meme | #002 -- absolute obedience ( do you do you want to )

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the ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE MEME 1. Post with your character. 2. That character is compelled to follow the orders of anyone who replies. 3. Any orders. 4. Any orders. Meme Strategy: There's nothing in the rules about whether or not your character knows s/he must obey - as well, the other character might not know that s/he must be obeyed. Play it however you like. Don't like the orders you got? Not willing to have your character follow them, even if you've had a good time up to this point? Talk to the other player, use OOC notes or PMs, try and work it out. Got some stuff you'd never want to play out? Consider making a preferences post and linking to it when you reply here. Wanna give orders that people would love to follow? Give em context. Make it a story. Is this about revenge? Working out some personal issues? Too dumb to realize that the other guy has to do whatever your guy says?

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[magnetic_magpie]

I did.

[Because it was personal.]

[eternaliyah]

Something you'd never have wanted me to know, even if this spell had never happened.

[magnetic_magpie]

I won't come back.

[So what's it worth Daniel?]

[eternaliyah]

[He turns, pressing his face against Magneto's shirt, on hand grabbing the fabric of it, holding onto him and hiding in him like a small child, his breath coming in tight, shallow gulps.]

What, there's, there's any chance of that left anyway?

[He's not quite hysterical. But there's an edge of it under there.]

[magnetic_magpie]

Not any time soon.

[But he wasn't completely saying no. Decades maybe, but they hadn't crossed into 'no chance at all' yet. But it was shaky.]

[eternaliyah]

Tell me something else you'll hate then!

[Ragged, half-shouting, because he doesn't want to push that far but fuck it he should, if they don't break it in the next day, or the next -]

[magnetic_magpie]

I was waiting on you to find me.

[Period. Not just here, this time.]

[eternaliyah]

[He makes a sound - shaky, soft, broken laughter.]

Hah. I meant. Something else I could tell you to do.

Instead.

[He slumps against Magneto, grateful for the continuing 'let me.']

I thought you didn't want - anything to do with us, anymore.

[magnetic_magpie]

[He just tenses. He doesn't like this.]

What I wanted has never mattered.

[eternaliyah]

It mattered to me.

[Except right now, because it can't. And if he doesn't see you again - at least not for years and years - he's going to hold on while he can.]

[magnetic_magpie]

Good for you.

[He might even mean it.]

[eternaliyah]

I failed you. It - it made sense to me that you wouldn't - that you'd right us off. And I didn't have a right to try convincing you otherwise. Or anything to say that would matter to you.

[magnetic_magpie]

Yes, you screwed up.

[Not touching the rest. Right or not, he would have liked it.]

[eternaliyah]

I'm sorry.

[Softly, distantly. He doesn't expect it to matter, but he ought to say it. And he may not get many more chances.]

[magnetic_magpie]

[He scoffs. Whatever.]

[eternaliyah]

Believe that.

You don't have to care, but it's true.

[magnetic_magpie]

[He does, because he has to, but he does punch Daniel hard in the arm. Much harder than he normally would because it's his thoughts, beliefs, and emotions Daniel fucking with.]

[eternaliyah]

...ow.

[Yes. Yes he is.]

[magnetic_magpie]

Shut up.

[He doesn't care if he hurts you right now and doesn't want to hear it.]

[eternaliyah]

Okay.

[He thought you might want to hear it. Nevermind then.]

[magnetic_magpie]

[Nope.]

You just going to hang on?

[Because he sort of wants to hit you again.]

[eternaliyah]

While I can, yeah.

[magnetic_magpie]

Fine.

[He'll just punch him again then.]

[eternaliyah]

[Just takes it.]

Tell me a story.

[magnetic_magpie]

What kind of story?