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

[marineris]

Damn it, Alex. Are you serious?

[donkeyballs]

If it's somethin' I can live with, I don't see the point in rockin' the boat.

I almost fucked this up once. I don't wanna do it again.

[marineris]

So I'm always going to have to force your real feelings out of you.

[donkeyballs]

No, not always.

Just when I ain't sure they're welcome.

Or when I'm confused.

Sorry, Gunny. I know I ain't great with all this.

[marineris]

They're always welcome, Alex. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

[donkeyballs]

You say that, but you didn't ask me what they were. You asked why I didn't give them.

You could ask me right now, and I couldn't lie to you.

[marineris]

I'm not going to force you to tell me the truth. If you want to, you can.

[donkeyballs]

[ He lets out a breath.

He wasn't sure he wanted to our not, but. ]

Gunny, I ain't ever felt this way about anyone. If I'd known that this was how I was supposed to feel - hell, I don't think I would have married Talissa. 'Cause I never did. Not like this.

[marineris]

Oh.

[She doesn't even know how to respond to that.]

...What do you mean, not like this?

[donkeyballs]

[ He's already feeling queasy from having said anything at all, when he didn't have to. Now she's making him clarify. But this time it is a direct question, so he doesn't have a choice. ]

I mean, sure, I had feelin's for her, and I - I loved her, or I thought I did. But now I think I might have just not known any better.

[marineris]

Are you sure you're not just infatuated with me?

[donkeyballs]

I don't know. [ Honestly. ]

Like I said, this just ain't - I just ain't felt like this before, so I have no idea what in hell I'm doin'.

But what the hell am I supposed to say, about it?

So yeah, I'm cagey about it.

[marineris]

I'm not going to get angry at you for being honest, Alex. Even if you don't know what you're doing.

[donkeyballs]

It ain't really about you gettin' angry, Bobbie.

But there are things that just can't really get taken back. And if I say anythin', you're going to treat me differently. Whether you mean to or not.

[marineris]

That might not be a bad thing, though. How can you know?

[donkeyballs]

I don't.


And that's terrifyin'.

[marineris]

You trust me, yeah?

[donkeyballs]

Yeah.

I just don't trust myself.

[marineris]

Look, Alex. You can't just hide shit from me because you're afraid of how I'll react. That's not fair.

[donkeyballs]

It ain't just that.

I know where we are. We've kind of got bigger shit to deal with. You don't need to be worryin' about me.

[marineris]

There will always be bigger shit to deal with. That's not an excuse, especially not when I'm telling you I want you to be honest with me.

[donkeyballs]

Well, you gonna tell me what you're feelin', then?

[marineris]

[She hesitates, then sighs.]

You're my best friend. I wasn't letting myself consider anything else, and... Now I can't stop thinking about it.

[donkeyballs]

And when you think about it?

[marineris]

I think it's what I want, but I don't want Talissa hanging over us. I know you still feel guilty about her.