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

[strictdiscipline]

[It wouldn't be fun if it weren't a challenge. His answer's noted and stored away as she contemplates her second question out of twenty.]

Hmm...does it exist back in Oska?

[Perhaps a bit harder of a question to answer, depending on how much of Oska they've both seen, but it seems worth a shot.]

[evantuality]

I'm going to go with no, with the caveat that that's a not-to-my-knowledge, not a hard no.

i'm so bad at this game

[strictdiscipline]

[Good enough. She'll accept that answer.]

Is it edible?

Aw, if you want to we can handwave it?

[evantuality]

[He grins.] Nope.

absolutely not! i will continue to struggle valiantly

[strictdiscipline]

[Hmmmmmmmm.]

Can it fit inside of a telephone booth?

[....Do those still exist where he comes from?]

o7

[evantuality]

Theoretically, yes. [But his grin is getting less pert and gaining a mildly worried cast. She's not chasing the right thread... and as much as winning is nice, it's not really all that much fun if it's so clear from the beginning.]

Actually, you know what, I should have asked this before we started because maybe we know slightly different versions of the same game. What are the restrictions on answers in the version you know? Do, uh. [And maybe he's giving himself away a little here.] Do they have to be physical objects?

[strictdiscipline]

[His concern does provide some unintentional assistance, but at the very least she keeps her mind on the question at hand.]

Usually they're in one of three categories - animal, mineral, or vegetable - but I don't see why we couldn't broaden it for this particular game.

[That might explain the direction she's heading in though.]

[evantuality]

Well, uh, I'm glad we caught that one. [His grin is sheepish.] Um, do you want to start over again? I feel like I should give you some extra free guesses, for the sake of the misunderstanding.

[strictdiscipline]

[The misunderstanding doesn't seem to bother Riza, a good-natured smile remaining on her face.]

I've only used three so far, I think I can step up to the challenge. Unless you were planning on picking something different?

[Even without animals, minerals, and vegetables, the sea of possibilities is still quite large.]

[evantuality]

Well, I'd considered it.

But if you don't mind carrying on with that slight handicap, I've no objection. [His grin is all the sharper for her eagerness to meet those terms.] That should have at least given you a hint, there.

[strictdiscipline]

[Enough of a hint to let her know that whatever he's thinking of isn't something so easily constricted. The only difficulty now, then, lies in asking the right questions to suss it out.

But first, to confirm:]

Is it an abstract concept with no physical form?

[evantuality]

[There. He grins again.]

With the reasonable exception of considering soundwaves as a physical form? Yes.

[strictdiscipline]

[What a technical caveat. But alright.]

Is it generally associated with positive emotions?

[evantuality]

[Welcome to Evan, to whom technical caveats are the kind of jokes he makes.]

Generally. Yes.