it shall set you free etc etc

[deathkid]

» 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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[ragnarsson]

So...are you still mad at me?

[talentedscavenger]

[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.

[ragnarsson]

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.]

[talentedscavenger]

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

[ragnarsson]

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

[talentedscavenger]

And if you die? Then what?

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

[ragnarsson]

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?

[talentedscavenger]

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.

[ragnarsson]

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?

[talentedscavenger]

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.

[ragnarsson]

[.....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.

[talentedscavenger]

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.

[ragnarsson]

I didn't exactly want to talk about them.

[The reason is clear. Ivar didn't want to get hurt. He still had the warped self-perception that no one could ever care about him, only feel pity for the poor cripple that he was.]

It'll be easier to deal with once I get back.

[talentedscavenger]

[The reason isn't as clear as Ivar thinks it is. She didn't feel pity towards him. She felt something towards him, and that something made it hard for her to simply watch him go.]

I didn't want to talk about it either, but here we are.

[Sort of. They're sort of talking about it.]

Assuming you get back, but you do what you want. You always have. This is why I didn't want to get close, because when I leave, I didn't want to feel this pain--not again.

[The pain of losing someone she really cared about.]