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.

Comments

[winscenario]

Oh. That's just... manner of speech. When we talk about a person's 'type' it usually refers to a certain type of person, or a specific trait, that someone might find especially attractive. You don't have an expression like that in Asgard?

[dothelokimotion]

Not to my knowledge. Certainly we have desirable traits that we look for in a person. But nothing so defined as types.

What kind of types exist?

[winscenario]

Anything can serve as a 'type'. Just about any physical or personality trait, or even something they're good at. So a person's type can be something as simple as 'funny', or something like 'brooding musician with dirt blond hair, an old car and a collection of worn and torn up jeans'. Or you can slot people into stereotypes and go with 'jock', 'nerd' and so on. That's sort of dated where I come from, though.

[dothelokimotion]

[ How . . . bizarre. But Loki supposes that Asgard had their own stereotypes. And they were certainly a lot more demanding than . . . what was attractive. ]

Our types range towards the species. Troll, elf, monster and the like. Asgardians do not differ much among each other.

[winscenario]

Yeah, you and your brother are two of a kind. It's almost impossible to tell you apart.

[ That's sarcasm so technically he's still respecting the laws of the elevator of truth. ]

[dothelokimotion]

He is not my brother. And I am not Asgardian. Merely a monster dressed in their finery.

[winscenario]

What?

[ Okay, now he's confused. ]

Hold on, didn't you come from Asgard? And he says you're his brother, so how come you're saying that?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki snorts delicately. ]

Thor says it because he believes it. He will cling to that one truth even as the world collapses. But it does not change the truth. I was a spoil of war, from another realm. I have no claim to Asgard save my childhood.

[winscenario]

Being from another world doesn't make you a monster. It's what you do that determines that.

[ Of course, if Jim only knew. ]

Didn't you grow up together? Play together, help and care for each other? That's a brother in my books. Doesn't matter where you came from.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki shoots him a flat look. ]

You do not know what kind of world it is.

[winscenario]

It's irrelevant. My galaxy has its fair share of hostile worlds but I won't call everyone from the species that inhabit them monsters.

So if you're not an Asgardian, then what are you?

[dothelokimotion]

How enlightened.

[ His tone is bland. ]

I am part Frost Giant. Where the other half hails from, I know not.

[winscenario]

Huh. [ There's a pause, ] Well, that explains that freak accident with the other Loki.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki barely hides his ill-disguised wince. He still feels guilty for that. ]

Without knowledge, there is no control.

[winscenario]

Of course. [ He nods. ] Thankfully it was just his bed.

Can't even imagine how scared he was.

[dothelokimotion]

No. You could not.

[winscenario]

That doesn't mean I didn't care. It doesn't mean I couldn't try to help either, even if to you it might seem like it didn't make much of a difference.

[dothelokimotion]

I cannot say. He is not me. How effective it is lies with him.

But I would draw the line at your imagination.

[winscenario]

Suppose it does. [ He quirks an eyebrow at that. ] My imagination?

[dothelokimotion]

You can not understand. We may mingle, even share what is kept close. But we would never ask for something no one can give.

[winscenario]

And what something would that be?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki stiffens because here is an answer he dislikes giving. He struggles with it before it comes loose. ]

What it means to be Loki.

[winscenario]

That's true for just about anyone. As plain and simpleminded as you might think everyone else is, no one can presume to understand what it's like to be anyone else.

But you can always try to share. I can't guarantee I'd understand, but I'd listen, and try.

[dothelokimotion]

Yes, we'll connect with our shared knowledge of jocks, nerds and musicians who brood.

[winscenario]

And tall dark strangers. [ He smiles, perfectly aware that Loki's making fun of him, but not really caring. ]