majorlyugh: (surprise . tell me the truth)
Major Nathaniel Lilywhite ([personal profile] majorlyugh) wrote in [community profile] sixthiterationlogs2017-11-11 07:07 pm

[i'll use you as focal point so i don’t lose sight of what i want]

WHO: Major Lilywhite
WHERE: Around both villages
WHEN: Nov 1 - 4, Stage I; Nov 5 - 6, Stage II; Nov 7 - 9, Stage III
OPEN TO: OTA!
WARNINGS: Will update as needed.


i. i have a bad feeling about this

The beginning is mostly mild, with Major forgetting the names of a few folks around the village. In each of the conversations, he chalks it up to having a rough night's sleep (mostly true), the general exhaustion of life in the village, or just having "one of those days." The only person whose name he didn't forget was Ravi's, though he doesn't connect it to the fact that he'd known him before his arrival in the fountain.

If someone he knows in the village were to run into him while he's at this stage, he will do his best to hide the fact that he has absolutely no idea what that person's name is. He'll try to carry on and having conversations as normal, but the other person might suspect that something's up. He'll laugh it off, apologize, make some joke about it - but there'll be a slight glint of worry in his eyes that he is forgetting something so basic and simple.

ii. there is always something worse

Things don't seem to get much better as time wears on. If anything, Major's forgetting more and more. Now, instead of forgetting names only, he seems to be forgetting people entirely, greeting people he's spoken to or has developed relationships with as though he's never seen them before. He can be found wandering the village a lot, eyes saucer-wide and full of curiosity, as though he's seeing the place for the first time. He might also be overheard complaining about the lack of electricity, the lack of video games, and the lack of modern technology - and he might be asking why all of those things are abhorrently absent, as though he's realizing it for the first time.

Conversations with Major at this stage will be on the frustrating side, fleeting. He'll forget things that were just spoken about a few minutes earlier. He might ask the other person what their name is again, how he got here, where Seattle is, where any of his missing friends are. He only vaguely recognizes Ravi, and he might insist that the real Ravi is still somewhere back in Seattle. The one in the village is just an imposter.

iii. only catastrophe is clearly visible

By the end, Major seems to have reverted back to his college football days. Somehow, the strange location and setting don't seem to bother him as much as one would expect, but he can be seen in any open field, utilizing whatever he can find as a makeshift football, running drills for hours on-end. He has no memory of the village, of his more recent days prior to the village in the city of Seattle, Ravi, the whole zombie outbreak, being the Chaos Killer, nothing.

He talks a lot about his parents' divorce, how his mom had come out as a lesbian and found a girlfriend, how he'd chosen his dad's side because he didn't know what else to do. He talks about a new girl he's been dating, a woman named Olivia Moore, who goes to UW with him. He talks about being nervous about meeting her friends for the first time, especially a woman named Peyton, whom Liv has known since high school. He talks about being a starting Safety on the UW football team. He talks about grappling with what to do with his life, his thoughts of pursuing social work, and everything else that a college co-ed might grapple with half-way through school.
chosenbytheocean: (Looking Up)

[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-11-16 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Moana had no idea what to do in this situation.

"Did you forget?" She asked, the tension and worry in her voice now audible.

This wasn't Seattle. Moana tried to bring up the little map that she had in her head but Seattle wasn't on it. Was that near Chicago? She'd ask later. Right now she needed to focus on Major and his apparent amnesia. "Ravi is here." She continued, hoping that it might somehow help him if they keep talking about it. "You've seen him haven't you? You guys still live together."

She didn't know if this would work or not.
chosenbytheocean: (Alarm)

[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-11-27 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can't."

Moana was very worried now. "This is a different realm from our homes. No one knows how to get back." She shifted her weight between her feet while thumping her fist gently against the side of her thigh. "I don't think that Ravi is fake." He's been here longer than Major though Moana wasn't sure if that would convince Major.

"Why do you think he's fake?"
chosenbytheocean: (PB - Right... not happy)

[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-12-04 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
"No. You didn't do anything wrong." That she knew of, this was all falling apart rather quickly. "I mean, we're all stuck here and no one is sure why." It didn't sound like an answer when she said it out loud and Moana had a feeling that it'd only confuse him more.

"It'l be okay. We're figuring it out."