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Missrecalled Mods ([personal profile] missrecalled_mods) wrote in [community profile] kingdoms_of_auradon2023-06-16 10:37 pm

Stronger With Those Daddy Issues

Waking to bird song isn't exactly shocking in Auradon, but it seems... louder than usual on the first morning of the event. And there is a reason for that. Auradon has been visited by a rather large flock of Golden pheasants. An odd flock as experienced birders might notice there are only the brightly coloured males in evidence. But there isn't much time to think about that because with them comes... a complication.

Now this is Auradon, of course, so the only mess the birds are dropping are bright colourful feathers. But the feathers, like the flowers last month randomly trigger a memory. Once again the memory shows in 3D, looking the most solid to the one who touched the feather - and unwittingly contributed the memory. No one can interact with it, and no matter how solid it looks, the figures and places and things in the memory can be walked through with ease. Well, physical ease, anyway. The memory, once again, will not be from the perspective of the one it belongs to; they and their companion or companions will be observing from a third party perspective, thus allowing a person to see their own face in the memories without the aid of a mirror.

The memories this time are memories of fathers and paternal figures. Generally good memories. After all, this is Auradon.

If one interacts closely with the birds or their feathers they might also have strong vivid dreams of their paternal figure. Again, genrally happy dreams given this is Auradon. While the birds will fly away after two weeks, and the feathers will lose their power to share memories at the same time, for every day spent handling the birds or feathers during the event, the character might have up to that many day of intense dreams after.
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2023-08-09 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Alright," she said softly. "And it is fine. Emotions do not always follow logic. I am glad we are talking now, my friend."
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[personal profile] cheep_soongbird_knockoff 2023-08-10 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I am too," they replied quietly, rubbing at their face again as they continued to rebuild their composure, considering the memory they'd caught a bit of as they did. "Tell me something else about your Master?"
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2023-08-10 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Alright. What do you want to know?" she asked, offering a tissue.
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[personal profile] cheep_soongbird_knockoff 2023-08-10 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Rren took the tissue and then shrugged. "I do not know. Whatever you want to share about him?"
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2023-08-10 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Everything," she admitted with a smile, looking out at where the memory had been playing. "I wish you all had gotten the chance to meet him. He was..." a deep breath as a tear rolled, "one of the most extraordinary people I have ever met. The concepts I try to teach, h alway could teach so easily it was like you always knew it. He had an endless supply of patience. In one set of memories there were nearly a hundred of us, more kids than teachers. He wasn't the only teacher on the isle... but he was the main one, and he was the one who found us... who took us in. Helped match us to the best mentors, and those who would become our dearest friends. Made of us all a family. In the other sets of memories... it was just the three of us for a long time until Ven arrived. People visited sometimes, and sometimes we would take trips to worlds that were safe for us to visit. But he was the center of our universe. He never wanted to be, but he was. I think Terra and Ven would hav done anything, and I mean anything, for a word of praise from him. And it isn't that he gave that sparingly, quite the opposite. But still... when he said you had done well, it was one of the best sensations and you knew you earned it. Always honest, always fair, always doing his best for us." Another tear.

"No matter the set of memories, that was true. He always did his best for his students. Loved us. Wanted us to grow strong, and to grow together."
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[personal profile] cheep_soongbird_knockoff 2023-08-10 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Rren listened intently and then nodded. "I am glad you had him," they said after she had finished. "I think you certainly have his patience."
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2023-08-10 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Thank you. And... I try. I know he wants me to be my own person, but a lot of who I am was shaped by him, and I will never allow myself to lose that."
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[personal profile] cheep_soongbird_knockoff 2023-08-10 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
Rren nodded. "I know what you mean." And how could they not?

As much as he was the source of their current conflict, hadn't H'Naal both influenced them and allowed them to be their own person? Ugh. No matter how long they had them in full force, emotions did not get easier to understand.
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2023-08-10 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Would... you like to see more? Or share?"
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[personal profile] cheep_soongbird_knockoff 2023-08-10 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Rren shrugged. "Only if you want to. Even if it is good to see memories, I can only imagine that it is also emotionally draining."
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[personal profile] aquawayfinder 2023-08-11 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
"It is, but it is worth it. The way these hub worlds work, this is probably temporary, so I can rest" meditate and spar "after."