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

[strikingtwice]

[He has the good graces to look apologetic at that, reminded a little of the reactions he had gotten that were more than a little tiring after a while.]

My apologies. I suppose it seems strange because my people travel very far at times, and it's easy to forget that others might not have done the same. I didn't mean to seem like I thought any less of you for having different experiences.

[forcevisions]

I went a very long time not traveling much of anywhere. [ She crinkles her nose as if she blames herself for that one. ] It's funny. By the time I did start traveling, so much had happened that I was thinking of anything else. The planet I was brought here from was almost entirely made of ocean, but it wasn't what I was there for so I didn't take the time.

[strikingtwice]

Your planet was almost entirely ocean but you've never seen it before? [He sounds more faintly amused by that, imagining that she mustn't have travelled much at all in that case.]

I'd say maybe it's a good thing to have to chance to see different worlds now but I don't think our reasons for being here are really any less pressing.

[forcevisions]

Not my planet. [ She holds up her hands, fumbling to explain. ] I went there looking for someone. My planet was all sand and scrap. We couldn't travel through universes, where I come from, but we could travel between planets.

[strikingtwice]

You could travel to different worlds? On your own?

[This is like a whole new, well, world to him. He'd thought that ALASTAIR was the only way people went to different worlds, not that it was possible elsewhere. His eyes are bright with curiosity and it's hard to resist firing rapid questions at the young woman now.]

How many have you been to? How did you get there?

[forcevisions]

Three, including the one I grew up on. Four, if you count the planet-sized base. If you've got a spaceworthy ship, you can just fly there!

[strikingtwice]

Your ships can fly?

[It sounds so outlandish, he can't help but pause and give her a suspicious look now, though there's still clear amusement and excitement in his eyes.]

Are you just saying this to see how much I'll believe? How do the ships get out of the water?

[forcevisions]

[ to the tune of "duh," ] They're never in the water.