VIDEO. UN: LOKI

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[ 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

[iomnic]

[ SURPRISE, IT'S just a robot who looks far too close to that one fucked up guy you know. ]

I assumed as much. No one is truly equal in both hands. ...Except, perhaps, a robot.

[ A joke. Get it?? ]

Are disciplined in a particular art?

[ He assumes now, he's a fighter, since y'know, two of those statements from earlier were about hitting things. ]

[sengetsu]

You'd be surprised at the skill of some people. [should humans be able to fight with six swords at once? Probably not, but Masamune does it anyway.]

But yes, I am - several, actually. Sword, bow, grappling, staff - I'm not bad with a spear, too.

[iomnic]

Impressive!

[Zenyatta claps once, before returning to folding his hands.]

To be skilled in so many forms is no easy feat.

My name is Zenyatta. It is nice to meet you.

[sengetsu]

No less is expected of me. [but he bows his head slightly, and the tone of his voice makes it clear that he's flattered by the comment.]

Katakura Kojuro - likewise. One of our newer arrivals, I take it?

[iomnic]

I hope your efforts have brought you honor, nonetheless.

[If only people could tell when he was smiling or not... Oh well.]

I am new here, yes. How long have you been here?

[sengetsu]

If I have brought honor to my lord, that's all I ask.

Mmm, eight months? Some places have a difference in the way time moves, though.

[iomnic]

As they say, time is a man-made construct. Given that we have travelled across the stars to another universe somehow, I would not put too much thought into the mechanics of it.

[sengetsu]

I try not to - it tends to give me a headache when I do.

[iomnic]

Then let us speak of simpler things, Kojuro.

Tell me about the gardening. Have you known how to tend to plants for long?

[sengetsu]

Yes - I used to help my father, when I was a child. It's very calming.

[iomnic]

Would you happen to know anything about the... [what's the word he's looking for...] "tray plant" trees?

[sengetsu]

Bonsai? I've seen it, but it's not an art I have any experience in.

[iomnic]

Ah, is it considered more of an "art" than growing other plants...? I suppose it would not fit with gardening then.

[sengetsu]

Yes - I know the basic principles of growing a tree in such an environment, but the shaping is a matter of artistic talen, which I'm afraid I lack. I mostly grow vegetables and herbs - things of more immediate usefulness.