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

[goingthroughaphase]

Fair enough. [ That means she doesn't have to take a sip this time. ]

[so_dark_a_road]

Magic or spirituality or something in that realm, that would have to be the means.

But if you've ever flown in an airplane, I'll bet it was fun.

[goingthroughaphase]

Got it.

It's okay. Sometimes it depends a lot on why you're traveling.

[so_dark_a_road]

If you've flown in an aircraft, what reasons did you have? [Curious.]

[goingthroughaphase]

Usually for travel. I go to school in New York, but my parents live in Illinois.

[ Among other reasons for travel. ]

[so_dark_a_road]

I once saw a map of the United States. New York and Illinois are quite some distance apart. So, you live in New York while you are studying?

[goingthroughaphase]

Yeah. It's a special school, and the one in New York is the only one of its kind, so I live there while I'm studying and travel back home to see my parents during holidays and such.

[so_dark_a_road]

That sounds like a good arrangement. What are you studying?

[goingthroughaphase]

It's uh...not really what I'm studying exactly. The school I go to is for helping people like me who have unique powers, so that we can understand and control them.

[so_dark_a_road]

Oh, I see. Sounds like a good school! And what are your unique powers?

[goingthroughaphase]

Oh, I can phase myself and others through objects.

[ The simple explanation. ]

[so_dark_a_road]

That sounds like an interesting power to have! Useful, too. If you're ever trapped in a space you don't want to be in, you could easily get out.

[goingthroughaphase]

Yeah, for the most part. It can be hard to phase through things sometimes, depending on how thick something is. But I've definitely gotten out of a few close calls before.

[so_dark_a_road]

Good for you! And I can understand that the thickness of the barrier may make a difference. But it may be you'll escape from some dicey places again. And it's nice that you can take others with you, since it often happens that not just one person is in trouble, but a group of people.

[goingthroughaphase]

Yeah. I was even able to phase a whole train once through another train. But I could only do it for a little while since the trains were so long.

[so_dark_a_road]

Really? You have experience with trains before this? And you used your magic to manipulate the trains themselves?

[goingthroughaphase]

Yeah, we have trains back in my world. Though they could only travel on the ground. And it's not magic, it's...just an ability I have.

[so_dark_a_road]

I've heard that trains can't normally fly or travel the Void, that when they were originally invented on Earth, they could only travel on steel train tracks that had to be built with much hard work. But you say you don't consider that phasing ability to be magic? Well, maybe that's fair. Some abilities that Elves have, we don't consider to be magic, but merely a feature of our connections with the Earth.