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

sarissa theron | original.

[magnitudes]

[morethan084]

Weirdest thing you've ever done?

[magnitudes]

Silly weird or freaky weird?

[morethan084]

Both.

cw death stuff

[magnitudes]

Uh, I do a lot of silly stuff but I guess... I spent hours, days worth of hours, practicing an elaborate proposal for my ex that involved lip syncing, Disney songs and my cousin releasing doves, which I then chucked out the window - the plan, not the doves - like a week before we were gonna do it for some impulsive proposal.

Freakiest was maybe hiding under a dead body during an operation when things went bad and then stealing the guy's uniform. I don't know if that's weird, but I was freaked out at the time, so I guess it counts.

[morethan084]

...You what?

[hardedged]

What the fuck are you thinking?

[ about them... specifically. but she's not the best at details. ]

[magnitudes]

We're having fun and are as messed up as each other, but I'm a hopeless romantic and you're terrified of feelings, so long term I'm probably fucked.

[hardedged]

[ a lonnnnnng pause, and then: ]

We both are.

[ this forced honesty thing works both ways, whoops. ]

[magnitudes]

Well. Then.

( Huh. )

If we're both screwed does it even out so we aren't screwed?

[hardedged]

[ a scoff. ]

You should give up now. Whatever the hell you want from me, you'll just end up disappointed.

[notsheepish]

You're kind of an ass, and I said it now, so you know it's true. But you look out for the people you care about. How does someone get on that list to begin with?

[magnitudes]

Did you honestly expect that to be a revelation for me?

Different people, different ways. I don't even really know how people get under my skin. Spark, I guess. Having some spark and being... complicated and human.

[notsheepish]

No, I just wanted it out there, officially.

But yeah, I guess that makes sense... How necessary is "human" for it though, out of curiosity?

[magnitudes]

So you're kind of an ass, too. Seems petty.

I'm not excluding aliens and that, if that's your question. I mean human like— capable of empathy and emotion and understanding.

[notsheepish]

A little bit.

Yeah, I figured. Just thought I'd check.

[aojona]

Um, what made you decide to be a cop?

[magnitudes]

My old man's an abusive sadist. Did some real messed up stuff when I was a kid, and I kind of had this deep, boiling bloody anger about people who were meant to uphold the law being bloody awful. Lawyer that hurts people to blow of steam and make himself feel better? Overlooks the law for himself? Wasn't right. I became a cop because I wanted to be on the bloody... frontline of helping people. Being involved with a community of humans and helping them, and trying to keep them safe. That's what I figured the law as meant to be, or— what it could be a tool for, done right.

[aojona]

Oh... I'm sorry that happened to you. My dad used to say people with authority know that they'll usually get away with abusing it. And um-- to be aware, so you can make sure you're helping protect other people. Kind of like what you're saying.

You don't do it anymore, though?

[magnitudes]

Protecting people or police work?

'Cause I thought I was in a new line of work that let me do the first thing without the red tape of the second thing, but... I was kind of wrong.

[aojona]

Uh... police work, I know you still care about protecting people. Which is the more important thing anyway.

Re: sarissa theron | original.

[khajidont]

Soooooooooo... what's your type?

[magnitudes]

-- of ice cream?

( sohopeful )

[khajidont]

Nah, of girlfriend.

[magnitudes]

I don't have a type, I have a person. Charming, mad smart, could make a brick wall crack a smile, never says what she's actually thinking, blonde, Italian by way of Chicago. Kindhearted badass.

But circumstances being what they are, I'm tangled up with misanthropes who are emotionally unavailable and possibly don't actually like me.

The sun'll burn out before it'll be able to outshine Georgia, so don't... get matchmaker ideas.