History Roleplay / WrightonStrangeMemory

'''Warnings: all spoilers are unmarked.'''

* AndTheAdventureContinues: What the alien ancestors were hoping would eventually come out of their MemoryGambit. It works out exactly as intended in the end, with some of the Wrightonians continuing the ancient adventure and some staying behind to hold down the fort at home.
* ArcNumber: 16, and by extension, 4.
* BilingualBonus: Anyone who knew the Dutch word for ship likely knew about a certain reveal rather early.
%%* TheBridge: The Final Climax takes place here.
%%* TheChosenMany
%%* CoolStarship: The RETON definitely qualifies as this.
%%* DaChief: Poor Deputy Chief Ritter.
* DomedHometown: Not at first, but this is what kicks off the plot. It's a windshield for the spaceship buried under Wrighton.
%%* DrivingQuestion
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: ''Very'' elaborate. Played with, as we eventually learn it wasn't ''intended'' to be underground.
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: The Original Crew’s plan – lock their memories safely away until they can be unlocked centuries in the future, when (hopefully) those who gain the memories will have the necessary knowledge on how to defeat the Beast.
%%* GeneticMemory: At first the implication points towards this being what's really going on.
* GhostMemory: According to the goderators, the "Memory Cloud" can cause any given crew member's memories to be transferred to any random native of the town. Direct descendency from the alien in question is irrelevant. Which is fortunate since otherwise S'siri's memories would have been lost forever, as she was revealed to have never had descendants.
* HomeSweetHome: The story's central theme, although this doesn't become explicit until the end of round five.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: Modern Wrighton alone features humans, grey aliens, vampires, selkies, sirins, merpeople, djinni, sapient shapeshifting sea monsters, space chinchillas, and Bloody Mary. Add to that the ancestor aliens and you also get grunokki, chif'rrr, kvalgulaar, tesarians, artenskiad, visten, ramblers, sun dragons, coangi, morrigan, edibas, mantis-shrimp-aliens, naga-aliens, and Theo's non-verbal-written-language-only creators. All of which get at least some development and context in the story. It's no wonder the goderators started a thread explicitly to be a race-guide.
* MemoryGambit: Implied by the initial note to be in effect, and eventually, more comes out: the Player Characters, in the distant past, agreed to it to save themselves and the entire ship from some sort of calamity connected to the Beast.
* TheMenInBlack: Showed up in the past to warn Kathleen and Caden Glenn not to talk about the spaceship rubble they found. In present times have yet to show up, as far as we know.

* NonMaliciousMonster: The Beast, as it is essentially just an amalgamation of the original crew's desire to run with little sapience; not intentionally setting out to harm, but if left alone, it would ultimately destroy the ship and crew.

* PercussiveMaintenance:
** Suggested by the Boss when Kathleen asks for pointers on how to start the alien ship.
** Jon employs this for real on one of the puzzles, though it's a slight subversion in that he was hitting the puzzle too knock several of the pieces out of it, just to make the point they ''were'' detachable to Harper and Alexis.

%%* SapientShip: The RETON/Scip.
* SingleLineOfDescent: The mindprog for the ancestor can only be stored in one person, hence why only the Sixteen carry that officer's memories. However, everyone who is a native of Wrighton has an alien ancestor's memory, as it can easily skip a few generations or go down another family branch.
* SpaceNomads: The Original Crew was basically this – which is what sparked the whole conflict about settling down versus continuing exploring.
%%* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: How the Beast is ultimately defeated.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Played with, in that the characters' discovery of being tomatoes happens over the course of a few days. A straighter example is Audo Mulligan who learns of their involvement later on (and initially doesn't believe it as a result.)
%%* YouCantFightFate: Discussed while playing it straight.

* AndTheAdventureContinues - What the [[spoiler:alien ancestors were hoping would eventually come out of their MemoryGambit. It works out exactly as intended in the end, with some of the Wrightonians continuing the ancient adventure and some staying behind to hold down the fort at home.]]

* BilingualBonus: Anyone who knew the Dutch word for [[spoiler: ship]] likely knew about a certain reveal rather early.
%%* TheBridge – The Final Climax takes place here.
%%* CoolStarship – [[spoiler: The RETON definitely qualifies as this.]]

* DomedHometown: Not at first, but this is what kicks off the plot. [[spoiler: It's a windshield for the spaceship buried under Wrighton.]]

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: ''Very'' elaborate. [[spoiler: Played with, as we eventually learn it wasn't ''intended'' to be underground.]]
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture – [[spoiler: The Original Crew’s plan – lock their memories safely away until they can be unlocked centuries in the future, when (hopefully) those who gain the memories will have the necessary knowledge on how to defeat the Beast.]]

* GhostMemory: According to the goderators, the "Memory Cloud" [[spoiler:can cause any given crew member's memories to be transferred to any random native of the town. Direct descendency from the alien in question is irrelevant. Which is fortunate since otherwise S'siri's memories would have been lost forever, as she was revealed to have never had descendants.]]
* HomeSweetHome - The story's central theme, although this doesn't become explicit until the end of round five.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces - Modern Wrighton alone features humans [[spoiler: grey aliens, vampires, selkies, sirins, merpeople, djinni, sapient shapeshifting sea monsters, space chinchillas, and Bloody Mary.]] Add to that the [[spoiler: ancestor aliens and you also get grunokki, chif'rrr, kvalgulaar, tesarians, artenskiad, visten, ramblers, sun dragons, coangi, morrigan, edibas, mantis-shrimp-aliens, naga-aliens, and Theo's non-verbal-written-language-only creators.]] All of which get at least some development and context in the story. It's no wonder the goderators started a thread explicitly to be a race-guide.
* MemoryGambit: Implied by [[spoiler: the initial note]] to be in effect, and eventually, more comes out: [[spoiler: the Player Characters, in the distant past, agreed to it to save themselves and the entire ship from some sort of calamity connected to the Beast.]]
* TheMenInBlack: [[spoiler:Showed up in the past to warn Kathleen and Caden Glenn not to talk about the spaceship rubble they found.]] In present times have yet to show up, as far as we know.

* NonMaliciousMonster: [[spoiler: The Beast, as it is essentially just an amalgamation of the original crew's desire to run with little sapience; not intentionally setting out to harm, but if left alone, it would ultimately destroy the ship and crew.]]
* PercussiveMaintenance - Suggested by the Boss when Kathleen asks for pointers on how to [[spoiler:start the alien ship.]]

* ParrotPetPosition – Squip, despite being a cat, has been known to ride around on Ani’s shoulders.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Ayo and Fionn both attempt this, but unfortunately for them, [[YouCantFightFate The Call is not taking no for an answer.]] Ayo in particular flat-out tries to skip town (see below) Both eventually come around, at least partially.
%%* SapientShip – [[spoiler: The RETON/Scip.]]
* SingleLineOfDescent: [[spoiler:The mindprog for the ancestor can only be stored in one person, hence why only the Sixteen carry that officer's memories. However, everyone who is a native of Wrighton has an alien ancestor's memory, as it can easily skip a few generations or go down another family branch.]]
* SpaceNomads – [[spoiler:The Original Crew was basically this – which is what sparked the whole conflict about settling down versus continuing exploring.]]
%%* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath - [[spoiler:How the Beast is ultimately defeated.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: Played with, in that the characters' discovery of being tomatoes happens over the course of a few days. A straighter example is [[spoiler: Audo Mulligan]] who learns of their involvement later on (and initially doesn't believe it as a result.)
%%* YouCantFightFate: Discussed while playing it straight.

* TheBridge – The Final Climax takes place here.
* CoolStarship – [[spoiler: The RETON definitely qualifies as this.]]
* TheChosenMany
* DaChief: Poor Deputy Chief Ritter.

* DrivingQuestion

* GeneticMemory: At first the implication points towards this being what's really going on, but WordOfGod [[spoiler:and the truth about S'siri, Holly's memory ancestor,]] reveal that it is in fact-

* SapientShip – [[spoiler: The RETON/Scip.]]
* SingleLineOfDescent: Averted and Justified. [[spoiler:The mindprog for the ancestor can only be stored in one person, hence why only the Sixteen carry that officer's memories. However, everyone who is a native of Wrighton has an alien ancestor's memory, as it can easily skip a few generations or go down another family branch.]]

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath - [[spoiler:How the Beast is ultimately defeated.]]

* YouCantFightFate: Discussed while playing it straight.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces - Modern Wrighton alone features humans [[spoiler: grey aliens, vampires, selkies, sirins, merpeople, djinni, sapient shapeshifting sea monsters, and Bloody Mary.]] Add to that the [[spoiler: ancestor aliens and you also get grunokki, chif'rrr, kvalgulaar, tesarians, artenskiad, visten, ramblers, sun dragons, coangi, morrigan, edibas, mantis-shrimp-aliens, naga-aliens, and Theo's non-verbal-written-language-only creators.]] All of which get at least some development and context in the story. It's no wonder the goderators started a thread explicitly to be a race-guide.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces - Modern Wrighton alone features humans [[spoiler: grey aliens, vampires, selkies, sirins, merpeople, djinni, sapient shapeshifting sea monsters, and Bloody Mary.]] Add to that the [[spoiler: ancestor aliens and you also get grunokki, chif'rrr, kvalgulaar, tesarians, artenskiad, visten, ramblers, sun dragons, coangi, morrigan, edibas, mantis-shrimp-aliens, naga-aliens, and Theo's non-verbal-written-language-only creators. All of which get at least some development and context in the story. It's no wonder the goderators started a thread explicitly to be a race-guide.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces - Modern Wrighton alone features humans [[spoiler: grey aliens, vampires, selkies, sirins, merpeople, djinni, sapient shapeshifting sea monsters, and Bloody Mary.]] Add to that the [[spoiler: ancestory aliens and you also get grunokki, chif'rrr, kvalgulaar, tesarians, artenskiad, visten, ramblers, sun dragons, coangi, morrigan, edibas, mantis-shrimp-aliens, naga-aliens, and Theo's non-verbal-written-language-only creators. All of which get at least some development and context in the story. It's no wonder the goderators started a thread explicitly to be a race-guide.]]

* CuteMonster: [[spoiler: Bloody Mary.]]

* DressedToHeal – Atif Khouri wears his doctor’s coat and carries a medical bag with him as he explores the mysterious tunnels beneath the town.

* ElectiveMute – [[spoiler: Ani Hemsworth is one. She stopped talking a few years before canon, only to start speaking again after the plot got kicking.]]
* EmergentHuman: Scip, although he's pretty far along in understanding and practicing social cues. He still has his moments, though, especially since he's had less experience with humans specifically.
* TheEmpath – [[spoiler: Oor’cha (the ship’s original captain) was one.]]
* FantasticAnthropologist: Dion

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire – [[spoiler: Velia Briar]], although no one knows it until later.
* FromStrayToPet – Squip is this. Ani found him wandering around Wrighton, and decided to adopt him.
* TheGameComeToLife: Velia has the pleasure [[spoiler: of transforming into her favorite Piximite, Diamond Dust Dracomite.]]
* GenkiGirl: Dion again, is always very keen and enthusiastic.

* GraveMarkingScene – [[spoiler:Audo Mulligan]], in the epilogue.
* GrowingWings: [[spoiler: Happens to Holly by surprise in answer to a prayer.]]
* HomeSweetHome - The story's central theme, although this doesn't become explicit until the end of round five.
* HumanMomNonHumanDad – [[spoiler: Harper’s dad is an alien.]]
* IntrepidReporter: Beatrice Bizelli and Kathleen Morrigan, who eventually strike up a sort of friendship.
* IntriguedByHumanity - [[spoiler:Both Scip and the Boss]] express the idea that humans are difficult to understand, and in the later case, intriguing to watch.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Explained to be why [[spoiler: a sentient spaceship]] doesn't have specific pronouns: "it" would be most accurate, but nobody felt comfortable calling a clearly sentient being "it", and the being in question simply didn't care either way.
* IWorkAlone: Recurring with Audo Mulligan, seen most notably at the dinner party.
* KindheartedCatLover – Scip has been noted to have a fondness for cats.
* LongLived – [[spoiler: Many examples of this – Maggie Chayka, The Boss, Annabelle Dionte…]]
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Fionn turns out to have one in the form of his grandmother's brother.]]
* LoyalAnimalCompanion – Squip once again.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent – [[spoiler:Velia Briar. She sucks the life out of plants, not humans.]]

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Audo's Epic Quest to find the Holy Coffee Maker of Ancient Lore.

* PuppyDogEyes - A favorite tactic of Fionn [[spoiler:when he's in seal form. Such that when people are sad he'll deliberately invoke this to cheer them up.]]

* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: Sharron Bizelli explains that her and Beatrice's blue hair is from a black hair mutation. [[spoiler: Turns out, though, that they may have inherited this from their alien ancestors, making it something of a PowerDyesYourHair.]]

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Christian Vu

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ayo, having had just about enough of Wrighton's increasingly dangerous shenanigans, decides to take off. They do return, after a nice heart-to-heart.
* SealedGoodInACan – [[spoiler: Scip fits this rather nicely – he was, after all, trapped in a spaceship underground for 2300 years.]]

* SelkiesAndWereseals: [[spoiler: Fionn, after weeks of speculation, was eventually revealed to be this.]]
* SexySaxMan: Subverted. Despite playing the saxophone, the fat, often scruffy Fionn is not someone most people would consider sexy. [[IWasQuiteALooker His younger self, fresh out of the sea, on the other hand...]]

* SunglassesAtNight: Audo's got such CoolShades that he wears them to the late night dinner party.

* TalkingToTheDead – [[spoiler: Audo talks to his grandfather’s gravestone in the epilogue.]]
* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: [[spoiler: Audo's main struggle when interacting with the others, trying to hand wave away any tragic memories, but it becomes all the harder to maintain when light is shed on his facade, poking holes into it.]]

* VegetarianVampire – [[spoiler: Velia Briar.]]
* YouCantFightFate: Discussed while playing it straight.

[[folder: Akash]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Alexis Marinos]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Annabelle "Dion" Dionte]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Ani Hemsworth]]
* AnimalEaredHeadband - Ani's trademark accessory.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Anise Carter]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Aster]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Athene Katsaros]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Atif Khouri]]
* BenevolentGenie – [[spoiler:Atif Khouri turns out to be one.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Audo Mulligan]]
* AfraidOfBlood – When someone accidentally reopens the cut on their foot and it starts to bleed again, Audo begins to panic.
* CoolShades: Audo's got some of these.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ayo Joyce-Kelani]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Beatrice Bizelli]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Caden "Cade" Glenn]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Christian Vu]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Edward Fox]]
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Edward Fox is a benign version of this trope.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Elizabeth "Liz" Bishop]]
* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Liz and [[spoiler: Bloody Mary]]. Liz explains though that she's been practicing to retain memories after she comes back, and is able to recall vaguely what happened when transforming nowadays.
* CreatingLife: [[spoiler: Liz's alien ancestor, Theo, was one of many beings artificially made on her home planet.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Fionn Colby]]
* BigFun: Fionn; fat, friendly and loveable.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Hannah Zhou]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Harper Kulkarni]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Holly O'Rourke]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Itzel Romero]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Jonquil "Jon" O'Rourke]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Kathleen Morrigan]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Maggie Chayka]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Radha Kulkarni]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Scip]]
* AIIsACrapshoot: Quite thoroughly averted.
* BenevolentAI
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Boss]]
* ChaoticNeutral: The Boss' stated alignment.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Velia Briar]][[/folder]]

* AfraidOfBlood – Audo Mulligan. When someone accidentally reopens the cut on their foot and it starts to bleed again, he begins to panic.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Quite thoroughly averted.
* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Liz and [[spoiler: Bloody Mary]]. Liz explains though that she's been practicing to retain memories after she comes back, and is able to recall vaguely what happened when transforming nowadays.

* AnimalEaredHeadband - Ani's trademark accessory.

* BenevolentAI – [[spoiler:Scip turns out to be this.]]
* BenevolentGenie – [[spoiler:Atif Khouri turns out to be one.]]
* BigFun: Fionn; fat, friendly and loveable.

* ChaoticNeutral: The Boss' stated alignment.

* CreatingLife: [[spoiler: Liz's alien ancestor, Theo, was one of many beings artificially made on her home planet.]]

* CoolShades: Audo's got some of these.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Edward Fox is a benign version of this trope.

[[folder: Ani Hemsworth]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Atif Khouri]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Audo Mulligan]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Edward Fox]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Elizabeth "Liz" Bishop]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Fionn Colby]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Scip]][[/folder]]

[[folder: The Boss]][[/folder]]

* YouCantFightFate: Discussed while playing it straight.