maskormenacelogs | weep not for the memories

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! )

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

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

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

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

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

You mean to the beach? How come?

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

Why not?

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

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

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

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

[ 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. ]

Edited 2017-03-11 12:48 (UTC)

... What's that look for now?

N-nothing!

[ The thought of being out there, exposed, on a beach, with so many other people out there... all of his insecurities hit him in the gut at once, drawing a grimmace out of him as it let out a reprimanding noise at him. ]

[ ...this was seriously embarrassing. He never had exposed one person to so many of his issues at the same time. ]

[ Viktor just continues to look confused as something is still clearly bothering Adachi despite his protest otherwise. ]

Tohru?

[ Adachi let out a disgruntled noise as his body sagged. Geeze, he didn't know who was worse: Viktor or the brat. It must be a grey haired thing. ]

Don't know know you're supposed to get to know someone first before you drag their sob story out of them?

[ You're bad at Social Links, Viktor. ]

Ah, is that like don't kiss on the first date?

[ Adachi's expression fell at that one. ]

Something tells me you've broken that rule too...

Only because they wanted to break it.

[ Viktor's smile is as bright as always, but it somehow lacks ... depth to it? Like it's a smile meant for the paparazzi. ]

Edited 2017-03-11 17:36 (UTC)

[ Adachi raised an eyebrow at that. It wasn't that hard to miss the sudden change in his smile. Was he really that offended that he wouldn't tell him more about himself? ]

Now who's hiding stuff; what's that expression for?

[ He blinks. ]

Eh? Hiding what?

[ Adachi's chopsticks were pointed at Viktor again. ]

You can't flash me a showman's smile and not expect me to call you out on it.

[ Another blink of surprise (and excuse you, weren't you thinking that was rude when Viktor did it). ]

Ah, you can tell the difference?

[ It's especially rude when Viktor does it! Adachi pouted; like seriously, was he trying to test him? ]

I told you I'm a detective!

Ah, that's right, that's right. Most people just don't usually see the difference unless they know me pretty well.

[ Adachi couldn't help but have a brief, smug look on his face. ]

If I wasn't good at picking up the differences in people's reactions, I wouldn't be a very good detective.

[ He just wasn't very good for different reasons. ]

So? What's up?

Ah, it's nothing really. My love life was just a rather popular subject back home. Dates and kisses were usually caught on film or camera anyway.

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