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bakerstreet2012-03-17 10:33 pm
lolk) wrote in bakerstreet2012-03-17 10:33 pm
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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Isn't it? Isn't this right?
She lifts her gaze slightly to focus on a large shard of glass lying on the ground before her, momentarily surprised at how easy it is to see through the thick mist before even that thought grows hazy and indistinct.]
The... senshi of love, and beauty?
[The soft whisper is half a question, half a confirmation.]
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We're the only one who deserves to be loved. We'll perform onstage and make whole stadiums love us, and drag their souls down into the underworld. Doesn't that sound like fun?
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[Venus breathes out the agreement in a sigh, her lips slowly curving into a smile as she reaches out to nudge the shard a little closer. Distantly she's aware of a tiny voice screaming denials, choking amidst the onslaught of a noxious poison, but she pays it no mind; the air around her is sweet, her reflection smiling in agreement, and all is well. All is as it should be.
She rises to her feet again in a smooth, infinitely graceful movement, pushing her hair back into place behind her with a negligent flick of one hand.]
....perfect.
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Yes. [She seethes in an excited hiss.] The most perfect. Anyone who argues with you is just jealous. Like that princess of yours. She's been more jealous than anyone. That's why she stole your spotlight in the first place.
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Then I suppose it's time to take it back, isn't it?
1/2
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[Usagi's on the edge of Minako's bed now, desperately tugging at her arm as though dislocating a shoulder is the way to wake someone properly.]
Come on! It's really really late! You can't just sleep all day! [Says the pot to the kettle, but it's really not like Minako to lounge around deep into the afternoon when they'd had a shopping date together!]
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[Minako blinks groggily at first ceiling then enthusiastic blonde, grimacing as she smacks her tongue against the roof of her mouth. For some reason it feels like she's been gnawing on cotton in her sleep, probably the same stuff that's been squashed in with her brain.]
Usagi?
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Are you feeling okay? It's way late!
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[Minako gives a teasing laugh as she pushes up to sit, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.]
Give me a minute, okay? I'll get dressed and then we can go.
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[She dutifully shuffles out of Minako's bedroom to give her time to pull herself together. She hopes it's nothing serious. What if Minako's caught consumption like in one of those romance stories, and she just doesn't want Usagi to watch while she coughs up blood?? That would be a tragedy!
Maybe she needs soup. If Minako takes longer than ten minutes, Usagi's going to take it upon herself to start playing nurse.]
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A dream? Or not?
Her eyes lose their focus as she turns her attention inward, searching her self for anything to tell her which it was.]
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Though while Minako is having her moment of soul-searching, Usagi will begin rummaging through the kitchen, making a bit of a caucus from the noisy mishandling of pots.]
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[—for a second the pungent reek of sulfur stings her nostrils and the back of her throat—]
[—and the clash of pots in the kitchen startles her from her reverie and Minako gives her head a sharp shake to clear it. What was she daydreaming about?
Ah, well, no matter.
She quickly dresses, runs a brush through her hair, and ties the ribbon in place before thudding hurriedly down the stairs to the kitchen.]
Usagi, what are you doing? We're going to miss all the good sales!
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Are you sure you still want to go? If you're not feeling good, then you should stay home and let me take care of you! I'm a really good healer, you know.
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[Minako laughs and waves a hand to dismiss her friend's concern.]
Come on, I already made us late enough. And there's something I need to show you, too.
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[But she'll happily set the pots down on the closest counter, happily leaving a mess in the wake of the excitement inherent in Minako's teaser.]
What kind of thing do you need to show me? Does it have anything to do with what you were doing all night?
-- Is it a boy??