riverviewooc | Player Event: Keys to the Past (Memory Sharing Event)

From October 9th to October 23rd characters will start to see memories of other characters. This can be characters they are close to, friends or acquaintances with, or even total strangers. Never finding out who the other person is may also be an option if dream memories are avoided. Memories can come at random or be prompted by something as simple as close proximity or a touch.

An RNG option will be available for people that want to experience this with new CR or don't know who to reach out to. Should you prefer to sign up for the RNG, please provide an example memory others may wind up viewing and comment to the appropriate header below.

At first, during the day on the 9th, your character may experience quick flashes of another's memory. Your character may see the memories of more than one character - although at different times. This will happen in first person as if they're experiencing the memory themselves - as the plot progresses they will be able to separate the memories, see more detail and work out which character they belong to (should you choose for that to happen).

As the days pass, these daytime flashes will become clearer and/or longer, making it easier for characters to understand what they're seeing or even possibly identify the memory owner.

Please note that while we're leaving it up to player discretion how much you want to use feelings, knowing other character's thoughts are a no go. Your character wouldn't be able to read the other character's mind in that moment, for instance. It's more like VR for the five senses than actually being in the person's mind.

Another option is to post a memory or have your character accidentally happen on another character's memories through the network. A video post that was never meant to broadcast, for instance.

At night your character may find themselves in a shared dreamscape with another character. In these dreams, one character will be watching the other's memories as the two characters stand off to the side like experiencing a virtual reality movie of said memory. These memories are experienced purely through a third person spectator effect. As invisible bystanders, neither character can interact with the dream/memory unfolding before them or alter the course of said memory.

The same memory may be shared with multiple characters at the same time if it is broadcast through a network post or a dream sequence.

Eventually characters are going to realize that what was causing this glitch in the memory system is the mechanics in charge of canon-memory updates. The machinery goes haywire, the nanobots start infecting people/their devices, and instead of characters getting their canon updated memories they experience memories of others. During this period a canister-provided canon update would not be possible, as the machine is down until a solution is put together and implemented. In order to canon update during this time characters would need to physically go home and return as mentioned on the AC Perks page.

Should you prefer to sign up for the RNG, please provide an example memory (and any relevant content warnings) others may wind up viewing and comment to the appropriate header below. Please consider using {<font color="#f7f7f7">this code</font>} to blank out content that may include extreme triggers or spoilers.

Please note that all memories must come from your character's canonpoint or earlier. The nanobots are not providing future vision as their functionality for canon updates is unavailable for this event. The only shared memories a character can offer that they do not have access to is in the instance of amnesia: your character does not need actively remember it for the nanobots to find it suppressed somewhere.

Here is a link to the Mission Post, if you're interested in signing your character up to solve the issue!

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Plotting post~ If you want to plot feel free to PM this account, or hit me up on plurk @ riamix.

An important note: Rey has had a Force vision before, and another person's memories will greatly confuse her but it'll make her think it's the 'will of the Force.' Though after a while, she will try to block out those 'visions' and find what's causing them.

So a few options for your characters to see!

1. Rey as a young girl being dropped off on Jakku and watching a ship leave. She's crying out 'No' and being held back by Unkar Plutt. This is one of the earliest memories she has of Jakku, being abandoned there.

2. Finding an old freighter and fixing it up, brief flashes of two other scavengers who help with repairs. A sense of friendship, but that crumbles apart when they're done repairing the ship and essentially steal it from Rey.

3. Rey coming back to the home she made out of an AT-AT (named Hellhound 2), giving someone a glimpse into the her home, and seeing the walls lined with tally marks. The portions she's given aren't all used. It's clear she has to ration her food, just in case of sand storms that force her to stay inside.

4. Saving a small droid, BB-8 from Teedo from being used as scrap parts and developing a friendship with them.

5. Rey's Force vision. All the feels form it.

There are otehrs, but this was what I had off the top of my head. If you have any questions, let me know!