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.))

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[subcircuits]

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

[firewalled]

[That gets a relieved smile from Rich, grateful that he seems to understand.]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. And Rich fit. Once we got there, and people weren't trying to call me Dick anyways.

[subcircuits]

[Devero snickers into his hand like he's that twenty-year-old recruit in WG boot camp again. Haha, dick.] Maybe you were trying to subconsciously actualize the universe into providing you with the right jennies, though, did you think about that?!

[firewalled]

[Rich blinks, momentarily confused, before the implication clicks and he muffles a snort of laughter.]

I'd say that was the case if I had picked that nickname myself, but I think we were going with the more derogatory use of it. I mean, as far as I can tell, it hasn't magically affected my crotch.

[subcircuits]

[Devero laughs again, deeper this time.] Ah well. It's not even that easy where I come from.

[firewalled]

Yeah, well, medicine can only progress so far, right? I imagine you can't just predict when someone might not like the body they're in.

[subcircuits]

Nope, we pretty much let folks figure it out for themselves. Most people seem to have a good idea if they're going to want any congruency treatments or surgeries by the time they become eligible for them, though.

[firewalled]

That is a fair point. Just, you still gotta get a person's permission to help them, and not like. Magically give them the parts to match their name overnight.

Shame there isn't some magical Gender Fairy who'll give me cash if I leave my tits under my pillow.

[subcircuits]

[He bursts into laughter.] I'm pretty sure there are some people on the train who could probably help you out with that, though, if you want to simulate the experience.

[firewalled]

Huh, tempting... though that would probably require surgery to at least get them off without being in complete agony, so maybe I'd better leave that as just a fantasy.

[subcircuits]

Well, if you decide you want to try and go for it while you're here anyway, just let me know and I'll do what I can to help, yeah?

[firewalled]

...Honestly, thought about it, but I mean, you've got to be 18 for that, yeah? I haven't had my birthday yet, have I?

[subcircuits]

Hey, good point. Gotta be an adult, first!

[firewalled]

You still keeping track of that? How much longer before I'm officially an adult?

[He knows he must be close!]

[subcircuits]

This is. [He laughs and taps his Interface with a finger. He makes a show of squinting into the device before looking back through the ICP at Rich to say:] Still got about a month to go.

[firewalled]

Ugh, this is taking so long! I thought it would go by quicker and I'd get people to stop treating me like a kid...

[subcircuits]

Time's tricky like that, isn't it? [Devero laughs softly, but it's not at you Rich, promise.] It always drags when you want it to move the quickest.