(meme) TELL THE TRUTH...

[expiationmods]

IC TRUTH MEME...!

- Quite what it says on the tin, really.
- TL with your character
- Other characters ask questions from them, and they have to answer with honesty
- DRAMA!
- remember, the threads from the meme are not accepted as ac.

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Richard Plantagenet / Requiem of the Rose King

[traumaticus]

[oh no, his nightmare :( ]

[conflictresolution]

You once mentioned how important your father was to you. What did he do that inspired you so?

[traumaticus]

[oh... a question that actually makes him feel soft inside.]

Everything. There is not just one thing that I could single out for being inspiring. My father was everything to me.

[conflictresolution]

Did you feel similarly for your brothers, or was it just your father?

[traumaticus]

Just my father. We all loved him.

[conflictresolution]

Ah, so you shared him with many. Will you tell me more about him?

[traumaticus]

[only because he had to!]

There has no been as noble soul as his in whole England. He fought the war for the crown, executed the damned witch Joan of Arc. And when I was born, he held me in his arms, called me his son and gifted me with his own name.

And he had the wisdom and courage to see the chaos within our land and the connection to the mad king. A false king. He raised banners, rallied the armies and brought a storm like no other to our country. He set his eyes to challenge the fate and to become a king.

[conflictresolution]

From what I've been made to understand, one's bloodline is important to claims to positions of power in your country. It is safe to assume that he had the appropriate blood to make such a claim and thus so did you and your brothers?

Do you consider war noble?

[traumaticus]

Yes. My father was descendant of King Edward the Third.

Only those that are fought for right causes.

[conflictresolution]

Why was he not given the throne to begin with and had to fight for it? In my readings, it seems like there is a line of succession?

What constitutes a right cause?

i am so not going to go over the war of roses wiki for meme tag.........

[traumaticus]

Alas, he wasn't the only one. Lancasters also shared a strong claim on the throne.

One such as my father's. To challenge fate and to take down a false king.

I didn't think you'd have any interest in the affairs of monarchy.

yes, yes you are

[conflictresolution]

So Edward the Third was a prolific sire to many similar bloodlines? Did he have a harem then?

As long as one is challenging their fate, their cause is righteous.

I don't.

[He has interest in you, Richard. Don't make him explain that.]

have mercy on me

[traumaticus]

You jest. It is not unusual for the King to have a lover outside of his marriage, but bastards will not be tolerated in the court. The matters of crown are much more complicated than just passing the power from father to son.

Then why these questions?

[he does not get it.]

[opheliac]

How much do you hate me? A little or super bad?

[traumaticus]

I do not hate you.

[opheliac]

Woah, you don't? Not even a teeny bit?

[traumaticus]

No. I find your presence confusing and frustrating for the most part, but my heart is void of hatred when it comes to you.

Why?

[opheliac]

Because it'll be a lot more fun, silly! If I hate you and you don't hate me, then I would look like a doofus.

[traumaticus]

That is none of my business.

[opheliac]

Oh ho ho! If it has anything to do with me and my old man, then it is my business.

You're such a funny guy, Ricky! — I should boop your nose because you're such a kidder.

[traumaticus]

How I feel towards you has nothing to do with your father.

[opheliac]

Jinxie thinks that's a tricky sentence. A booby trap just waiting for its victim to fall right in.

But I'm aaaaallll about setting up decoys and tricks.

[traumaticus]

[....what]

I do not follow you.

[opheliac]

I know. Only a genius can comprehend something so smart.

[traumaticus]

Or only a madman can understand something so ludicrous.