Two muses walk into a bar(ain) Meme

[winterbolt]

Sometimes, being a muse is a tough job. Sometimes you're working around the clock, and sometimes there are times that you go months without even being noticed. There are even days when you have to scream at the top of your lungs just to be heard, and sometimes the unthinkable happens: you go silent for good.

Either way, it's generally pretty crowded up in the brain of a Mun. Have you ever wondered what it's like up there? ..Well of course not, it's your brain for goodness sake. I never said it wasn't fun to imagine though.

But sometimes? Your muses just need a chance to unwind, take a break, or even blow off some steam...

RULES (AKA Here's how this meme works!! Along with general info and whatnot, please read!):

-This meme takes place in a bar that is a sort of limbo that intersects the headspaces of every mun who posts here! Surely that means the place will either be extremely crowded, or pretty empty.

-Choose two-three of your muses and make a thread with one of their journals, with their names posted in the subject line. It is recommended that you type up a short intro for your characters so someone tagging in knows what they're dealing with.

-Tag into threads with two-three muses of your own!

-When tagging with more than one muse, there are two ways you can do it.

--ONE: Use both journals, swapping journals after each round of tagging.
--TWO: Choose one journal to be the primary journal, and just play both characters. Change the color of the text for the other muses attached to that journal if you choose this route!

-There isn't a right or wrong way to do this, just thread in a way that works for you and your RP partner! Feel free to have just one muse at the bar as well if you'd prefer one-on-one interaction.

-Feel free to choose from the prompts below to get a thread going, or come up with your own!


1. | Who's that over there? | You came to this place to meet some new people right? ..No? Well whatever, might as well mingle anyway. This place has a lot more to do than that dear_mun joint, if anything.

2. | I think we've met before | Oh hey, is that a canon mate over yonder? Better go say hi because if you're a lone-canon warrior in your game-thing, you may never see them again. ...If you're lucky they'll recognize you too, but AUs have become a fairly common occurance in headspaces as of late, so watch out!

3. | What's cookin', good lookin'? | Whether they're a canon mate or someone you've never met before, all you know is that is a very attractive character and you wouldn't mind getting to know them a bit more. What's wrong with a little crossover every now and then? People will ship anything these days.

4. | This drink, I like it. Another! | Looks like you're starting to get a little tipsy with your headspace mates over there. No worries, one of you has to be the DD right? ...well, just make sure you don't wander back into a brain that isn't the one you came from.

5. | You talkin' to me?! | Someone's starting to cheese you off good fashion, and if something doesn't happen soon the fists are going to be flying. Or maybe you've already clocked someone in the nose? In that case, you might wanna take it outside.

6. | Hey pal. Wanna trade muns? | You're absolutely sick of your mun and you wanna give him or her a piece of your mind. Maybe your fellow headspace mates share the sentiments, or maybe you're all on your own. Either way, something's gotta change or you're going to throw in the towel.

7. | Everything is terrible and everything hurts. | Wow. You aren't looking so good over there, buddy. What has your mun done to you? I'm just going to assume terrible, terrible things, and now you're just really upset about it. Someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on would be appreciated right about now.

8. | Wild Card! | Mix prompts or come up with something new to make up your own scenario!

-Have Fun!

Meme created by Chi (Winterbolt)

Comments

[waterfell]

[Ami's eyes linger on Kotomi a moment despite herself. She recognizes that John seems protective of the girl. It gives her a sour feeling.

Instead of stirring up more trouble, however, she simply takes a seat at the bar - beside John.]

[one_one_se7en]

[John stays silent, looking down. There was a reason he believed it, or wanted to believe in it, and try not to think it was in vain after the loss of Cortana. Kotomi stood just as silent, until confesses his reasons to think of that.]

I miss home.

[He comes to think, not even his canonical timeline would allow him to have that. Kotomi stays silent, not wanting to think of getting the same feeling if she's ever set into a game or storyline.]

[waterfell]

[In some ways, she's fortunate: she still has the planet she grew up on this time, she still has her castle, she still has places to go - even if she isn't entirely sure anymore which is home. John's admission makes her think of it, and she softens towards him, but she still has a warning.]

Even if you go back, you won't find it the same.

[one_one_se7en]

[His eyes close. It was a lesson that stung deeply.]

Nor yourself.

[Sometimes by what changed at home. Others, by what changed you.]




[Kotomi's head slowly turns as both the girl and John soften to eachother, in part surprised and amazed by the relationship. Seemingly capable of having as much anger, but just as well to regard eachother as close friends. They had gone through similar things. This reminds her of Kyou's first reaction, and Ami's brusque words ring true. They bonded not through dates, but through fire and fury.

She mutters something in a low tone to herself. John slowly turns to the small girl as he identifies French battlefields from Earth's first World War.]

"At first Krebs, who had been at Belleau Wood, Soissons, the Champagne, St. Mihiel and in the Argonne did not want to talk about the war at all. Later he felt the need to talk but no one wanted to hear about it. His town had heard too many atrocity stories to be thrilled by actualities."

[She finds herself quoting Soldier's Home by Ernest Hemingway. A short story that had been hard to read for her, something that usually never happened with her lightning-fast reading.

More because of the ending in which she fell to the same emotions of anger she regretted long ago towards her parents, and now even more by this. She holds her tea, silent.]

[waterfell]

[She recognized the quote, and Ami nodded, giving Kotomi a more interested look this time. The girl was well-read.]

That's how it is.

[She'd changed - willingly, arrogantly, slowly, painfully, and sometimes even without noticing it until something struck her and she found herself thinking: years ago, a year ago, months ago, I never would have done that or said that. I would have done this instead.

She was, after all, Water.]