weep not for the memories

[brushoff]

WHO: Everybody!
WHERE: all cities
WHEN: March 4 - March 6
WHAT: it's a catch-all log, sucka! Tag here and thread around for the Dorian Ruins Everything Guilt Extravaganza part of the overall March plot. Please check out this ooc post for details!
WARNINGS: Traumatic memories. Possible talk of murder, death, blood, other nasty things. I'll try to update if the warnings needed but please use content warnings if it gets super nasty!

It starts off on March 4th, the early morning before the sun's even risen. You know those weird mirages that were hanging around the day before? Well now it's getting a little personal.

These mirages come and go seemingly for no reason. They might stay for a minute, they might stay for an hour. The images vary between person but the unifying factor is that the mirages consist of people the player characters have hurt, whether people in-game or from their homes. Whether they murdered them, slandered them, or even had a petty little argument, the unifying factor is the guilt each character feels towards or about this mirage. After all, you know you hurt them somehow. You know their existence somehow makes you feel guilty.

Another unifying factor? The creepy way these mirages just seem to stick to you. They'll follow you if you try to leave, staring you down with their creepy unblinking mirage eyes. And whoops: everybody can see said mirages. Hopefully you're not being stalked by someone you and somebody else both know, wouldn't that be awkward?

Have fun confronting your traumatizing past and/or wondering why your buddy's got some creepy ghost guy following him, imPorts!

( ooc: this is a catch-all log! Make starters of your characters getting haunted by their creepy mirages, have other people react to said creepy mirages, ???, profit. Hit me up on the ooc post if you have any questions! )

Comments

[fourlevels]

[ Viktor's quiet for a number of beats, chewing thoughtfully on a strip of pork. His tone is softer after he swallows, using the voice that suited Yuuri best whenever he was close to a panic attack. ]

Well, answer me this ... Whatever it is you did back home, would you do it again here?

[sleight_of_hand]

[ Adachi let out a faint noise at that. ]

No, definitely not, even if I could.

[ ...which was probably a good indicatior that Adachi was hiding something involving his powers, but he didn't notice his mistake. ]

I... promised myself long before I ended up here that would never happen again.

[fourlevels]

[ If he could? He knew about that strange other-world since Adachi told him about, but he's not aware of any details about it. Viktor figures that's what he's referring to and decides not to ask about it for now. No point in pushing an already uncomfortable subject.

Instead, he just smiles like that was the answer he wanted to hear. ]

Then I have nothing to worry about.

[sleight_of_hand]

[ Him and his stupid drunk mouth. Then again, he probably would have blabbed about it eventually, given how he was prone to running his mouth. Still, Viktor's smile puts him at ease, and a small smile finally came back to his own face. ]

...thanks.

[fourlevels]

Besides, [ he continues, still smiling, ] you can make it up to me and Yuuri by coming to watch us skate!

[sleight_of_hand]

[ ...oh he walked right into that one. ]

Fine, fine; I said I would.

[ What next? Was he going to try to get him to skate? He was pretty sure he wouldn't like the taste of that ice. ]

[fourlevels]

[ He chuckles again. ]

For all that bluster you're putting on, I'll bet you'll like it.

[sleight_of_hand]

Well, I guess it doesn't hurt to check out new things.

[ ...he would probably like women's skating better, though. Hell, if the men could do some crazy things... ]

[fourlevels]

[ Mila would eat Adachi alive. ]

Come by any time then. We're usually there in the afternoons, though it might depend on the day. We take whatever un-booked sessions we can get.

[sleight_of_hand]

[ Just about any woman with a modicum of self respect would and does. ]

I wouldn't've thought ice skating was that popular in this town. Unless you mean you're going to a different porter city.

[fourlevels]

Oh, it's just a local rink here in Heropa so it's small, but it actually serves all sorts. There's public skating times for everyone to come in and enjoy, you can book them for birthday parties and all that kind of thing. Then there's also hockey teams too which is both game times as well as designated practice schedules. Since they only have standard business hours, it's actually a bit of a juggling act to have any consistent schedule with them.

I'm hoping when we get some bigger sponsors that the management will be more open for negotiations and contract some set times for weeks at a time.

[sleight_of_hand]

W-wow...

[ Guess who had no idea skating was that popular? This guy, right here. Adachi shoved some rice in his mouth, a bit of a sheepish look on his face. ]

[fourlevels]

What? What's that look for?

[sleight_of_hand]

Nophin--

[ He paused to swallow. ]

Nothing! I just didn't think anything involving ice would be popular in a small town like this.

[fourlevels]

But it's Florida, right? People want to get out of the heat into some place cool. What better place than an ice rink?

[sleight_of_hand]

...I guess that makes sense. I just always thought more people would go to the beach instead.

[fourlevels]

Oh, no doubt about that, you'll absolutely find more people there any day of the week.

[sleight_of_hand]

Eh heh... main reason why I haven't even tried to go yet.

[ Because no one wants to see a twig in swim trunks. ]

[fourlevels]

You mean to the beach? How come?

[sleight_of_hand]

Too many people around mostly. That and no one needs to see me in a bathing suit.

[fourlevels]

Why not?

[ Asked like it's the most innocent question in the world. ]

[sleight_of_hand]

[ ...seriously? Adachi sputtered a moment, his face turning red. ]

N-not all of us can have perfect abs and a perfect chest, you know.

[fourlevels]

But you'll be working out, right? So by the summer you should be fine.

[sleight_of_hand]

[ Adachi's entire face turned an embarrassing shade of vivid red. G-geeze...! The problem in objecting to Viktor's honesty here was it made him look like even more of an ass than usual. Instead he just shoved some more rice in his mouth, pouting as he looked away. ]

[fourlevels]

... What's that look for now?