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the pines mods. ([personal profile] officialnotice) wrote in [community profile] intothepines2019-03-31 09:29 pm
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false memory plotting repository

FALSE MEMORIES PLOTTING


Welcome to the Wayward Pines false memory plotting repository!

What's that, you ask? Well, it's essentially a dump for false memory plotting from this point forward - kind of like a CR meme for false memories, except this post will be pinned to the OOC comm, and will be linked in every OOC intro. There is no such thing as 'too late' to this meme!

How do false memories work in The Pines?

Strangely enough, as new characters begin to regain their memories, they also “regain” memories of life here in Wayward Pines. Maybe they rode their bike down this street as a kid. Maybe that park was where they had their first kiss. Almost unanimously pleasant, these memories are entirely at odds with everything your character knows (or thinks they know) about the life they led before Wayward Pines, but at the same time, these memories feel so real. Seeing the objects or people featured in the memories gives your character that same warm nostalgic feeling they’d feel if the events they’re remembering actually happened.

As new characters arrive, veteran characters can simply 'remember' false memories with those new characters, with the general IC feeling that they'd always been there but only now came to the surface.

For more info on the false memories mechanic, be sure to check out our FAQ!

How do I use this page?

It's simple: Create a top-level for each of your characters (or a collective top-level for all of them). Others reply to your top-level if they want to plot false memories with you. Alternatively, you reply to others' top-levels for the same reason! Think of it like a neverending CR meme specifically dedicated to cozy suburban memory-fuckery.

Things you might consider including, if they strike your fancy:
  • A blurb about your character's fake-life (as sparse or as detailed as you'd like).
  • A summary or list of the false-memory CR you've plotted out so far.
  • A false memories 'wish list'.
  • False memories preferences, if you have any. (For example: "Only looking for positive false-memory CR right now!")

We strongly recommend putting the info in a post on your character's journal and linking that post here rather than putting the info right in your top-level. That way you can edit and update that information as needed, as your top-level can't be edited once it's replied to!
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[personal profile] takenalive 2019-04-02 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah Alloran would just grow and dry things that smelled and/or tasted good. Your hibiscus, your chamomiles, your mints. Somewhere there's a greenhouse for tea and coffee plants.

The idea of the memory au just having one (1) andalite and this going barely remarked on is like so appealing? He would have been born during the Great Depression even. Alloran had a high rank but I'm inclined to say his au wouldn't climb so far.
ouzel: (Cassian 64)

[personal profile] ouzel 2019-04-02 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
somewhere deep down Cassian is *aware* that aliens exist so he'd be like "yeah that dude was there, what about it?"
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[personal profile] takenalive 2019-04-02 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
None of the cognitive dissonance or the "why am I so chill about this" lol

Alloran has some inclination towards covert things where he takes someone else's shape. Of course the fact that he has to turn back every two hours does limit the usefulness. ...also at moving at high speed and having a bladed tail. hm.

What kind of military things did Cassian get up to?
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[personal profile] ouzel 2019-04-02 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG WELL in canon he was a captain and a spy so that...is probably where I'm going with that, negl. spy frands?
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[personal profile] takenalive 2019-04-02 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
yes!

can this involve a random memory of things going horribly wrong and having to book it out of the situation on andaliteback, possibly while firing back at whoever?
ouzel: (Cassian 71)

[personal profile] ouzel 2019-04-02 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
ohhhh yes definitely
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[personal profile] takenalive 2019-04-02 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
excellent! cassian can't hoof it at like 30 mph and alloran is vulnerable to ranged fire and can't twist back around and shoot at things behind him.