REMEMBERING

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remembering

what's up?

As more students come into possession of and unlock their cicada shell stones, it's becoming clear that these little rocks can potentially piece together just what's happening, and what happened once upon a time, at Peckenpaugh.

how this works!

⬥ This post will serve as an ongoing hub for all cicada shell memory returns, whether they were requested here or in the dropbox.

⬥ We will work as quickly as possible to bring you a satisfying resolution to your cicada shell. Please bear with us as it's a lot of writing!

⬥ You can request to return your cicada shell either here or via the dropbox. Either way the result will be posted here! We will link you to it once it's done.

⬥ To return a memory here rather than the dropbox, comment with the proper account under the "RETURNED MEMORIES" section. Let us know who is accompanying you, if anyone (you can do it alone), a date you'd like to try ideally (we maaaay not be able to meet this but will try), and any other details you'd like to share about what your character attempted (for example, if you're trying to hunt down your target in public or private, if you're hitting them up between classes, etc.). We will assume your student was alone and attempted to return the memory in a private, one-on-one setting otherwise.

⬥ You may reply to your cicada shell return once it's completed with a reaction, but if you pose questions or ask to do something, we may not be able to get to it! We're sorry!! We're unfortunately super busy writing up end game documents, memories and the last few things as we careen toward the end of the game. We may not get back to you. We will make an effort to reply, but it may take a while if we can get to it at all. We appreciate any effort for outreach!

locations!

⬦ RETURNED MEMORIES: All completed memories will go here.

⬦ OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

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Bijou Returns Wyborn's Memory

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Mr. Youngblood, still hobbling around on a magitechnical crutch since yesterday, eyes Bijou’s cicada and the gift very suspiciously. This is his second shell, but his first gift, and it kind of seems like maybe someone was fuckin’ holding out on his ass if they were supposed be bringing gifts all this damn time. And if he wants to find out what’s in that pretty ass wrapping paper (and he really wants to find out what’s in that pretty ass wrapping paper), or what the fuck she means about him (not) being the dumbest motherfucker here, then he’s probably gotta take that shell.

Taking the golden bug in his hand, Mr. Youngblood quirks his head in confusion when it changes shape, taking the form of a beer can, crushed flat. He turns the can over in his hand, but in a moment, the can is gone, and so is he.

Unlike his last experience, Mr. Youngblood doesn’t hit the dirt. He stumbles into the wall and leans there, propped up, as the moment in time replays in his head. And even after he’s done, he takes a moment, toying with the memory as the sharp details already start to trickle away.

“Ya know,” he laughs, little more than air escaping, “I’d prob’ly still have two damn legs if that was true.”

Mr. Youngblood pivots on his crutch to face Bijou again. His face, usually haggard and puffy from bad decisions and hard livin’, seems almost youthful now. The young Wybie YB, champion broom racer and Deeplurk Quid MVP two-point-five years in a row (don’t ask), shines out of those eyes.

"Shit, I really hope all y'all kids ain't coming to me for some kinda pep talk or advice or some shit," Mr. Youngblood continues, picking at the box in his hand. "But, you know, don't eat yellow snow, chug water if you're hard-partyin', only talk shit when you're plannin' to back it up or lose a leg for it, an', fair's fair."

Mr. Youngblood digs in his pocket and removes a bottle opener, pink, with an image of a sunset. The words Follow Your Dreams are painted in flaking gold script. He tosses it to Bijou. "And technically, fuckin' anything can be a weapon." He can't possibly mean this bottle opener, can he?

Later, anyone who enters Mr. Youngblood's office will see the book propped up behind it. If anyone asks about it, he'll tell them he can't fucking read, but it sure does look pretty.

[Bijou has received an inspirational bottle opener. It opens bottles and maybe reminds her of a teacher who shouldn't drink so much. There are no endgame effects, but it's still nice.]