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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dw why did you betray me

[somnioergosum]

I wouldn't go to college if they paid me.

[A thought that probably crossed his brother's mind.]

[antietam]

[ That gets a snort from him. ]

No, I meant living with me. We could take trips down to the Barns whenever, but... [ He seems like he's trying to hold something back, but he can't. ]

But you're the only thing that's ever made me happy and I'm afraid of what it'll be like without you.

[somnioergosum]

[Ronan has no idea what to say to that. The only thing? And that's the actual truth?]

I'll visit every weekend if I have to.

[And then he spills more of his own truths.]

I don't want to leave the Barns again. It almost killed me when he took my home from me. I can't lose it again.

[antietam]

[ Adam very much doesn't want to say anymore but it's no use. ]

I don't want to live there. [ There it is. He's been avoiding that for forever. ] I like the Barns, but everything else...

The thought of staying near Henrietta for the rest of my life depresses the hell out of me.

[somnioergosum]

[Ronan has always known this. Adam hates Henrietta. He's only ever dreamed of getting away. But he also hoped that somehow he would be enough for Adam to change his mind.

It hurts like hell to know that he was wrong.]

That's why I'm so fucking scared you'll leave me. I don't know how this will work if you can't stand to live in my home. Whenever I think about losing you or the barns, all I can see is how fucking miserable I'll be.

[antietam]

It doesn't have to be like that. [ He wishes he could end this conversation or comfort Ronan. Talking about this is making his chest ache. ]

I won't make you lose the Barns. Why can't it be a vacation home?

[somnioergosum]

It can be. But Jesus, it's all I have of my parents and the life we had. And that fucking will took everything from me. It's mine again and I can't give that up, not yet.

It's different here. I know nothing can happen at home. No one will take it. It's safe and waiting for me. And I miss it like hell, but I don't have to worry about losing it all again.

[antietam]

I know. [ He really does. Even Adam used to wish he could go home. Not because he liked it, but because it was home. ]

We have time. Here and while I'm in school. I just... want to make a new home with you. One for all of our memories.