Event Log: Memories Past

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone
What: Memory Share Event!
Where: All around the city
When: November 14th-20th
Warnings: Please remember to tag all warnings for memory shares!

Have you ever looked through someone else's eyes? Heard through their ears, spoken with their tongue? The gods have tried to teach some of you empathy, but it's time you learned the hard way, exactly what the others here have been through. For a week, every time you brush skin to skin with someone, you'll experience a memory of theirs: happy, sad, it doesn't matter. All that matters is that it feels real to you.

The first touch may come as a surprise- it lasts only for a split second but may feel like an eternity, where you're trapped in someone else's memory. After that, it could be more expected, and some may even figure out how to control it and share specific scenes from their past with others. Or, you might wear gloves and long sleeve shirts for awhile, nobody's judging.

Maybe curtail the handholding for awhile- or go right ahead, if that's your thing. After all, you never really know somebody unless you've walked a mile in their shoes, right?

► This log covers November 14th-20th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well
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► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If you die in a memory, you don't die in real life, but if you do die in real life please let us know here.

Comments

[unphase]

[Tinya has never seen anything of the sort, not even in her times following her mother around in diplomatic missions. she's from a world where science reigns supreme, but this seems to be magic. magic unlike anything she's seen or imagined before. she wants to pay close attention, to see how it works, but she's too captivated by the end result.

she assumes (she hopes?) that the troll woman means something to Kettara. she'd never allow such liberties with someone who wasn't very close to the family. which consisted of her and her mother. her biological father wasn't really in the picture]

That was amazing! Was it amazing to you, too?

[oldtonew]

[ Kettara frowns, turning slightly to face Tinya. Confusion is evident on her face. ]

...I don't understand. What do you mean?

[unphase]

[it doesn't matter for the moment what she meant. as soon as any contact is made, Kettara will find herself in Earth orbit, gazing at the weather control machines ringing the earth, a tall, bald man in a black jumpsuit with a white triangle emblazoned on the breast saying "More of these sickening contraptions! Weather control! The very idea! Are humans so perverse that they can't even tolerate their own planet's nature? Every new fact I learn about these creatures just confirms my opinion and gives me new ammunition against them!

So let the hard rains fall! Let the thunder deafen them! Let the snows blind them! Let the roaring winds pluck them from their feeble shelters and whip them to oblivion!"

what he doesn't see is Tinya and her boyfriend, Ultra Boy on approach to stop him. He gets as far as "And let the--" before Jo punches him in the face, using his ultra-strength and yelling back "All right! We get the flippin' point already!"

Jo's opponent only grins and says "You are strong, boy! I actually felt that! But you're so slow," and escapes using super-speed.

Tinya doesn't know what to do. he's moving too fast for the eye to see and as far as she knows, the man is halfway down to Earth by now. in the meantime, Jo has some recriminations for himself "Grife! Super-speed! And I had him! I'm stupid, Tinya, just plowing in as if one super-power at a time is enough to handle that maniac--"

but he doesn't see what Tinya is seeing. their attacker, on a direct course for the both of them. she phases to protect herself and tries to get his attention, "Jo! Invulnerability! Now!" as the man flies straight through her, hitting Jo at the base of his spine and sending both of them hurtling towards Earth.

Tinya's in a near panic. the boy she loves being attacked by a being with all of the powers of Superman with the intent to kill and she calls out desperately "Please be invulnerable, Jo! Please!"

and the memory fades]

[oldtonew]

[ It takes Kettara a long moment to remember how to breathe, let alone process the scene that came into her mind.

Eventually she clicks her teeth. Huh. ]

...I believe we shared memories, Tinya.

[unphase]

[and Tinya is wide-eyed, both at what she'd seen and what she's afraid Kettara might have seen.

she blinks rapidly, coming back to herself]

I--I think we did. What did you see?

[oldtonew]

You were in a great battle. A man was at your side. Your mate, I think?

[ Kettara scratches her head. ]

You fight well.

[unphase]

Did he have brown hair and eyes with a red and green costume on?

[if he does, that narrows down the number of fights she's seen]

Thank you. I learned self-defense as a little girl, but I haven't had to really fight since I joined the Legion.

[oldtonew]

Yes! You remember this moment?

[ What a curious bit of magic. ]

Your power is different than anything in my home. Do you face many such battles?

[unphase]

Yeah. Yeah, I do.

[it was her last battle with the Legion, right before she came here. right before she thinks she might have died]

Really? Where I'm from, everyone can do it. And, I did. The Legion was always seeing some kind of action somewhere.

[oldtonew]

Everyone fights, [ Kettara explains, in case that was in doubt. ] Otherwise they die. That is the way of things. But most fight with weapons, with an ax or a sword, or some sort of magic. I've never seen anything that could fly without wings.

[unphase]

Really? Most people where I'm from use guns or super-powers or their fists. Since coming here, though, I've had to learn how to use a sword. And flying's easy. Everyone in the Legion has a flight ring. That makes it easy to fly.

[oldtonew]

I know of guns. [ She doesn't like them much. ] Truly? Is it magic?

[unphase]

Guns make things easier, but we in the Legion depend on our powers and teamwork to win. [she doesn't like them, either] And yeah! But it's not magic, it's science.

[oldtonew]

A wise strategy. [ Kettara leans forward, intrigued. ] Truly? Your science is quite advanced!

[unphase]

It's worked for us so far! [and she hopes that it continues to work in their current battle] It really is. We have things that make this place's phones seem like nothing. We can travel between the stars. It's amazing.

[oldtonew]

I cannot imagine such things, [ Kettara admits. But she would like to. ] Have you been to many worlds?

[unphase]

[she grins] Have I! Twenty or more and that's before I joined the Legion. My mom's our planet's ambassador and she's really powerful. A lot of people listen to her.

[oldtonew]

Truly? [ Kettara stares at Tinya a moment, trying to imagine such a thing. ] Then you have seen many wonderful things.

[unphase]

[she grins in response] Have I! I've seen purple or green or pink skies, red sands, the rings around Saturn from Titan, one of its moons, gardens beyond describing. I've seen sentients of every shape, size, and color. It never stops amazing me. I wish my Omnicom was working so I could show you pictures.

[oldtonew]

I will have to imagine it instead. [ How beautiful. ] The universe is much greater than I had imagined.

[unphase]

I wish I could show it to you in person. You'd love it. And it is. It's amazing. So much stuff to see, so many people to meet. Maybe someday, they'll figure out a way to let us travel between worlds. That way, I can see yours and you can see mine! All of them.

[oldtonew]

[ Kettara brightens. ]

I would like that very much. You would be honored among my people. The others would gather to hear your stories.

[unphase]

[she beams in response]

And you would be among mine. [she blushes] And it's nice of you to say so. But, I've gotta say, your stories would be even more interesting to my worlds.

[oldtonew]

Your world sounds very different from mine, [ Kettara allows. She's not certain how she feels about going to a world where there are no orcs. But it sounds beautiful and wild, and it did produce a warrior like Tinya. Therefore it must be a worthy place. ] Perhaps - perhaps I could see it one day and decide for myself.

[unphase]

It probably is, but I think you'd love it. [none would hold the fact that she's an orc against her, not among the other Legionnaires. and that's the important part, as they've become her family over the past few months back home] I hope you can. I hope that we all get to visit each other's worlds once all of this is over.