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

[subcircuits]

[By the time Dev's thought of one to share, he's.... Let's say he's in an expansive good mood and leave it at that. He's definitely flushed from his proper adult beverage of choice.]

Nnnnnever have I everrrr... changed my name!

[its_dad_sanzo]

I feel personally targeted, Dev-chan.

[ Koumyou takes a drink of his tea, because he's not a maniac who would drink alcohol on a train-wide drinking game. ]

Though technically I didn't change it.

[subcircuits]

[He winks cheekily at Koumyou.]

Maybe you didn't pick it, but you did the thing. [Gestures with his 'cup'.] To earn it. You know!

[its_dad_sanzo]

[ Koumyou laughs fondly. ]

You are so drunk.

[subcircuits]

I am so drunk!

[springforth]

I didn't change it, mortals changed it for me.

You're still going to rule this as counting, aren't you?

[subcircuits]

[He actually appears to ponder it, before applying the same metric he used for Koumyou. He squints very seriously through the ICP at her.] Did you choose to do a thing knowing that your name would change when it was done?

[springforth]

No. I didn't really chose to do anything and the name change was an unpleasant surprise. Wait--does that mean this doesn't count?

[subcircuits]

If you didn't like the change, it definitely doesn't count. No drink for you.

[katzenpfote]

[Siiiip. And then -]

Do I drink for the fake names I used, too?

[subcircuits]

[Magnanimously:] You may decide based on how drunk you currently are, and how drunk you want to be.

[katzenpfote]

[He takes a few more sips of water, then.]

There's still people who call me by my old name, but I ended up with a group when I had this name as a fake name. But now it feels more like my real name.

It's the me now, not the me from my past.

[subcircuits]

[He nods his understanding.] And that's the you that matters, yeah?

Are fake names common where you come from?

[thawed_pride]

Trust me when I say that the circumstances of it are not a subject to approach if you wish to maintain a jovial mood.

[subcircuits]

If you didn't choose to do it or it was bad circumstances, don't drink! [He is not here for making people sad during fun gossip drinky game.]

[thawed_pride]

I technically agreed, but it was quite certainly unfortunate circumstances. The new name has since developed enough positive associations that I no longer feel a need to discard it utterly when it feels proper to take my old name back, however.

[subcircuits]

[Vexen you are a little loquacious for this very drunk man. He does get it figured out, thought it takes him a moment.]

Have you thought about just taking a completely different name?

[weifinder]

( he considers, and takes a drink: )

Titles get assigned, and courtesy names are given at some point, so names change in a certain understanding of the concept.

[subcircuits]

[He waves a hand.] Titles don't count! [Buuut:] What's a courtesy name?

[weifinder]

The name one uses once one's of age, usually around fifteen or so back home for the young men. Often enough younger for the women.

[subcircuits]

Oh! Like how lots of folks change their name when they graduate outta creche, maybe!

[firewalled]

[Rich looks away from the screen as he sloooowly takes a sip of the weird, stale Blackout Mountain Dew he still has sitting around.]

Not like I exactly had a choice...

[This is awkward for more reasons than just some people being drunk.]

[subcircuits]

[Devero's expression draws with a touch of concern. That is not the response of someone having fun.]

Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up anything painful.

[firewalled]

Oh! Nah, it's okay. Just comes with the territory of changing shit about you. I couldn't, you know, still go by a girl's name.

[subcircuits]

'Course not. You had to have a name that's really you to go by.