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Tweak says, "R-E-S-P-E-E-K!"

Krystle Harrison (omggirlonthenet) wrote in memebells,
@ 2012-01-13 20:23:00

Entry tags:

[rated] nc17, [rated] pg-13, [rated] r, [type] choices, [type] crack, [type] dark, [type] fluff, [type] memories, [type] serious, [warning] possible triggers

Good Ending/Bad Ending meme
Do you get a happily ever after? Or a 'Rocks fall, everyone dies'? Why not both?

* Post your characters and set up two scenes. One with an ideal setting (They got what they always wanted, hit it big, became rich and famous, etc.) and one with a bad twist of events (They're homeless, everyone hates them, maybe they're even dying!).
* Others respond to one of the two settings (Or both in different comments, if they want!)
* Respond.
* ???
* Profit!!!

Just remember: no ending is set in stone, good endings can turn sour, and bad endings can be made better. Just see where it takes you and enjoy the ride!

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	serene_rage 2012-01-14 07:07 am UTC (link)
	He hadn't said anything, and he didn't say anything as he crossed to Charles' chair, setting his glass on the edge of the desk so that he could knead at the telepath's shoulders, thumbs digging in against the back of his neck, "Penny for your thoughts?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-14 07:13 am UTC (link)
	There's a soft groan out of the telepath the moment he felt those thumbs digging against the back of his neck. "...What?" Hey, he'd been spacing out a bit so he's got no clue what in the world the metal bender said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-14 07:18 am UTC (link)
	He chuckled softly as he continued kneading at Charles' shoulders and nape, "Was just wondering what you were thinking, Charles, that's all." He wasn't always curious about what was on the telepath's mind, he had enough sense to know that he wouldn't always like it, but he had to check anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-14 07:22 am UTC (link)
	"What're we really doing, Erik?" He asks idly. "I mean truly doing. None of this even really matters. You've made sure of that." It might upset the metal bender but he'd deal with that when and if it happened. "You're enjoying this show of power far too much." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-14 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Because the show is what's important, Charles. The symbolism. You should know that as well as I do. People need their totems." He shook his head, fingers still kneading, "We're doing this because it's expected, it's what people need." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 05:56 am UTC (link)
	"No, Erik, the show isn't what's important. Or if anything it's only important to you." There's an almost pained laugh. "I'm not anyone's totem. I don't want to be anyone's totem nor am I anything anyone needs. Perhaps that's what you think but you've lost your way." That might upset the metal bender but he's been good at doing that lately. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 06:41 am UTC (link)
	He laughed, just once, a quick bark of sound, shaking his head, "You aren't the symbol, Charles, this building is, our being in it. It's our stronghold, where we can oversee everything. That is the symbol people expect." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 06:48 am UTC (link)
	"That's where you're wrong, Erik," he says idly almost conversationally. "They don't expect it. You just think they do. This building... it means nothing to them. You mean nothing to them. None of us mean a thing to them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 07:26 am UTC (link)
	He tutted, shaking his head, "Not the remaining humans, Charles, they don't matter to anyone now, do they? Nor do their opinions." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 07:32 am UTC (link)
	"Do you truly believe you mean something to anyone anymore, Erik?" Other than him but he didn't count as far as he was concerned. "You're nothing to them either." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 08:08 am UTC (link)
	He pinched Charles' shoulder, "You're being contrary just to be contrary, aren't you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 08:10 am UTC (link)
	He pulls away from the hand on his shoulder and gets up moving to the window away from the metal bender, "No. I'm stating fact, Erik. You don't mean anything to them or anyone anymore." Except for him but he wasn't sure he wanted to admit it in that moment. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 08:20 am UTC (link)
	His jaw tightened, straightening, "If that's the case, you should hardly deign to stay in my company." He flicked a hand before folding his arms, "You're dismissed." It wasn't a tone he used often, at least not towards Charles, something solid and final and not open to discussion. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 08:24 am UTC (link)
	That gets a slight laugh out of the telepath, "You can't dismiss me like some lackey, Erik. I don't follow your orders nor do I work for you. You should do well to remember that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 08:44 am UTC (link)
	"I just did." He replied, turning away from the telepath then to pick up his tumbler once more, padding across the room to survey the view once more. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 08:46 am UTC (link)
	"I know what you did which is why I've no intention of listening. I am NOT some lackey for you to try and control," he grounds out moving toward the metal bender. "So don't try and act like you can control what I do or don't do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 09:06 am UTC (link)
	Erik would have argued, but instead he just walled off all but his surface thoughts in exactly the way Charles had taught him to do. After all, if he didn't matter to anyone, he didn't matter to Charles either, which was, he felt, what the telepath had been getting at. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 09:08 am UTC (link)
	Charles swallowed hard when some of that brilliant mind was closed off to him. Everything he was used to being able to feel was gone and it makes him stumble back a bit catching the edge of the desk. He hadn't expected that to hurt and in a way it did. "Erik... What're you doing?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 09:20 am UTC (link)
	"Does it matter?" There was just the slightest stress on the word, sipping at his drink once more, refusing to even look at the other man right then, tone clipped, cold. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 11:53 am UTC (link)
	That cold clipped tone causes him to wince, "Of course it matters, Erik. Don't do this, please." Don't shut him out like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	"You really should make up your mind, Charles." He said, tone still even, colder than it really should have been, "Because either I matter or I don't. You can't have it both ways." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	He was really starting to hate that tone. It hurt far worse than what it really should. "I never said that you didn't matter to me, Erik." He'd said that the man didn't matter to THEM. To everyone else but he'd never said that the metal bender didn't matter to him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-15 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	He did turn to the other man then, brow arching, "Decide, Charles. Either this matters, or it doesn't. This isn't something you can be on both sides of." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begoingbald 2012-01-15 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	"And if I decide that it doesn't matter. What then, Erik? What will you do then?" More like 'What will you do to me then' but he doesn't say that. He could be on both sides if he wanted to be. That was his decision. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2012-01-16 01:49 am UTC (link)
	"I believe I already said you were dismissed." Which was answer enough, especially in that tone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)