VIDEO. UN: LOKI

[selfimage]

[ the sound of the wind storm hollows dully against the cave walls. Loki's squidge, Bacon, can half be seen crawling in the confines of his tacky green jacket and over his knee from where he sits, sometimes ducking and squeaking when a particularly large gust hits. to keep it from screaming, Loki offers his fingers absently, which the little squidge pulls on with its pudgy arms before ducking low again. ]

Hello there, it seems like we'll be waiting this out for some time considering the weather-type circumstances. While we're all rotting away, etcetera etcetera, I thought we could amuse ourselves with a game. A little bit of team bonding funtimes, so to say. [ he twists a dark nailed hand in the air, gesturing. ]

Soo—oo ... it's called Two Truths and a Lie. How do you play? Glad you asked, it's simple! Give two true statements about yourself and add a lie to the mix, shake it up then toss it out there and see if your team members know you well enough to spot the lie.

Usually this is done with copious amounts of alcohol, but we're lacking at the moment. [ pause. ] But—ah—you could always enjoy the satisfaction of being right. It's not like we're doing much else.

NOTE | Feel free to threadjack if that's your thing!! :****

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video. UN: JAKKU

[forcevisions]

[ This desert rat has her knees drawn up and her squidge sitting in her lap as she responds, dirt smeared over her face from staying out in the storm too long to persuade people into waiting it out. ]

That's a weird game, isn't it? Most of us don't know each other at all. How could we possibly know the difference?

[selfimage]

Then consider this your icebreaker, so to say, a get-to-know-your-team-members opportunity.

[ Bacon reaches for the other squidge, and tumbles back down with a little cry before Loki sits it upright again. ]

voice, @TARANTO

[heavyhitter]

Who says we're lacking, huh?

[selfimage]

Only if you don't care to share. And caring is sharing.

[ c'mon, ramir. ]

video, un: unknownrealms

[headlining]

Honestly, this is an unfair game. [He says, with a scoff.] Half of you are going to say things like "I saved the world from zombie walruses" and they'll be true. How am I supposed to tell a lie from things like that?

[selfimage]

Then I suppose you'll have to utilize other methods of detecting falsehoods.

[ a pause and the briefest of smiles. ]

Or risk killing the fun boner.

video; un: mccree

[flashbanging]

[ Wow, look at all these naysayers. McCree's just going to jump right in. ]

Most places for goin' somewhere won't sell me tickets. I'm great at whistlin'. I got into my first firefight when I was seventeen.

[headlining]

Let me hazard a guess and say that you're...probably terrible at whistling?

voice; | un: green cyborg

[backthatup]

I remember these kind of games. Usually the one who chose wrong would have to take a punishment drink. [ He laughs at the memory and finds it a shame he cannot drink or that everyone else is able to drink. ]

All right! There is little to do so I shall be happy to play. Let's see... in one arcade, I once had a high score on every single machine.

[ Ah he adds quick: ] I have been to almost every contienent. And I am the best dancer in Overwatch.

voice, @TARANTO

[heavyhitter]

Hold up, what's Overwatch? A collection of grandmas? A dance troupe? That shit needs context.

video; un: apocalypseArisen

[timebender]

I will play!

[ Says the alien sparkle fairy who doesn't hold a thing back about herself... ]

First, my horns are quite sensitive, and even a little bit ticklish at the base. Second, I explicitly helped in bringing about the destruction of my own planet. And third, I once gathered an army of myself from other timelines, to fight a very powerfully psychic monster.

[headlining]

I'll go for the most mundane one. The sensitive horns are the lie.

( video )

[heelies]

Very well, quick-witted Loki - if it is a game of wits with which we shall pass the time, then here I begin.

[He cannot help but think that Odysseus would take pleasure in such a game, so like a snake in the grass the man is.]

First, I am lauded as the fastest runner of all the Achaeans - such is the gift of my mother's divine blood which flows through these mortal veins. So swift are my feet that I can keep pace at the heels of a team of horses.

Second, another man's wife once fell in love with me, but her affections I scorned out of respect for her husband. As such, she devised the lie that I had tried to force my passions upon her, and so her husband, Acastus, son of Pelias, invited me on a hunt. There in the wood he hid from me my arms, and I might well have been torn limb from limb had Chiron, the noblest of centaurs, not retrieved for me my spear.

Last, the man who is rumored to have pushed worthy Theseus from that fearful cliff, thus casting him through the gates of Hades - he I have considered a father, third after Peleus and then noble Chiron. It is he, Lycomedes of Scyros, who has raised for me my son all these long years while I am away.

[strikingtwice]

If two of those are true, then your world must have a lot of interesting things in it.

Is the first one the lie? I've never heard any gods going so far as to have mortal children.

video; un. hawkeye

[strictdiscipline]

[Riza doesn't believe in fun so:]

You're not going to start this game by providing an example of your own?

[selfimage]

[ wow, Riza. ]

Are you that curious about me? Well ... since you asked so nicely, it's time to provide!

I'm a viking. I like black nail varnish. Bacon is better than sausage, but it's close.

video | un: lavellan

[strikingtwice]

I think it's a good idea. Better than cards with how many of us there are and the wind and it's a good way to learn something about someone you mightn't have otherwise.

As for me... I've travelled by magical mirror. I've never fought a dragon. I used to have a magical hand.

video | username: olivia

[winces]

[ she won't doubt the healing hand, because at this point she'll believe anything when it comes to healing... the magical mirror sounds a little strange, but perhaps they just work like the rifts of alastairs? ]

Is it.. the dragon one?

video; jedikiller

[sololoquy]

[Ren is sitting in some corner by himself with Nameless burrowed haphazardly in his scarf, like the squidge had forced its way there and like he had done nothing to try and stop it.]

There are more effective ways of weeding lies out of others.

[It sounds like he might be offering to help. If only he knew who he was talking to.]

video | un: evan

[evantuality]

Not that I'm generally against the idea of aiming for accuracy, but I think you might be missing the point a little.

video; un: G.SLQHV

[twinpeak]

Sure, I'll play along. Anything to kill a little boredom. Now let's see...

[ Dipper curls a hand under his chin, brow furrowing as he gives off a contemplative hum. Once a handful of seconds pass, he snaps his fingers. ]

Okay, got it! Figure this one out: I've seen real, live dinosaurs once; I've time traveled before; and I was able to see the Hide Behind out in the woods for myself.

[ Because why mention the mundane when he's got the crazier experiences under his belt, too? He's gotta look cool, okay, especially among of group of people who have had wild things happen to them, too. ]

video

[timebender]

I'm going to guess the third one. At least one of the first two has to be true. The first requires the second, and if you were capable of the second, why not do the first?

[ Honestly she has no idea, but she's trying to make an educated guess! ]

video | username: olivia

[winces]

[ later, when she's had more time to think on this, olivia will probably regret doing this in video...

mostly because she has an awful pokerface. ]

Oh gosh, this sounds fun! [ and nice and safe. totally harmless! ]

Hmm...

[ though, it does take her a moment to think up three things... considering she so very often tries not to talk about herself, it's a bit of a trial. ]

Oh—! My grandmother taught me how to cook. [ great start olivia, nice and innocuous. simple but also maybe so simple that'll make people doubt, HA. ]

I also once sang for the Mad King of Ylisse. [ she lifts her hands at that, hastily muffling a giggle. hehe, perfect, perfect, they'll never know chrom is actually the exalt, not the mad king gosh she's a genius!! ]

Um... [ suddenly she feels like she's running out of interesting things to say!! her life is very boring, why would anyone want to hear about it!!? ] I was almost married, once. [ here, she smiles a little weakly, glancing down at her hands.

maybe she should have mentioned being double-jointed instead... ]

video

[timebender]

[ Wow, that's adorable... and really obvious, if only because of her tells. But Aradia doesn't have it in her to make what she thinks is the right guess. ]

"Married" is a human matespritship ceremony, correct? I'm going to guess that one.

video; un: urahara

[predomination]

[why not two lies and a truth, though. it would be easier coming up with things that he's actually willing to talk about. not participating at all would probably be better, but where's the fun in that?]

Ah... Let's see. [he ticks off on his fingers.]

I like cats. I grew up in a manor. I saved the world once.

[okay, so a bit telling, but it's like a private self-deprecating joke. if it's true, then it's no different than anyone else here. if it's a lie (and it is), then people will assume he was being tricky (he also was doing that) and picking something everyone would automatically assume was true, because many people here have.

it would drag down the mood if he were honest about it, so for all outward appearances, it's as whimsical as any response from anyone else.]

[forcevisions]

Kisuke-san ... [ She sounds as vaguely put-upon by his presence as one might expect Ichigo to tbh. ] You're not supposed to be so obvious.

audio; un: hound

[ofobedience]

[Giovanni has spent most of his time in the cave uncharacteristically resting against the wall of the cave, his squidge (who's name he's inclined to keep between himself and the creature) clinging to him equally quietly, but he stirs a little at the idea of a game, if only to pass the time.]

It's something to do, I suppose. You first.

[selfimage]

You're a hard sale.

[ but he doesn't seem particularly put out. ]

Fine, then—my name is Loki. I am the Loki, yes. I like green.

[ Loki those are all truths. ]

video; un: deathweaver

[respired]

Hmmn.

[ Well, it's a distraction. ]

I once had a younger brother, and he was poor with women. I died as part of one race and returned as part of another. I am old by all measures of the term.

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[sengetsu]

I'm not sure how the second would even be possible.

video | un: evan

[evantuality]

Uhhhh.... oh. Well, I guess it's better than Truth or Dare by a pretty long shot.

Let's see... hmm.

[He takes several careful moments concocting his lie.]

If I had been born a girl, my name would have been Lillian. My best friend till I was six was a werewolf. I graduated valedictorian from high school.

[selfimage]

You were not valedictorian.

voice | un: Sasaki

[ex_adept136]

This ought to be fun. Let's see...

[Time to ruminate over what he's actually comfortable saying about himself, signaled by a soft, thoughtful hum]

I've never been kissed. One of my co-workers picks my pockets whenever we cross paths. I have a pet cat named K for the protagonist of Kakfa's The Castle.

[That'll do]

[headlining]

[This is actually a little harder than the others, in Keats' opinion, because these "facts" are more or less not that bizarre.]

Second one is a truth, I think. First one...hm. Is that the lie?

audio; un: okami

[whatshimadayou]

[If anyone could sound less enthusiastic than Hanzo, that would certainly be a feat. He sighs heavily before he says:]

My primary weapon is not the bow and arrow. My favorite food is okonomiyaki. I have also traveled much of the world, like my brother.

[selfimage]

[ hey now, that's almost offensive!! ]

Could we do that again, with a tad more enthusiasm?

[video | un: katakura]

[sengetsu]

I've never heard of this, though I can see the appeal of doing it with alcohol.

[But he's bored enough waiting out the storm that he'll join in.]

Let's see - I can fight equally well with both hands. I hit a clan elder once in anger. My father taught me how to grow vegetables.

voice | un: Sasaki

[ex_adept136]

[A good bit of mulling-over before he gives this a try]

I'm going to guess...the second one.

video; un: heiwa

[longtempered]

[Man, something to kill time waiting this storm out does sound like an alright enough idea. Shizuo considers the feed where it's set on top of his knees as he sits against a cave wall himself. The top of his head is slightly cut off, though every now and then his hair shifts and a stubby squidge arm dangles into view; this is Aki, currently relaxing on its newly-favorite position at the top of his head.]

Oh, I think I've heard of this game before? Let's see then...

Ah, my kid brother's an actor back home and he's been in about a dozen different roles already...he's gotten pretty famous. [Uuh...well, this is a little harder than he thought. Talking about himself and lying both aren't really habits of his...eh--] Also, when I was a kid there was one month where I had about fifty broken bones at once. And, I hate milk. [Nailed it???]

video | username: olivia

[winces]

[ SHE ALREADY KNOWS THE FIRST ONE IS TRUE though she wonders, briefly, if hearing about it before from his own mouth counts as cheating... hopefully not...

but hm, she has to consider the other two. she's met a lot of sturdy people before, but there's no way he could have survived fifty broken bones... could he? ]

Is it the second one?

video | un: RHY5-W1NZ

[dbag]

I lost my arm saving a family of orphaned baby bunnies from a burning building, during a hurricane. All my billions of dollars are stored solely in the form of solid gold bars, which I had melted into a giant statue of me. Aaaand I have a collection of, like, fifteen thousand love letters from my adoring fans, and those are just from the pretty ones.

[ one time he met john stamos on a plane and he said he was pretty ]

[forcevisions]

Uh ... [ Who are you even. ] I don't think you understand the game properly.

Video; un: zenyatta

[iomnic]

A fascinating game! I have not heard of it before. I do not make a habit of lying, but for the sake of a game...

One, I can have six more arms, should I choose to. Two, I like to juggle. Three, I chose my name.

voice, @TARANTO

[heavyhitter]

Oh, shit. I really hope it's not the arm thing. Is it the arm thing?

un: crowley

[crowleyology]

My home world has been destroyed.
I volunteered for service to ALASTAIR.
I enjoy killing for fun.

[selfimage]

Three.

But if there was a world destroying sandwich, you'd devour it.

video; un: baaaan

[perma_banned]

Hmmmm~. I'll give it a shot. Without any drink, it sounds like it could be pretty crappy, though.

I've pulled out a guy's teeth and fingernails~.

I've killed a duke ♪.

I've betrayed a close friend!

[CONFESSION TIME IS GREAT]

[boneafide]

I'm going to hope really hard that number one is the lie! Because it sounds very disgusting.

[digophelia]

A curious game, but... what if we don't like to lie?

[boneafide]

I don't like to either, but it's just a game! I'll play it with you!