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]

[ Who isn't annoying to deal with, Hanzo? ]

A part of their culture, perhaps. But I have also not met many Americans.

[ Like, maybe two, now counting McCree. ]

Surely there must have been something good there, when I hear it spoken of so highly. The food? The sights?

[whatshimadayou]

[He has a list. It's short, BUT HE HAS ONE.]

I have met enough.

Some of the food, depending on where you go. I enjoyed the sights in the southwest. Arizona, I think. It was very different than Japan.

[iomnic]

[He knows he's asking a lot of questions, but... talking is talking. It's making headway.]

I know even less about Arizona than the United States as a whole. What makes it so different?

[whatshimadayou]

It was very dry. The environment could be flat or full of mountains. I was impressed anyone would want to live there.

I saw the canyon. There was much to see.

Some of the memory escapes me. But I recall not disliking it.

[iomnic]

[Odd that he would specifically say "I recall not disliking it."]

...Was the trip not something you would consider a good memory, even if you enjoyed it?

[whatshimadayou]

I have few good memories.

[Hanzo sounds a little stiffer in his voice than usual. He knows exactly why he can't entirely say.]

[iomnic]

[Yeah, he knows.]

Then that gives you all the more reason to make new good ones.

[whatshimadayou]

Would you offer the same advice to the person who murdered your brother?

I thought much about why your name was familiar. The incident in King's Row did not escape me, monk.

[iomnic]

...

[Diversionary tactics. Something Genji also tended to do, when there was something he didn't want to talk about.

Zenyatta is a little slower to pick up the conversation, but his voice is unwavering.]

May I speak with you in person, Hanzo?

[whatshimadayou]

[For a moment, he is urged to decline, to tell the omnic to leave him alone.

But he is not blind to the cruelty of his own question.

Hanzo eventually grunts before saying:]

Very well. I shall locate you, then.

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[iomnic]

[Small headway. He doesn't enjoy talking about certain things, but he thinks perhaps Hanzo deserves some honesty from him.]

Thank you.