mercy meme

[magnitudes]

forced truth meme

1. Post your character(s)
2. People respond to your character with a question

3. Your character must reply, and they must reply honestly
4. ????
5. Have fun. Fun is obligatory. Lack of fun will result in severe repercussions.

Comments

[magnitudes]

Ex-cops turned mercenaries aren't meant to be adorable, mate. Doesn't matter how many turtles I make look like hamburgers, I'm still more likely to break things apart - it's better people don't get the idea that I care, for their own sakes.

[catchacold]

I've seen worse people have their adorable moments. If people were that black and white, the world would be boring.

Hiding how you feel, yeah? Been there. Am there.

[magnitudes]

Boring, sure. Might make it easier to keep people safe. Good are good, bad are bad, lines could be drawn real easy.

I am in a permanent state of hiding how I feel and then bleeding how I feel so thoroughly "wet floor" sign. Why are you hiding?

[catchacold]

Think part of the issue is that people draw lines that easily anyway. Just ain't true.

My father thought I shouldn't show emotion, that it's weakness. Made sure I wouldn't even cry while I get broken. He had real good ways of teaching a lesson that sticks.

[magnitudes]

People are a bit shit sometimes, hey?

My old man was— well, I don't know enough to know if he was the same, but it sounds familiar enough. "Have a spoon of cement, toughen up," yeah? I'm real sorry he treated you that way. I won't ask more because I don't like talking about it when people ask me, but that doesn't mean I'm not sorry.

[catchacold]

Sounds familiar. Don't worry about it, I killed him eventually. Only took forty years.

Sorry about yours too. Hope you caught up faster than I did.

[magnitudes]

I tried very hard to be lawful good. Dickhead's still knockin' about. Almost blew up his office when I was a kid, but.

Depends what you mean by "caught up", I guess.

[catchacold]

Figured out there's no depth to how bad a father can be faster than I did.

But lawful good, huh? What's your alignment these days?

[magnitudes]

Dunno when I pinned it down. I was lucky. My uncle's a pretty great guy. At least I got a counterbalance, sometimes.

Idealistically? Neutral good, I guess. We need the chaos to keep our minds alive, and for that push of adrenaline, y'know? But law, if it functions right, that can help protect people from something worse than law being forced on 'em.

Practically? I dunno - chaotic neutral, maybe. I reckon I do too much damage to manage better than that. You?

[catchacold]

That can be worth a lot. Good on you.

Chaotic neutral too, but I don't know if I had any higher aspirations. Mostly all chaotic, perhaps evil or good at some points.