In a move that surprises no one...

[diana_abel]

As anyone watching my plurk is doubtlessly aware, the last few weeks have left me massively unhappy with playing Diana. Therefore, I've decided, instead of complaining about it, to get off my duff and do something about it.

On the evening of Day 170, after her conversation with Pasha, Diana will quietly slip out of her room and go to Skokan, volunteering to test out the Grasp and be sent home. No one's going to notice she was gone, I don't want to cause any angst. She'll be sent off to the old World of Darkness, boomeranging back in the temple after exactly one minute at home. I suppose it's technically a canon bump, but not enough to drastically alter her personality or life experience (now if it were a five minute canon bump, that would be a different story, but I'm not that mean...).

What this will alter, however, are her memories. Upon returning to Niflheim, Diana will be back to where she was at the start of her time in the game, on Day 82. In other words, she will have her BN and HWD memories, but they will be Swiss cheesing her brain again, only unlocking when she sees the face of a person she knew in one or both of those games. (I am happy to handwave any "Oh, wait, I remember you! Didn't you light your hair on fire in [game location]?" with anyone who doesn't want to go through that rigamarole again and, in fact, unless you tell me otherwise, I may just assume handwaving because that's a lot of you.)

The big change is that Diana will be forfeiting her previous memories from this game setting. In other words, if a conversation or event took place in one of the ToS comms, she's not going to remember it. (I'm happy to handwave certain conversations reminding her of events, but check with me first, please, as there are some things I specifically don't want her to remember or be reminded of.)

I know that's kind of confusing, so I'm going to give an example of what I mean. It's the teacher training in me:

Upon returning from her "canon update," Diana has a network conversation with Pasha. As far as she knows, Pasha is a total stranger with a really thick accent who uses a lot of words she doesn't know, but later on, the two of them meet in a hallway. Diana immediately remembers everything she knew about Pasha from Bete Noire. But she does not remember, however, she had a conversation with Pasha about dead fathers last week, in the common room. Nor does she remember that Pasha is getting married soon (Ben? Who's that?). So Pasha has to remind her of that stuff. Fortunately, Pasha's got a trustworthy face.

If it's still a little confusing and you want to talk to me about it, please feel free to comment here or ping me privately.

I think that about covers it. On a personal note, I want to apologize. I know this may be frustrating for some people, and if you don't wish to continue our CR, I will understand entirely. I'm doing this for me, so I can get back on track with what I want out of my RPing life, playing the character I want to play.

Comments

[master_kenobi]

I was enjoying the slow build of Diana and Obi-Wan CR and I am looking forward to seeing how it develops in Take II and also I totally support anything that makes your RP more fun for you, because that's what it's about for all of us: having fun.

[diana_abel]

Thanks for understanding, Sarah. I have been enjoying their build too. Sorry for this speedbump, but Take II will hopefully add a fun new dimension.

[master_kenobi]

It will be awesome.

[diana_abel]

Different angle. Obi gets to go in knowing more about her than she knows about him.

[mini_dean]

yey Diana doesn't remember all of Ben's fuckups here

I'm happy bringing you back to a place where you're happy in your RP again. Seeing that Ben and Diana have so much between them, hit me up in AIM or a private plurk this weekend when you have time and we can hash out what you need from me so I don't have Ben bring up anything that will ruin the purpose of the reboot?

[somepartsbroken]

I am down for playing her re-meeting both my boys, or handwaving~! Whatever is best for you darling.

[capt_forehead]

I would love to continue our CR. If you want to handwave anything, let me know, otherwise, I'm fine to scene it out. I'm just happy she's still here.

[diana_abel]

Oh, guitar death definitely needs a second visit.

[capt_forehead]

I totally agree.

[rumchocolatesouffle]

If Kurt knew, he'd be thrilled she won't remember him the way she just met him.

I'm glad you've given it a go to make something work you will enjoy.

[andthenbriarrose]

Aurora will be sad and upset that Diana doesn't remember her anymore, but she'll be fairly determined to try and re-form their friendship a second time!

[punchedaklingon]

Adding to the chimes of 'I'm happy for them to rebuild their relationship'.

[hero_with_no_fear]

Chiming in to say you should do what you need to do. And I'm all for a random run in where Anakin can reveal he only knows her for her lucky underwear...

[diana_abel]

Oh...please yes.

[hero_with_no_fear]

Then this should happen. Perhaps after the Spin the Bottle Teenager plot?

[diana_abel]

Sounds good!

[notrosesshadow]

Hehe. Confuse Martha to the max Diana! Sorry to hear she was giving you so much trouble, but I'm glad she's coming back.

[diana_abel]

I look forward to the confusion. :)

Sorry for the bad timing, but yay crack!