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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[buildsomething]

Wrong. I should be dead. I was going to be dead. The only reason I'm not is because someone decided I still had something worth offering. If I'm not doing something then I might as well just lay back down and be done with it.

[dothelokimotion]

Then do it. Nothing is stopping you.

[ Loki survives out of spite. He has nothing else to live for, save for the quiet knowledge that Asgard will seethe at his cheated death. ]

Should and was are pointless. Doing something is pointless if it is only for the sake of doing. And you wonder why it goes awry.

[buildsomething]

I'm stopping me. Obviously. I have a job to do.

And you wonder why none of your stupid plans work out. It's not for the sake of doing, it's for the sake of everyone else. The goddamn planet. Have you ever considered anyone else in your life or is it just all about you?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki bares his teeth in a snarl. ]

If you thought that, then you're a bigger fool than I presumed. Unsurprising since you looked into the eye of the storm and folded like a weakling. You had all this time to prepare and you wasted it on your own insecurities.

[buildsomething]

[One eyebrow goes up. If they're doing this, Tony is not going to in intimidated by someone he still has an imprint of in his floor.]

Yeah? And what exactly have you done?

[dothelokimotion]

I seem to recall dying for Thor and your idiotic world. You're welcome, by the way.

[buildsomething]

So have I. You want a cookie?

[dothelokimotion]

It doesn't count if it's a problem you caused, Stark. Saving the world from yourself isn't worth a cookie.

[buildsomething]

Which one of us brought in an army and killed hundreds of people just to fuck with your brother? Oh right, not me.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki just settles for putting his head in his hands. Why does he keep overestimating the Avengers' intelligence. Why. ]

You're absolutely right. That is exactly what it was.

[buildsomething]

Look, I could not give less of a crap what your reasons were. The only reason we keep having this conversation is because you think you have something you can lord over me. Does it make you feel better knowing you're not the only fuckup?

[dothelokimotion]

Yes, actually. Obviously. Especially since you keep making more without any outside help.

[buildsomething]

So you think you an blame yours on someone else?

[dothelokimotion]

I do not need to dodge my actions, Stark. I'm well aware that I fought and lost. So what? It's not as though I pretended my intentions were otherwise.

[buildsomething]

Don't you? You're pretending right now. Trying to convince me you're better than me because...what? You got to leave and not face the mess to be cleaned up?

[dothelokimotion]

There's very little convincing needed and we both know that.

Besides, I thought you would enjoy me facing Asgardian justice. Even if I had survived, my father would kill me. Is that messy enough for you?

[buildsomething]

He clearly didn't and you're an overdramatic asshole. And no. Asgardian justice doesn't do much for me because they're not the people you hurt.

[dothelokimotion]

He missed his chance.

[ Loki knows his father will take it eventually. ]

And you did? Or do you simply throw money at the people you've hurt. That is how you solve problems, is it not? Frankly, I still find it amusing that you're still trying to muster up guilt in me. What a wasted opportunity.

[ Tony could ask anything. Where the army came from. What were Loki's plans. Who was helping him. But no, he is stymied in the past. It's amusing, watching him try to upend Loki's logic. As if Loki has any investment in what Tony thinks. ]

[buildsomething]

I'm trying to figure out how you can not give a shit when I can't do anything but.

[Fucking honesty.]

You're the one that keeps starting this. What exactly are you trying to get from me?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki shrugs loosely. ]

I cared. Until I fell through the darkness of the universe. That tends to sever one's feeling quite well.

I don't want anything from you. I thought you might find that refreshing. There is nothing I can do to you that you cannot do to yourself. I suppose we're similar in that respect.

[buildsomething]

Bullshit. If you didn't care, we wouldn't be having this conversation at all.

Yeah, I find you rubbing my nose in it real refreshing, thank you.

[dothelokimotion]

You're welcome.

Well, then. I simply don't care about the things you care about. Mortal lives are fleeting. They exist to fade.

[buildsomething]

Well in that case, nothing's worth caring about because everything ends eventually. Pull the other one.

[dothelokimotion]

There is nothing to pull. There is nothing to care about because there is nothing left.

[buildsomething]

Right, so you're just a nihilist now. Who are you trying to convince, me or yourself?