002; elevator of forced honesty

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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]

[This would be super if he could blink out of here, right now.]

Because it's— because you're happy, now, and things are easy and I dunno what's gonna change if you're thinking about your future wife.

[ohhmrburnsides]

Oh. Yeah. I didn't realize you might know about... that.

[Yeah, that is complicated.]

... I shouldn't have asked.

[spellslots]

[Taako leans back against the wall of the elevator, shrinking in on himself a little because he sure does feel like a dick.]

I shouldn't have asked, I was just trying to make myself feel less shitty about this.

[ohhmrburnsides]

...Yeah.

Do you feel better now?

[spellslots]

Nope.

[He has at least five regrets.]

I'm sorry I'm a fucking asshole.

[ohhmrburnsides]

Taako, it's...

[Still dejected, he leans against the wall as well.]

I get it.

[spellslots]

Well, fuck, I was kinda hoping you'd refute that one.

[Welp!]

[ohhmrburnsides]

[Shrug.] Yeah, I kinda figured. Too bad for you I care more than you want me to.

[since we're on truth elevator]

[spellslots]

That's not--

[He's not even sure what he wants to say or what is true.

Taako runs a hand through his hair.]

Are you mad at me, about... all of this?

[ohhmrburnsides]

Uh, yeah. But like I said, I get it. If it were me, I'd... [Sigh.] I guess I'd have to tell you. But it would suck.

[spellslots]

[He deflates a little, but at least Magnus gets it.]

I wouldn't wanna know, I mean - except the stuff about Lup, but everything else is fuckig bullshit.

[ohhmrburnsides]

Yeah, definitely. I wouldn't even think if I knew something about Lup, I'd just tell you immediately.

[This, though... He didn't want to know what was at the other end of that red string. Not yet.]

Do you know anything? About your... you know. [He lifts the finger the red string had been tied to.]

[spellslots]

[Aw, beans.

Taako is quiet for a few moments, straining against the compulsion to speak, before he finally gives out.]

Kravitz. He's-- We're-- fuck, I dunno what we are, but he said he loves me.

[And that's scary, but the fact he hasn't completely balked at it is almost just as terrifying, because it means he... wants that. It's all so confusing, though, when so much has been via a canister.]

[ohhmrburnsides]

[It'd probably be rude to say "wow" to that, huh? The idea of Taako committing long-term is startling, but Magnus did see the red string with his own eyes. It's just weird acknowledging it. He chooses his words carefully.]

That's... big, Taako. Congrats.

[He smiles, and it's genuine, but maybe a little melancholy.]

[spellslots]

[Maybe a little rude, but not entirely inaccurate.]

He's uh, the grim reaper? And already super dead, so...

[Taako has a lot of fears about losing people, especially someone like Magnus, who's so painfully human, and that's kind of negated by Kravitz's whole situation. He could still leave Taako, and that's scary, but it's not as scary as death.]

[ohhmrburnsides]

Oh, shit, that's badass. And perfect for you, honestly.

[In a way that Magnus wasn't.

...He thinks he shouldn't ask, but he can't stop himself.]

Are you cool with that? Like... commitment.

[spellslots]

I'm more goth than Lup, fucking finally.

[He says it with a flash of a grin that doesn't quite last through Magnus's next question, because that's... hard. It's one of those things that he doesn't quite know for himself yet.]

Maybe? I mean, fuck, the rest of you assholes settled down, far be it from Taako to miss out on the fun.

[ohhmrburnsides]

[He laughs.] That's a very Taako answer. I like it.

[He means to say something like, Hey, I think you could do it, but what he says is:] I'd be surprised if you could.

[And he sounds. Kinda bitter. ...It's actually the first time on this ride he was gonna lie about something so he didn't know that was gonna come out if he were to keep talking. Whoops!]

I, uh. I didn't. [Except he did, so he can't finish that sentence ahahahahahahaha.]

[spellslots]

No, we both know you meant it. That's cool.

[Taako's voice is light, casual as anything, but it's hard to keep the hurt out of his expression.]

Is that cause I wouldn't try to make it work with you, or...?

[Fuck, that was too mean.]

[ohhmrburnsides]

[Shit. He was content to keep this to himself forever, but.]

Actually, y'know? A little, yeah.

[...But now that it's comin' out, it may as well, right?]

It's—it's stupid, Taako, I know it's stupid. I got over it, like, obvi, I knew you weren't into the commitment thing with me and that was fine. I just didn't think about you trying it with someone else. ... Like, until now.

[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.]

[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 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.

[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.