[EVENT] Memory Tapes

[vrdr_mods]

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!]

Comments

[herewardbound]

"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."

[gorobo]

"... 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."

[herewardbound]

"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."

[gorobo]

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

He wouldn't even be surprised at this point.