Event Log: Memories Past

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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
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► 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.

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[unphase]

[no, she's not okay.

if Jo touches Tinya, she'll see a remembrance of her own.

Tinya in her Legion costume, having an argument with a woman who can only be Tinya's mother, given the similarity in looks, both having the same black hair and blue eyes, only the older woman's gaze is stony and ice cold.

Tinya tries again. for the thousandth time. "Mother, can't you be proud of me for once?"

the older woman snaps out "Proud for what? That you and your little friends destroyed a moondome?"

she continues "You went off with this 'Legion' to embarrass me, admit it!"

Tinya tries to defend herself. she tries. "No, I--"

her mother doesn't let Tinya finish her sentence. "Admit it! You're no daughter of mine! Not anymore!"

Tinya turns away from the screen, tears running down her cheeks. "Fine!"

although it wasn't fine. there was nothing fine about any of this]

[knifecollecting]

[Jo knew that her relationship with her mother wasn't always the best and that there were those who had it much worse, but seeing it was always saddening.

Moondomes though, that was kind of sad. Hopefully, no one died.

She waits for the present to return and gives Tinya a worried look.]

[unphase]

[by some miracle, no one had died. it was a close thing, though, since none of the Legionnaires had access to breathing equipment.

as the memory fades and she comes back to herself, she sees the worried look on Jo's face and bows her head slightly]

...do I wanna ask what you saw?

[knifecollecting]

[Jo's relationship with her mom hasn't always been perfect, but she knew deep down that Ellen loved her. They didn't have anyone else.]

Your mom was yelling at you about a moon base?

[unphase]

[neither did Tinya and her mother, not for years. her father was an only occasional presence in her life. but her mother's plans for Tinya and her own wishes and aspirations were two different things]

...oh. That. [she wraps her arms around herself] Mother never understood my involvement with the Legion.

[knifecollecting]

[That's always rough. Jo might understand, but she's not going to push it.]

Parents are hard. They want the best. They don't always get it.

[unphase]

[probably for the best. she likes Jo, but she doesn't want to get into the really, really personal stuff. not just yet]

Yeah, I guess so. [time to change the subject] Your mom seemed nice.

[knifecollecting]

That depends on how you caught her. [She laughs, shaking her head. They were in good spirits that night, despite everything.]

I miss her a lot.

[unphase]

Oh. So she was--complicated? I should expect that. Everyone's complicated. That's what mother says. [and the key to getting what you want out of them is finding their complications and undermining them. or so her mother said]

I'll bet. It must be rough, being away from her. [not that she'd know. her mother was never satisfied with a single thing Tinya did. ever]

[knifecollecting]

People are people. That's how it works. [Everyone's complicated. Maybe don't undermine people, though, Tinya.]

All of us have people that we miss.

[unphase]

[she wouldn't. she doesn't. her mother tried to turn her into a mini-Winema Wazzo and it didn't work]

Yeah. [a pause, then said in a rush] I miss my boyfriend.

[knifecollecting]

[Jo doesn't have a boyfriend to miss. It makes her a little sad.]

Yeah. And you're never sure if you want them here or not.

[unphase]

[she's sad. she's sad that she misses him and sad that she's rethinking some things]

Uh-huh. [after a pause] And I kinda wonder if we took things too fast? I dunno.

[knifecollecting]

[Ah. Relationship trouble.]

Fast isn't always bad. [Just a lot of the time.]

[unphase]

[yeah, relationship trouble]

I guess not. But when we met, it was this instant connection. But [she looks sheepish] he kind of already had a girlfriend. And we kind of. . . started seeing each other anyway.

[knifecollecting]

[Jo winces at that revelation. Cheating on someone is not a good thing. Which, it sounds like Tinya knows that.]

And you knew that?

[unphase]

[she's kind of staring at the ground]

...yeah. I sort of caught them making out once. But he told me that it was only a--a physical thing.

[knifecollecting]

[Hopefully she continues so she doesn't see Jo's wince. Sometimes, men are dogs. Poor Tinya.]

It's not really my business, but he wasn't getting that from you?

[unphase]

[Jo Nah is Rimborian. Rimborians generally don't go for committed relationships]

No, it's okay. And not. . . exactly. Not at first. I made him wait. And he kind of goaded me into our first kiss.

[knifecollecting]

[Jo thinks that's bullshit. It's either a one night stand or a relationship that you stick to and respect.

Now she's a little mad. What kind of an asshole does that?]

He shouldn't have done that.

I'm sorry, I never got the notification!

[unphase]

[on Rimbor, all they do is one night stands or fuckbuddies. nobody gets into a relationship and sticks with it.

he hit her sore spot, her resistance to the idea of her mother running her life]

I. . . guess not? I mean, I wanted to.

no worries!

[knifecollecting]

[Jo thinks that sounds awful. How do you know if you really matter to someone?]

But you're second guessing yourself now.

thank you! <3

[unphase]

[on Rimbor, it means you stick around for more than one night. which, to Jo's credit, he did. she held out for a long time]

...a little bit. I guess? I've never actually. . . had a boyfriend before.

Re: thank you! <3

[knifecollecting]

[Hell, that would be rough. Jo remembers her first couple relationships being hard enough. This would just make things worse.]

Sounds like you went for the hardest one right out the gate.

[unphase]

[it was rough. it was nearly impossible to tell where she really stood with him because he never technically dumped his old girlfriend and she was stuck . . . not knowing for two months]

I guess so. It wasn't--intentional or anything. I just saw him and it felt like I'd known him all my life. Or was waiting for him.