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

[normandysbest]

[It's weird for her, letting herself go like this. Lapsing into something... messy, and uncoordinated. This person, here, crying in the arms of a friend, isn't what the galaxy needs, she thinks. She's used to being larger than life, to being dangerous, to causing problems.

Maybe she's still doing that now, head bowed, as she forgets the world.

It takes her a few minutes to stop, but she still doesn't let go, trying to contain her shame with a sniffle.]

Thanks. For letting me do... all that.

[forwearemany]

(Though it is ...disconcerting to see her vulnerability, were she to voice such thoughts, they would argue that she has a right to it.

When she stops, they're still watching her.)

You are our ally.

[normandysbest]

I mean yeah, but... augh, I want to say something about how that doesn't mean you need to put up with my bullshit, but that's probably a lie. You and everyone else on the Normandy have put up with more of my bullshit than anyone else in the galaxy.

[But she doesn't move away from them, not yet. Just stays here. And for once, she's not just staring at the ocean, wondering about what would have been.]

You're more than an ally. You're my friend. You and everyone else on the Normandy, you're-- my family.

[forwearemany]

(They don't move away either, despite how utterly bizarre this experience is.)

Yes.

(They continue watching her.)

Shepard-Commander. We enjoyed being a part of Normandy collective. Your 'bullshit' is not a burden to us.

(She was the first organic to openly cooperate with them, and the first to declare them her friend. They will not forget that.)

[normandysbest]

[She laughs just a bit, letting her shoulders shake, head tilted down towards the ground.]

Thanks, Legion. Really, I... thanks.

[She can't think of anything else to say.]

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

(Legion, on the other hand, has many things they want to say, but cannot articulate them, even in their head.

They think about the friendships they have made as a result of Shepard-Commander welcoming them aboard the Normandy, and chatter to themselves.)

[normandysbest]

[She chuckles again, and leans her head back down on their chest. This is nice. This is temporary. But both of these things are allowed to be true.

Shepard closes her eyes, focuses on her breathing.

This is gonna be okay.]