002; elevator of forced honesty

[memefox]

elevator of forced honesty

» POST: a top level for your character(s) » RESPOND: to other characters ICly. your characters are now trapped in an elevator together. » UH OH: neither character can lie. » ADDITIONAL, OPTIONAL COMPLICATIONS: at player discretion characters may also... a. be unable to remain silent when asked questions b. be unable to speak around the truth when answering c. be compelled to reveal truths/secrets unprompted THE POWER OF THE ELEVATOR COMPELS YOU.

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[worldsaway]

It's nice to be reassured sometimes. Just because I am so very impressive does not mean I don't need compliments. [Thor chuckles.] I did. You're very talented.

[threatenwithcuteness]

That'd be a neat trick to have. Although I just try not to have people get mad at me, if I can avoid it.

*There's something poetic and highly improbable about a blue haired fashionista and a viking having the exact same problem. Mostly it's just really goddamn weird.*

I don't even get to pretend I could do anything about people leaving me. But... Letha leaving was her, and her weird victorian necromancer bullshit. That's not your fault.

*She looks down at his hand on her's. It's weird but good, nowhere near normal, but good.*

I hope you can actually keep that. But this place has a habit of messing with things. Just... as friends? I'm really not okay with the choking thing.

*Sorry that's just where her head goes every time. Cause Dolores was okay with some weird shit.*

[dothelokimotion]

[ He wants to laugh. They had been afraid of him for years. The second son, conniving and weak. The magic-user who clearly coveted the throne and Thor's place. Asgard was a joke and a joke it'll remain. These were the people Loki had once pledged his loyalty to. Whom he went to war for Jotunheim for. To prove his worthiness to them.

A joke. ]

Enough. I know the difference between a wish and reality. I've stopped wanting what I can't have.

[ He's had the throne twice over. One through legitimacy, the other through his own cunning. Both are transient. Like family. Like everything else.

A joke. ]

[realimperfect]

You- [ did you really just do that, Thor? She gives him one of those looks that asks what in the hell shes supposed to do with him now. As much as she wants to reach up and smack him she also... doesn't know if he's as tolerant as Bincent and that makes that kind of thing a dangerous gamble.

Her back rests against the opposite side of the elevator, glowering at him for essentially trapping them here. ]

- - Somehow I think it's less interesting than you're thinking. In Romdeau emotions were considered nonessential or a weakness. So we were all expected to behave as such.

[ragnarsson]

Sure as hell feels like it. She only did after I told her I loved her and after we--

[He pauses and doesn't go on, too embarrassed to admit he'd been living with a woman for months without sleeping with her. That'd be a prime source of derision back home.]

--It doesn't matter. It felt like she left because I did something wrong.

[Her mention of choking gets the ghost of a smile on his face.]

Friends works. I'm not interested in more with you.

[brightline]

No kidding, a hotel? Wow. It'd probably be harder being a girl, too.

[....wait. Ouch. Marco actually makes a face at that.]

Well, sorry. I thought I was pretty cute considering I had my high school experience hijacked by going to war with brain-stealing alien parasites via turning into animals and getting eviscerated or my face torn off pretty regularly.

[threatenwithcuteness]

Well, I don't really like using water when masturbating, so the shower isn't good for me.

*...The worst part is that's canon information.*

Nonono, I don't blame you, just... everything about that is kinda terrifying and definitely not a thing I coulda handled. And I really don't wanna hear more because I don't want any of those nightmares. I have enough problems with my petty normal issues with mom leaving and my friends never being supportive when I need them. Like when a boy dumped me or I had to get an abortion.

*That's the first thing Lola's expressed by accident that causes her to put her hands over her mouth to shut up.*

[threatenwithcuteness]

Yeah, but... she ran off to your world, that means it can't really be you right? I mean if I was from a world of weird dead powers I'd never want to go back.

*Lola's pretty sure that Ivar just avoided saying 'because they had sex' because, well, it made sense. That's how it happened for her. She told Miles and then they did it and then Miles went back to his boyfriend.*

She had a lot of her, high born bloodline stuff she kept focusing on. I think... it was more Winter than you. Babies are terrifying.

x'rhun tia | ffxiv

[verflair]

[brightline]

I mean. Me either, it gets kinda rough unless you use something else too...

[Seriously, he cannot be discussing his lube preferences with a cute girl. Seriously.]

Well, you're pretty safe, I don't really like talking about it much. It's way better making jokes and pretending like none of it was very bad. Maybe I'm not the big damn hero like Jake, but at least I'm not broken.

[His fists are clenched at his sides, he can't help it, and then when she mentions the abortion he exhales roughly.]

My mom left too. She didn't mean to, but she did. And it sucked. And I'm sorry you had to get an abortion and no one was there to look out for you.

[spellslots]

A man after my own heart.

[Taako also loves compliments!! Shocking literally no one.]

I'd say we should do it again sometimes, but I'm not sure who'd kill me first, Bryn or Loki.

[threatenwithcuteness]

Let's just pretend whatever sex stuff we say here we didn't say. Unless we have sex. Which I'm not really against, just... sex makes things weird.

*Look it is the best thing for their sanity if they pretend it never happened. Like everything else they avoid dealing with.*

It's one of those things that just is there, because you see all your friends with their parents and... it just hurts.

I wasn't alone, someone went with me. I wouldn't say a friend exactly, but going with me definitely made her more important to me. She didn't judge or try to guess who the dad was. I know my friends didn't mean anything but...

*Frankie and Shay were awful then.*

[maskerading]

[ Damn bruh we're trapped in an elevator waiting for help to get us out and this is what you're stuck on???? Yuuto is visibly surprised that she asks in the first place, but when he means to say one thing, another comes out instead: ]

—No.

[ Wait. No, that's not... There's a subtle frown on his face, but chyeah okay he. Meant to do that. Totally. ]

... Is this really bothering you?

[brightline]

That sounds like a really, super great idea. The pretending we didn't say it. Not the sex, except maybe the sex part too.

[He winces a little, and only a bit more when she mentions friends with parents.]

Right? Totally adding insult to injury when your dad shuts down afterward and you basically have no parents.

Well it's good you had someone. I probably would've been total crap at dealing with something like that.

[threatenwithcuteness]

Sex makes things weird, I wanna be sure before I do that again. Last time I did it he got back with his boyfriend. Not counting when I wasn't me, that was weird and involved Ivar choking me.

*In spite of how everything she just said is mortifying, Lola's just going to curl up next to Marco for the comfort that that can bring. Since... he had it harder than her, she's not sure how much she can say to help on that.*

My dad didn't shut down, he was busy a lot, but... he put all he could into making me happy. I wish you could have had that. From your dad, anything else would be weird.

Most people would be. Yael didn't do a lot, just... be there. It was all I needed. Not being alone. Being alone scares the hell out of me.

Bucky Barnes ✪ Marvel 616

[anotheroldsoldier]

[ragnarsson]

[Ivar can't help the smile that comes across his face. Not one of usual smirks, this is a genuine one that very few people ever get to see. It's worlds away from the usual fierce and angry expression.]

No, no, keep going. I like hearing what you have to say. I've never had anyone make me feel the way I do around you. You're smart, and funny, and you're one of the most interesting people I've ever met. That's even without being able to turn into different animals. And you don't care I can't--

[And then a pink flush goes across Ivar's cheeks and he stops talking.]

[ragnarsson]

How do you live with your regrets?

[ragnarsson]

That's something I'll never forgive her for. Bad enough to leave me, but to leave her own daughter? How could she do something so selfish?

[The sides of his wheelchair creak as he grips them hard. If they were made of glass, they'd have shattered by now.]

If I ever see her again, the least I'll do is break her jaw.

[worldsaway]

Then I hope for you to start wanting things you can have. You have my love, you have a new life, you are unburdened and presented with opportunity. All I want is to see you happy.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki huffs quietly. Even that seems too high for him. ]

I don't think it's in me to feel that way. Best not to get your hopes too high, Thor.

[worldsaway]

[One day they will have the kind of closeness that allows her to hit him and know that he'll laugh it off, but they aren't there yet. Thor is persistent, however, and she's on his radar now.]

You are wrong, I find that very interesting. [Look, honesty.] Do you agree with the sentiment? Do you believe emotions are a nonessential weakness?

[worldsaway]

Bryn and I are not exclusive, but admittedly I do not fully understand her boundaries as far as friends go.

Loki, however, I know his boundaries all too well. [Alas.] I think there will be a time for it to happen again.

[brightline]

And that smile? The one you have on right now? Super, super cute. Like...gorgeous.

[Marco winks at him a little, and then suddenly Ivar is saying all that stuff, and Marco's going a little pink himself. Lifting a hand, he rubs at the back of his neck and just kind of grins like a complete idiot.]

I mean, I always thought of myself that way, I guess, but it's nice hearing it from you, because you're smart and funny and charming and interesting.

[That last part makes Marco blink.]

What, that you can't help being a badass Viking?

gamora | mcu

[godslay]