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

[namethattune]

Never have I ever fallen down the stairs.

[He is absolutely smirking. Were we expecting something deep and personal? In this game? Absolutely not.]

[schrodingersghost]

And I'm pretty sure this game hates me.

[He takes a chug of his soda.]

[namethattune]

To be fair, choosing not to play is a legitimate strategy.

[schrodingersghost]

And then I'd be bored. I'll take the sugar buzz.

[He pauses.]

Wait, do I have to take a drink for every time I've fallen down the stairs?

[irrationally]

[ Alice is not even participating in the game, but some of the stuff she's hearing over the ICPs here make it real hard to not chime in with a quip, she swears to god-- ]

Of all things you could have picked?

[ WHY GO FOR THAT, YOU GRANDPA. ]

[namethattune]

[Why not?]

A sixty-three year perfect record is hardly something to sneeze at.

[irrationally]

People don't fall down stairs that often.

[ .. she thinks? Granted, Alice knows she didn't exactly have the most regular life experience, so what does she know. ]

Surely you have something you are more proud of than that.

[thawed_pride]

Clearly you have never attempted to traverse them whilst a Quake specialist was practicing outside.

[namethattune]

[The implications of this paint a beautiful mental picture, thank you Vexen.]

Given that quake specialists do not exist in my world, you would be correct.

[thawed_pride]

Then you have never experienced the 'joy' of having to deal with sudden localized earthquakes during your morning routine.

[10billionpercent]

Can't recall a single time that happened. Seems like a strange example to pick for the game.

[ Just an observation. ]

Fallen off a cliff mind, then we'd be talking.

[namethattune]

You are an exceptional young man, Senku, and your experiences do not dictate the norm.

And I should hope that falling down the stairs would be a more common experience than falling off a cliff.

[It's Senku. Why do something so pedestrian as taking a tumble down the stairs when he could go involuntarily cliff diving?]

[10billionpercent]

I'll say, although I didn't know it was so common to fall down the stairs.

[ It's not more common when there are only cliffs and no stairs. Checkmate! ]

[canyounoct]

[ Takes a drink, but objects; ]

You can't tell me you've never fallen down the stairs. Not even by accident?

[namethattune]

Not even by accident. A sixty-three year perfect record.

[bakegarasu]

[He goes a little pale, and drinks.]

More like fell off the stairs.

[namethattune]

[He does not miss that reaction.]

You are under no obligation to share the details if you do not wish to.

[bakegarasu]

[He shrugs.]

I died. Or near enough.

[If he keeps talking about it, it stops hurting, right?]

[monkeyinthewrench]

In my defense, I was in a very intense competition with my squad at the time, and those stairs were totally rude.

[ Drink. ]

[namethattune]

Ah. Of course it is the fault of the inanimate object, incapable of any emotions...or any motions at all.

[Sass? Sass. Please, blame gravity next.]

[its_dad_sanzo]

Of course you haven't, gravity man.

[ But Koumyou totally has, and takes a deep drink from his tea. ]

[namethattune]

Ah, but I have only had my powers for a few years, and this is a lifetime record.

[its_dad_sanzo]

[ Koumyou squints into the camera, not sure he's buying this. ]

...Alright, what about up stairs?

[administreetion]

Sounds like you never had little sisters that like to try and trip you.

[There's a large drink of tea. He loves the twins but also wants to strangle them at times.]

[namethattune]

You would be correct in your assessment, as I have no siblings.