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

[flatteries]

[ Hm.

Ah.

Yes.

Maybe he should try this whole 'running away' strategy after all. He can handle what Tidus is saying, at least, if not just because Inigo knows the other is joking. He can read Tidus like an open book with how long he's known the other, and it's not even like it's particularly hard at the moment.

But what Jingyi is saying? While the other is making that face?

Inigo might be shrinking a little on the spot. Like he's trying to duck out of the frame, but can't fully commit to the idea. ]

W-Why did it suddenly get so serious?

[ Yes, he's squeaking. His voice is a little softer, like he's just.. trying to make himself disappear.. ]

[blitzcheer]

[ This is so dumb. Who should be dumping who into a cold pool around here? (The one other guy in this three-way dumbery that wouldn't actually mind it)

The look is something else. Tidus wouldn't say he's feeling challenged, but at the same time, he wants to see how far Jingyi really plans to take this. Inigo getting quiet and trying to pretend he isn't around, while Tidus sits there with a brow scrunched up thoughtfully, a small frown.

... ]

Alright then. [ Alright then. Tidus leans back in his seat. ] We'll see how Jingyi still feels about that later on, after dinner. 'Til then-

[ Dramatically: ]

Never have I ever had a connection to dragons. Drink up, you two!

[jingyeets]

( let it stand noted that teasing the guy who takes intimate relationships particularly seriously is not, perhaps, the best plan. either way, he lifts his tea mug, taking a sip after tipping it toward the ICP; both in acknowledgement of his own connection, to Inigo's, and to the, ah, statement.

which, after he empties out his mug in a long few swallows, tipping the rest of its contents back into his mouth and down his throat, and after setting his mug down with an audible click for the unseen motion, he smiles. small, and with a flash of teeth. )

Dinner it is. At ( whatever makes sense using Tidus's rigged up clock system, he totally says that time, right here. ) in the quiet carriage. See you both then.

( have a little wave, and then he shifts back from the ICP as he gains his feet, reaching out to flick the screen off before he heads to the kitchens. because he will put effort into making dinner for them, above and beyond the duties of those actually charged with making meals at the moment.

he doesn't think tidus is serious, but he does need to make the point that he is. he's never hidden how it matters to him, in ways he knows this kind of teasing won't to either of them—that the whole time, he's been speaking truths, and letting tidus read them as he would. at least inigo knows the half of it, though for the life of him he can't figure out why inigo thinks it makes sense to tease jingyi.

... so anyway he took that as a dinner date invitation, tidus, congrats to both of you!!! )

[flatteries]

[ This whole thing is way too wild. Why is Jingyi like this, huh? Sure, Inigo teased him a little - although it's not like he was lying, does anyone think it's really beyond Inigo to want to kiss a handsome guy, huh? - but Jingyi was the one teasing the people on the train and him in particular by making that statement in the first place!

And now he's gone off, after apparently.. deciding they're having dinner together..? And still looking so serious about it?

Inigo starts to look more and more like he's in total desperation over here, and squeaks out: ]

Tidus. Talk. Our room!

[ .. before he shuts down the ICP feed on his end. Please, they can't let Jingyi hear one more embarrassing thing across these things, it'll ruin them. BRO, JUST COME OVER TO TALK IN PERSON ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED, O-OK!!

HE'LL EVEN DRINK THERE IF YOU WANT HIM TO. ]

[blitzcheer]

[ Tidus doesn't let his own face slip, ... a face that's just not sure how to take any of this, and hopes that time will give this game of marriage chicken to subside, when everyone has considered what they're getting themselves up to.

...he is wondering, however, if there's a chance this just led to a possible marriage proposal...

(Does Tidus know what he's doing? no, fools, Tidus never knows what he's doing.)

He's not really surprised by the squeaking on Inigo's end; would have suggested it himself, but there he goes, and so he gives a- ] Yeah, coming, [ before turning off the ICP too.

Time to go figure out what's happening at dinner, then...?! ]