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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[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki smiles, his expression tinged with a bittersweetness. His first ever friend. ]

It is enough to know I can be missed.

[ All of Asgard's mourning would not compare. ]

[spellslots]

[Taako raises their joined hands to press a light kiss to Loki's knuckles, an echo of a gesture that Loki has done to him a handful of times.]

I'm sorry you didn't have what I did, with, you know, siblings. Lup always made me less shitty.

[Maybe if Thor had been there for Loki, in the same way Lup was for him, things could've been different.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ As it always when it comes to Thor, Loki can't fully hide his anger and frustration. It clenches like a vise around his heart. He exhales, letting it seep through like water. Anger is no longer Loki's driving force. ]

I loved Thor. More than anyone in this world and the next. But he will never understand me and his love cannot save me. Sometimes he is hard to look at because he reminds me so much of — of what was my truth. My life.

But I cannot go home and I'm tired of being reminded of that.

[spellslots]

[He isn't sure if he believes that, he knows Loki must, but as sappy as it is, Taako thinks love could save anyone, even if the situation is difficult and different.]

Is he expecting you to go back with him, or does he know you can't?

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki doesn't want to talk about his death. In his heart, he knew he wasn't meant to survive. That his words to Thor were final and wrenched from his heart. I didn't do it for him. Loki's final legacy, parted from his father. Surviving the ruin of Svartalfheim had not been part of the plan. He's not even sure why he went back to Asgard. To rub it into Odin's face? To play one last card?

He'll fail. He always does. Four years has come by and left him in a state of apathy. There's no joy in anything. Living feeds the dust. ]

I think he knows in his heart that it is over. There's no coming back.

[spellslots]

I'm sorry, bubbale.

[It's a situation that Taako knows he'll never really understand, the complications of Asgard and the monster Loki thinks he is, whatever betrayals they've done to each other.]

Is there-- Can I help?

[He isn't hopeful, on this point, but he wants to ask regardless.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ His lips twitch at that. ]

I do not think there is much that can be done about it now. But I appreciate the offer.

[spellslots]

[Taako gives Loki's hand one last squeeze, then lets go, stepping back to give him a little more room.]

C'mon, I'm the greatest... fuck. Fucking Lucretia. Can't even say I'm the greatest wizard in Fearun.

[Stupid truth bullshit.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki smiles faintly. ]

I do not think magic can solve this.

[spellslots]

I'm gonna need someone to rework this compulsion bullshit so that I can at least make jokes to cover up having emotions.

[Aww come on.]

[dothelokimotion]

Sentiment is . . . difficult. But I suppose it is better than the alternate.

[spellslots]

I dunno about that, wasn't so bad when everyone was dust.

[Hey this is bad again he wants off this ride.]

[dothelokimotion]

I rather have the chance to speak than to know I missed it fully. Like I had with my mother.

[spellslots]

[Oh, fuck. His expression immediately softens.]

I get that. And, fuck, I'm sorry. I know it doesn't mean shit, but I'm sorry.

[dothelokimotion]

[ He shakes his head. ]

I never told her. I could not go to her funeral. I'll never enter the halls of Valhalla where she rests.

[ Loki lets out a sharp bark of laughter, drenched in bitterness. ]

There were tears in her eyes. I see them so clearly. And I think to myself, I put that there. No one else could have done that but me.

[spellslots]

Hey, c'mon, you can't-- Don't beat yourself up for that shit.

[Taako had no relationship with his parents, and while he loved his aunt for the brief stint they stayed with her, it was still brief. He doesn't really know what it's like to be someone's child.]

I bet she knew you loved her. Pretty sure that's how parents work, right?

[dothelokimotion]

Perhaps. I suppose we will never fully know.

[ Loki's trust in his parents has all but shattered on the rocks. ]

[spellslots]

The world's a real fucking weird place, maybe you will.

[It's not optimism, just... of all the things Taako has seen, this doesn't seem impossible.]

[dothelokimotion]

I don't think my world is quite that special.

[spellslots]

You're a fucking alien god from a world with superheroes, my dude.

[That's... pretty impressive.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ . . . Well, he's not wrong. ]

I suppose anything is possible.