Video/Action : Open : "I Never" Game!

[spacebro]

Who: Mon-El and YOU!
Broadcast: Open to all
Action: Open at the Space Bar
When: Now

I should probably mention I'm awake again since that's what everyone's doing. Who knew so many of us were sleeping together? [Light laughter. Yep. Okay, more serious face now.]

So, I heard what happened, and I don't want to make light of that. I know what losing a planet is like and it's...not great. [Such understatement.] But I also wanted to provide some distraction. [It's what he's best at.] Some fun. Some potential healing? [For himself too. He's still processing what happened to Okita and the others.]

For anyone who is interested—either over the network or by coming into the Space Bar at the Iskaulit—let's play a game I picked up on earth called, I Never. [He may also be correcting what he thought was awkward grammar from someone saying "Never have I ever." Details.]

So, you take turns and say something like, "I never crash landed on Earth." And if you have then you take a drink. [And he does.] Which is usually alcohol, but apparently [apparently, he says] kids don't do that here, so water or whatever is fine too. The objective is to make the other person drink more than you, so you might just get them really hydrated instead of drunk.

It's a good way to get to know someone too, so everyone's welcome even all those people I don't know yet. I'll start.

I never was born on Earth. [He doesn't drink.]

[If you do meet up with him at the Space Bar you'll see he's actually bartending and drinking on the job! But he has superhuman tolerance so there's that. He may even be responsible and switch to club soda if he needs to. He'll offer you a drink even if you're not interested in the game.]

(OOC: Feel free to threadjack if you want in on this concept with someone else too or just to point and laugh. You might want to check with them, but it's cool with me. And if anything goes to a place you don't want it to go just let me know or give me a heads up if there is something to avoid up front. He won't be intentionally hardcore about it.)

Comments

[mongoosecrow]

[Gil wants to play along, so he's trying to think of something that most people have done that he hasn't. It's strange because his experiences are so different than others here.

He takes a drink for Mon-El's, because he was indeed born on Earth in the middle of its crappiest places. And then he takes some time to think of one he can say. Finally, he does and says it with a bit of a chuckle in his voice like it's no big deal, completely not realizing that others might think it's depressing.]

I never met my dad.

[alwayscomeback]

[He doesn't take a drink, but he does look over at Gil.]

Wow. Dude. Really?

[mongoosecrow]

What? It's all right. He was a loser and my mom was great.

I thought it would be an easy one to get people to take a drink.

[alwayscomeback]

That's still kind of sad. I'm sorry, man.

[Hakoda is the BEST DAD EVER. It's hard for him to wrap his brain around douchebag dads at the best of times. LOVE YOUR KIDS, DADS, SEESH. ]

If a lot of people drink on this one, I think I'm gonna be even more bummed out.

[mongoosecrow]

Let's try an easier one then. I've never kissed a girl. At least not in a romantic way.

[He offers this one as an easy out to stop talking about parent issues he hadn't even realized he would drudge up. Chalk one more up to being totally unaware of how other people process things.]

[alwayscomeback]

[He laughs a little at that, taking a drink. ] Oh yeah. Lots.

[It's been like, TWO GIRLS, but Gil doesn't know that. ]

Okay. I have never been to a spa.

[mongoosecrow]

[Gil doesn't drink there.] Man, now I kind of want to try out a spa and see if I like it.

I have never.... had a girlfriend? [He's really just trying to pick things to make Sokka drink now, guessing based on how he responded to the kissing one.]

[spacebro]

[Oh, sure, bring up the parents. No issues there. But considering this person just admitted to never even knowing his Mon-El can probably focus on that instead even if Gil doesn't exactly sound sad about it.

He takes a drink.]

I'm sorry to hear that. I can't even imagine what that would have been like. [It feels awkward to continue the game immediately, but he'll get back on it!]

(OOC: Hi! Just for future reference is it action or video?)

[mongoosecrow]

Don't be sorry, he was a tool. And my mom raised me by herself and was great.


[ooc; Ops! Sorry! Let's go with action since Gil hangs around the bars.]

[spacebro]

Oh! Well, good then.

[Looking curious.] Tool is slang for something bad, right? [Was your dad a hammer? You can tell him if he was. He met a talking clock. No judgement.]

I never knew English as a first language. [He's great at English. It's the customs, pop culture, and slang he's behind on.]

(OOC: No worries! Sounds good! Thanks.)

[mongoosecrow]

Oh yeah. Usually it means, uh, someone who doesn't form his own opinions and just goes along with what everyone else does without thinking for themselves. Someone who doesn't realize that he's being used by the system because he's too dumb to realize it.

[He takes a drink then.] Uh... let's see. I never left my home world until I was a teen.

[spacebro]

Oh. Good to know. [But it would have been more fun if he was a hammer just so you know. He drinks.] We did some traveling. I did a lot more as a teen though.

I never meant to leave my home world permanently.

[mongoosecrow]

[Well, shit. Gil drinks there. And honestly he almost feels like he should have another for how long and far he traveled away from home.]

Um... I never.... finished school?

[namisan]

I'll drink to that. Orphaned as a baby. [She says it pretty easygoing, taking a drink. Non-depressing lack of dads unite?]

Hmm. I've never grown a beard. [That one's just mean.]

[mongoosecrow]

Whoa. Good play. [He chuckles, rubs his chin, and drinks.]

I've never... [He considers her for a moment.] Worn a dress?

[namisan]

As long as I only have to drink the once, and not once per dress. [Nami loves dresses. She flashes a grin and raises her glass.] Cheers! [Down the hatch.]

I shouldn't take more low shots, though. Uh... I've never been in space before the Fleet? [That one's a fifty fifty with people around here, it seems.]

[mongoosecrow]

Well, shit. I've been all over space. Or at least all over two tiny parts of it.

[He takes a drink there, and realizes he needs to slow down a bit too.] Did you at least have space travel back home or what that part a shock?

[namisan]

We didn't have it. I'm guessing it's crossed the minds of a couple people, but I come from a place where people still mostly sail the seas. [Age of Sail, pretty much.]

It was definitely a shock, that's for sure. But you adapt.

[mongoosecrow]

There's truth to that, adapting is part of being a living organism, and people are better at it than most.

When I was growing up, I loved space ships but I never thought I'd get to be on one - my family was too poor. The only way to escape that sort of thing to join the military and I'm not exactly a 'take orders' kind of guy. No matter how cute the men in uniform look.

Did you 'sail the seas' much?

[this_loser]

Not always a bad thing.

[He could have just ignored it. But whatever. He takes a drink.]

[mongoosecrow]

Sometimes they aren't worth it.

[this_loser]

Cheers to that. [He's going to drink just for the sake of it.]

I've never shaved my head.

[mongoosecrow]

[He doesn't take a drink here.]

Ugh, I'd probably look terrible with it all shaved. I bet I have bumps or a slope or something that would make the shape of my head all wonky.

[this_loser]

I think that's true for most people. I was never brave enough to try.

[mongoosecrow]

Nah, you're cute. I bet you could pull it off. Though the style you have now is pretty cool.