A random thing to do today in Jamaa: be a storyteller

Disclaimer:

Yes, I've left Animal Jam and have stopped officially writing the blog (and yes, I agree that my grammar in the old posts was horrendous). I've been gone for a while (even though it's been about a year since I've left Animal Jam) but out of curiosity I looked in the drafts today and found a few things I had already written or were work-in-progresses that I could easily finish. I thought I'd post them because there's no point letting them rot, eh? ^_^

A long while ago, I had an interesting experience that made me wonder about how unique Animal Jam was. My koala was sitting in the Hot Cocoa Hut and staring majestically (*snort*) into the flames of the fireplace from beneath a (rather goofy-looking) hood. Someone else came in and I spontaneously decided that, since I was just sitting there, I would tell a story. And so I did - I told the story of Mira and Zios (a very common story but surprisingly unheard of by the majority of users - I appreciate how it truly does feel like a legend because it morphs slightly at each retelling, even if it's AJHQ who is retelling it). The details are fuzzy but, knowing me, it was probably in rhyme. To my surprise the person actually listened to it in full and when it was done they seemed to be quite taken with it and promised me something along the lines of "This lore is fascinating! I will retell this story to all of Jamaa! Look up my username someday and you'll find me!" It was a little.. odd, since it was a made-up story for a game about animals, but tales are like that. They make the listener slow down and think, to wonder, to see the world with a little more magic (or at least quell boredom for a time).

What about you? Do you enjoy telling stories? If you're newer, you might be interested to know that Animal Jam has amassed a lot of lore over the years (you can find most of it archived here). You can tell anything from the main stories about Mira and Zios (Mira being created, the phantoms) to the ever-changing more obscure stories about the alphas that were on the Daily Explorer or even the stories in the fieldguide that was released a while ago (note: is it still in stores? I've been out of the loop). And, of course, there's a few amazing fanfictions out there as well. So, who knows? Animal Jam may have changed since that time, but what if it hasn't? What if, if you sit next to a pixelated fire with your pixelated animal and tell a story from a culture that every player of this game is a part of there might be someone who listens?

Try it, and let me know how it goes.