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!! :****

Comments

[selfimage]

That's the wonder of story, isn't it?

[ though it certainly says a lot about Haise. it's not just the disorienting concepts presented in storytelling, but also the lingering feeling of helplessness. look at humanity, in a way is a good way of putting it. ]

It's all up to those who read it.

[ex_adept136]

That's true. We'll never entirely know the mind of an author...

[They can analyze of course, and Haise takes great interest in doing just that. What the author was influenced by, and how that might determine what they're expressing are both subjects of interest for him. But Loki is right that interpretation all comes down to the individual reader]

And sometimes they'll communicate something to us that they'd never intended to.

[selfimage]

[ and he likes it that way.

mostly because the story of Loki also comes down to the individual in some sense. ]

Sometimes. [ the way he says the word, it's almost poetic. ] Interpretation is the key, and then the good ones, right or wrong, roll down the hill to the longterm.

Funny, that.

[ex_adept136]

It's interesting to see what scholars come up with as well, with how much thought and research they put into grounding an assertion.

[Haise rather likes thinking in those terms, finds the details and particular and possibilities quite interesting. It's what of what makes him an avid reader, if not an outright voracious one.

For all that thought though, he still agrees-]

...And even then, a theory remains a theory.

[selfimage]

Is Kafka the only one that's tickled your pickle?

[ color him curious. ]

[ex_adept136]

Oh, far from it! Let's see, there's Hermann Hesse, Osuma Dazai, Hakushū Kitahara, C.S. Lewis...

[See Haise.

See Haise prattle on about literature.

Stop him before he goes on forever]

[selfimage]

That's quite the list.

[ this is kind of refreshing. ]

...

Do you dabble on the fringes of questionably well-written romance novel? I've got a few recommendations.

[ex_adept136]

[Questionably well-written romance novel...it's a droll sort of description, he muses]

I'm not very versed in the genre, but I'd never turn down recommendations.

[selfimage]

Ah, very good—I'm always looking for a sense of adventure.

Do let me know once we get back to Oska, I was thinking starting a book club.

[ex_adept136]

A book club? That'd be interesting, especially with our varied backgrounds. I'm sure that'd lend itself to some unique interpretations and perspectives.

I'll be sure to contact you then.

[selfimage]

Fabulous.

Let's all further ourselves through literature.

[ex_adept136]

I'll look forward to it.