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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[spellslots]

You've got to be kidding me.

[He has literally no idea how to feel about this, and he has to wonder if this is an argument that's facing him in the future, or if it'll be different with a Magnus who had Julia.]

We never would've worked, you've gotta know that, right? You're-- fuck, you're family, Mags, but do you really think we'd ever have been good boyfriends?

[It's so obvious to him that it would've ended in disaster, if they'd tried. They're too different.]

2/2

[relieable]

...Sorry. You know how much I... love joking around.

[bottombitch]

I'm starting to wonder if you ever pull back your punches, Osomatsu-kun. But I believe you.

[ Aoba doesn't think he's a bad person. He doesn't think Karamatsu is either. ]

I'm... sorry I scolded you. It really wasn't my place or any of my business... but I couldn't help it.

[glitterpants]

That doesn't sound very apologetic. It's no big deal.
I'm probably not worth apologizing to anyway.
_{[ god, this honest Karamatsu is such a selfish prick. ]}

[relieable]

[yeah, it totally wasn't your place! Osomatsu wants to agree, but a part of him is... glad some of this was aired out in the open? it's weird]

It's because you care about him too, right?

[relieable]

[what should Osomatsu do? get down on the ground and beg for approval? he said he was sorry and he meant it! he can only be honest here]

Don't say that. I'm the one who can't even apologize properly. I'm a horrible older brother.

[glitterpants]

You can be.. sometimes. Like when you take our money for yourself, or when you tease us too much, or sometimes you're not there for us either, but..
_{[ He heaves out a sigh, scrubbing lightly at his face. He hates this honesty elevator! ]}

I wouldn't have it any other way. You once told me not to change myself, because if I did, I wouldn't be Karamatsu--
If you changed yourself, you wouldn't be Osomatsu.
_{[ there's just a hint of a grin that finally appears on his solemn face. ]}

[bottombitch]

Mm.

[ It's not like him and Noiz, not like him and Strider either. Despite the way he embarrasses him, it's... fun. Deep down inside. ]

If I were to put a label on it, I'd... say he's my best friend.

[relieable]

[each thing Karamatsu says against him is like an arrow. Osomatsu's not used to Karamatsu being honest like this! it's... it's rough.

he doesn't grin though, not even at the end. he just continues to look down at the floor. all he's thinking about is that maybe Osomatsu should be a different Osomatsu, a less crappy one]

... [he sniffs, rubbing his nose. since when did he start crying? why wasn't the honesty elevator stopping?]

[relieable]

[............

Osomatsu's face falls. he looks. torn. between being happy for Karamatsu, to have earned the fated 'best friend' title.

but he's also jealous. extremely jealous, for a lot of reasons. he brings a hand up to his mouth, breathing deeply while he thinks about this.

for the first time on this elevator, Osomatsu is speechless]

[glitterpants]

_{[ He wrings his hands together anxiously, feeling himself getting even more angry at this situation they are in. ]}

.. It's easier to lie to people, isn't it? Now you know why I do not like to talk about things like this.
But.. I mean it. I had the opportunity to have somebody else be my 'big brother' before you got here, you know.

—But I told him off.
And I have not spoken to him since.

I only have one older brother and it's you.

[sweetlies]

I'm not that young. [He mutters on instinct.

He doesn't argue about Undertaker knowing though, he's woken up more than a few times yelling for his brother, or curled up in a ball under covers.]

I would have been fine lying on the floor. It isn't as if I've never done it before. At least here there's heat and I don't have to worry about being woken by another child being dragged away.

[relieable]

[it's way easier to lie! SO MUCH EASIER.

Osomatsu's head snaps up finally]

W... who wanted to be your older brother? [he'd kill him!]

[bottombitch]

[ An uneasy silence falls between them. Eventually, it's just too heavy an atmosphere for Aoba to bear. ]

...

I - [ Aoba fidgets, wanting to shut himself up, but it's impossible. He says in a small voice, just barely audible over the hum of the elevator. ]

You've only just got here, but if you're here then it's because you don't feel like you belong at home either... do you?

[franciscoramon]

[ He can tell he made Eddie think about dying and that's the opposite of what he wanted. Honesty officially sucks. ]

I told you it was fucked up.

[ Cisco looks away, shoulders slumped. ]

It's like... if you solved a really tough case where a family of five got murdered or whatever. You'd be proud of cracking the case and doing your job well, but you wouldn't be happy people were, like, dead. It was a cool machine. Nothing else about that situation was cool. At all.

[ He would officially like off this honesty elevator now. ]

I miss him a lot. I feel like I shouldn't talk about him sometimes because it'll upset you.

[ohhmrburnsides]

[He sighs, agitated, and leans his head back into the wall of the elevator, defeated.]

No. Obviously I don't think that now. I told you I got over it and I meant that. I just never got a chance to, like,

[He makes a hand gesture of frustration that wouldn't translate well over an audio or a text format.]

yeah.

[spellslots]

You never got a change to what, Magnus?

[If they're gonna do this thing they might as well go all in, especially now that Taako is feeling kind of defensive and ready to pick a fight.

Because he's an asshole.]

[ohhmrburnsides]

[He grumbles a little hmn noise in response to "too attached," but, like, it's not wrong.]

... What stuff aren't you supposed to tell me?

[somakemelaugh]

You're young. Were it not for your father's title what's been passed onto you and that butler of yours, you'd have been put into foster care upon your return or left destitute on the streets. [He'd been talking half in jest before, but this time it's different. This time, he's serious.] If you'd returned at all.

But you did. Four years, it's been. Four long years of you carrying on in your father's stead, with a noble's upbringing and a child's mind, and still the nightmares come. You've seen horrors that no child should, you've committed severe crimes in the name of the Queen and just like before, I clean up the mess left behind. Not that I care about that part. If anything, you've helped me to meet my own ends. Really, this shouldn't mean anything to me either. It's not my business what you do to yourself, were it not for your father. What amazes me is of the two of us, I'm the only one who seems to give a lick that you're still suffering this.

[relieable]

[ah... more deep stuff! Osomatsu doesn't like that they are discussing this.

but he can't help the words that come spilling out of his mouth]

...Of course I don't! I don't feel like I belong anywhere. I'm a loser! I'm a shitty older brother who everyone left behind!

[ohhmrburnsides]

[He tries not to respond, but it's all over now.]

To get mad at you, Taako! You ghosted me for a year, dude! I felt guilty for having feelings! And I always figured, that's just how Taako is, and I got over it, but not really.

[He huffs, attempting to bring himself back down.]

Sorry 'bout it.

[sweetlies]

Aunt Francis or Madam Red would have taken me in. [He goes silent for a moment. If he'd returned at all... One of them should have but...]

What else can I do? The queen practically owns the Phantomhives, we exist because of the crown. For the crown. [He tries not to let his shoulders shake.

And then, in a voice as small as he feels:] It amazes me too. I'm not worth anyone caring about. I never was. ["You never should have been born in the first place."] He should have come back.

[franciscoramon]

You mean fix everything without them.

I'm sure it was awful. I don't doubt that.

It is my problem, if you keep hurting my friends.

[spellslots]

I freaked out.

[Fuck.

Taako very maturely cover his face with his hands for a second, as if that's going to stop him from continuing to say stupid shit he shouldn't say.]

No one had ever... no one stays. [Something in his voice shakes, but he pushes through it.] It'd always just been me and Lup and suddenly there's fucking five of you thugs and you're-- you were so Magnus. [He's not sure how else to explain it.] And I fucking... I got scared.

[ohhmrburnsides]

"So Magnus"? What's that supposed to...

Scared? Like—Scared that I'd ditch you?

[10% of him is still angry, but he at least attempts to keep that held down here.]

...So, what, you ditched first?