(meme) TELL THE TRUTH...

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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.

Comments

[melnik]

I see. Simply no desire to?

[conflictresolution]

Such promises of loyalty and commitment were never meant for me, I expect.

[melnik]

[ That... is a rather sad thing to hear, provoking an uncharacteristically gentle tone. ]

Why do you say that?

[conflictresolution]

I consider it my truth. Why would anyone be loyal and committed to a monster?

[melnik]

I don't know what it is that makes you see yourself in such a light... and personally, I don't think that it's true. But for what it's worth, even the most honest man has no guarantee his loyalty will be returned. In my experience, it is rare for a marriage to truly uphold these values.

[conflictresolution]

Ah yes, I've been told that marriages of convenience and to build family blood lines and foster trade deals and for power are also formed.

Did you marry out of love and loyalty?

[melnik]

I did... but that did not last very long. In tough times, I don't think it often does.

[conflictresolution]

Was it mutual or one sided?

[Falling out of love, he meant.]

[melnik]

It happened gradually. It was not long after Anna was born that we had to flee into the metro... I spent all of my time consumed with a plan to rebuild. People were at each others' throats. Many took advantage of the chaos to try to push their own political agendas. I wanted to protect them. To keep them safe.

She could not take the stress of raising our daughter by herself.

[conflictresolution]

I think I understand. That sounds like a significant life change with many stressors. Bonds can wear and break in such times.

When did you take over raising your daughter?

cw suicide mention

[melnik]

Anna was around five years old then. Far too young to find her mother like that. She drank some kind of poison.

cw suicide mention

[conflictresolution]

Poison is one of the most common ways women take their lives. I suppose her passing reshaped how you divided your time?

[melnik]

Yes... I had a few trusted friends who would help care for her, but she spent much of her time at the barracks as a child. How about yourself? How did you manage raising your daughter as a single parent?

[conflictresolution]

I'm told there is a sense of community in such places.

She was mostly under my desk, crawling in my lap, or running amok. Children of Zaun are forced to flourish early in life.