TRUTH OR DARE

[cactusy]

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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[salamanca]

[ There's a disbelieving stare. ]

Are you kidding me right now?

[cactusy]

Sorry, was that a kidnapping for the greater good? My mistake.

[salamanca]

[ Suddenly serious. ] Yeah, it was, actually. That idiot was going to get himself killed in the storm looking for your stupid ass.

[ Lalo at least believes that, even if nobody else does. ]

I've shared everything I know, pretty much as soon as I know it. I brought Martin food and water when he was dying. I let the detective hear me die — even though that was humiliating — for, what'd you call it? "The greater good?" So all of you dipshits would know what that guy said to me. I gave Senku the information Sol gave me, about how lighting the island on fire if his little gunpowder stunt went awry, could attract the attention of the people who brought us here and that could be disastrous in ways we might not be prepared for, so that he would know — really know — what he was getting into.

[ Some of this is definitely taking creative liberties with events as they unfolded, sure, but despite that, it's not all just manipulation. It seems to be at least in part of reflection of his real feelings, as for a moment, a brief flicker of hurt crosses his face.

It is true, though, that he's never lied about anything he thought could help them get home.

Then he's back to devil-may-care. ]

Besides... you? Lecturing me about working with people? Seems to me like a lot of people here don't think that's your strong suit either.

[cactusy]

Then why lie. I don't tell people a bunch of irrelevant personal crap either, but inventing a whole persona and roleplaying as a cop? There's no way you had good intentions there.

[salamanca]

Someone took a hit out on me right before I got here. Armed assassins invaded my home. They shot my housekeeper in the back. They shot a seventeen-year-old kid who works for me.

To be safe, I faked my own death.

Then I wash up here — some kid starts telling everyone my personal business, goes on the transmisor-receptor, says, "There's a guy with a mustache here..."

For all I know, the coward who sent men to kill me could be here. Listening. The DEA, too. Anybody. I've got a lot of enemies. I had to lie about my name.

As for why a cop... [ Lalo grins and shrugs. ] I dunno, guess I just thought that'd be funny.

[cactusy]

[She listens, she listens, she listens... and then she groans.]

You were doing so good up until the end there.

[salamanca]

[ Usually how it goes with him! ]

Your turn! Truth or dare?

[cactusy]

Truth, because I bet your dares are really weird.

[Oh honey, you're definitely going to have to get a dare from him the next time this cycles around to you.]

[salamanca]

Now, why would you think that?

If you could say one thing to our amigo who lives in up in his, uh, cabaña de troncos, no consequences, face-to-face, what would you say to him?

[cactusy]

... Why would I care about saying anything to him?

[salamanca]

[ Just laughs. ] No reason. You and I are very different, aren't we?

Your turn! Hit me.

[cactusy]

I mean, I want to know his place in all this. I want intel from him. I just don't think I can get that by talking to him.

-- Truth or dare.

[salamanca]

Why is he what you choose to focus on? Because he killed you?

Dare.

[cactusy]

Because he's a loose end we haven't fully looked into.

Go apologize and grovel to Cohle. Beg for his forgiveness.

[She does this not for Rust's benefit - she can't imagine he'll care, or see it as genuine - but rather because she suspects that doing so will really piss Lalo off.]

[salamanca]

I don't disagree with that. I'd like intel from him as well. But there are a lot of other "loose ends," like you called him. What about this one fascinates you?

[ She gets a coolly angry expression, but then he turns around and, without a word, turns to do it. ]

[cactusy]

"Fascinates" is really a strong word. And I'm all for looking into every loose end, this is just the one I've been in a good position to work on.

[salamanca]

Done!

Truth or dare?

[cactusy]

Fine. Dare.

[salamanca]

I dare you to give Cohle a kiss on the cheek. You can only tell him it was a dare... after you do it.

[cactusy]

[She groans, but says through gritted teeth:]

Fine.

[cactusy]

I regret making you beg even less now. Didn't think that was possible.

[salamanca]

Hot. [ ;) ]

Well? You wanna ask me? Or does this mean I win?

[cactusy]

Truth or dare, asshole.

[salamanca]

Truth!

[cactusy]

Why the fixation on Cohle?