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 | username: olivia

[winces]

[ okay OKAY okay give her a moment... let her think on it... if he's seen dinosaurs before, then that has to mean he's time traveled, right? RIGHT??

GOING OUT ON A LIMB HERE: ]

Is it the third one?

[twinpeak]

Maybe. What makes you guess that one?

[winces]

[ !! ]

Does my reasoning affect my chances of winning?!

[twinpeak]

Hey, it's curiosity! Besides, you don't think I'm gonna make this that easy on everyone, do you?

[winces]

I guess not...

[ darn. now she's wondering if she gave herself away too quickly to her own guessers! ]

But I figured — if you were able to see dinosaurs, then that means you might have time-traveled to do it!

[twinpeak]

That would make the most sense... But I'm afraid I gotta say they're two completely unrelated events.

[winces]

[ oh nooooooooooooooo ]

So I lost? Darn it..!

[twinpeak]

[ Oh my gosh, don't give that face... ]

... Okay, okay, technically you guessed correctly. Just not for the reasons you gave.

[winces]

[ she perks up again. ]

So you mean I did win?!

[ FOCUSING ON THE IMPORTANT PART HERE ]

[twinpeak]

[ Whoa. ]

Eeyup, got it in one!

[winces]

Oh my gosh this is so exciting!!

[ pls no one ever introduce olivia to board games. ]

[twinpeak]

Uh—have... have you never played this game before?

[winces]

Not at all! It's so fun, though, I think it might be one of my favorites!

[twinpeak]

Really. I... wouldn't have guessed. [ A pause. ] And here I thought this stuff existed everywhere.

[winces]

If it exists in my world, I might not have come across the land where it's commonly played!

[twinpeak]

Huh. What kind of games do you guys have where you're from, then?

[winces]

Oh a very popular game among the children are clapping games!

[twinpeak]

Like... patty-cake?

[winces]

[ uh ]

I-I suppose cake can be clapped................

[twinpeak]

... It's not a literal cake! It's just a name of a rhyme you say while doing some clapping routine!

[winces]

[ what a silly reason to name the game!! ]

Oh... I don't think I've heard of it, either. Will you teach it to me?

[twinpeak]

Uh—no. ... I mean, no offense, but I wouldn't want to be caught dead playing patty-cake of all things.

[winces]

Why?

[ she gasps suddenly. ]

Is it scandalous?

[twinpeak]

[ ... Pffft. ]

More like it's something only little kids play.

[winces]

Then... can you teach me a game big kids [ like you ] play?