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

[outstandingbalance]

I follow the logic. Though seems like we'd have to be real lucky to look through the right mirror at the right time.

[Still, it's hard to argue the advantages of having a peep hole.]

How much of that do you have?

[mucked]

Not a lot.

I'd estimate there's enough for a few uses -- several, perhaps. More than two but less than eight.

[ five, actually. but she doesn't know it. ]

[outstandingbalance]

So not enough that you're in a hurry to waste it.

[They, as a group, would have only a limited number of tries to get this right.]

You have a plan for where you want to try listening in.

[mucked]

Otherwise, I would have already seen it tested. [ ... ] It's a gamble I admit. We can only guess at its use, yes, but I'd rather be disappointed in future than wasteful now. Provided I'm open to the possibility of that disappointment.

[outstandingbalance]

That still leaves the question of when and where would be worth taking that chance.

[Inclining her head slightly.]

[mucked]

I suspect we'll know that when and where when we see it. [ ... ] Most likely the next time we get a whiff of some agitation on the mirrors' side.

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha huffs, not presenting any argument to the contrary.]

Guess we'll just have to keep an eye open for when that happens, then.

[mucked]

All that's left to say, I suppose, is that if you see an opportunity arise? Do give us a call.

[outstandingbalance]

I know how to reach you. Provided you don't suddenly go home, I suppose.

[mucked]

Now, wouldn't that be nice? [ she means it, too. peggy is tired of this place and its games and its baited hooks. ] But, Miss Romanoff, do reach out if anything occurs to you. Hell -- reach out even if something doesn't.

[ it's not a bad idea to nurture these ties to her own world. ]

[outstandingbalance]

[There's a pause, and it's impossible to pretend in the moment that Natasha isn't considering her answer carefully.]

I'll keep that offer in mind. [She says in the end.] I could use it.

[mucked]

...That makes two of us.

[ who could use it: some measure of connection that isn't based on blood-ties or near blood-ties. something from home that isn't gummed up by both their reputations.

she lifts her thermos of tea and gives it a waggle. ] But -- I suppose I ought to be going before we end up saying anything else. We can save the insightful chit-chat for some moment when we're both a little more in control.

[outstandingbalance]

I'd like that. We can have tea.

[That's a good foot to start on, isn't it?]

[mucked]

...We can indeed have tea. [ she smiles. ] Good thing I've managed to acquire a taste for Russian Caravan.

[outstandingbalance]

Russian Caravan, hm. Well. That's a place to start, at least. I'll be in touch?

[mucked]

-- Excellent. And good luck out there.

[ a nod of her head toward the corridor before she heads in that same direction. peggy can't bring herself to smile, exactly, given all she's learned. but it occurs to her that natasha's not so terrible a source for this information. either it stings less coming from her, or maybe she's built up a few callouses against this future-information.

she pauses once by the doorway, looking back a moment. ]

I'm relieved one of you lot has got a head on your shoulders.

[ -- one of the avengers. such as they are. ]

[outstandingbalance]

Someone has to.

[Which isn't exactly to say Natasha has one, at least not naturally, but she's good at living up to the expectation so far.

Enough she can say that even now.]