glencolaaa | TRUTH OR DARE

TRUTH OR DARE

1) Post your characters, one per comment.
2) Comment around ICly asking other characters "truth or dare?"
3) Truth is self-explanatory; dares should involve tagging out to another character's top level somehow ("Insult someone you find terrifying", "Tell someone you think is hot one thing you find sexy about them", "Strike up a conversation using the most awkward non-sequitur you can come up with", etc.)

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The Lalo thing? I had no idea, actually.

[ Senku is great with science and engineering and all that, but he's a little shaky on reading people, especially when he hasn't even met them face to face. ]

Did you?

I was starting to. But not the extent of it, no.

I missed a whole shit ton of stuff that was going on, feels like. Several people didn't seem all that surprised. He was a little weird sometimes but generally he just seemed like kind of weird.

I don't know what cops are supposed to be like, though...maybe that was part of it. The only cop I know is kind of an idiot.

[ Just kidding though! It was really Senku's shaky people skills. ]

Trust me, kid: all cops are idiots.

[ We're breezing past the part where you said you disliked him the most, because who cares, and acting like this is a normal conversation. ]

Funny you'd say to trust you. But on this kinda thing, I figure your opinion is good as any. Do you live in the US or Mexico? Maybe cops are all idiots there.

We don’t have that kind of structure anymore.

[ Lalo laughs and slaps Senku on the back, a little harder than necessary. It's not maliciousness, though, just enthusiasm. ] Hey, you're pretty funny! I like that.

[ Still grinning. ]

Should've clarified! I'm from Mexico, but, uh, I travel up north for work. [ "Work" means drug dealing. ] International man of mystery!

American cops are all idiots. Mexican cops aren't idiots. They're just all dirty. Trust me on that! [ laughs at own joke ]

What kind of structure do you have?

Edited 2023-09-24 16:05 (UTC)

Am I? Not on purpose.

[ Senku does have a sense of humour, he just doesn't consider himself funny. ]

You know everything kinda...stopped. What we have now is more on equal footings. Someone in the Kingdom of Science used to be a cop, but we don’t have cops at all.

The village has a couple guards and we have a few of us who make decisions as best we can. A few people are fighters, warriors.

Just. No cops, you know?

"Reino de la Ciencia", eh? That sounds lovely. I'm impressed everyone in your village works so well together. It's amazing.

Me, where I'm from? In my world? If everything just stopped, I'm pretty sure we'd all kill each other trying to be king of a patch of dirt. [ He makes a face, but he's not actually upset about it. It's simply a fact of life to him, that's all. ]

My world didn't just stop, you know. I told you, right? Everyone was petrified for thousands of years. Not enough people woke up at once to have that kind of chaos. We're calculating how we revive everyone to avoid that kind of crap.

We've had some conflicts and whatever, but overall we've done a damn good job.

[ If he does say so himself. ]

[ Lalo laughs. And ruffles Senku's pineapple hair, if Senku allows it. Or... he starts to, then he remembers Senku doesn't like physical contact and withdraws his hand prematurely. Sorry, Senku. He's not trying to be obnoxious, but it comes second nature to him to be a physical and touchy person. He doesn't even always realize he's doing it. ]

Yeah, yeah, I know. But you don't understand. My world... the people in it... we could make chaos with two of us. Three of us, and... pffft, ¡Olvídelo! *

[ Lalo himself doesn't even know the half of it. Walter White could probably find a way to make a bunch of petrified people hate him, somehow, even if he were the only man conscious. ]

But if you say that's how things work for you guys, then I believe it! I'm very impressed. [ He means that! He can't really a picture a world with only a little bit of conflict. It only takes two people to have a fight. If he and Fring were the only two people who weren't stone in the world, they'd destroy each other before anyone else woke up. It would take two seconds. ]

--but, ah, whose turn was it? Perdóname, I forgot!

*Spanish interjection, means "Forget about it!"

Edited (further context) 2023-10-04 18:55 (UTC)

All gangsters are imbeciles.

[ LMAO. ]

Awww, what's the matter? Did I upset you, cuata? Perdón.

You wish, pendejo.

[ 😘 ]

I just figured he was a rookie, that's all.

Fair enough.

Your go.

Okay. Truth or dare?

All right. Dare then.

Pick someone to tell your deepest, darkest fear to. Dealer's choice.

Holy shit, you go hard, huh?

All right.

Truth or dare, then.

Dare.

Ok.

I dare you to pick someone and have a conversation with them like you would if they were just a real person and not someone you suspect is a simulation.

[ Mostly he wants to see if it makes a difference. ]

[So, fun fact--]

I haven't been treating you guys any differently because I think you're not real. This really is just me.

That seems like a philosophical disagreement between us then.

[ Not that he cares. ]

Well, consider that an easy win, huh?

Philosophical disagreement in what sense? It's not like I've been treating you guys badly.

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hyakuoku - 2023-10-04 17:14 (UTC) - Expand

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