personavelvetroomdr | [EVENT] Memory Tapes

On the morning of November 21st, denizens in the Velvet Room will awake to a message on their phones or by their bedsides in an envelope. Perhaps even on their computer screens.

Greetings! If you've received this message, then you've been selected as a participant in a new activity to strengthen bonds within this community. In order to facilitate connections with your fellow residents, we advise you to watch this video. Watch it and return the tape to its rightful owner. If you lacked the means to watch VHS tapes before, we have provided you with the necessary equipment. Failure to do so may put your own memories at risk. Do not be selfish, lest you find yourself struggling to recall crucial moments of your life. You have no way of knowing which memories have been shared, so ask yourself if it is worth the risk to selfishly hoard another's secrets.

They will soon find a VHS tape, with a case that gives off a soft, blue glow to symbolize its importance. If they lack a TV or VCR, they will find one in their living space.

What they do is up to them, but they should heed the warning, if they value their own memories.

[For links to characters' memories, please see this post in the OOC comm. Have fun!]

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Cool motive, still bullshit. I'm not exactly looking forward to finding out who got to see my memories... nor the fact that I'll lose them if they decide not to return them.

There's a brief pause.

... Ah. That is... unfortunate. Not unexpected, sad as it is, but that means we need to move fast. I hate that we're putting this on her. She doesn't deserve any of it. I once again have to question the point of us being here if we can't help one another. Not really.

yeah, well fuck that i'm not putting it on the network but you and she'll be the first to get the thing i can do now i'm a phantom thief, god dammit, rules are things that happen to other people and i don't give a single shit about igor's

... What are you talking about?

demonology 101: with the right squiggly lines and a blood sacrifice, you can summon any demon with a name. a lot's changed in the past few months and i'm done with half measures and empty platitudes

I see. Though, Phoenix, I doubt a blood sacrifice to summon you into her world will make her happy either.

It won't. But she'll have the option, if she can't handle what's coming herself. Whether she wants anything to do with me after this or not, I'm not letting her leave without arming her with every tool I possibly can to save her mother. what about you, though how are you holding up, I know this has to be rough for you I didn't get one of yours, but if you need to talk

I see your point. I don't know if it'll help, but I won't stop you. It's most important we let her know what's coming, and hope she won't hate us afterwards. Also you know how I feel about Igor and his great ideas. I fucking hate this, I hate that other people can see my memories, which isn't to say anything of how I'll lose them if some dipshit decides not to return them. I can't stand it. I genuinly hope, with every fiber of my being, that Igor explodes on the spot. Speaking of, though, did you want me to drop off the one I got at yours?

According to the letter, it's them who'll lose if they decide not to return the tapes, so at least there's that. You know you're welcome any time, Falcon.

Falcon blinks, before turning back to the letter- and indeed, it is as Phoenix says. How... had he misread it that badly? He-

No matter.

I misspoke. I know that. Anyway, I'll come by, then. See you in a bit.

And indeed, a little while later, Falcon shows up, ringing the bell. Under his arm is Phoenix' tape. He's trying his best to keep his expression neutral, but it's clear he's... a little disheveled, to say the least.

The door opened. And that was... concerning. "Hey, Falcon. You... look like you have a lot on your mind."

He stepped aside, to allow entry. "Talk to me?"

Falcon blinks, but he just... looks away, unhappily. "You know what."

He shakes his head, before holding out the tape. "Anyway- here," he says, "it's yours. I know you said you're used to it, but still- my apologies for the invasion of privacy."

"Why are you apologizing when it isn't your fault?"

He took the tape, gently. "Anything I'd be ashamed of is either common knowledge, or something I can deal with."

Falcon sputters a bit at that, but quickly recovers.

"I don't know. It just-" he makes a gesture with his hand, "-feels wrong. A Palace is one thing, but this is... I don't like it."

"It will never... not be bullshit. Reverein was like this all the time. You wandered when you dreamed, half the time you wound up in someone else's, or people drifted into yours. If you were lucky it was just some ordinary dream bullshit. If you weren't, your brain recalled something from your past and invited people in- or everybody saw it. In theory, you could control it, but I never got the hang of that."

He sighed. "You're not wrong, though. This feels... weirdly voyeuristic and uncomfortable, just in a different way."

"... Yeah." Falcon crosses his arms. "I don't know. I don't feel like I've bonded with anyone, I just feel like I've watched things I wasn't supposed to see. Not even by my own choice, at that."

"Fosters deeper understanding, I'm guessing is the thing." He sighed. "At least people here don't have the capacity to get so overwhelmed with self-destructive emotion they turn into big fuckoff monsters and start attacking everything in sight."

Falcon cringes. "Don't say that. You'll give them ideas."

He wouldn't even be surprised at this point.

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