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: (PB - very confused)

ii. there is always something worse

[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-11-12 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It was during one of his wide-eyed wanderings that Moana had stumbled across Major. She was wearing her island dress with a pair of thick boots and a cloak that she'd been gifted her first day in the village. It looked a little odd but it was more comfortable than wearing the clothes she had arrived in. Moana didn't like cotton.

She was carrying a collection of dried milkweed reeds that she had collected early that morning. They were tied together with rope and slung across her back.

Moana knew Major, not by name but she had seen him around the village a few times. He was friends with Ravi, who Moana counted as friend even though she rarely saw him. It was a little surprising to see Major wandering around looking as lost as he currently did and the oddity was enough to make her pause. "Um..." Her voice broke the silence in an awkward timber.

"Are you okay?"
scepterschild: - (Touching Cheek Thoughtfully)

iii. only catastrophe is clearly visible

[personal profile] scepterschild 2017-11-12 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
At first it was small things. Wanda forgot names and faces of those she met in the village. Something would remind her again but each day was harder. Her memories had become unclear and it took a specific question or comment to pluck a memory into focus. Seeing Major playing football did just that. She remembered their conversation and while she didn't remember everything else she knew that they had had a conversation about football.

Wanda walked up to Major with her arms crossed over her chest. It looked as if he was using one of the snuggies as a football, having gathered the material into the sleeve of the snuggie and then twisting the ends. It worked and Wanda's interest was peeked.

"Want someone to play with?" They wouldn't be able to have a real match but Wanda wanted a distraction and this felt like a safe one.
zomboligist: (studious)

ii

[personal profile] zomboligist 2017-11-15 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Back home, this had always been his worry.

The cure he had developed worked when it came to curing someone of their zombie affliction, but it was only temporary. The true cure worked, but stripped a person of their memories, as he'd seen with Blaine. He'd always known that Major taking the cure would have a similar effect and had been preparing himself for it but seeing it actually happen has been a heart-wrenching, awful thing, and Ravi isn't sure that he's going to be strong enough to see the last glimmer of recognition leave his eyes.

As it stands, there's still something there, and Ravi is tentatively trying to figure out what can help. "Hey," he greets Major as he stands in the doorway, having just brought Minor in from his walk. He lets the dog loose of the strange rope-leash he'd made, siccing him on Major. "I dread the answer, but, how are you feeling?"
chosenbytheocean: (Standing to close)

[personal profile] chosenbytheocean 2017-11-16 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"You don't remember?" Moana wanted to approach the subject cautiously but she didn't know how else to phrase it. She might not have spoken to him before now but she knew that he wasn't new to the village. "You're Ravi's friend right? You two live together over there." She pointed off in the general direction of his home. Moana had never been there but she paid attention and noticed that both Major and Ravi would come and go from that house.

It felt like a safe assumption to assume he lived there.

She didn't give him time to answer her questions and set to explain, since he'd most likely ask again if she didn't reply back. "This is a village with no name. Everyone arrives through the fountain but we don't know why we're here." Moana shifted her weight nervously between the pads of her feet. Her fingers curled into a loose fist that bumped gently against her thigh.
scepterschild: - (Default)

[personal profile] scepterschild 2017-11-16 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Wanda pulled an elastic band from her pocket and tied back her long chestnut brown hair into a tight pony tail. "I don't but I could use the distraction." She knew the rules of American football but she's never played a one-on-one match. This will be a learning experience and one that Wanda was looking forward too.

Memories continued to slip and reform in her head. She knew this man. Major was his name and for now she wanted to focus on him and nothing else. She didn't want to forget again. They had talked about football. She had promised never to become a 49ers fan. These thoughts circled, like they were a song that had gotten stuck in her head. He had a puppy named Minor. He had arrived . . . The thought slipped away from Wanda and she tried again. He's friends with Ravi. Who was Ravi? It didn't matter. Major made her laugh. He was friendly and a zombie.

"I'll put up a challenge." She flashed him a grin. "I'm tougher than I look."
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.
scepterschild: - (I see.)

[personal profile] scepterschild 2017-11-16 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know the rules but I've never played one-on-one before." Her statement was left open, giving him the option to explain if he wanted too while not directly asking a question. She was content to jump in and figure it out as she went but there might be things she didn't know. The problem with the things that she didn't know was that she didn't know them enough to ask about them.

Her expression fell at his question. "No." She never went to college. There was a war and fighting; that's all she knew. Wanda felt her memories slip away before she was able to refocus on Major. Football, he liked football. She repeated those words to herself like they were a mantra.

"But I know you." She confirmed with a bit of an awkward grimace. "Sorry. I'm having trouble remembering."
zomboligist: (bad scenario)

[personal profile] zomboligist 2017-11-16 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"You do know the Imposter Ravi comments are hurtful, right?" he deadpans, mainly because he's not even ranking as an evil clone, just someone who's not quite real. Still, he'd rather not have to go through this exercise at all, if he's honest. The grief of Major's lack of memory hits him in his chest, making him feel physically sick.

Every time details come up that don't make sense, he feels the instant pinprick of guilt and worry, things he's been anticipating for so long, but now that they're happening, he's not sure how to bear it. "There's no coffee shops here, remember?" It's a gentle, prodding question, because no, he's not sure that Major does remember anything.
zomboligist: (now hold on)

[personal profile] zomboligist 2017-11-18 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Ravi rolls his eyes pointedly, making a very big deal about how annoyed he is by all of this. "What would even be the point of having an impostor version of me?" is what he wants to know, because honestly, that's the part that doesn't make any sense to him and if Major would think about it for at least a few minutes, he'd get that.

"Okay, fine," he says, with a nod. "If you promise to stay in my sights and not do some weird touchback running spree, we'll go outside to the corner and I can show you that there's no coffee shop." He gives him a 'deal?' look, hoping that'll work.
enterprisingheart: (well.  now I've seen it all.)

iii

[personal profile] enterprisingheart 2017-11-19 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
For all that Picard has begun to, if not quite expect the unexpected out the village, than at least not be too entirely surprised when it crops up, he can't at all say that he'd expected to see someone simply running around with a ball. Not that he's about to judge what anyone should choose to do, of course, and given that he hasn't ever really spoken to Major he can't say whether or not this is something that he's simply chosen to do.

Nor, for that matter, does he recognize either the ball or the drills themselves. But he figures that hardly a reason to not at least strike up a conversation, especially when they've never actually met before. And he can't deny being at least a little curious about the drills themselves.

"That's certainly one way to keep warm."
minus1twin: (Huh?)

[personal profile] minus1twin 2017-11-26 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Wanda laughed softly. "It's fine." It wasn't fine. It bothered her that memories seemed to slip like sand through her fingers but there was nothing she could do about it. All she could do was focus on Major. He seemed to be having the same problems remembering though that didn't give Wanda any clue as to what was going on.

She exhaled and tried to focus on something else. "I think we all say stupid things when we drink." Wanda didn't get drunk often but when she did she often said whatever was on her mind.

It never ended well.

She looked at his set up before nodding her head. "Looks good. Let's play." She wanted focus on the football. Maybe playing the game would somehow help? Wanda couldn't say for sure but it was something other than Major to poor all of her attention at. "I bet I can make you drop that ball."
enterprisingheart: (ah. hmm.  not quite as expected)

[personal profile] enterprisingheart 2017-11-27 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Given that as far as he's aware there aren't any regular games of anything, Major's comment comes as something of a surprise to Picard. He's not entirely unaware of the fact that the Observers are prone to doing any of a number of strange and bizarre things to the people who happen to live in the village, but so far none of it has seemed to affect people's memories. Or at least, not directly. There'd been the plague, yes, but the delusions that had come of that had been very clearly been a result of the fever, something that certainly doesn't seem to be the case here.

On the other hand, while he doesn't know the first thing about football, he can't deny that it does look like decent exercise.

"I'm not sure I'd be familiar with the drills in question. Sports were never quite my style."

Not that he isn't willing to learn, either. But that will depend on Major being willing to teach someone in the first place.
zomboligist: (ruh roh)

[personal profile] zomboligist 2017-11-27 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ravi is starting to wonder what goes on in Major's head when he's not around and he's starting to think that if Liv had to snack on these brains, she'd be in for one surprising awakening. Giving Major a dubious look about any cutting, he just crosses his arms over his chest and waits, expectantly, to be able to prove him wrong.

"All right, let's go," he says, putting on his coat as it's starting to get chilly and he's weak. He doubts they'll be out there long, given the lack of coffee shop, but better to prepare.
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?"

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