@ nice toy (locked to the non au'd folks)

[fursuit]

so you've all noticed that about half of us are totally fucked in the head right

best I can tell they think they've always lived here? in this world I mean. kinda hard to ask too much more than that without looking like you're the one that's insane but man

apparently they've also got backstories for all of us??? so how the fuck am I supposed to know that shit???

anyways. wanted to toss this out there for discussing and strategizing how to deal with this fuckin mess. I figure once we kill this kaiju they'll all go back to normal but

I dunno. be gentle with them. I know that's ironic coming from me but whatever

lemme know if there's anyone I missed to add to this filter.

(( ooc ; this is a discussion post about the people with au'd memories for those who do not have those memories! ending up on this filter is an icly handwaved process, so feel free to jump in if this applies to your character. threadjacking is very much open and welcome!

there's also a sister post for the au'd characters here, so if you're looking for that, go for it! ))

Comments

@litanytime

[mace_pray_love]

...we're sure they're the ones affected, right? i know what i remember, but out of the two, being here from another world is way less believable than having been born here. so how do we know?

[Sorry, someone is away from the reassurance of her Goddess shrine and feeling sad about two Outsiders she knew seemingly disappearing, and wondering if her own memories can be trusted after seeing how easily their team tends to get mind controlled.]

@timaeusTestified

[gavehead]

Stay focused. You know who you are more than anything or anyone else.

[mace_pray_love]

but don’t their brainwashed friends feel the same way?

i guess that’s true. nobody else can tell me who i am. so i should trust in my memories and try to figure out how to help the others. and if we’re all actually the ones who are confused, we just have to trust that they’re doing what they can to help us.

[baby steps toward exiting this existential crisis.]

[gavehead]

Consider this, wouldn't it be easier for something or someone else to brainwash people that they have been here all along?

Think about your life before coming here and how intricate and personalized it is, how different it is from everyone else here.

[mace_pray_love]

hey, that's true! if it was just one of us thinking it, it could be a weird delusion, but with so many of us with our own memories, that'd be way too complicated of a spell to keep up. the others all believe the same thing, and that would be easier to control.

[gavehead]

Right, and since we don't know what we are dealing with, we need to make sure we don't get distracted by all of this.

Everything you have ever known is truth. The last thing we need is more of us thinking otherwise. You got this, Jessica.

[mace_pray_love]

thanks, dirk. sorry i got stuck in my own head for a while there.

@durante

[followyourstar]

I've... had my doubts myself, but I'm sure. There are things that so many of us can do that just aren't possible in this world.

If that's the case, that power had to come from somewhere, right?

[mace_pray_love]

that’s true. nobody else has powers quite like mine, because they come from my Goddess. so my memories of her have to be real too!

[followyourstar]

Exactly.

We've got evidence that we are who we say we are, so don't let go of that evidence, okay? You're still you.

[mace_pray_love]

right. I can do that.

thanks.

@Gisei

[harboredfeelings]

You're over thinking it. Relax.

Memories are easy to manipulate, things like our powers and various different species are much less so. If any of us originated in this world then there would be magic users and giant robots every five steps.

[mace_pray_love]

forgive me if i don’t leap to trust your advice, ms. priestess of yzak!

[harboredfeelings]

Get over it. We're on mission right now.

[mace_pray_love]

you can't go around lying to everyone and then just get to decide when people should trust you! you have to be reliable all of the time, otherwise people won't be willing to rely on you when you really need them to.

consequence? in YOUR actions? it's more likely than you think.

[harboredfeelings]

I don't need your trust to do my duty, girl. All I require is for the rest of you weaklings to keep your heads in straight.

So get your shit together and save the preaching for when we're not in the middle of a potential battlefield.

[mace_pray_love]

if you can't understand that trust matters on the battlefield, then there's no point in me talking to you.

give me a shout if you get hurt and need healing, otherwise, i have nothing to say to you.

@goddess of death

[queenofkur]

The question has merit.
However, you are going about it the wrong way.

Our purpose is to safekeep the humanity of this world.
Our origins are ultimately irrelevant.
So long as we do that, the kaiju shall be vanquished and the illusion dispelled.
The answer will come naturally then.

[mace_pray_love]

you're right. the best thing to do is keep moving forward. we all agree that we need to defeat the kaiju.

[fursuit]

huh??? yeah I'm damn sure

being from a parallel world sounds crazy but it's possible. just rare. that was true for me back home and it's true here

take it from the resident god yeah? since no way I was born here. wasn't born at all

[mace_pray_love]

[Well, if there's one thing Jessica is good at, it's believing in a god.]

as long as you're sure. so then, how do we fix them? if it's some kind of curse, it's way too strong for me to break on my own.

[fursuit]

well last time this shit happened we just killed the kaiju and bam all better

that one was a lot more violent though so probably worth being careful so that flip doesn't get switched. if it's even a thing

pretty sure people actually died in that case

[mace_pray_love]

you think our friends might try to hurt us?

i'll be extra watchful. if i do my job properly, you won't have to do yours.

[fursuit]

maybe? they seem more laidback this time but I wouldn’t put it past them either. like they’re still them so if they think we’re the threat I figure they’d take care of it

ugh

I hate shit like this like just point me at a big monster to fuck up instead

[mace_pray_love]

at least when it comes to confronting the kaiju, i think we're all in agreement

[At least until some Outsiders decide to make it a peace mission instead of a battle, RIP.]