you lied to me before.

[shitglasses]

TRUTH MEME

Sometimes, you have to tell the truth. No, I mean, you have to. Maybe it's magic, or a promise, or nanobots; who knows. But you have to tell the truth, and everyone knows it. Of course, do half-tuths count? What about lying by omission? That's up to you, and how far you want this curse, this ailment, to go. The only thing that can't be escaped is the truth, whatever form that truth takes.

What happens next?

You decide.

• Post your character to the meme.
• They have to tell the truth when they're asked questions.
• What others ask is up to them. Nothing is off limits.
• Your character has to answer... eventually.
• Tag around and ask other characters questions!

Comments

[toblame]

And maybe I don't want to live a lie the rest of my goddamn life. But that part doesn't matter to you, does it? As long as you can have your fantasy world where everything's fine, and everyone looks up to you, so you can feed your poor, wounded ego.

[ God, she needs a drink already. There's a small, bitter huff of laughter out of her. ]

Fucking pillars of the community.

[heckraiser]

[He swipes a hand over his face, rubs it in exasperation, rests his chin in the palm in thought.

God dammit.]

What do you want me to do about it?

[toblame]

Find me something to drink, for a start.

[ She could ask him to be honest. To grow a pair. To admit he doesn't love her, so she can find some closure in this instead of not knowing how much of this is just him pretending.

She won't. Maybe they deserve this. ]

[heckraiser]

[Maybe he sticks with her because he's used to this kind of pain. He's going through the motions because it's familiar. He knows what to expect with Mary. When you're with someone new, you have to learn all the nasty parts of them. He and Mary do this, going in circles, like two dogs chasing each others' tails. Joseph has settled into a routine.

Silently, a glare fixed on her, he moves. Goes to the kitchen and does exactly that. Pours her a glass of cabernet. Oh, and he's going to get himself one too, because fuck all of this.

Joseph returns. He holds the drink out for her. All nice. Just like she asked.]

[toblame]

[ Better the devil you know, isn't it?

Her eyes light up and she openly smiles when he returns, but there's no warmth to it at all. Trapped animals show their teeth, too. ]

My hero.

[ He wants to pretend? Fuck it. It's not like she has any other options. ]

[heckraiser]

[Joseph just gives her the most unimpressed look. No words.

She takes her glass and... he just kind of slams his own back. You're not supposed to drink wine that fast, supposed to savor it, but whatever. Grape juice.]