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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kylo ren

[killthepast]

[ oh noooooo ]

[talentedscavenger]

Do you really want me dead?

[killthepast]

...No.

I want you with me, not dead.

[talentedscavenger]

[...Oh that is a bitter pill to swallow right there.]

I don't know if you want me as something...else, or as part of the First Order.

And you don't know how hard it was to say 'no' to you.

[killthepast]

You do know. [ Come on. He wouldn't have extended an offer to rule the galaxy together as platonic colleagues. Gotta go for those Skywalker dramatics right out the gate! ]

But you said it. [ SO IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT HARD. ] Do you believe I'm a monster now?

[talentedscavenger]

...Yes I do, and I can't lie and tell you I didn't want the same. I wanted you.

[The words come out as a soft whisper.

And his words make her snap, glaring at him with tears building up in her eyes.]

It hurt to say that, to you, the one person I continued to reach out to because you made me choose between you and my friends. I wanted both.

[As for the monster part....]

I don't know what to believe from you anymore.

[killthepast]

[ It hurts to hear it, that she wanted him. It hurts because he knows now that, perhaps, he could have had her, if he hadn't given in to another, greater temptation.

The hurt flickers in his face, until he swallows it down, replaces it with anger. ]

Did you really want me? Darkness and all? Or did you want some idea of me, some Ben Solo who would only serve the Light?

[ And then, he spits out: ] I've never lied to you.

[talentedscavenger]

[The hurt on his face is easy for her to see and she has to stop herself from reaching out.]

I did! I wanted you, Darkness and all because the Darkness nor the Light can give you what you wanted. I wanted you, Ben Solo or Kylo Ren, whatever you wanted to call yourself, I wanted you. I wanted the man who knows loneliness as well as I do, and wanted something other than ruling.

[A tear falls down from her face.]

Nor have I.

[killthepast]

[ Ren's quiet, hearing all of that. He swallows, breath shaky, and his voice goes soft. ]

I would have burned the whole First Order down for you. I would have left it behind. [ Saying it, he surprises even himself. But it makes it easier, too, to get the rest out. He looks at Rey with renewed conviction. ] For you. Not the Rebellion.

I was never going to join you in that fight.

[talentedscavenger]

[ Rey is silent, shocked. She wants to say he’s lying but he can’t. Not right now. Instead, she feels another tear come down her face. He may not have joined the Rebellion, but he wouldn’t have been their enemy. ]

I didn’t know. You wanted to leave everything behind, but you weren’t willing to let me save my friends.

I’m sorry. [ The words are whispered as she takes a step towards him. ]

I’m sorry, Ben. [ A pause. ] My feelings for you haven’t changed.