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

[its_dad_sanzo]

Never have I ever...

[ Hm, he's gotta think about this for a moment. ]

Never have I ever had a middle or last name!

[ 'Sanzo' is neither. ]

[melodiouspacifist]

Me neither, far as I can remember!

[ Yay, a loophole. Possibly. Or maybe he only has one name the rest of the time, but who would know? ]

[its_dad_sanzo]

I would offer a high-five if this wasn't over video!

[ Pause. ]

Oh, why not.

[ And he holds one palm up for the camera. Mime time! ]

[melodiouspacifist]

[ What kind of an extra person would raise his hand and have an on camera high five? This guy. He grins at the same time. ]

[springforth]

Do epithets count? I have two names but I don't think they count as middle or last names. Not like humans have them.

[its_dad_sanzo]

Aren't epithets insults?

[springforth]

Not for gods and goddesses. At least not most of them? It's a title of sorts, adding to or occasionally replacing our names in worship. So adding an insult and asking for a blessing is not likely to work out.

Humans love to do that stuff, the adding, not the insult. Like Athena Polias for her city. Both Hera and Aphrodite get their names tacked onto the other since love and marriage are so heavily linked. There's even a special one for when your temple is on a hill.

Humans are weird.

[monkeyinthewrench]

Wow, you're good.

[ Another one. Hoo boy, Jake should not have this much coffee. ]

Not too many people around to get confused with, then?

[its_dad_sanzo]

I don't think I'll ever meet another Koumyou.

[ A beat. ]

'Sanzo' is a title, so it's always either attached or used instead of my homyo, but it's not the same as a second name.

[subcircuits]

Me neither! [Not that Koumyou doesn't already know that about him, but. The point of the game is to share!!]

[its_dad_sanzo]

[ Since the boyfriends are undoubtedly using the same ICP here, Koumyou holds up his hand for a high-five. ]

[subcircuits]

[They absolutely are, and Devero high-fives him right back.]

[yondu]

You got me there! Even if mine's pretty basic- for Centaurians, anyway.

....The phrasin' there had me wonderin' if there was some way for somebody to have a middle name an' no last name and I about twisted somethin' up. I think I have hit that point in drinkin'.

[Except for the relationship and education questions, there's a whole lot of stuff that he's actually done.]

[its_dad_sanzo]

That's what you get for using alcohol on a train-wide drinking game, silly!

[yondu]

Hey, I'm ignorin' most of the ones about relationships or education. Or magic. Don't got enough experience. [Which Koumyou already knows could be defined as 'Hussy, nothing permanent.']

But yeah, I'd intended to switch to water once it kicked in.

[weifinder]

( he with a family name taking a drink and going, after: )

Middle name?

[its_dad_sanzo]

In some cultures people have three names! First name, middle name, surname.

I've even heard of people with four.

[weifinder]

Really, if names are a matter of what's applied... I have my family name, my birth name, my courtesy name, then the title given to me by others at some point. That comes up to what, four?

[fivemilesdeep]

[He does not drink.]

Why do people have those?

[its_dad_sanzo]

I guess in some places first names get really common so they... add another name to help? I've known a few people with two names in Shangri-La, but most had one. I'm told it's a lot more common in other lands!

[fivemilesdeep]

How many people do you have to have in one place to run out of names?

[There's Orastin, sure, but Orastin could still be divided by clan and district and profession. Having so many people with the same name that you need to add another one is a hell of an idea - he'd just chalked everyone else's long names up to world differences.]

[acapriciousthing]

You know.

I have hundreds of names, but they all tend to be single names.

[its_dad_sanzo]

I think that, like titles, it doesn't quite count for a drink.

But hundreds of single names sounds like a lot to keep track of.

[acapriciousthing]

The names are mostly for mortal convenience. Who I am never changes.

[goingthroughaphase]

Well, that's not fair. [ She takes a sip. ]