Forced Honesty

[endcaller]

FORCED HONESTY MEME




You know the drill:

Post with your character.
Your character has to tell the truth and nothing but the truth!

Now interrogate each other.

Comments

[followyourstar]

< ...Right. That's there too. I probably should switch to that. >

[chimericalclaw]

It would be a good way to measure your consistency, by running through the same programs. I believe they have a few monitoring systems for that purpose.

Where are you practicing now?

[followyourstar]

< And if I'm making enough progress, I can see if it's worth bringing up back home... Even if it is a pretty big ask. >

< Right now? On the inn roof, with Vincent. >

[chimericalclaw]

What makes it a big ask?

[followyourstar]

< Ammunition is expensive back home, and I think it's pretty heavily regulated too? So I imagine they'd want me to be a good shot if I keep something on me, or else make absolutely sure it's a last resort. >

[chimericalclaw]

Ah, I see. Still, there must be a way for you and others to practice and improve? Surely your company would see it as a boon for you to have another way to defend yourself.

[followyourstar]

< Usually we just head into the Mirror Dungeons for that. >

[...!!

Oh boy, those ticking noises sure are getting quicker.]

[chimericalclaw]

[eyebrow raise...]

That's an... interesting-sounding place. Delving into "dungeons" is a regular practice of your team?

[followyourstar]

< Ah... It's... It's a place we enter through a door in the Corridor at the back of the bus. >

[Why are they still talking??? If they can just... try and steer this...]

< Not sure what it is, exactly, but it's a pretty common sight at this point. >

[chimericalclaw]

Just when I think I've gotten used to the newest concept from your world...

Another dimension, perhaps? Is training all you use it for?

[sorry. he's made of questions.]

[followyourstar]

< I don't... know? A gathering of fragments of possibilities, which only grows the more we encounter. Sometimes we get information or resources from it, but I don't understand how all that works either. >

[chimericalclaw]

Possibilities... [he looks like he's seriously trying to consider the concept, hand over the lower half of his face.] I can't begin to guess at all the applications...

[oh no he has more questions]

How do you know this information you gather there is worthwhile, if it only comes from a possibility?

[followyourstar]

[They're trying to cover their "face" with their hand, but there's no mouth to cover!!!]

< The information is mostly on the way different enemies fight in different situations. Particularly any Abnormalities we end up encountering there. >

[chimericalclaw]

[ignoring the obvious distress for a moment or two—he mutters to himself]

Mmh... strategic value. A simulation in its own right...

[and okay fine, he'd like to ask about abnormalities too but]

... Classified, is it?

[followyourstar]

< V-Very... >

[They hope no one knows they've said anything of this.]

[chimericalclaw]

Are Abnormalities classified, as well? I recall seeing the topic on your personal device, at one point.

[followyourstar]

[Ugh, they need to be more careful...]

< No, I don't think so. They just aren't very well known. I'm not really sure what they are, but the old L Corp used them as part of energy production. And buried them underground along with all their branches when the Wing fell. Most of the ones I've seen are monsters, but there are a few that act like objects, too. >

[chimericalclaw]

What a complex and confusing situation you live in, my friend...

Do you keep all your notes on that device, by the way?

[followyourstar]

< It's... in case I forget again. >

[chimericalclaw]

I can't blame you for the practice. I take a number of private notes of my own.

[why did he say that,,, anyway]

I was only going to ask if you've got the proper security on it?

[followyourstar]

< Probably? It's my work PDA, so I imagine whoever developed it went through the trouble of making sure it's secure. >

[chimericalclaw]

So it only activates when you yourself turn it on? Or have you never had the occasion to find out?

[followyourstar]

< Never had the opportunity. I'm the only one who uses it. >

[chimericalclaw]

Do you want to find out?

[followyourstar]

< You... know you're basically asking to look through my diary, right? >