FORCED HONESTY

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MAGICAL ELEVATOR OF FORCED HONESTY

Your character has just stepped in to one of the teleporters only to find that it's not a teleporter at all! It's an ELEVATOR which is like a teleporter, but not-- your grandparents probably used these at one point. To make matters worse it's an ELEVATOR OF FORCED HONESTY.

○ COMMENT with your character
○ COMMENT other characters and start grilling them with questions they wouldn't answer truthfully under normal circumstances.
○ Abuse and beat the gift of truth like a rented mule
○ aww yiss

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[myownbestfriend]

[Oh god, she can't even pretend to be upset about all that friendliness whyyyyyy.]

The worst part is that I know you're not faking the decency to hide your ulterior motives.

[usavatar]

[This time he does feel the compulsion toward honesty. He rubs his nose with the back of one hand.]

Decency is the only thing I've ever really had. Decency and a few good friends. [Steve squints at the ceiling.] That probably sounds stupid to you.

[myownbestfriend]

No. I've always had money and power, and all it ever got me was pain.

[There are a thousand examples, but she doesn't quite feel compelled to share the specifics. Yet. Who knows what the next words out of Steve's mouth might trigger?

Emma's voice is rarely this soft, and she looks at Steve with the reflections of old sorrows in her eyes.]

[usavatar]

[He fumbles, wanting to offer comfort of some kind and not sure how. He's good at this sort of thing when he doesn't overthink it - unfortunately, he's prone to overthinking emotional situations. Softly:] You the people here. The X-men back home.

[myownbestfriend]

The X-Men have been decimated, and half of the remainder are convinced I'm playing the long game and will reveal my true colors at any moment. And here...

[She shakes her head.]

Don't misunderstand. I'm glad for what I do have, but I'm all too aware it could vanish tomorrow.

[Emma is not an optimist, and time has cooled the angry energy of her younger days into a hard resolve to survive, no matter what. Bones are always strongest in the places where they've been broken and knitted themselves back together.]

[usavatar]

You could come back with me. With the rest of the Avengers, when we figure out how to get home. [He almost shrugs, before a childhood of scowling housemothers addicted to etiquette stops him. Steve hooks a small smile at her.]

I'm not saying it's the best solution, but... It could be a fresh start, if you wanted one. Something to keep in mind.