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!! :****

Comments

[forcevisions]

You're not trying to sneak hints, are you?

[selfimage]

I think I got my answer. It's the rat one, isn't it?

[ guess who looks gross and smug and pleased? ]

[forcevisions]

Damn!

[ Loki you bastard. ]

I thought it was really convincing!

[selfimage]

I know dirty rats, and you aren't exactly dirty rat material. You'd lie better, for one.

[forcevisions]

I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or not. [ Squints. Not that she's exactly digging for them, but. ]

[selfimage]

Some things have their merits. [ he offers her a small, uncaring shrug. ] Other things just are what they are.

Did you want to lie better?

[forcevisions]

That's the point of the game, isn't it? [ skirts the question casually because she ??? can't decide. ]

[selfimage]

To lie? [ he sounds thoughtful about this. ] Probably as much as it is to spot the lie.

[forcevisions]

Is that why you didn't start with your own? Because you prefer to pick out the lies than tell them?

[selfimage]

It isn't, but I like telling lies as much as I like playing with them.

[forcevisions]

I don't think that's something you should tell strangers.

[selfimage]

[ he sounds very amused. ]

You want me to lie about lying?

[forcevisions]

It makes more sense than telling the truth about it.

[selfimage]

Enlighten me: why is that?

[forcevisions]

Because it's contradictory, isn't it? Telling the truth about being a liar.

[selfimage]

No, you can be both. Most people are. There are all kinds of lies, only a few so straight-forward.

[forcevisions]

[ She thinks of Finn's admission on Takodana, and for a minute, she misses him more than she can bear. ]

I'm not trying to say all liars are bad people. Only that most liars aren't honest about how much they do it.

[selfimage]

Sometimes there are liars who aren't even honest with themselves about how much they do it.

[ he knew lies. he was even self-aware enough to peg himself as a liar. it was less an accusation, and more a declaration of who he was. while he never usually lied outright, he had a way of twisting things that most considered close enough. ]

[forcevisions]

Why, because they believe they're telling the truth? Is that really lying?

[selfimage]

A lot of reasons: using a lie so much that it becomes the truth is one. [ there's a little shrug. ] Ah, but even for used for comfort, a lie is a lie.

How bad it is generally depends on perspective.

Besides, it's not the truths that we tell that make us who we are, it's the lies that define us.

[forcevisions]

What makes you say that? What can you tell about anyone just from the lies they tell?

[selfimage]

[ there's a little heh and a pause before he sighs. ]

Lies are told to protect others, to protect oneself, to further yourself, and to gauge how far we've come from who we once were.

Some lies are just as they are, others are the lies that become the truth.

[forcevisions]

[ She thinks of Finn, and the distance he's put between himself and his life as a stormtrooper. ]

I don't think those are the kind of lies people tell during a game.

[selfimage]

Maybe not on the surface.

[forcevisions]

If you can discern all that from a game, you've a far better knack for it than I have.