+ Make the Most of Your Regrets +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Real side of the Mansion, anywhere.
When: January 12 - 15
Rating: Please warn for anything above PG-13.
Summary: As the Gryphon announced, there is an event. Everyone is now living as if one regret they formerly had no longer exists.
The Story:

Please post your top levels here and tag around! For plotting and a link to the bulletin board for more details, head to the plotting post. The FAQ is also there for any last minute questions.

Remember, you can only change one regret and your character is now an AU version of themselves in regards to how that would have changed them.

Have fun ♥

Comments

[entreats]

Hm.. I don't think so?

[ She's spoken to a lot of people here though. Probably more people than actual-normal-Ange really has spoken to, since this one is a whole lot more sociable.. ]

Maybe it was just once and I forgot. What does he look like?

[ssmisery]

Uhhhh, human-y?

[Of course Steven's only half-human, but he takes after that side. And how do you describe humans? They all sorta look the same.]

He's kinda short and roundish, I guess? I'm pretty sure you'd know if you met him, anyway, he's friendly like that.

[entreats]

[ Rather than taking offense at the way Lapis describes humans, Ange just seems kind of amused. She's smiling. She's met enough non-humans here to think this is pretty normal by this point. ]

A short and roundish human, got it. [ Said just a little playfully, because surely there is more than just one short roundish human here!! ] I figured he must be the friendly type to have been able to befriend you like that.

[ssmisery]

Hey, I'm friendly! I can make friends.

[Sadly, while the Crystal Gems are a good influence in some regards, "getting to know the people they're dedicated to protecting" is not a specialty of theirs... but Lapis is still friendly in a general sense, dangit!]

[entreats]

Well.. I guess you're right. We are friends, after all.

[ Definitely a statement she normally would never make unless absolutely necessary, but it's so much easier to do it without all of her usual emotional baggage. ]

Unless I just happen to be that good at making friends.

[ssmisery]

Honestly, it's just great to see you starting to come out of your matrix this much. I'm really happy for you.

[entreats]

[ She laughs. ]

What do you mean? It's not like I'm that antisocial, right? [ Except she totally is. Just not now. ]

[ssmisery]

[Lapis rolls her eyes. She can be nice about being blunt, but if you outright ask for her take you're gonna get it.]

Come on, you know you've always been kinda gloomy. I don't blame you at all of course...

[entreats]

Gloomy? Me?

[ Maybe she should be offended by that statement, but she doesn't even consider it for a moment - she's too busy being surprised. In fact, Ange even looks very openly and genuinely surprised to hear that word being applied to her. Especially since it doesn't seem like Lapis is joking. ]

Where did you get that idea? I mean, maybe I'm slightly introverted sometimes.. But there's no way anyone would call me "gloomy." Wouldn't I have to look like I was having a miserable time all the time for that to be true?

[ssmisery]

I pretty much thought you were having a miserable time all the time. That's why I said I was happy for you!

[Not only does she still remember the deadpan Ange, this version of Lapis doesn't really get it as well. Relatively happy people are jerks like that.]

[entreats]

[ Ange is just quiet for a moment, but her facial expression is obviously pretty puzzled. ]

I.. suppose there are some miserable times here when monsters start appearing everywhere? [ But as the question mark indicates, she doesn't sound too sure of her case here. ] But usually I'm doing pretty alright for someone kidnapped to another dimension, I think. Are you sure you're feeling alright, Lapis?

[ssmisery]

Of course I'm all right, I'm a gem. Are YOU okay?

[Lapis wrinkles her nose.]

I know there's supposed to be an event coming, but there'd have to be more to it than making people happy.

[entreats]

Event..? [ It's not really her questioning it as much as she's considering it now. Sure, there could be some event going on, but it doesn't feel like it's impacted anything on her end? She feels the same as normal, she can remember everything, so to Ange it feels more like something should be wrong with Lapis. ]

There's no way. Even if this was an event, what reason would I have to usually not be relatively happy unless there was some giant monster around?

[ssmisery]

[Lapis didn't even fully mean that seriously, because of course an event WOULDN'T just make people happy without some other horrible gotcha, but since Ange's going with it she gets onboard that train of thought. It is kinda suspicious, isn't it.]

You remember everything, right?

[That question never works. It is incapable of working, since nobody's going to know that they don't remember something, as Lapis knows full well. Oh well.]

[entreats]

[ She nods. No suspicious gaps in her memory here. ]

I just kind of lived my life, and then one day while I was having a day out with my parents, I somehow ended up in this place instead. I guess that was quite a while ago, since I've already been here for a while now.. But nothing about that sounds weird.

[ssmisery]

[Crud, there that is again, and now it's a lot harder to laugh off. Any remaining mirth has dripped away and now Lapis is just hella awkward. Maybe that's the kicker if this really is an event, making everyone suffer through uncomfortable social situations.]

So, uh... if I said that's pretty different from what you've told me before... would you freak out?

[entreats]

[ Ange raises an eyebrow. ]

I.. guess that depends on how different? [ There's definitely a small pause there after the "I", since this whole situation is pretty weird. Even by Wonderland standards. It's already making Ange think on what exactly they remember differently.

On the upside, Ange doesn't seem to be freaking out at the very mention of this, at least. (Yet?) ]

[ssmisery]

[Lapis hesitates, grimaces, then makes a sharp little exhale. She doesn't wanna. And they don't really need to discuss the specifics, do they? The point is made. Ugh.]

Pretty different! Man, if this is the event, I don't know if I even want to know what it is. There's nothing weird about me, is there?

[entreats]

[ That reaction sure makes her curious as to just what specifics Lapis knows that she doesn't, but Ange is also smart enough to realise that discussing those specifics is probably both awkward and just useless. If this is an event, after all, she should be returning back to normal soon enough...

Whatever that "normal" apparently is. The implications don't exactly make her excited for it. ]

I'm not sure. [ So instead she just answers Lapis' question, although it sounds like she has to think about it. ] You kind of seem in a better mood than usually? But I'm not sure if it's because anything has changed or you're just having a good day.

[ssmisery]

[Well, at least that's mild, but Lapis doesn't want to have to contemplate the possibility that she's been changed. And she REALLY doesn't want to contemplate whether she might have a change comparable to what she remembers about Ange. Dammit, didn't Wonderland just have an event like that a couple months ago already?

She throws her hands up.]

Ugh, whatever. It's not like we could do anything about it anyway. Maybe we SHOULD just go play board games or something!

[entreats]

...

[ She seems to be in thought for a moment, but then Ange nods. ]

Do you feel up for it? Somehow I really feel like playing some now. [ If not just to keep her mind off whatever she might be changing into later - or changing back into, really. But to this Ange both of those things feel the same right now, considering she has no idea what she used to be like.

So yes, she's 100% serious about that suggestion. ]

[ssmisery]

You know more about it than I do. I mean, no promises, but why not!

[There is always the chance she'll feel the need to start changing the rules again, but that's just part of the package. The important thing is they might as well do something instead of standing around being bothered by weird uncomfortable existential notions.]