FORCED HONESTY MEME

[foolishjourney]

The Forced Honesty Meme!

It's exactly as it sounds like. idk what to tell you.

HOW TO PLAY:

-Post a top level for your character
-Comment around to other top levels
-Characters ICly ask questions, and those being asked are forced to answer them truthfully
-If you want, you can even have your characters compelled to ask what's on their minds, if they need that extra push to ask something
-Have fun, be urselves, ilu reverie

Comments

[donkeyballs]

That ya'll had a history, back home. Or, you know, anythin' much about her at all.

You two a thing?

[oorah]

History doesn't really cut it. She helped me remember my family, there isn't really a word for who someone like that is to you.

[ he swallows. apparently he can't feign ignorance this time and it's making him sweat. ]

She wants to be.

[donkeyballs]

I dunno. I think there's a word for it. [ The word is 'family' but Alex doesn't add it, because of the next thing he's about to ask. ]

And you?

[oorah]

[ he's afraid to ask so he just swallows again. ]

I don't want to hurt her. She's been through enough because of me.

[donkeyballs]

So is that a no, or is it a 'yes, but if I did I'd hurt her'?

[oorah]

I think it's a yes. I don't know if I'm capable of something like this after Maria, but if it was going to be anyone it'd be her.

[donkeyballs]

Does she know that?

[oorah]

No one can hide anything from Karen Page, alright? She's the best damn journalist in the city. [ in frank's extremely biased opinion??? ]

[donkeyballs]

Well, I mean- you can't protect her from Everythin', hoss.

If she thinks it's worth the risk, that's her call, ain't it?

[oorah]

At home, I could. That was the only time we were in each other's orbits was me taking bullets for her.

[ most of them literal. ] Here I can't keep her safe and it terrifies me.

[donkeyballs]

You know what I meant.

If you're scared about hurtin' her... It ain't you that's gonna do that, here. And if it is, she'll live through it. She's a tough damn woman. She can survive you, same as she's survivin' the station.

[oorah]

Fine. Yes. It's up to her. I just didn't tell her that.

[ because then he might actually be happy right now, shudder to think. ]

She's the toughest lady I know, that doesn't mean I won't hurt her. I drove her towards someone else because I was too caught up in my own mission at the time. But here things are different. Here we see each other every day. I don't think I know how to live without her anymore.

[subplot]

Why are you so convinced that you'll hurt me?

[Yeah, someone's seen this whole thing and can't stay quiet despite the fact she really probably should.]

[oorah]

Because it's what I do best to the people I love. Did you forget my speech already?

[subplot]

Bullshit. That isn't what you do best when you love someone, and we both know it.

[oorah]

What are you talking about? I got my whole family killed.

[subplot]

You know it's more complex than that, Frank.

[But she's not going to get into it where anyone can eavesdrop.]

[oorah]

[ it's the forced honesty meme KAREN you don't have a choice ]

No, we don't. What do I do best?

[subplot]

[WOW THAT WAS A TRUTHFUL ANSWER HOW DARE]

Your family was killed because of a corrupt government and Billy Russo wanting power at any cost. What you do best is work hard and try your best to take care of the people that matter to you.

[donkeyballs]

... Yeah.

I know the feelin'.

Well. Tell her that it's her choice, I guess.

[oorah]

I will if you will. [ HYPOCRITES ANONYMOUS OVER HERE ]

[donkeyballs]

This ain't about me.

...

'Sides, Gunny already knows. I told her it was her call. She said she had to think about it.

Your turn.

[oorah]

Nothing's ever about you.

I'll tell her. Once I'm done being an asshole about what happened between us. [ oops ]

[donkeyballs]

Frank.




What'd you do.

[oorah]

We almost slept together. Then I left.

[ well that's not the whole truth, he revises: ]

After my touch came back, it hurt. Everything hurt. Kind of killed the mood.