penny for your thoughts.

[madscenes]

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
(a) penny for your thoughts. SAID WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT ANOTHER PERSON IS THINKING, USUALLY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN QUIET FOR A WHILE. (cambridge dictionary)

YOU'VE BEEN SITTING IN SILENCE FOR SOME TIME AND NOW YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR COMPANION'S MIND, SO YOU FLASH YOUR RICHES AND OFFER a penny for your thoughts, GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU AND HAVE A LITTLE HEART-TO-HEART.


How to play -

1. Comment with your character's name, fandom and preferences.
2. Others offer your character a penny for their thoughts to start the conversation off.
3. Your character tells them what they're thinking of, note that lying's allowed. You take it from there.
4. Be serious, be light-hearted, be cracky. Just have fun!

Comments

Desmond Miles | Assassin's Creed

[trickofthelight]

will match format c:

[retributes]

[ her pen twirls between index and middle fingers, the silence between them carrying. what does she say right now? how do they overcome the low hum of machines that threatens to deafen the cramped space of the inside back end of the truck they’re hiding out in. the chair creaks with the slightest shift. ]

I got one penny. [ it’s pulled from the denim pocket where the rest of her change is crammed in. lucy flicks it over to where he’s seated. ] Share a thought? Or whatever’s on your mind?

action works for me! and aaa lucy <3

[trickofthelight]

[ One thought isn't exactly the problem, right now. It might be that there's too many of them -- not just his own memories, but the echoes of the Animus rattling around his skull, sensation on sensation layering over Desmond's perception like a raw nerve-- ]

Huh? [ The penny bounces off the front of his hoodie and onto the floor of the truck with a clatter, and Desmond startles out of his reverie, looking from Lucy to the floor and back before the question registers. ]

I wasn't actually thinking about anything, actually. [ He admits, sheepish. ] Just spacing out.

awesome! and more like AAAAA desmond <3

[retributes]

[ that small admission does end up drawing out some concern, her brows lowering to draw together as she watches him. for now, lucy will ignore the penny laying forgotten on the floor of the truck. it's his health and well-being that means more to her than some chump change. ]

Are you tired? If you are, I can call back Rebecca and Shaun. [ they shouldn't have gotten too far in with the recovery mission by now. and lucy can't see either of them protesting much. ] I know we've been extending your time in the Animus more and more as of late. I'm sorry, Desmond.

[trickofthelight]

I'm fine. [ Desmond answers, a little too sharply and quickly, and gives her a wry smile, shaking his head. It's not the most convincing thing, he knows -- when have any of them ever really been fine, for a while? -- but well, what's he going to start to do?

He reaches down to pick up the penny so he has a bit more time to regain his composure without meeting Lucy's eyes, and feels instantly guilty. She deserves better than that. Everyone counting on him does. ]

It's more like ... it's frustrating. I wish I could pick things up faster. [ Which is absurd, given the rate he's already skipping leaps and bounds ahead of what would be remotely possible if he was training the old-fashioned way, but... ] But, you know, I also like my brain not turning to mush, so...

[retributes]

I would like your brain not turning into mush.

[ Lucy could never hold it against him, the almost snappy response from moments ago. She understands completely that they're asking so much of him all at once, depending on him for answers. Hell, it's not just them who are depending on him; unknowingly, the entire world is.

Because he seems to be avoiding her gaze, she shifts in her seat and inches it a little closer. Her leg reaches out, her foot nudging his ankle. ]

Remember, one thing at a time. Your brain needs as much rest as your body, if not more.

whoa i'm so sorry for dropping this! just completely checked out the past two weeks

[trickofthelight]

[ It's the nudge that gets Desmond to look up, finally, his smile tired if a bit more genuine. He's lucky he has people like Lucy, Rebecca, and even Shaun on his side. If Vidic had his way, his brain really would have leaked out of his ears. ]

This might sound kind of weird, but I almost feel like my body's not doing enough. [ His hands gesture meaninglessly in the air, trying to indicate the shape of something too nebulous to really have one. ] Whatever's happening to me in the Animus, it still knows that I just spent hours lying down on my back, you know? But it's not like we can really go anywhere, either.

it's completely okay! i never mind backtagging c:

[retributes]

It's not weird at all. [ Still, she'd tried to make sense of the gesture he was making, eyes following the motioning of his hands. ] Maybe you should consider taking up yoga whenever we're in these moments of downtime.

[ Her chair swivels away from his as she's taking in the interior of the vehicle. ]

There's plenty of room. And if you're embarrassed at the thought of being caught, I can keep watch for when they're coming back.

[trickofthelight]

[ Desmond can’t help but laugh at the mental image, even if he knows the suggestion is in earnest. ]

I mean, I did try it a little while I was in New York. An, um, ex-girlfriend of mine — she was really into the hot yoga thing. You know, because there’s nothing that makes couples feel closer than getting sweaty with a bunch of strangers in a hundred-degree room. On second thought, that’s probably why we didn’t last long.

[retributes]

[ Well shit. Now's joining him with the laughter. She can't help it. Either talking about an ex is awkward or it's amusing, like now. ]

Do I even want to ask?