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

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.))

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Never have I ever taken a selfie.

Shenanigans! You totally have! With me!

Okay, that totally doesn't count for two reasons.

[ Holds up fingers; ]

One! You're forcing me into it.

Two! They're pictures of you and me, and so I'm not the only one in it, so it's not a selfie.

How does that not count? It totally counts!

Also I'm not forcing you. Besides, forcing pictures on you are only your shining moments like that time you faceplanted during that fight. Now that is a picture worth a thousand words.

The Astrals were good to me that day!

Totally does not count.

And getting pictures like that should count as treason. One of these days I’ll grab your camera and delete all of those where I’m - how do you take those anyway? You’re like a photo ninja.

I can't help but notice all kinds of things are treason.

[ He grins. ]

Oh, well, what are you going to do? Lock me in your dungeon?

Where's the dungeon Noct.

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What's a selfie?

Uh, that's when ... if you've got a camera, or something with a camera on it, you turn it around and take a picture of yourself.

[ Looks thoughtful. ]

But you'd need a portable kind of camera to do it, I guess. Or if it was one of those super old-fashioned ones, if you quickly ran in front of it before it went 'poof' and took the photo.

[It takes him a few seconds to visibly process this. Technology, man.]

Okay...is that something people do a lot? Or don't do a lot?

[Why did you pick it for this game, is what he's asking.]

I guess, most people who've got cameras on them like, twentyfour-seven, do take selfies a lot. It's kind of ... a normal thing?

But I didn't consider that lots of people here probably never had a camera of their own.

Why would you take that many pictures of yourself?

[It's a general "you," but the question still stands. He honestly doesn't understand the reason behind this.]

Does it count if ya use a drone?

['Cause in the days of yore before he became a sadsack, there was a time in which Yondu actually had some kind of fun.]

And it counts if you had other folks in it, right?

Uh, I think drones count. Sure. Unless the robot is enough of a person where they’re choosing to take your picture, I guess.

But if others are in the picture, it’s not a selfie. [ Because that’s the reasoning he used with Prompto, and Noctis wants to be consistent. ]

Alright. I'm defeated. Ain't done it without someone else in the picture.

...Wait, if they're done a little more often in your world, why ain't you done it?

[Not that it matters but sometimes you just ask to ask.]

People are taking my picture all the time, I guess. Or they were.

[ He doesn't actually mind when Prompto does it, most of the time. ]

So, I guess ... I never felt like taking more of me, when my face is kind of everywhere.

Fair point. I could see where you'd get tired of your own face.

Maybe if you ever find a way to wear a disguise, then you can enjoy lookin' like someone else.

[Yondu... pretty much is cursed with looking like Yondu, but could be fun trying to pass as someone else.]

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[ Koumyou takes a drink of his tea! ]

I just got my first ever camera on the train!

Your first camera?

That's actually kind of cool. Have you gotten a lot of chances to play around with it?

Yeah!

[ Instant enthusiasm. ]

It has so many buttons and stuff!

[ That gets a rare chuckle. ]

Yeah. They do. I can't say I really know what most of them do either, but on most of them I can find the 'take the picture' button, anyway. Phones are easier that way.

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.. Why not?

[ This clearly feels like the more important question to Madoka. Just forget the game, she's curious! ]

I guess I felt like it was kind of pointless? I mean ... people are - or were - taking my picture all the time.

If I wanted to see my face that badly I could look at someone else's photo, right?

Oh, I.. guess that's true..

[ And it's not like Madoka has ever thought too deeply about selfies in the first place. They were still pretty new in her time and world.. ]

But it also means that you can easily take a picture of yourself together with a friend, right? [ Without having to ask someone else to take it for you. Please, Madoka hates inconveniencing others, so it seems like a perfect solution to her. ] I think that's fun..

Well ... you know Prompto, right? You probably know he really loves taking pictures. And, you know, I don't mind when he does it.

So. You're ... you're right, it's kind of fun when we're just goofing around and he takes a photo of us. It doesn't feel fake, you know?

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What? Not even one?

[Dennis will... take a sip. He's more of a take photos with your pals thing, not straight up selfies, BUT STILL, not one selfie ever?]