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're telling me you couldn't guess?

[Bad communication and getting too wrapped in their own shit to see the big picture.]

Barry was running from you, which I can't fucking blame him for.

[scholiast]

I panicked! I had some ideas, but I couldn't– she was gone, I couldn't exactly run them by her.

(It all happened too quick.)

Huh. Well, that explains a lot.

[spellslots]

Cause she got herself stuck in the umbrella she made, yeah.

[Yes, Lup, he's mad about that too.]

He must've thought you'd keep him alive, if you caught him.

[scholiast]

(Lucretia surprises herself by sniggering.)

Really?

(Oh, Lup.) I thought she was smarter than that.

I suppose. I just wanted to know where he was.

[spellslots]

It's not funny, Luce.

[It's kind of funny.]

I wish he'd found us.

[Aw dunk, he didn't mean to say that.]

[scholiast]

It's a bit funny.

(Oh ho.)

I wish he'd found you too. Would have made it a lot easier to round you all up at the end of the year.

(WHOOPS.)

[spellslots]

[flatly:] Seriously?

[scholiast]

(She nods, her hands over her mouth.)

[spellslots]

What were you gonna do, if you couldn't trick us into helping?

[scholiast]

(Lucretia shakes her head violently, but still lowers her hands to say:)

I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to do that yet but– uh, I figure I'll have to find a way to get you all in the same place at more or less the same time so... probably with magic?

(Hoo boy.)

[spellslots]

Well, hey, it's lucky for you that you manage to trick most of us into working for you before that's necessary.

[scholiast]

Yeah, that's– that's pretty clever of me actually.

(Stop stop stop.) Can we talk about something else, please.

[spellslots]

More like you kept getting people killed cause they couldn't resist the relics.

[Or hey, they could keep talking about this! That sounds great too.]

[scholiast]

Are you capable of letting anything go? Just out of curiousity.

[spellslots]

[That - catches him off guard, and he has to think about his response before he answers, because he's not immediately sure what the truth is.]

I can let plenty of shit go, but I dunno if this is one of them.

[scholiast]

Okay.

Good to know.

(This is the longest elevator ride ever how does she get off.)

[spellslots]

I wish I could.

[hwat the fuck

he really hates this]

[scholiast]

(Oh. Lucretia looks surprised, then uncertain.)

Why? I... I ruined your life, Taako.

[spellslots]

[God, hearing her acknowledge it like that sure is a lot.]

You're still family, Lux, I'm always gonna love you.

[scholiast]

I can't believe you still think of me as family.

But I'm glad that you do.

[spellslots]

We were on that ship for a century, bubbale, even for an elf that's a long fucking time.

[scholiast]

I know, but I'd have understood if what I did canceled that out.

[spellslots]

I thought maybe it would, but... it wouldn't hurt this fucking much if I didn't still love you.

[scholiast]

Hmm.

(It's hard to pretend she isn't happy about that; the corner of her mouth jerks upward, very slightly.)

It's complicated, huh.

[spellslots]

[Yeah, he sees that and isn't sure how to feel about it.]

Oh, for sure. We don't know how to do simple.