Text Meme #1

[parthasgrovemods]

TEXTING MEME

Intermission

Months have passed since everyone’s arrival in East City, the caravan's tour of the continent has been a welcome distraction for many, and the flooding of South City is long forgotten but for others the anxiety about their homes and state of the land left behind is only increasing. While the apprehension of new arrivals grows with every day stuck without answers, the natives of this region are growing restless in other ways with return to the East. Whispers of “Festál” can be overheard, but any questions about what that is, exactly are met with coy smiles and promises of “You’ll find out soon, don’t worry.”

As the caravan moves back into the desert, the observant may notice swarms of flickering multi-colored lights moving along with them in the twilight of the evening. Those familiar with fireflies or lightning bugs will see a similarity if they get close enough to the fluttering insects, in order to identify them. Time passes with the swarm only seeming to grow in numbers, until one evening the caravan is forced to stop in the middle of nowhere and set up camp for the night.

The swarms fill the sky, lighting the encampment up like Christmas in a town square. The residents warn that these lights are sentient beings, truly more akin to spirits than insects, and should be treated with the utmost respect. However a character treats the firelights will have consequences, positive or negative, which may not be apparent right away.

One night as everyone returns to their tents for bed, it becomes clear that the firelights have invaded even those spaces. There’s no escaping them anywhere in the caravan, hope you can get to sleep with your new guests lighting everything up!

Midnight Texting

You awaken slightly disoriented, coming to your senses slowly in the temporary encampment. There's no immediate indication of what woke you, was it a sound or light?

New arrivals will find that they are laid out on a comfortable pillow of bright red velvet. A look around will tell you that you are in a tent of sorts that is currently functioning as a temple. Ylang ylang incense burns for the travel-sized figurine of a woman fashioned out of some kind of red marble. A voice in your head tells you that this is the goddess Abhiruca. Her equals, Ceannasach and Cuiristeach have brought you to Parthas, but Abhiruca says that she is here to guide you on the path of the righteous. What is Parthas? Parthas is paradise!

Strangely, despite the knowledge that you should be able to hear the thoughts of others, and send your own, it doesn’t seem to be working. Instead, what you find is that the sand on the ground fills with text before your eyes, as if the words are being written out in front of you.

You can’t see or tell who your recipient is, but direct it with an intended person in mind and hope for the best! It should work the same way as usual, right?

Misfires

... Right?

Maybe not.

You could work out that your intended recipient is not who responds, or maybe you're not their intended recipient. Perhaps neither of you figure it out and have an entire conversation under mistaken identities! Get creative, go crazy with it.

Misfires can happen any time to anyone, mix and match with TFLN, Word Association, Midnight Texting and more! Wildcard to your heart's content.

Word Association

It's possible that instead of a coherent message you find one word displayed before you. Does this pique your curiosity enough to compel you to respond? When you do, it should be with another word that you, for whatever reason, relate to the word first sent to you.

Volley words back and forth, until one of you breaks the pattern!

Word Association is a common word game involving an exchange of words that are associated together. The game is based on the noun phrase word association, meaning "stimulation of an associative pattern by a word" or "the connection and production of other words in response to a given word, done spontaneously as a game, creative technique, or in a psychiatric evaluation."

GUIDELINES
① post with your character's name & series.
② include a word of your choice and optionally the definition in the body of your comment.
-- visit the random word generator if you need help!
③ other characters will reply with the first word their character associates with the one you chose.
④ continue back and forth until one of you just has to know the story behind an answer.

TFLN

Everyone wakes up the following morning even more disoriented. Those familiar with the feeling will recognize it as a hangover. Did you party last night, were you drugged? You might remember the strange activities of the night before, or you may not. Perhaps you know exactly why you feel the way you do, and maybe it’s just a simple matter of not getting enough sleep after waking in the middle of the night. How long did you stay up?

Either way, you wake up to messages. More messages. Responses to your previous messages, even if you don’t remember sending them, in the first place. Better get back to those texts from last night!

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Comments

[thyarchon]

The heavens here hath a beauty some seem unused to beholding the majesty of.

I have books on the constellations and their tales if you care to borrow them.

[warnotlove]

it's kind of weird how different worlds have different constellations, but it makes sense right? Even back home the same stars told unique stories depending on where you came from.

Honestly, that sounds awesome, yeah. Yeah, I'd love that.

[thyarchon]

And yet there are constants amongst the themes of them, and from such do we oft find common ground betwixt us.

Of course, I am difficult to miss when standing if you want to come by. Though I may be in conference with the stars at the behest of someone seeking aid in their fortunes, I will gladly speak of the stars with any who enjoy such sights as their warm regard.