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seasonsooc2023-12-03 03:18 pm
PLAYER PLOT: attack on memories
Thanks to some selfishly-motivated shenanigans, Eren is going to use the Founding Titan's power to brain blast Ellipsa. Or…some of Ellipsa, since this is an opt-in event.
Affected characters will find themselves in The Paths (see above meme), a place out of time covered in white sand. Somewhere in the distance is what looks like a tree of light. No matter how much you walk, you won't reach it, it's always just in the distance/stretching into the sky. Normally this is a shingeki only sort of thing but thanks to Ellipsa magic, anyone can be affected!
What does this mean for your character? You have a couple options!
Option one: Memory share! This is pretty self-explanatory. Anyone nearby gets sucked into another person's memory! Both characters will be outside observers watching. These memories are not changeable. Other than that, go ham, see a lot or a little, try in vain to interact, whatever you'd like!
Option two: Idealised fantasy! Always wanted to hang out in the best possible ending? Now you can! Characters will find themselves living one of their fantasies. These are meant to be happy not sad or grim. Feel free to mashup your fantasies with whoever else gets stuck there with you. Whether or not your character realises they are in a fantasy is up to you.
Of course you can do both of the options above.
Option three is that this whole thing just doesn't affect your character and they go on living as if this wasn't a thing.
It's also up to you whether your affected character realises that Eren is the one who caused this. It won't be a secret, and since he'll be at least superficially connected to anyone in the Paths, that could work both ways. Eren will close this connection as soon as he realises what's been done, effectively slamming everyone back out into the real world. That transition will be abrupt and could be temporarily disorienting when your character wakes up.
Affected characters will fall asleep suddenly. The event lasts for one IC day, but since time in the Paths is completely meaningless, your character can feel like they were there for as long as you want. Hours, weeks, forever.
I'm aiming to post the event log on 10 December but I'm on UTC-8 time so it might be the 11th for some of you by the time I get it up.
This post is for plotting! Feel free to use the template below if you like.
If you have questions about the event, ask them here.
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Canon: Attack on Titan
Memories shared:
Happy Memories:
- A simple day on the farm: Marco when he was younger playing with his two younger sisters, Rowana and Viola, while he teases his older sister, Lucia, for having to help their mother.
- Training daze: Marco looks upon the cadet corps training era pretty fondly, so feel free to get a montage of moments where he's proud of himself/proud of others for their accomplishments.
- Good life: A more recent memory! Marco visiting Jean (
Sad memories:
- Marco's death: (CW: Graphic death, teeth/cannibalism, death screams, blood/gore ) It's probably better to link this. Basically, Marco is betrayed by his friends Reiner (
Idealised fantasy ideas: Anything where he got to live and join the Military Police or the Survey Corps!
Anything else: If you have any ideas, please feel free to hit me up!
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Since Hijikata has been friends with Jean for a long time, I'd really like him to meet Marco! I usually love to make his life harder, but he already saw some horrendous titans-killing-people incidents during the last memory share event (and seeing Marco's death would probably make a huge dent in his get-along progress with Reiner), so maybe he could see Marco's cadet days instead? That would allow him to see first-hand what a good friend he's been to Jean since they were kids!
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Yeah, no dents for progress! Marco himself is in the process of making things better/okay with Reiner, so he'd be upset if he inadvertently messed that up. He'd love to show Jean's progress through his eyes! Plus, there can be bonus Reiner helping them both out. For all the horrors of their world there were really sweet moments.
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I've been stalking you guys a little, and it's been equally rewarding!! I'm honestly so hyped to see what happens when everyone gets to live together without being caught up in a desperate war against each other! Seeing some of those good times from back home will make Hijikata understand the nuances better for sure.
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What happens is Marco kisses everyone. I KID but I think they'll all be really happy, plus I know we have plans to start unpacking some of the propaganda stuff they've learned. Like the fact that they're all child soldiers of varying severity (Paradis we thought was bad, then we got Marley's 'from infancy' Warrior program.) And absolutely! I'll write up a good scene/montage for Hijikata to see how complicated all these relationships got with how simply they started.
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Hijikata will see the 3DMG and be all "Ah shit, here we go again", but surprise!! There were some nice moments!