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

[fortifyingnight]

Euphie...[Clenching a fist and mentally kicking himself again.]

I'm garbage. [He snaps back, reaching for the rosary strung on his belt. He didn't have any holy water to use as a buffer and there was no time to make any. Until he knew exactly what possessed her though he couldn't use any Aria skill, and there was no way he'd draw his sword against her.]

But so is the creature controlling you-now-[Taking the blessed beads in hand Night reached out to the royal heir's blood covered arm. He wouldn't think about the lives of those who had fallen right now, now when he had to focus on saving hers.]

Why don't you show your ugly face, demon??

[unfearing]

[ Euphie allows Night to seize her by the arm without much protest, not seeing anything wrong with being touched by a rosary on account of being Geassed rather than possessed. She only manages a slightly vacant, puzzled look in Night's direction, still trying to decide whether or not to shoot. ]

Night, what on earth are you carrying on about? Please answer me. Are you Japanese?

[fortifyingnight]

Tch...[There wasn't any hesitation after she didn't react to the beads. Night whipped his arm around and snatched the gun Euphemia had strapped to her shoulder. He was far stronger than her, so even if there was a struggle, he was sure to win.]

I don't know what's making you act like this but if I have to play along to get an answer then I will. [It didn't take Night more than thirty seconds to dismantle the gun and drop the pieces onto the ground. He doubted a high class girl like Euphemia knew how to reassemble a weapon like that.]

I'm not Japanese. I'm not human. My body, his body, is.

[unfearing]

...oh. Is that so?

[ Euphemia falters, staring quite blankly down at the dismantled gun. She's not quite sure what to do here, in Night's case. She is supposed to kill all the Japanese, but-- ]

Oh that's right! I've been so silly. Your body is already dead, isn't it? I think that's okay. Sorry for the trouble, Night.

[ She gives him an eerily happy smile, then turns to go find a new weapon and the rest of the still-living Japanese. ]