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experiencepoints) wrote2014-12-24 04:32 pm
experiencepoints) wrote2014-12-24 04:32 pm
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Signeu: Dad says 'don't die'
Aiya, still a younger child, is curled up on the couch in her home's living room, reading a children's book. It's specifically the story of the adventuring party that slew the war god Tyrfing and began the current Godless Era.
A noise makes her look up, and her father drags himself in to sit down in an armchair. He's a tall, muscular man with short-cut red hair and a mass of freckles. More to the point, he looks exhausted. Aiya knows he was supposed to be out of the city until late tonight, too. A tribe of lizardmen- reptilian monsters who thought eating the brains of their enemies could grant them more power- were expanding their territory too close to the city, and the governor had asked her father to be part of the party to fight them back. If he was back this early, that must mean...
"Are you okay, Papa?" She asks, concern clear in her voice.
He lets out an irritated sigh. "Fine. We wiped, that's all. I should have brought your mother along."
"But you're really strong... How could your party lose?" She's concerned and confused, and not really thinking about her words.
"It was that damn healer." He pauses, and Aiya knows he didn't mean to swear in front of her, and he takes a breath to steady himself. "The healer they called for this had lost a few levels recently, and didn't bother to inform anyone. So he was too weak to keep the rest of us going, and as soon as the healer started failing, everyone else fell apart. No one would listen."
Aiya listens, getting more and more upset as she hears what happened to her father, even though none of it was his fault. He was more than strong enough, but his party held him back? And he died because of it. She immediately returns her book to her inventory and goes to hug her papa.
After a moment, he pets her hair tenderly. "Aiya, don't ever die. Don't ever lose. Someone who loses once will only ever lose again, and drag everyone else down with them. You're smart, so you can avoid that. Someone like you can always be the best, at whatever you do."
She nods. "I will. I promise I'll be the best. I'll make you and Mama proud, so don't worry!" And she means it. She won't make her parents sad. Or anyone else who relied on her, either. She'll be the best at whatever she puts her mind to, no matter what.
Effects:
The entire memory has a sort of background of INTENSE LOVE AND ADMIRATION for her parents.
But after that speech she starts worrying almost immediately about being good enough.
Basically this is the origin of her huge inferiority complex.
Aiya, still a younger child, is curled up on the couch in her home's living room, reading a children's book. It's specifically the story of the adventuring party that slew the war god Tyrfing and began the current Godless Era.
A noise makes her look up, and her father drags himself in to sit down in an armchair. He's a tall, muscular man with short-cut red hair and a mass of freckles. More to the point, he looks exhausted. Aiya knows he was supposed to be out of the city until late tonight, too. A tribe of lizardmen- reptilian monsters who thought eating the brains of their enemies could grant them more power- were expanding their territory too close to the city, and the governor had asked her father to be part of the party to fight them back. If he was back this early, that must mean...
"Are you okay, Papa?" She asks, concern clear in her voice.
He lets out an irritated sigh. "Fine. We wiped, that's all. I should have brought your mother along."
"But you're really strong... How could your party lose?" She's concerned and confused, and not really thinking about her words.
"It was that damn healer." He pauses, and Aiya knows he didn't mean to swear in front of her, and he takes a breath to steady himself. "The healer they called for this had lost a few levels recently, and didn't bother to inform anyone. So he was too weak to keep the rest of us going, and as soon as the healer started failing, everyone else fell apart. No one would listen."
Aiya listens, getting more and more upset as she hears what happened to her father, even though none of it was his fault. He was more than strong enough, but his party held him back? And he died because of it. She immediately returns her book to her inventory and goes to hug her papa.
After a moment, he pets her hair tenderly. "Aiya, don't ever die. Don't ever lose. Someone who loses once will only ever lose again, and drag everyone else down with them. You're smart, so you can avoid that. Someone like you can always be the best, at whatever you do."
She nods. "I will. I promise I'll be the best. I'll make you and Mama proud, so don't worry!" And she means it. She won't make her parents sad. Or anyone else who relied on her, either. She'll be the best at whatever she puts her mind to, no matter what.
Effects:
The entire memory has a sort of background of INTENSE LOVE AND ADMIRATION for her parents.
But after that speech she starts worrying almost immediately about being good enough.
Basically this is the origin of her huge inferiority complex.