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virtualmemespace2016-06-21 09:22 pm
loregasm) wrote in virtualmemespace2016-06-21 09:22 pm
the epistolary+ meme
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a written word has to be worth ten thousand spoken ones. Right?
Every thread starts with a written (or typed) conversation. Where it goes from there is up to you.
HOW TO PLAY:
- Comment with character. State your preferences - shipping permissions, what your character might write letters/notes/etc about or be written to about, any other pertinent information.
- Comment to others. Play whatever first comes to mind, or RNG .
- Prompts 1-4 aren't medium-specific; they can be letters, emails, PMs, or any other form of text communication.
- Have fun and play nice!
PROMPTS:
1. Pen pals. Usually an arrangement between two strangers to improve foreign language skills or cultural awareness, but the internet has opened up a whole new world of text-based, long-distance friendships, too. Can be assigned or voluntary.
2. Business correspondence. Friendly social calls are nice, but right now it's expertise you're calling on. That doesn't have to be the end of it, though! Maybe you'll keep talking after the job's done.
3. A big fan. You think you know the person you're writing to pretty well, but they don't know you. Better write this carefully so you don't sound creepy.
4. Far from home. Writing to keep in touch with people you can't see in person - how romantic! But letters can take a while to get to their destination, so there's no telling what's happened since this one was sent.
5. Post-its. Popular with housemates and coworkers, a sticky note with a quick message can be helpful in a pinch...or a vehicle for passive-aggression. The key is to not be there when they read it.
6. Texting. The short and fast version. Instantaneous messages make texting a little more like holding a face-to-face conversation, except...not face-to-face. It's also pretty easy to hit the wrong person with a careless text.
7. Ad posting. One character put up an ad - in the newspaper, on a local bulletin board, on street signs or power line poles. The other is answering it. Was this call for help practical, or bizarre?
8. Forums. Slow conversations done fast. Threads, if not the entire forum, usually revolve around a specific topic, and opinions can run loud and stubborn - flame war, or nerd jam session?
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i wish there was something i could do to help, bro.
y'know
other than the trip.
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I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU'RE A TRAINED HYPNOTIST?
ONE OF MY CLASSMATES WAS TELLING ABOUT HYPNOSIS. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GREAT WAY TO ACCESS REPRESESSED MEMORIES. THEIR MOM SWEARS BY IT!
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dad isnt either
dont you think hypnosis sounds kinda silly?
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IT WOULD FIT RIGHT IN WITH OUR STRANGE, SOAP OPERA LIVES!
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO LEARN IT.
WAVING A SHINY OBJECT, SAYING A FEW WORDS, AND MAKING PEOPLE CLUCK LIKE CHICKENS???
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how would cluckign like a chicken help?
look, bro.
i'm sure we'll find a way to help you find those memories.
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BUT THANK YOU, BROTHER.
I DON'T DOUBT IT'LL HAPPEN!
EVENTUALLY.
I JUST WANT TO SPEED THE PROCESS UP.
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hey, no prob, bro.
...
maybe there's one memory that'll unlock the rest, and once you find that one, everything will fall into place.
have you remembered anything lately?
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AND, WELL... I DON'T KNOW.
BACK WHEN YOU WERE A SCIENTIST... DID YOU WEAR A WHITE LABCOAT? NICE CLOTHES?
I TRY TO REMEMBER BACK THEN, AND IT'S VERY PHOTOGRAPHIC. LIKE A STILL SHOT OF YOU. GRINNING AND DRESSED UP. FACES I CAN'T MAKE OUT, ALL AROUND YOU.
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...
. . .]
yeah, i did.
that sounds like the first day at the lab with dad.
you took so many pictures.
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WHAT!?! REALLY?!? OH MY GOD!!!
[So far, everything he'd remembered didn't seem like memories Like the other ex-skeletons would say something, and his mind would connect the pieces to make up a story like that, or he'd say something without knowing why. But this...]
SANS!!! I REMEMBERED SOMETHING! WITHOUT ANYBODY PROMPTING IT!!!
WAS I REALLY OUT OF PLACE? THE ONLY NOT-SCIENTIST AROUND???
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uh, you weren't as out of place as you could be.
we sort of grew up around that lab, dad would take us to visit, or we'd meet him there after school.
[...]
i wonder if we were born in that lab.
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HMMM. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE ON TO SOMETHING. THERE PROBABLY WEREN'T A LOT OF LABS AROUND! OR I WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT OTHER ONES, AT LEAST???
THAT'S REALLY FULL CIRCLE. WORKING IN THE PLACE YOU WERE BORN...
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...
are you intimidated by me?
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(THAT WAS RHETORICAL, DON'T TYPE A RESPONSE YET.)
THE ANSWER IS YES! YES, I AM! AND WAS???
AND THAT, RIGHT THERE, IS WHY!
HOW DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT SO QUICKLY???
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what else was there to be intimidated by?
its the logical conclusion
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MAYBE I WAS ENGAGED IN SOME EPIC JAPERY COMPETITION WITH SOMEBODY THERE.
MAYBE THERE'S VAST VISTAS OF POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS... BUT YOU JUST RULED THEM ALL OUT!
YOUR 'LOGICAL CONCLUSION' IS TOO OPEN-AND-SHUT.
AND YET, YOU'RE RIGHT!!!
MY LITTLE BROTHER... BUT I'M ALWAYS THE ONE GOING TO YOU WITH QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN BE BOTHERED TO ANSWER THEM, WITHOUT MAKING A JOKE, YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT!!!
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and in all honestly?
sometimes the logical solution isn't the one we need
sometimes we need a creative one
you've always been better at that than me, being creative, seeing things in ways i just... can't
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I HARDLY KNOW HOW TO REPLY TO THAT!
HEARING ALL THAT FROM YOU MEANS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY.
I KNOW I AM VERY COOL AND CAPABLE, THAT'S NEVER BEEN IN QUESTION. BUT IT NEVER HURTS TO HEAR SOMEONE ELSE CONFIRM IT!
AND...
BROTHER, PLEASE DON'T GET DOWN ON YOURSELF ABOUT WHAT I SAID.
I WOULDN'T FEEL THE TEENY, TINY, HARDLY MENTIONABLE FEELINGS OF INTIMIDATION... IF I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
YOU ARE VERY SMART! AND CAPABLE! IN YOUR OWN WAYS!!!