Priority Log - Part 2

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Log 06 Priority (Part II)

Still the Big Screen Car

The last two weeks have been a busy time at FONY Records! Maybe you've been working diligently on your upcoming projects — or maybe you've been fighting the sense that something is wrong. That this life, whether it's better or worse than before, is not your own.

Either way, passengers will finally receive a new objective on their phones...

> Looking back is blinding.



From here on out, characters can regain their real memories. They can do so randomly, but the most reliable way is to work with another passenger: they will know that by touching foreheads (yes, headbutting counts) for pairs, or huddling very closely for groups, they will unlock some memories for one or all of them — of course, it also allows the other person to see and feel everything play out, as though they lived it themselves.

It's memshare time!

As passengers regain their memories, their AU lives will start to fade. Production crews disappear, texts from your parents delete themselves, your favorite coffee shop is suddenly empty... Because you can't have both.

At least one character will need to reject the AU in order for everyone to progress; there is no minimum comment count. Characters may go both routes, but should ultimately prioritize one for the AC Poll.

Remembering

As characters regain the memories of their real lives, all semblance of their fake ones will rapidly disappear.

And choosing to remember comes with side effects: passengers are overtaken by a fierce chill as the source of the cold finally presents itself. The shadows in the empty buildings around them start to stretch out. These shades collect in huge swathes — and shape themselves into sharp, spindly arms and fingers. They'll grab at whoever passes, leaving them cold and constricted, making it hard to remember what's happened and trying to drag them back into the illusions of the AU. However, when these shadows have manifested, they're also vulnerable: they can be dissolved by using a strong light, like a fire, flashlight, or stage light. Even sunlight will do the trick, but physically resisting the shadows will grow more and more difficult as they sap warmth from everything they touch.

For those less physically inclined, the shades have one more weakness: real, happy memories. By focusing on something that brought them past comfort, however small, characters can drive off the shades little by little.

This force controlling the AU clearly lives in shadows. Characters can weaken it by confronting these shades, in which case they will find themselves alone with their memories and a ghostly, empty city of Danaca.

Resisting

But maybe you don't want to remember—maybe your life in Danaca is too good to give up, and you'd rather have this even if it's not real. Unfortunately, once the illusion starts to shatter, there's no stopping the cracks from spreading.

Characters that don't regain their memories through contact with other passengers (whether intentionally or unintentionally), will still find their fake identities starting to fade away, but their real identities won't be able to fill the gaps. Instead, they'll find themselves... hollow. Devoid of personality, hopes and dreams. Empty.

...And in that empty space, something else might slip in. The steady collapsing of Danaca has left plenty of strong emotions and ghosts hovering in the air, and passengers might find themselves embodying a powerful current of despair or anger. Or perhaps one of the false denizens might inhabit them (Chadsef, anyone?). Contact with another passenger might also ignite enough memory to return their personality, but it might also give them the wrong one; they might start acting like someone from their memories instead, such as a childhood friend (or enemy).

Regardless of the scenario, there is one common thread: an innate desire for contact with other passengers. Though they won't remember why, passengers will eventually be driven to reclaim their original selves through memshare with other characters. Whether they get everything back before they leave is up to you!

OOC Notes

AC Check is up! The deadline to submit AC is December 1st, 11:59 p.m. EST. Please note this is a day extended as we've pushed the log back a day, AC schedule overall will remain as normal.

Memshare: To add a little spice, memories do not need to be limited by your character's canon point. That is to say, sharing scenes from your character's future will also count as memshare.

Continuing Memloss: Characters may or may not regain all their memories prior to leaving the car, player's choice. The memshare mechanic will no longer be in effect, however players are free to naturally regain memories over time.

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[shaft]

[ Claude's expression flatlines slightly at Dimitri's dismissal, even though he understands it. Sometimes you don't want your identity and interactions to just be a summation of your most painful moments. If Dimitri were the one handing out "sorry"s about Claude's childhood, he wouldn't want them either.

Sometimes it's enough that someone acknowledges what you've been through, and just soldiers on with you.

With his hands free, he ruffles Dimitri's hair. ]

Only because you asked nicely.

[ Then, his demeanour shifts, brows furrowing as he tries to figure out where to go from here. ]

I know that this—place that we're in isn't real. We're on a magical train... On a journey of self-improvement?

[ But beyond that, the details are fuzzy. He's Claude von Riegan from Almyra, and he left his home to come... Here? To Danaca?

He blinks at Dimitri. ] You and me haven't known each other for years.

[overruns]

[ As a royal, he should be more mortified that someone saw him at his lowest, weakest moment... but it doesn't bother him much. He's not ashamed of what he'd gone through, or how pathetic he was; if he gained anything from the experience, it was empathy. A new understanding of grief and suffering.

But every memory and emotion attached to Duscur is upsetting, unpleasant—he wouldn't inflict them on anyone, except that he just did. At least Claude isn't bothered too much, even going so far as to tease him for it, which he just frowns at in response.

He absently musses his hair back into place, slowly carding through his memories. ]

Right... We only first met in school.

[ Not that long ago, actually. It's hard to remember the exact details, but it certainly wasn't a schoolboy crush that he'd fostered for several years as they grew up together. They were certainly not on the verge of dating.

His old memories are sneaking back, but they don't erase the new ones. Embarrassing... ]

And we only really became friends on the train.