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decrolachia2016-03-04 08:19 pm
ioniconeirologist) wrote in decrolachia2016-03-04 08:19 pm
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Body Horror Meme
WARNING -- POSSIBLE TRIGGERS (violence, pain, parasites, zombies, etc)
body horror meme
Something's gone wrong. Maybe it was a little parasite, wiggling under your skin. Maybe something bit you that one night in the woods. Maybe someone decided they didn't like you and placed a curse on you, or maybe the local psychotic AI decided she liked you and filled you full of nanites. In any case, you're changing, body and soul. There's no way to stop it. No way to reverse it. And above all, it's the most painful thing you've ever experienced...
HOW IT WORKS:
- Tag the meme, leaving your character name, fandom, and any preferences in the subject line
- Other character tags you
- You tag back, and use the random number generator to select from the following options. Or don't, and do whatever strikes your fancy. If you roll something your character already is, either roll again, go for human, or pick something that otherwise suits your fancy.
- Other character reacts, or is free to also roll on the table
- Play out the results.
- Have fun, but respect the preferences of others.
1. Water-dwelling. You're growing gills, or your skin is turning translucent, or you're sprouting fins, or maybe you're outright turning into some form of sea life. It doesn't matter what you're turning into – what does matter is that you're slowly losing the ability to breathe air, and there's no water in sight...
2. Animal. Something bit you, and you're turning into an animal. Your bones lengthen or perhaps shrink, break, twist, and reform, your teeth lengthen or shorten, and above all, you feel your instincts being overridden. Your senses sharpen; you notice smells you never did before, your vision becomes more sensitive to movement. If you're a predator? Man, these people look mighty tasty. Prey? OHGOD, EVERYTHING IS TERRIFYING. Lizard? Enjoy your new inability to regulate body temperature. Bird? Have fun with the whole beak and hollowing bones. And don't even get us started on insects and arachnids...
3. Parasitic Something's inside you, and it's changing you from within, chewing up your insides and altering your thoughts. You're not sure how much longer you're going to be you, and when the parasite's going to take over completely...
4. Demonic You've been meddling with dark powers beyond the ken of mortal man, and it seems you've accidentally sold your soul. Will you be the traditional kind of demon, horns and hooves, or something far more terrifying and ineffable?
5. Undead: No doubt about it, you're dying, but as you are, something's been altered in you. Maybe you're becoming a vampire – and not the fun kind, either, we're talking ugly, ravenous, and mad. Maybe you're a zombie, or a ghoul, and human flesh looks mighty tasty. Or maybe you're just turning into a ghost bent on vengeance. In any case, death is never fun.
6. Cybernetic Get captured by the Borg? Strapped to an operating table? Injected with nanites? Whatever happened to you, you're slowly turning into something half man, half machine, your squishy bits being replaced by mechanical components.
7. Lovecraftian You've heard their song, the terrors from beyond the stars, and even now they sing in your blood as your flesh transmutes into something ineffable and unknowable. You revel in the pain you feel even as you seek to spread it, to herald the end of all things... or maybe worse, you're aware of the transition as your mind becomes not your own.
8. Fusion/Hivemind You begin to fuse with the first person who tagged you – physically, mentally, or both. Soon, you can't tell who is who, which one of you is the real you, as your thoughts become one. Join in the fleshsong, mortal...
9. Inanimate Your body slowly petrifies and hardens, turning to stone, wood, glass, or something stranger still; or perhaps you liquefy, turning to some kind of liquid, or maybe you dissolve into the air itself.
10. Wildcard / pick your own Pick whatever you like, combine a few options, or make up your own.
Meme originally posted byteal_deer.
Something's gone wrong. Maybe it was a little parasite, wiggling under your skin. Maybe something bit you that one night in the woods. Maybe someone decided they didn't like you and placed a curse on you, or maybe the local psychotic AI decided she liked you and filled you full of nanites. In any case, you're changing, body and soul. There's no way to stop it. No way to reverse it. And above all, it's the most painful thing you've ever experienced...
HOW IT WORKS:
- Tag the meme, leaving your character name, fandom, and any preferences in the subject line
- Other character tags you
- You tag back, and use the random number generator to select from the following options. Or don't, and do whatever strikes your fancy. If you roll something your character already is, either roll again, go for human, or pick something that otherwise suits your fancy.
- Other character reacts, or is free to also roll on the table
- Play out the results.
- Have fun, but respect the preferences of others.
1. Water-dwelling. You're growing gills, or your skin is turning translucent, or you're sprouting fins, or maybe you're outright turning into some form of sea life. It doesn't matter what you're turning into – what does matter is that you're slowly losing the ability to breathe air, and there's no water in sight...
2. Animal. Something bit you, and you're turning into an animal. Your bones lengthen or perhaps shrink, break, twist, and reform, your teeth lengthen or shorten, and above all, you feel your instincts being overridden. Your senses sharpen; you notice smells you never did before, your vision becomes more sensitive to movement. If you're a predator? Man, these people look mighty tasty. Prey? OHGOD, EVERYTHING IS TERRIFYING. Lizard? Enjoy your new inability to regulate body temperature. Bird? Have fun with the whole beak and hollowing bones. And don't even get us started on insects and arachnids...
3. Parasitic Something's inside you, and it's changing you from within, chewing up your insides and altering your thoughts. You're not sure how much longer you're going to be you, and when the parasite's going to take over completely...
4. Demonic You've been meddling with dark powers beyond the ken of mortal man, and it seems you've accidentally sold your soul. Will you be the traditional kind of demon, horns and hooves, or something far more terrifying and ineffable?
5. Undead: No doubt about it, you're dying, but as you are, something's been altered in you. Maybe you're becoming a vampire – and not the fun kind, either, we're talking ugly, ravenous, and mad. Maybe you're a zombie, or a ghoul, and human flesh looks mighty tasty. Or maybe you're just turning into a ghost bent on vengeance. In any case, death is never fun.
6. Cybernetic Get captured by the Borg? Strapped to an operating table? Injected with nanites? Whatever happened to you, you're slowly turning into something half man, half machine, your squishy bits being replaced by mechanical components.
7. Lovecraftian You've heard their song, the terrors from beyond the stars, and even now they sing in your blood as your flesh transmutes into something ineffable and unknowable. You revel in the pain you feel even as you seek to spread it, to herald the end of all things... or maybe worse, you're aware of the transition as your mind becomes not your own.
8. Fusion/Hivemind You begin to fuse with the first person who tagged you – physically, mentally, or both. Soon, you can't tell who is who, which one of you is the real you, as your thoughts become one. Join in the fleshsong, mortal...
9. Inanimate Your body slowly petrifies and hardens, turning to stone, wood, glass, or something stranger still; or perhaps you liquefy, turning to some kind of liquid, or maybe you dissolve into the air itself.
10. Wildcard / pick your own Pick whatever you like, combine a few options, or make up your own.
Meme originally posted by
teal_deer.
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[Is that necessary, Ichi? Is it rea - okay yeah, yeah it probably is.]
Hey, you can see me, right?
[Because for the love of the few things in this world that aren't garbage, PLEASE tell him he doesn't look like Karamatsu's reflection from the outside.]
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See you? Of course I can see you.
[How else would he have known it was Ichimatsu in there? Through voice, maybe, but it's still sounding a bit weird and echoey in his head right now.]
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[Small comfort, considering. His image starts to look even further withdrawn, reaching up to bury hands in his messy hair and resting his forehead against his knees.
He knows he's doing that, or at least giving off the impression of it, but he can't feel it and it's driving him nuts. He can't feel his hair in his fingers, can't pull on it until it hurts, the comfort of curling into a ball is just gone.]
No, it's no use, just smash me now and get it over with. I was already worthless garbage; now I'm literally garbage. Tell the others I died painfully...
[He knows full well Kara won't do it, though. He's going to have to suffer being carried around like... like a thing, isn't he? Ah, well, his previous existence wasn't that great either... but he won't even be able to pet cats like this!! It's horrible!!]
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[While Ichimatsu is talking, Karamatsu seems intent to figure out if he can use this mirror to actually look at his own reflection. So far, all he can see is the image of his brother, curled up in a ball in what might as well be a pitch black room. He turns it this way and that, passing it from one hand to the other, even holding it up at different angles with his lips pursed and his other hand resting against his chin. He's so caught up in this that he doesn't catch Ichimatsu asking to be smashed, not like he would have done it anyway, it's true.
It's actually a little disappointing, given the fact that Ichi destroyed his only good mirror.]
Ah...it's no use. You do not function like a true mirror.
[Kara sighs, slumping back and moving to fold his legs beneath himself, propping his forearm up on one knee.]
...though I suppose it could work, if you could do an impression of me.
[#priorities]
80000 years later
A-an... impression...
[He gets the feeling that if he still had a stomach, he'd feel sick to it. Even Karamatsu is only concerned about whether he can be a proper mirror, now? He really is trash!]
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[Karamatsu looks back up into the mirror, his enlarged face twisted with sympathy for his now-trapped brother.]
You were not meant to be a mirror, and seeing you like this...there has to be a way to reverse it!
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[It's a very flat, monotone, halfhearted mock, and Ichimatsu gives an equally deadpan, not-even-trying Karamatsu style hairflip as he speaks.
...But the scary part is that, when he does it, his image DOES shift. For a moment, despite his expression not changing, he DOES look like Karamatsu's reflection. And he doesn't seem to notice, returning to his usual self afterwards.
After all, what mirror has an identity of its own?]
Tch, it's probably useless. No way you can find that merchant again, right?
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I-Ichimatsu?! You-!! How did you do that??
[Because unless he's finally snapped, he absolutely saw himself just now, if for but a brief moment as Ichimatsu did that half-hearted impression of him.]
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[The hell, is Karamatsu trying to patronize him now? As if his impressions aren't even worse! Does he really have to look that shocked?? Just shut up and start looking for a solution already!]
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Non non-! Your face, it...
[He holds the mirror at arm's length, as if this will make it easier for him to try and explain himself.]
You looked just like me, for a moment! As in, literally my face!
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[Seriously? Is he joking?? Is he fucking with him?? But no, this is Karamatsu after all, and everything about his expression is dead serious. Not to mention that Ichimatsu can't think of a single scenario in which his brother would look this upset to see his own face...]
...I changed into you? I really...
[Nope, nope, nonononononononono he can't deal with this. He can't. He's a fucking mirror and he's already turning into reflections instead of himself and what, was his entire life already being a giant identity crisis really not enough??
Welcome to mirror!Ichi bluescreening, Karamatsu. By which we mean he withdraws so hard that the image in the mirror blanks out entirely... then begins reflecting just like any other perfectly ordinary mirror in the entire world.
Be careful what you wish for, huh?]
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...Eh?
[And just like that...his brother is gone.
Karamatsu blinks, gripping the mirror tighter, bringing the glass closer to his face. His reflection.]
Eh? ...I..Ichimatsu?
[Silence. It's...just his own reflection, truly looking back at him and responding just as any old mirror might. His grip gets even tighter in an effort to keep his hands from shaking.]
A-are you still mimicking me? Because it...it's very good, but you can stop...
....Brother?
/muffled internal screaming in the distance
...On the other hand, with Karamatsu gripping his mirror form and simply trying so hard, that mental connection that Ichimatsu had been speaking through hasn't quite closed entirely. As if Kara managed to get just one toe in the door before it slammed completely shut. If he focuses, he might feel a trickle of that wave of anguish and panic coming from Ichi...]
/SCREAMS BACK
[As focused on the mirror as he is, it's impossible for Karamatsu not to feel it...and it strikes him deeply, causing him to sit back more heavily on the floor, swallowing a few times while he tries to find his voice again.]
Brother...can you hear me? It's going to be alright, I promise! I won't allow you to remain this way forever!! You have to come back!
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He gives Karamatsu a lot of shit for being so annoying, but of all of them, he can trust him to at least try, right?
There's no visible change to the mirror - except perhaps some brief static flickering across its surface - but that mental door creaks back open a tiny bit anyway.]
Hurry.
[He has no choice. There's literally shit-all he can do on his own like this; his entire self is in Karamatsu's hands. Literally. So the least he can ask of him is this.]
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[Hurry. That one word injects adrenaline into Karamatsu's veins, icy and filled with the drive to do something. But what? All he knows is that he got the mirror from some merchant, and he's probably long gone by now...what had he said about this mirror? Something about it being able to reveal your true self...?
Karamatsu's expression tenses as he stares back at his reflection.]
Brother. If you can hear me...try not to think. You need to try and calm down. Just listen to the sound of my voice. I won't stop talking unless you want me to.
[He starts, trying to keep his speech even, steady, and unbroken.]
I might have an idea.
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[Ichimatsu doesn't even care what the idea is, he just wants Karamatsu to do it already. To do something, anything that might help. There's no way he can deal with this right now, he wants to squeeze his eyes shut (but he doesn't have eyes) and everything to be back to normal when he opens them again.
And then to punch Kara in his stupid face for buying stupid mirrors from stupid mysterious traveling merchants and go find a cat to hug.]
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I feel as if the only way to reverse this is to embrace who you are, Ichimatsu.
[Which, obviously for Ichi...is like telling him to swallow nails.]
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[Yeah, no shit. That's the dumbest thing he's ever heard, or maybe that's what he'd say if hearing it hadn't given him a chill.
But at least his image flickers back onto the mirror's surface, though it's a little unstable and staticky.]
The hell're you talking about, Shittymatsu? You want me to embrace being trash? Tch, stupid, I've already accepted that fate...
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No, that isn't what...
[He starts, his brows furrowing a little. It pains him, even now, to see just how much Ichimatsu loathes himself. Does he truly believe that he's no better than trash?]
It isn't just about accepting your flaws. You have to accept the good things about you, too. All of yourself, not just one aspect of it.
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Ah, there isn't anything like that, though. It's too late, I'll just be like this forever.
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Ichimatsu.
[Karamatsu stresses, his grip tightening on the mirror again in a way that Ichimatsu won't be able to help but feel.]
Please...can you just try? I feel responsible for this happening to you...and I'm not going to give up on you so easily.
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...the hell do YOU want me back for anyway?
[Seriously, who has this much kindness?? Shouldn't he be GLAD to see his most antagonistic brother stuck like this?? Karamatsu could cram him into the back of a closet and never have to hear "Shittymatsu" or threats of violence from him again! More to the point, who the hell feels responsible for something like this?? Ichimatsu brought it onto himself! Of course he deserves it! Even though it's terrifying!]
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[Karamatsu actually flinches back a little at that, as if Ichimatsu reached out and slapped him across the face. His grip gets a little tighter, almost too little to really be noticable.]
...you're my brother. Why...why wouldn't I want you back?
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[This moron... how does he not... well, Ichimatsu isn't going to spell it out for him. He's not entirely convinced this isn't another stupid act to make Karamatsu look ~*~cool~*~ either. Well, he'll assume it is, because isn't that everything that comes out of this painful guy's mouth?]
Maybe I'm trash, but at least I'm not shit.
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