quaranmeme | it shall set you free etc etc

Entry tags:

meme: forced honesty

it shall set you free etc etc

» 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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So...are you still mad at me?

[She cannot lie. She knows this...and she knows she can't use the Force to persuade him to change the questions. So...]

More hurt than angry, but...I'm not. It's your decision.

I'm not doing this to hurt you. Or Winter. But it's something that I have to do.

[Revenge is something that motivates him, keeps him going when nothing else does. Without it, he'd be lost.]

It doesn't matter the reason, it still hurts.

Does it count at all that I say I'm coming back? I'm not leaving forever.

And if you die? Then what?

[And now muttering under her breath.] I shouldn't have gotten close to you.

I'm not going to die. That's not my fate.

[Now he turns to glare at her.]

So sorry I actually dared to become friends with you. Is it easier just keeping everyone at arm's length?

How do you even know what your fate is?

[Oh do not glare at her like that.]

It's not easier, but in this instance it would be. It would keep me from liking you so much, from making me feel something stronger than friendship with you.

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Because the gods have spared me this long. If I was supposed to die, it would have been as a child. I'm meant for some purpose I've yet to figure out.

[Wait a minute. Pause and rewind. Had he heard that right?]

What do you mean something stronger than friendship?

No, you were strong enough to survive on your own. Gods or no gods.

[ Damnit! She really hates this! ]

There have been times when I’ve enjoyed being close to you, and if we hadn’t fought at the ball, I would’ve enjoyed a dance and during Yule—enjoyed the mistletoe.

Those sort of feelings.

[.....oh damn. Of all the things he'd expected her to say, that was at the bottom of the list. He wasn't sure how to deal with this, but the truth right now is still what comes out.]

I've...kind of had those feelings too. I just thought you didn't feel them too.

You have?

[Rey is genuinely surprised that he harbored such feelings for her. It just complicates things...she had the same sort of feelings for Marco and for Ren too... But what is confusing is why he would have those feelings for her.

Because, well...she doesn't see anything extraordinary about herself.]

...I didn't know. But...it makes you leaving that much harder to deal with.

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Do you trust me?

Yes. Without a doubt. Why?

Because I wasn't certain. And I want you to.

You’re one of the few people I trust...and sometimes I wonder if I’m worth the friendship.

I don't wonder it. I'm certain you are.

[ It's the truth! ]

I find it hard to believe. Not because I don’t trust you but because of what happened on Jakku.

[ A pause. ]

...my family traded me for drinking money, Cisco.

Sounds like your family were fucking idiots who didn't deserve you in the first place. People can't be bought or sold or traded, and your family's bad choices don't have any bearing on your worth. Like less than none.

If they could do it to their own blood, anyone can.

But...those words mean a lot, thank you.

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People are capable of horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible things, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you.

Anyway blood ties are overrated. My parents didn't go that far but they never exactly wanted me around. Fuck parents, anyway. Who needs 'em.

[ She stares at him, she was the one who wanted to find her parents. But that’s okay. His words do comfort her. ]

Thank you. Knowing all of that...do you rust me?

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[ Cisco chews his bottom lip to stall but it only buys him a few moments before he blurts: ]

A lot, but not completely. I still sometimes think about what I'd do if you tried to kill me, or hurt Eddie, or attack innocent people.

[ It sounds awful, but he can't keep the words back. The least he can do is speak more, mitigate it if he can. ]

It's not just you. I think that stuff about everybody who matters to me, except Eddie. Taako, Genji, Hana, you know, all of them. I don't like it, but I'm not good at stopping myself from planning what I'd do if it happened again.

[ The expression on Rey’s face is crestfallen. It stings, but he has his reasons. He only trusts Eddie. And now Poe...he probably only trusts Finn and vice-versa. She schools her expression to hide her pain. ]

Does me being able to use the Force controbute to that?

[ And she can’t help but Ask in a calm, distant voice. ]

Are you afraid I’ll become a monster?

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