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

[khajidont]

[ He frowns, thinking. A small crease appears between his brows as he thinks, absently picking up a pencil and fiddling with it just to get his fidgeting out somewhere. He's frowning like this more and more often over the past few years; in a couple years, he's pretty sure he's going to already have the beginnings of wrinkles. ]

Pretty detailed. [ It's Batman's. He's not going to rat Bats out or anything, but he knows how anal he gets about the small details. He's not sure if Max still has access to his files - considering Batman doesn't think Max exists, it sure isn't out of the question - but he's equally as sure that Batman didn't do the right thing and erase all of his files after Ted's death. ] It at least lists our weaknesses and our civilian identities, which means he'd have access to anything that's public knowledge. When it comes to our families, our homes... that can mean a lot.

[ And, of course, he's got knowledge of everyone's tragic backstories in the JLI. They were teammates. That stuff comes up. ]

We're talking some of the least accessible files out there - more on lock-down than some government files, I'd bet, but... I bet I could get in there. It'd be worth it, even if I'd get into - man, I don't even want to think about how much trouble I'd be in.

[incogneto]

[ He reaches a hand out to steady Jaime, placing it on his shoulder in a comforting manner. If it helps, he can't see any wrinkles, but the kid's like what, 16? Please. ]

I'll help you.

[ Hopefully before Tony gets into it and then gets into the business of outing everyone, too. ]

And your secret is safe with me.

[khajidont]

[ He looks up at Erik with a little smile. He didn't know what he wanted from Erik, exactly (advice? commiseration? just someone to talk to so that all of this wasn't rattling around inside his own head, driving him nuts?), but this is the kind of outcome he can live with. He still doesn't feel great about all that's happened, but he feels a little better anyway, a little bit of that tension unknotting from his shoulders. Spending days with people in horrible emotional states, chasing after a ghost, unable to contact anyone he's actually friends with to get all of that discomfort off his chest - that'll take a toll on anyone.

He'll still worry, but here, he can at least try to get back to normal - and sharpen up his techniques for when he inevitably has to go back. ]

Thanks, Erik, [ he says, and there's no hiding that genuine tone in his voice. ] I really appreciate it. Especially 'cause I, uh, kind of sprung it on you.

[incogneto]

[ If anything, that draws out a crinkle in Erik's eyes as he smiles, but only briefly. He claps a hand on Jaime's shoulder, and then draws him into a one-armed hug. ]

Keep me updated.

[ And let him know if you run into a wall trying to chase down leads. Because if anyone's done that and driven himself crazy with feeling completely alone and stuck in his own head, it's this guy. ]

If it helps, I'm glad you told me all this.

MUTANT DAD MENTORING HIS META CHILDREN A+++ CONTENT

[khajidont]

[ Jaime's too taken by surprise and, honestly, a little too awkward right now to actually hug back, but it's clear that it's not an unpleasant surprise - he does, at least, lean a little into it. ]

Honestly, I am too! [ He says with a sheepish sort of smile. ] We should probably get back to work though, huh?

IT'S TOO CUTE

[incogneto]

Yeah. Back to work.

[ Another pat on the back, and then he lets Jaime go. ]

Ready to go work on that ugly orange van? I think it hasn't been repainted since the seventies...