(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.

Comments

[mightymorphin]

Huh! That sounds a little magical to me, but I'm no expert.

Either way, it's really effective. It's like if Iron Man could switch suits in the middle of a fight.

[nightwild]

Iron Man? Oh- The metal guy you turned into.

[look, it's a reasonable assumption.]

It's effective... but it's not worth what it takes to get it. I turned traitor for a reason- I'm trying to defeat the Goddess now.

[mightymorphin]

Nah, that wasn't him. Iron Man's a guy in a full-body, high-tech suit of armor. And he fights crime! [Because that's a totally normal thing to do with armor like that.]

Woah, really? What did the Goddess do?

[nightwild]

"Fights crime", huh? Fuck him, then.

[wow.]

.... It's complicated. But she's the reason I was trying to destroy the world.

[mightymorphin]

Not much for authority, huh?

But geez, that's a tough position to be in. I have to imagine it's hard to say no to a literal deity.

[nightwild]

I lived on the streets for years. If he wants to "fight crime", he should be blasting out the rich bastards up in skyscrapers. But no one ever means that- They just wanna be cops who beat up the people trying to steal so they have a bite to eat.

[fuck the police!!!]

... She only appears to people who are at the deepest despair. Then she offers them a wish. She wants to save people people from despair, but...

I wished to make a just world. But she didn't have the power or influence for that. So instead... she said we could build one if we destroyed the current world first.

[mightymorphin]

If it helps, Iron Man and the Avengers are the types to deal with really big threats. They're not out there stopping people doing petty robberies.

[They get the feeling she's not going to like the local-level superheroes at all, though.]

That sounds... really manipulative. Wouldn't destroying the world cause more despair overall than what you're feeling?

[nightwild]

Which lets her save more people, and expand her influence. More people worship her, she gets more power. Eventually, she can "save" everyone in the world.

[mightymorphin]

That sounds an awful lot like a pyramid scheme.

I hope you get a chance to punch this Goddess of yours in the face some day. It sounds like she could really use it.

[nightwild]

... The worst part is, I think she really believes in what she's doing.

But I'm going to. I won't let her keep causing these problems any more. No matter what I have to do.

[mightymorphin]

That's tough. Dealing with a deity sounds hard enough as it is, even before having to take convincing her off the table.

But hey, it's a good thing your powers still work here. Hopefully that means they'll keep working without her around, right?

[nightwild]

... I didn't think about that... They should, but I wonder if the Seeds I have would work too?

[mightymorphin]

Huh, what's that?

[nightwild]

[She pulls out from a pocket a... it looks like a slightly-too-large walnut, really.]

These things are the Goddess' power. You make a wish on them to get power.

[mightymorphin]

And it's safe to use that?

[That was the first thing that popped into their head. Maybe it was even safer with this much distance from her world, but you never knew.]

Guess you won't know until you try it out.

[nightwild]

Wh- Hell, no, it's not safe.

[She re-pockets it.]

... Well, I couldn't use it if I wanted to. But most people turn into monsters from them.

[mightymorphin]

Monsters?! But -

[If it weren't for the conversation that they had with Nura about what it means to be a 'monster', Morph would've kept going instead of biting their tongue. Instead, they say emphatically,]

Don't go around turning people into things without their permission, got it?

[nightwild]

-- I'm not! It doesn't- That's not how it works, anyway!

[She sounds... a little frustrated? But she manages to rein in her temper enough to calm down and explain.]

It just gives you power if you make a wish on it. But most people... You give them the power to grant their wish, and it consumes them. People lose themselves to the power.

If you can keep sight of yourself- If you don't let your heart get consumed by the power, then you can become like me, and control it. Otherwise... people just go crazy. Try to use their power however they please.

[mightymorphin]

[Hey they don't know any better!!]

Oh, so it's a wish with strings attached?

Still sounds super dangerous. Having someone go nutso with power isn't any better.

[nightwild]

No strings if your heart's strong enough... but most people aren't.

You give the average guy power, and they're just going to do whatever they want and hurt everyone around them in the process.