Never have I ever made a fool of myself [video, nebula 17]

[monkeyinthewrench]

What's up, party people?

[ And here's a cheerful wave from a man in orange, seated in his room with a mug of...something. ]

If we haven't met yet, my name's Jake. Jake Peralta, your clues guy. I'm down to poke things with sticks and solve mysteries! Sooner we figure out what the train's entire deal is, where we're going and all that, the better, right? But in the meantime, I thought it'd be fun to get to know my new squad!

Anyways, I was wondering if anyone would be down to play a little Earth game called Never Have I Ever. How it works is you say something totally cool, or weird, or boring that you haven't done. And anybody who has done it has to take a drink. Unfortunately, I'm as broke here as I was back home, so I can't supply the booze. And we should probably be setting a good example, right?

So just drink whatever you have! Be that water, juice, milk, coffee...or if you happen to have a proper adult beverage on you, go ahead and drink responsibly. You ready? Great, I'll start: never have I ever gone skydiving!

((ooc: it's a big mingle format! Go ahead and add new 'never have I ever' statements as new toplevels, and threadhop all you want.))

Comments

[monkeyinthewrench]

Yep, what he said! Alcohol. Where I'm from, we restrict it to adults only because we're weirdly puritanical and freak out about children getting into naughty stuff.

But the idea behind it's that kids' brains aren't fully formed yet, and can't fully comprehend the risks of alchohol making their brains fuzzy like an adult can. But I've known some incredibly reckless adults...not that I am one, just saying.

[wisdominshadows]

It was my understanding that 'getting into trouble' was... shall we say an obligation of the condition, to a certain extent?

[Also some of the films available on the train don't give any impression that adults can handle alcohol enough to justify this, but surely the planet in question isn't the source of some of these films. Right?

...Right?]

Ah. I should assume the train chose you for your deep and adamant sense of responsibility, then?

[monkeyinthewrench]

...probably my super awesome detective skills?

All right, I'll be honest, 'cause that's the name of the game here. I haven't been the most responsible in the past. But I know this situation's serious, and I'm trying to change that.

[wisdominshadows]

[There's a pause at the note of honesty, while she think it over.]

I think I should apologize, perhaps; I didn't intend to hear an honest answer, and you didn't owe me one. It's strange for me that a world would think so much of alcohol that they would put barriers to accessing it, but after a year of hearing stranger things....

[Another, briefer pause, then a small huff of laughter.] Regardless, this was probably not the best forum to bring that up, I suppose.

[fivemilesdeep]

Oh, no, you are one.

[monkeyinthewrench]

Hey, all I did was get hurt one time. And it was barely even a scratch!

[fivemilesdeep]

From what you've told me, it's been more than that, more than once.

[It's a statement that could apply to just about anybody on the train, so he feels justified in saying it; that said, he's not about to spill details. Not his story to tell.]

[hitokiri]

Kids "fully comprehend" plenty though, includin' wavin' real weapons around so maybe kids just ain't as smart where ya come from or somethin'.

[ mostly it's just that he's from a time and place that pre-dated drinking laws altogether. ]

[monkeyinthewrench]

[ Okay...okay, he's gonna worry a bit. ]

Okay, I've been over this. I'm from a more...sheltered world than most of yours, I guess. We've got plenty of adults alive to protect the kids, so nobody needs to pick up a sword until they finish school.

They do, however, start driving, and booze plus cars leads to a bad time all around.

[hitokiri]

We had plenty of adults but ya gotta start sword trainin' early otherwise what's the point? Most people take a lotta time to get any skill. Not me though, heheh. And drinkin' is just what everybody did in Tosa!

'Course, there wasn't any cars in Tosa, so ya got me there. Horses though.