MEMORY SHARE: 12 OF BEETROOT EVENT (May)

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JEMA'GRETHY MEMORY SHARE

The caves of Jema'grethy will allow for a few different ways for memories to be interacted with. But for most, such as those entering in bonds, it will be seen like a vision in their head, putting them in the position and perspective of whose memory it is.

For people sharing bond memories, and also memories being shared while moving through the Memory Cave, this is the spot to place said memories! It's not necessary if you'd like to write it during the thread, but hopefully convenient for others. Just make a toplevel with your character's name in the header, and remember to include any content warnings thereafter for each memory, as applicable!

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Second Memory - Positive (Slight hints at chapter 6 spoilers)

[flameinthedarkness]

Ughhh, this was such a hassle. It’s not that Idia doesn’t mind making new stuff, especially if it was for Ortho, he just didn’t see the point in this at all. His brother had been seeing others playing sports of late, excited over the idea of joining them, and had wanted a body which allowed him to run rather than hover as he normally did. Idia… didn’t want that. Who wanted to walk!? Walking was for lame and weak characters, the ability of flight was so OP and only for the coolest of characters, and he wanted Ortho to be cool. But then word got around, and Idia got a visit from the Leech twins who hadn’t taken kindly to that… Ugh, he’s still shivering at the memory of having those two gang up on him, and just what they had blackmailed him with. How had they even known about that?!

Whatever, it was done, and while Idia was still nervous over them not keeping to their word and letting everyone know… he had gone to work and very quickly put together a body for Ortho. Not that he cut corners, just worked himself ragged to get it done in three days. It wasn’t simple either, walking, let alone running, was so difficult to replicate! Does no one understand just how much harder that is to recreate than giving Ortho flight?! Both the hardware and software that had required to do this! Recreating natural movement was so difficult! If it was anyone else it couldn’t had been done to the degree Idia was able to pull it off! Idia had spent three long days and nights working on it, much caffeine was consumed, and many of his classes ignored.

He’s ready to fall asleep for a week after this.

But looking at Ortho’s ‘sleeping’ form right now, he was rather proud in what he had put together in that time. Sure, it would need updates and patches as they found bugs and ways to improve it, but for a first model… it was pretty good, if he says so himself.

Sitting back in his desk chair with a holoscreen hovering in front of him, Idia hesitates for a moment in waking Ortho from sleep mode. It really was all he could do in this time, and yet… he’s hesitating. What if he failed at this? What if Ortho didn’t like it? …what if the twins didn’t keep their word? No, no, focus on Ortho, not them. As long as he reached the conditions, which he did, they would uphold their side of this all, it was just another contract to them after all, and they followed the rules of contracts. The focus was Ortho here. With his finger hovering over the button to wake him, Idia paused, then pressed it.

Ortho’s waking from sleep mode was nothing different from normal, that pause, a blink, before he seemed aware to the world. And before his eyes crinkled in a way that Idia knew would be a smile upon seeing him. “Big brother!” It was always so good to see that welcome, it settling somewhere warm in Idia’s chest, but also heavy…

“Run diagnosis, I want to make sure everything is installed correctly.” It would be, but it was important to do this step. Idia knew he wouldn’t had over looked anything, but there was a procedure to this, if not for right now then to help with updates down the line. Ortho’s eyes closed for several moments, silent and very still. It was… weird, Idia was so used to him having that gentle bob of his hover jets working, enough to give him some movement so others didn’t notice just how still Ortho was. Since that hovering was missing here Idia had made sure to program in some ‘movement’ to make Ortho look more… alive, to fool the brain into thinking he was breathing, something the hovering often did for him since it worked to hide that same ‘stillness’ that the human brain knew was unnatural for something that looked humanoid.

“Scan complete, all systems responsive and working within acceptable requirements.” Ortho’s typical high pitched tone, that of a child’s, replying, the panels either side of his ‘mouth’ lighting up with each word.

Ok, moment of truth then, Idia pushing himself out of his seat and moving to stand near Ortho’s sleep chamber. Ugh, part of him really didn’t want this… but, he held out a hand. “Okay, lets test this out then.” Please let this work. Please let this work. Pleaseletthiswork. Pleaseletthiswork. He didn’t want to disappoint Ortho. “It may take some getting used to, you’re not used to being on the ground.” It should be fine but… Idia can’t help but worry. Not only for his own sake with the twins… but for Ortho’s. What… what if he’s disappointed in this? What if he finally got to do this and realized he didn’t like it? Idia only wanted the best for Ortho, only wanted him to have fun and good things, to shelter him from the bad and negative. I have to protect him this time. I can’t fail again.

Ortho pauses, looking up at Idia for several moments with those big golden eyes, then they closed again to show he was smiling. ”Of course it will be ok, because my big brother made it for me!” There’s no hesitation in taking Idia’s hand, even if Ortho was far stronger than Idia ever could be, and not nearly as fragile as the human body. He took a step out of the chamber, stood there. Then bounced a little with the springs that were built into the heels of his new feet, his eyes down towards them. Then shooting a wide eyed look up to Idia. “I’m standing.”

That comment helped to break the nervous tension of Idia’s, a soft ‘ha’ of a laugh as he smiled. “Yeah, you are.” That smile increasing as Ortho continued to bounce on his heels, getting a bit higher each time.

“I’m walking, I’m walking.” Ortho letting out in a singsong tone, shifting his weight from one foot to the other, the other foot kicking out to the side as he rested on the other. “Big brother is the best! I can’t wait to try this out! I want to go running.”

There’s more of a chuckle this time from Idia, “Not tonight, it’s late. You can try that when I have PE tomorrow.” It followed by a lower ‘hehehe’ laugh from deep in Idia’s throat. “Maybe I can convince Vargas to let you run for me.” Idia hated PE and that meathead of a coach… But right now it wasn’t important, and even the lingering threat of the twins weren’t in Idia’s mind, it instead taken over by the joy he could see on Ortho’s exposed face as he continued his little side to side dance in front of Idia. Idia may not had wanted to do this going into it, but seeing Ortho so happy… it was worth it all the stress and anxiety that had been around it. Anything to make him happy.

“Oh, and if you do get bored of it, I put jets into your heels, so you can still fly when you want to.” Of course! Who said Idia couldn’t put both in?! Sure, he thinks walking is boring… but Ortho seemed to love the idea of it, so this way he got the best of both worlds.

“Thank you, big brother!” Before he started to tug on Idia’s hand, pulling him towards the door of the room. “Come on! I want to walk around the dorm to try them out!”

Ahh, noo, he just wants to sleep now! “It’s late, Ortho, I’m tired.” Idia whined, but moved along with that tug. He knows Ortho wouldn’t really hold onto him if he wanted to be free, but also knew there was no way for him to break out of his little brother’s grip.

“It’ll be quick, and we can stop and get you candy!”

Ortho’s reply getting a laugh out of Idia, those sharp teeth of his peering through as he grinned. "You normally tell me not to eat too much of that.” Complaints aside though, Idia moves to follow Ortho out of his room, keeping that hand hold with him as the wandered the empty night time halls of Ignihyde.