Memory Sharicus - Oh No, not again!

[heromedal]

About 8 am on July 15th, Rex does something stupid in his usual genius way. It was meant to be a small, simple test run of a method to scan a person and instantly gain all the data he needed to produce a Phantom.

The small field the spell was meant to spread just kept growing, until popping like a bubble with the most counterintuitive sound of all- two seconds of white noise, sounding as if it was coming from inches away. Not everyone heard it. But everyone who did...

It's a painless process, almost ticklish and instantaneous as numerous coloured orbs fly out from their chest, taking wild curving trajectories that launch them all over the academy and some of Soleil, coming to a sudden stop and hovering silently for just a few seconds.

That's when they start to slowly float towards the nearest possible recipient of the memory they contain, accelerating as they get closer as if thought and mind have a unique sort of magnetism.

It's sort of beautiful to see, really, not that Rex will notice because 60% of his mind is consumed with fear he will get into trouble and the Phantom project will be compromised. On the other hand, the Phantom project could provide the perfect scapegoat. So about six hours after the initial event, he released his latest creation- the Phantom mischief-maker, Waggery!

What a disaster.

(( ooc: The planning post is here! Be careful to warn for the nastier memories! If you already have memories planned to share, feel free to write them as a top level or just put up your character and link to the planning/make it a free for all. There'll be a post below for Waggery shenanigans and random NPC memories up for grabs. ))

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[fireindreams]

[A green memory please!]

[hattersgonnahat]

[The stars and moon were so bright tonight. The brightest you had seen them yet.]

[Normally you weren't allowed to go outside alone, or at the very least, highly discouraged. Sadly there was no one around available tonight, but you peer outside the dorm room and stealth your way out regardless. It's fine - nobody had to know!]

[Once under the stars you could practically see it all. Every little speck in the sky, every piece of constellations you had been reading about recently; all of it and it was almost too much to take it in at once. It's a good thing you did have all night.]

[You really wanted to step further out...but some things still remained a promise, so that first step will do.]

[You opened up the notebook you had with you (personally decorated and all) and used your phone's light to read through it. Many of the pages were simply hand drawn charts. Clusters of stars that were semi-accurate to their locations in the sky. And there was extra notes written down for each of them. All of it in a special runic writing you could read clearly.]

[Easiest one to get to first.]

[How do you know if the Milky Way is actually made of milk?]

[Would chocolate planets in it be chocolate milk?]

[Stay away from all things with milk until further confirmation.]

[Further back into the notebook had more sketches you had drawn. It look like just ordinary kid doodles, but there was also something specific and detailed about them; even in their crudeness. Blueprints.]

[Someday... Who knows when.]

[fireindreams]

[It takes Grimm a moment to realize what has happened but when he does, he smiles.

He has met many people fascinated with the stars and what may be beyond them, and could not deny his own curiosity. But Puella's clear enthusiasm on the subject is endearing, a little humorous and delightful. Every doodle, question and sketch...it is touching to see something she is so clearly in love with play out.

She turns the pages in the memory and he sees the blueprints. The clear desire that someday, one day, this dream of hers could come true.

The only thing he wishes is that this dream was something that came from her mouth rather then this spell. It took away the choice to share something with another and he is still firm in his belief everything should be someone's choice. But it is easy to rectify by finding her.]

Hello, dear Puella. May I ask you something?

[hattersgonnahat]

[Juuuust doing some studying. Finals might be long since over, but there was plenty of things Puella didn't fully understand. Look, there was a lot to catch up on when you been aware of magic for less than a year.]

About what?

[fireindreams]

I saw one of your memories.

[Forever choosing to not waste time beating around the bush with these matters.]

You have quite the fondness for the cosmos, I see.

[It was rather cute. He'll bring up the blueprints in a little while since Grimm was curious about those.]

[hattersgonnahat]

[??? How did he do that? All of her memories were safely stashed and locked away, in her mind. Or so she thought.]

I-I do like it. [That wasn't so much a secret. Not often talked about - but not a secret.]

[fireindreams]

[...he should probably explain that.]

There appears to be something going around that allows others to see memories. I saw one of you watching the skies at night.

[Grimm knows she was not supposed to be outside from the memory but that is not the important part.]

I did see your notebook. Do you aspire to go into space one day?

[hattersgonnahat]

You saw that too?! [The notebook itself was possibly less a secret, but she suspected no one could actually read all of it...she worked so hard on that secret writing!]

Hnn...yeah. It's not finished yet though. [Or even barely started.]

[fireindreams]

I did. It was from your perspective, so I assume that is why I was able to read it. I apologize if it was something I was not supposed to see.

[It was the least he could do in this case.]

But if going into space is something you desire, I do hope you manage it one day.

[hattersgonnahat]

It was supposed to be top secret until I finished making it.

...But it's fine. I guess at least one person can know about it.

[fireindreams]

I promise this will stay between you and me.

[He is not about to be a jerk to a child and let her secrets spill. It'd be unfair, especially considering how Grimm learned about it in the first place.]

[hattersgonnahat]

Good! [A promise it is! She...well, she has gotten somewhat better at keeping those too. She knows it's not all that hard to do!]

...I dunno when it's gonna be ready, so it might be for awhile.

[fireindreams]

Regardless, I do look forward to seeing it. Time is not a barrier to me.

[He has lived a long time. A few more decades is no matter.]

[hattersgonnahat]

I'll make sure you're the first to see it then!

[Now that he already knows. Maybe it's nice that someone knows her dream after all...]