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

[wizard_redfive]

Oh! Does your summoner not count as a parent?

...There was a summoner, right? I admit I'm not up on all the complexities of summoning.

[Or whatever else would fall under that umbrella.]

[amnesiadragon]

I assume so, but the summoning messed up. The being they were trying to summon got split into two people and I only showed up hundreds of years later.

So I... don't know. I never met them, even for a moment.

[wizard_redfive]

I'm sorry to hear that. What a nasty spell to mess up.

[Hopefully the summoning had been for a good reason, though she supposes after all that time he might not know.]

So somewhere out there is another person who shares the other half of this being? I suppose that might have been hundreds of years ago, but still, that's wild.

[amnesiadragon]

Yes. We're two halves of the Yorae Dragon.

He's alive. I can feel it. Or... I can at home. I can't here. It feels so empty...

[wizard_redfive]

Ah. I've heard dragons naturally have a long lifespan, so that does make sense he'd still be around.

[Dairine can relate to missing a presence in one's mind. In her case, the Mobiles make up a collective yet distant hum when she is back home. A soft reminder of her wizardry's start.]

Life on the train can be a bit lonely, especially remembering the people back home. They're still out there though, even if you can't feel them.

Have you gotten to meet your other half?

[amnesiadragon]

I mean... gods live forever. As far as I know.

... I haven't, no. I need to get stronger before I do. I think... whichever of us is stronger is going to absorb the other.

I... I haven't lived as long, but I don't want to disappear...

[wizard_redfive]

In some regards, yes. [Admittedly she's far too aware that other universes have different rules for their god-equivalent.] Are dragons considered gods in your world?

[She scowls just a bit at that.]

Well, that doesn't seem right. Just because you are two parts of an powerful being doesn't change that you are individuals now. You should get to live your own lives!

Couldn't you just... avoid each other? Then neither one of you would disappear.

[amnesiadragon]

Yes. They're also called Endless.

[It's kind of in the name.]

I guess, but we'll always feel a pull to each other. And we're supposed to bring either peace or devastation. I know which I want... but we're not strong enough to do it all on our own. I don't think so, anyway...

[wizard_redfive]

I see. That would imply some level of immortality, yeah.

[Not that names are always so cut and dry, but words do have power and all.]

So what? You're each supposed to choose one and whoever is the strongest gets their pick?

[She's not feeling very impressed with this system.]

Well, the train saw potential in you, so I'm guessing you're not aiming for destruction. [But then again the train also grabbed someone from the super secret villain organization in Conan's world, so clearly the tethering doesn't guarantee 'good person.']

[amnesiadragon]

I don't really know. I just know I need to be complete.

... No. I want everyone to be happy. I just... want there to be peace. I want people to live without fear.

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine nearly comments that he might already be complete, but she shushes. No one wants random person they've just met offering advice for their personal life. Or at least she wouldn't.]

Well, then I hope you are whole one day.

[She offers a small smile.]

In that case, you'll fit in well around here. Peacekeeping and saving places is part of the job.

[amnesiadragon]

[He smiles back.]

Yeah. The people we helped on the mission seemed really grateful. It's not their fault that their world didn't like our abilities...

I hope I can help everyone with more missions going forward. I'm not sure what I can help with, exactly - but I'll try!

[wizard_redfive]

Yeah, usually it's not quite that rough. Most places we land don't really affect our abilities, though there have been exceptions.

I'm sure you'll find somewhere to pitch in. There are often battles to get through, but the missions can vary greatly, so it's good to have folks with different skill sets than just fighting.