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

[eternalinquiry]

I think it was called something like “Grand theft automobile”. I asked for an easy game and they said it was an open world so I could do what I liked. I did not do much, but the game did not seem to like it.

[goingthroughaphase]

What did you actually do then?

[eternalinquiry]

I obeyed the laws of the road, then I hit a wall. The car seemed to clip through the wall and then... the game got a little odd after that. A few minutes passed and then I noticed the wisps of smoke.

[goingthroughaphase]

Huh...that's weird. It sounds like the game glitched out, but that wouldn't be enough to cause anything to start smoking.

[eternalinquiry]

Precisely. That seems to be what happens when I interact with technology for a prolonged period, it is fine for brief uses and then... poof.

[goingthroughaphase]

Wow, really? Things like that have happened to you before?

[eternalinquiry]

They have happened in increasing frequency in the last century or so. We think it may be to do with my internal energy interfering with electrical items. I do not have the same issues with mechanical items.

[goingthroughaphase]

Hmm...I guess that could explain it. Can your internal energy manifest into electricity?

[eternalinquiry]

Mmm, not as such. Some cultivators can do that but I did not train in that art specifically, I specialise in musical cultivation. It could be the sheer amount of internal energy I have is an issue? I could demonstrate if this were in person.

[goingthroughaphase]

Musical cultivation? [ It didn't sound like something that would really affect electronics. Then again, she didn't know much about how it worked. Like he'd said, it could possibly be just the amount of energy he possessed that really affected them. ]

[eternalinquiry]

Typically speaking, yes. It tends to focus on effecting troubled spirits needing rest, rather than the latest technology. It can communicate with the recently deceased, help them to move on, release them if they are trapped or under control. It can also improve spiritual and mental wellbeing.