the betrayal/redemption meme

[earthking]

BETRAYAL MEME

You have done something unspeakable to the people closest to you. How did this come to be, and how will you make amends?


Instructions

Post with your character with their name, series, and whether you're the betrayer, the betrayed, or simply leave it blank! Then, either make up your own scenario to your liking, or use our prompts (RNG totally optional) and go wild!

(Example: for organization's sake, denote b3+2 where you killed someone and are trying to hide it or r5+3 for a situation where you side-hopped and now want nothing more than to make things right, so that people know at a glance whether you're betraying or being redeemed and what you did.)

betrayal; you've turned your back on everything you once stood for

1) you're innocent. it's not your fault, but they can never know. maybe you're protecting someone. maybe you're being blackmailed. whatever the case, it's your dark secret.
2) you're hiding. you've done something terrible, but no one knows it yet. how far will you go to bury what you've done for good?
3) you're uncertain. everything is in place now, but nothing's been set into motion yet. maybe it's not too late to turn back. or is it?
4) you're slipping. you thought you could change. maybe for a while you even managed to. but now you find yourself falling back to your old ways, and everyone around you is at risk.
5) you're reacting. they betrayed you first. you're not in the wrong. they deserve this. they brought this upon themselves. you're not really betraying anyone if they pushed first.

redemption; you've done something that can never be forgiven

1) you're trapped. they caught you red-handed, or maybe you turned yourself in. now those you betrayed are free to face you one by one and have their revenge.
2) you're false. this whole betrayal thing isn't working out quite the way you'd hoped. maybe if you play your cards just right, you'll be able to get your old life back.
3) you're selfless. whatever forced your hand to begin with doesn't matter anymore. you'll destroy yourself and play the role of a villain to the very end if that is what it takes to make things right.
4) you're lost. what you did was wrong, and you know that now. you can never be sorry enough, and you've lost your way. all you want to do is find home. won't anyone out there show you the way?
5) you're tortured. you have to make amends for what you've done. you have to. the thought consumes you, possesses you. you have to find them, help them. but after what you've done, will they even want to see you again?

what you've done;

1) you sold them out
2) you killed
3) you joined the other side
4) you stole
5) you lied
6) you simply are. you were never 'good' to begin with.

Comments

R: 4-6... Let's have a Frat boy AU.

[distinctive_guy]

[The factory was in ruins. Eliot heard down the grapevine that Sloan died, but this... The place was a mess.

He looked up at the shell of what used to be the textile factory of Fate.]

Rest in peace.

[thekiller]

[wes overhears him; he's wearing just his faded shirt and jeans, but the jacket's unmistakably his dad's.

he's kicking stones left and right with the tip of his shoe and overturning rocks where the study used to be. he's been here for too many times, but it doesn't hurt to scour the place for things he might've missed.]

It's an old factory, man. That's what old factories do, they just die.

[distinctive_guy]

[Which, of course, Eliot recognized. The jacket, it was a very... well, let's just say he remembered some of the scratches on that thing well. Which meant he was instantly wary about this stranger, and his eyes grew guarded.]

Yeah? Most don't go out with a bang like.... this. [He gestured to the burned out shell.]

[thekiller]

[that makes wesley grin.]

I bet they had shitty management. Not good enough to last in the modern era and all that crap.

[distinctive_guy]

[And made Eliot raise his brows.]

I heard their management comes from faaar up.

[He scrutinized that younger face over in a 'who are you' look.]

[thekiller]

Where'd you hear that from? [genuine curiousity.] Even if it were, it's a goddamned textile mill, y'know? Who the hell uses textile mills now? That's what we have shit made in China for.

[he shakes his head, but still with that sharp smile, especially when he sees his rats crawling in the dark.]

Again. Shitty management.

[distinctive_guy]

[Eliot eyed the young man's jacket once more.]

Have some respect. Used to be a grand place... 'fore your time. That jacket you're wearin' was made here.

[thekiller]

[he's not going to be moved by that accusation. everyone's dead, anyhow.]

You're kidding me. Shit's too awesome to be stuck in this place.

[distinctive_guy]

[Eliot didn't know about that. He left before then, but there were rumors...

No point dancing around a topic it seemed they both knew.]

Who the fuck are you?

[thekiller]

Some Nobody who thinks hanging around blasted textile mills is pretty cool. You?

[since they're being friendly and all. asshole gibson, all the way.]

[distinctive_guy]

Me?

[He glared at the other in annoyance, but a beat later, he answered.]

I'm Eliot Spencer.

[Who's name might have cropped up on the Loom before. Who was known in various circles both normal and secretive.]