she'd been chopping at. Sure, Lup could just leave it out and Wonderland would probably disappear it eventually, but she's not in the habit of wasting food. Not after having it in such short supply for most of her life.]

Oh, no, I said I... but, then, I really would like to.

[She can't lie, about how very appealing slipping into a drunken haze seems right now.]

Well... alright then. In for a penny, in for a pound as they say, hm? If we are going to do this, we might as well do this.

[Ha! Finally this no lying thing pays off! If only to get Toriel totally and completely wasted with her.]

That's what I've always said! May as well do it right. [And as promised, it doesn't take Lup very long to scrape the few bits of food she'd finished chopping up into containers to slip away for later. She'd been stress cooking anyway, she can come back and finish this anytime. For now, time to get their drink on.

The kitchen's incredible supply comes through again, Lup pulling out a dark bottle of rum before she's grabbing two glasses and moving to Toriel's side. Even after the emotional explosion earlier, the elf is feeling more light than she's felt in some time. So as she passes the other woman, Toriel gets an affectionate bump of Lup's hip to hers before she's guiding her out of the kitchen.] I'm still learning the layout a little, got a specific place in mind we can drink in peace?

[...Okay, that was a... weird little hip bump? Possibly kind of flirtatious??? It's hard to tell, but she's never seen that to be a normal casual kind of thing, so Toriel should-]

I have a girlfriend.

[...find a way politely make her disinterest in that known, but instead she just kinda blurted that out weirdly. Great!

Toriel's just going to clear her throat, and just start walking and answer her question and hopefully not leave much time to address that.]

Well, my best guess would probably be one of the tea rooms? There are a great deal of them and I think they are a popular choice for those wishing for a little isolation!

[Did she.... Was that seriously just...

Oh no, Toriel. Lup doesn't exactly mean to, but after the stress of the last few weeks and everything that's been going on, the elf can't help the way she bursts out into near-hysterical giggles, laughing like it's the funniest thing she's heard in weeks.

Which, y'know, it probably is.]

Ho. Ly. Shit. I wasn't hitting on you, sis. I swear. Just having fun. I didn't-- [but she giggles again, trailing after Toriel with their drink and glasses.] Look, I promise I'm not tryin' to get in on all of this. You're cute, but def not my type.

[She's a touchy feely kind of woman with the people she likes, but Lup can curb that if Toriel's not into it. No biggie.]

Tea room sounds real choice.

[Wow, she hates this!! This isn't the worst thing that's happened to her with this event, but it's probably the most humiliating.]

Yes, okay, I understand, I thought that might have been the case, but I wanted to make it clear just in case but trying to keep my thoughts in order and not do things like that is literally impossible right now. Like how I might have liked to leave this off at 'Yes okay'!

[She just, groans, face resting in her hands, looking up just to make sure she doesn't miss a turn as she starts walking down the hall of tearooms- going a fair distance before picking one at random, and opening it up to check that it's empty.]

These drinks really cannot come fast enough.

[Sorry, Toriel, but Lup's still giggling as they walk, the elf feeling lighter than she's felt in quite some time. Nothing in Wonderland has really made her laugh like this and she appreciates the chance to, even if it's at her new friend's expense. Before laughing had always come as easily as breathing to her, but lately she's feeling severely out of practice.

There's just not too much to take joy out of in this place. So she'll take what small victories she can when they pop up.

Still, the elf waves away Toriel's explanation.] It's chill. Don't sweat it. Just drink with me and we'll forget all of this happened. And trust me, there's no way this is the most awkward shit going down in this place. This is like level three. There's gotta be at least five level tens around here somewhere.

Awkward shit is relative. Still, let us just... get this started, hm?

[She steps over to a cabinet, looking through it a bit, before pulling out a pair of teacups, setting them down across from each other at a table and sitting down.]

Not the usual choice for drinking like this, but I suppose it is to be expected when you pick a tearoom as your venue. Hopefully this will be acceptable. Alcohol is alcohol after all, no matter what you drink it out of.

[Lup joins her, immediately opening the bottle and filling both tea cups, a few giggles still slipping through when the elf is finally grabbing for her cup.]

Finally, something we agree on. [Lup says it with a wink and a grin. She's teasing, naturally.] So how long you been around here, sis?

Nearly a year and a half, now. [Toriel sighs, and takes a pretty large sip from her cup.] It is pretty easy to remember the date. It is one of my children's birthday, after all. Or at least, the date they have chosen to celebrate as their birthday anyway. They chose to celebrate it together with the child I attacked.

I helped organize their party, earlier this year, to... try and make up, for last time. I think it went alright.

Shit. [It slips out without Lup even meaning for it too, her eyes widening. It's pretty worrying that so many of the people in this place have been here for such an extended period, isn't it? How long will she be stuck here, trapped with a brother who doesn't remember her?] That's a long time, but I'm glad you managed to make amends over the whole thing.

...Though it's kinda weird to think of celebrating birthdays in this place. Time doesn't really pass, right? So you celebrate a few years in here, go back, and return to the age you were before? It's so weird.

Not really. It did not solve anything between us. Every time I look at them, I cannot help but see the person that murdered me in cold blood. I told them so, earlier this event. So I am fairly certain any relationship there has been ruined.

[Toriel just... throws back the rest of her teacup of rum, and quickly reaches over to pour herself another one.]

I would not know. I have never gone back. And even if I did, I would just be dead.

[For once, Lup manages to keep her tongue to herself, not immediately asking for more information about the incident. It's clear Toriel doesn't want to talk about it and so the least the elf could do would be to try and not force her to talk about it.

Though the other topic at hand doesn't sound any more pleasant.] Yeah, there's a lot of us dead folks around Wonderland, huh?

Yes. Like both of my children.

[Oh wow, hey, would you look at that, Toriel's cup is empty again, time to pour herself another one.]

I am beginning to think this was a terrible idea.

[Wow, is it awkward in here or is it just Lup.]

Y'know what, I'm deffo in agreement. Maybe we should just split up and come get drinks together when this shit isn't happening.

Yes, that seems like it would be for the best.

[Toriel just sighs, standing up and starting to make her way towards the doorway while she still can.]

Really, I would prefer to just leave, before I wind up mentioning more unpleasant facts. My life is just full of them, like the many other dead children, or my ex-husband who murdered those children, or how I sold numerous memories to Wonderland's vendors.

[...She was so close to just walking out, when that spills it's way out of her mouth. The first two are deeply unpleasant, but they're not exactly secrets. That one, though, is something she's never told anyone and didn't plan to tell anyone, and Toriel is just kind of... frozen in place at the door.

At least until she punches the wall hard enough to leave a hole in it, anyway.]

I hate this event.

[Lup honestly doesn't need the effect of the truth event to answer honestly.]

Doubly. Doubly hate everything about this.

[The truth pouring from Toriel's mouth is just awful. Dead children, a murderer for an ex-hubby, and the fact she'd given away more than one memory to this place in exchange for something. It's not at all what Lup had been expecting to her--and the surprise is easy to read on her face--but the elf jumps to her feet and grabs the bottle of booze, quickly attempting to back away.

She wants out. Keep your mouth shut, Lup. Don't say a word.

She hums, loud and awkward, as if trying to keep her mouth from opening.] Mm-mm-mmMMmmm...

I really want to burn down this entire mansion right now. I am not going to, but I want to. And don't you even start calling me a hypocrite, I would not be saying that at all if Wonderland were not forcing it out of me.

[Toriel could see Lup doing that, and she doesn't want to hear it. She doesn't want to hear anything else, because right now, the only thoughts running through her head are variations of 'Fuck Wonderland' and 'I hate this event', and she's already said that pretty nicely so she's just going to try and take the opportunity to leave before anything else comes to mind.]

[The humming just goes louder] MMMmmmMMM-MmmmM...

[But really, Lup is all too ready to make her escape before she's finally dragged out into answering against her will, the elf unable to catch herself.] At least you're not trapped between wanting to punch out your bee-eff-eff or make out with her.

[Time for her to die.]

No offense but I think that possibly selling pieces of my SOUL by mistake may be a bit of a worse issue. Not that I do not sympathize, that sounds rough.

[She really didn't want to make it into a contest, but unfortunately the first thought that pops into your head that's immediately forced out isn't always the nice or polite one.]

[Naturally, cause this place wants them to die, Lup's response pops out before she can stop herself.]

Debatable. [Nope. Nooope. She's out. The elf just grabs the bottle of booze and high key runs out of the room. She's done. This event can go fuck itself.]

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