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]

[ 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... ]

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[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.

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[winces]

[ olivia resists answering for maybe two whole seconds before she suddenly blurts out: ]

Wrong! Ha! I win, you lose!!

[ she is also strangely competitive? where did that come from wth

but ahhhh it feels pretty good to win... especially when she'd been worried her terrible poker face would have been the end of her. but apparently not!! she must have gotten better at it! .. somehow ... ]

—wait, what is a matespritship?

[timebender]

It's what you would consider dating though it still has its nuances that some trolls might argue are important but I see no reason to.

[ No names mentioned.]

I find it very hard to believe, though. Does that mean they backed out on you?

audio; un: okami

[whatshimadayou]

[Observing Olivia's behavior is far too easy, sadly for her. Hanzo almost calls her out on it, but holds his breath.

Perhaps not. It would do no one any good to stifle her fun.]

Did someone else teach you how to cook?

perma-vid!

[winces]

[ tell that to giovanni

but hey! no fair!! why are you hiding behind a voice call... though she supposes it shouldn't really matter, since he's the one guessing. ]

Nope!! [ she may be getting too much of a kick of stumping people... gj, self, gj ] My grandmother even passed own all of her recipes!

[ she's doing so well though omg 2 for 2 LOOK AT HER GO ]

[whatshimadayou]

[WHAT A JERK HE IS

Hanzo lets out a hum, sounding thoughtful.]

That leaves me with only two choices.

Perhaps the marriage one?

audio | un: hound

[ofobedience]

The one about the Mad King. You're a terrible liar.

[Giovanni has none of the reservations of the others-- why should he? He'll come right out with it, in a voice that sounds tired but also vaguely amused.]

perma-vid!

[winces]

Aww...

[ boooooooooo no fair... she was doing so well too. luckily, though, her confidence isn't too shot, because prior to him, she'd managed to stump two other people! that means she can't be that terrible a liar, right? right. ]

I guess you're really perceptive, Giovanni! Congratulations.

video; un: mccree

[flashbanging]

Darlin', ain't nobody gonna doubt that you were nearly married. Maybe only that it didn't happen.

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[winces]

[ she laughs a little nervously, unable to meet his eye. ]

I-Is that your guess, Mr. McCree?

[forcevisions]

Your grandmother didn't teach you how to cook, did she? [ She wishes that it were harder to guess, but given that Olivia had said combat and cooking were things she was training in here to be helpful ... Rey looks a little sad as she suggests it. ]

[winces]

[ don't be sad, rey! that is a happy truth! in fact, olivia smiles even wider when she answers, as if to compensate for the other girl's sadness. ]

She did! And my mother after her.

[ thing is, olivia is always willing to learn more... mostly because she is never that quick to admit she might ever be good at anything, period. ]

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[headlining]

[He was going to take a guess, but the last one kind of makes him jerk his head in slight surprise.]

You were?

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[winces]

[ she glances away out of reflex, and decides to try playing it dumb.

which is about as successful as her pokerface, tbh. ]

W-Was I what...?

voice | un: Sasaki

[ex_adept136]

You're a dancer by trade, right?

[Asking a question that needs no asking, that's Haise for you]

So I imagine you'd dance sooner than sing, and perhaps not for a mad king.

[Not going to call her out on her giggling giving it away, nope]

perma-vid!

[winces]

[ bless your kind heart, haise... ]

Oh, shoot... You guessed right! [ ah, well, you can't win them all! ]

video; username: baaaan

[perma_banned]

...

You ruined it.

[winces]

[ ?! ]

H-How did I ruin it?! I followed the rules!

[agrizzlysin]

[King... almost feels bad for figuring this out so easily. Time for some convoluted bullshit in order to allow her a way to look clever.]

How about... the second. I bet the King of Ylisse isn't mad.

[winces]

[ yeah, king, how dare you?? ]

Aww, you win... [ she was doing so well, too! ] You're right — the ruler of Ylisse is a kind and caring man!

video. | un: green cyborg

[backthatup]

[ He laughs, at first, kindly. ]

Let's see... I'm afraid that I'm a little stumped. Would it be possible to have a hint? [ He wonders if this is bought. At least his visor hides his face. ]

[winces]

[ aHA! olivia puffs up a little proudly, though she gives her head a shake. ]

Nope! Sorry! I don't think those are the rules!

[ totally bought. ]

video; un: redlion

[secondnature]

... Who would be stupid enough to sing for a mad king? That just sounds like a bad idea.

[It is possible that she's telling the truth, but Keith isn't really playing either.]

[winces]

[ olivia just laughs a little in embarrassment. ]

W-Well... sometimes you don't really get a choice, when they're mad like that.

[ that, at least, is the truth. however, playing or not, he guessed right! ]

But you're right, in this case. The ruler of Ylisse is a very lovely man.