Time Of Truthiness!

[unbroken_chain]

Who: Everyone!
Where: All over the city!
Summary: The Time of Truthiness is upon Hinoto-Ri!
Warnings: Basically everything.

It begins. A strange aura spreads out over Hinoto-Ri, stealing into the hearts, minds, and mouths of every denizen of the city, changing them - embiggening their souls with the power of TRUTHINESS.

For one week, Hinoto-Ri becomes a city where no lies can exist. Who is responsible for this? Will their dedication to ABSOLUTE TRUTHINESS bring them victory...or defeat?

DUN DUN DUUUUUN

Tune in to the Destiny Strings Broadcast Special: Time of Truthiness to find out!


ooc: okay folks, go ahead and mingle!

Comments

[terminally_clever]

I'll be quite candid with you here - that isn't going to be easy without full access to the technology we had access to at home. I've cobbled together what I can here using my own systems and what was provided when the base appeared, but searching for and pinpointing the cause of something like this is very much a needle and haystack situation. Of course, that doesn't mean I won't try, but I thought it prudent to prepare both of us for a potential frustrating lack of results.

[a_gentle_boy]

No.

[He shakes his head and tries not to feel the lump catching in his throat.]

No, not a something.

Re: Haha no worries

[greatseal]

Well, thank you then!

[she still doesn't know why she is being so honest, if she... had to be honest.] So will you let me take you home?

[a_gentle_boy]

[A small nod in response to that. He couldn't very well stop her if she wanted to, after all. He was lost.]

I think I'm a little old to be getting lost, but... thanks.

[eyewillprotect]

That's it? Just because it's your duty?

It doesn't hurt you, that people think of you that way...?

[eyewillprotect]

[Not a something...]

What is it? What do you want to bring home?

[a_gentle_boy]

[He didn't want to answer. He didn't want to answer. His mouth forms the shape of the 'n' for 'nothing'.]

N -- Nn... N-N-No...

I don't want to bring anything home. I don't want anything else! I just... I just want m-my... my brother............

[The waterworks commence.]

[eyewillprotect]

[She stops right then, her expression troubled. His brother...? There are an assortment of reasons why a child would request such a thing, and each is more worrying than the next.

Slowly, she crouches down to his height, very tentatively reaching out a hand to place comfortingly on his shoulder.]

I'm... I'm so sorry.

[a_gentle_boy]

[Well this was turning out swimmingly. What with his inability to lie and his already fragile emotional state, Lucas can manage no other course of action but to continue to bawl.]

C-C-Claus...

I-I never thought I'd s-see him and then, and then he was here. B-But... But... It doesn't matter because this isn't real a-and it won't ever be and it's n-not --

Not fair.

[capitalbackup]

I don't care what people thinks of me. The only thing my duty troubles me with was how I was trained to be my brother's replacement and how my efforts will be credited to his name.

[Well, shit.]

[eyewillprotect]

Hotsuin...

No, Miyako. Do you... still consider yourself to only be your brother's replacement...?

[eyewillprotect]

[Her expression crumples in her sympathy for him. To see a child hurting so much... and at such a young age, nonetheless. To have gone through so much heartbreak already... it hurts even to watch.

Although it's tentative at first, she slowly pulls him into a gentle embrace.]

I... I know. [It's not fair. To lose the people you love and care about without discrimination, it's not fair.] I know. I'm so, so, sorry...!

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas tightens at first upon feeling her touch, but slowly relaxes after a few moments. It wasn't as if he hadn't already embarrassed himself horribly already, anyway. His breathing comes in small gasps as he tries to get himself under control.]

S-Sorry...

[Is all he can manage for a little while. The sound of his sniffling and gasping for breath echoes around the streets for a bit and he turns his face firmly away from Aoi.]

...
...
...

Sorry.

[leadthebeats]

It hurts if you get injured there, yeah.

[leadthebeats]

If they have something like that, I want one too.

[capitalbackup]

No, I don't. It's completely pointless to continue upholding that here or back in my world.

[Yamato died, there's no more reason to hide and replace him in the upcoming new world, and yet...]

I'm free to do what I wish, but I'm at a loss of what to do.

[all_wound_up]

Mm... I see.

[She's honestly not sure what else to say to that.]

[capitalbackup]

Of course I did not mean to say that much!

[Because it's too open, exposed for her taste. Miyako believed she was moving ahead, and without relying on Alcor for it. With gritted teeth, she speak again.]

I want you to leave now before we speak any more words. Before I start saying words I'm not comfortable to tell you.

[capitalbackup]

I expected as much. While it would be frustrating, just finding some hints to the cause of this is better than nothing. If we find nothing, someone in this city may find it for us.

[eyewillprotect]

But there's so much you could do!

You could find a new hobby, or... or even multiple! Try things you've never tried before...

You could do anything you want, Miyako. There's nothing here to stop you from stopping to enjoy life as it is.

[terminally_clever]

Well, at any rate, I'm on it. But this city is beginning to wear on my patience.

[electricyousei]

"Everyone is stupid more often than not. Even genetically engineered super geniuses can be complete idiots."

[jumyouboshi]

[Alcor should have expected that reaction. The Hotsuin family was practically sworn to secrecy, their duties and existence hidden from even other countries. Of course they would be guarded, in more ways than one. With a sigh, he put his hand in his pocket.]

...I expected as much. Very well...I hope you enjoy your gift.

[And because of the effects they were experiencing, there was no room for doubt that that was the honest truth. What she would make of that was up to her. A blink of an eye, and he was gone, leaving no trace behind, save for the gift itself.]

[eyewillprotect]

[She gives him a few gentle pats on the back.]

...It's alright. If you need to cry, it's... best to get it off your chest now, I think.

[prettytamer]

"It feels like people being dumb is the reason for basically everything bad happeing..."