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

VIDEO FIRST

[pidge_out]

[Oh, Pidge knows this game. More or less, anyway. Though because she's not a terribly... social person, she'll just kind of video herself in. If anyone's paying attention, she's clearly still on the Bishop, but at least she's in a common area and not holed up in her room for once.

And hey, she even has a cup of soda. Which she sips from, because yes, she was definitely born on Earth.]

I've never... [She has to think for a second, but then she grins a little bit.] ..fought someone my own size.

[alwayscomeback]

[Oh hey, look, Pidge is...on the comms. Sokka leans in, squinting at the screen a little. ]

Piiiiiiidge. You're supposed to be here. You're doing it wrong.

[He takes a drink because he's fought so many damn people. ]

[pidge_out]

[Pidge just blinks at that, eyes widening for a second.]

What? Why does it matter where I am?

[alwayscomeback]

Because it's a fun, social thing. That you do. Surrounded with other people.

[pidge_out]

Except I can clearly do it without being around other people.

[And she will pointedly raise her little cup for Sokka to see.]

[alwayscomeback]

[Pidge, no. ]

You can, but you're missing the camaraderie of it all. You don't want to do that right?

[pidge_out]

[Pidge frowns a little, but it's on the anxious side rather than the disapproving one and Sokka can probably see that.] Video calling is a perfectly legitimate way to form camaraderie.

[alwayscomeback]

[Oh, Pidge. He offers her a more gentle smile. ]

You can sit by me, if you like. I'm safe.

[pidge_out]

That sounds debatable. [She gives him a little half-smile, still anxious but also kind of relieved.]

I'm not. Good with people. Like, in person.

[spacebro]

[He nods his head back and forth, wondering if it's possible he hasn't before he decides he must have and takes a drink.] Close enough at least.

I've never met someone by playing a game with them. [He takes a drink because he's not afraid to fail at the game's stated objective as long as the distraction, fun, and healing ones are met.] I'm Mon-El.

[pidge_out]

[Pidge has to consider that one for a second, but then shrugs and goes ahead and takes the sip.] I guess I haven't really either.

I'm Pidge.

[spacebro]

Nice to meet you. Have you been here long? I don't think I even know everyone from before my two-month nap.

Oh! I never been in a coma. [Yes, that makes him drink again too. Maybe next round he'll be more on task.]

[pidge_out]

[Pidge raises an eyebrow slightly, because Mon-El does seem to be purposefully fudging his own game. While she pointedly does not take a sip this round.] Actually, I'm probably hitting right around the two month mark by now. And I've never purposefully tried to lose a game.

[spacebro]

[He doesn't drink and then he realizes what she's getting at and takes a drink.] Is it really losing if you get to drink more? But okay, mmm...

I've never needed glasses.

[pidge_out]

That's totally subjective.

[That gets Pidge to make a face. And there's a second's hesitation there before she sighs and takes her sip.] Touché.

I've never had a real, normal job.

[spacebro]

[He drinks.] Bartending is normal, right?

Does that mean you've had a fake or abnormal job? [He'll try to narrow it down!] I never had an illegal job. [...Oops... He drinks.]

[pidge_out]

[Pidge nods, smirking a little.] Totally normal.

[She doesn't drink to that, either.] I'm pretty sure that what I've been doing isn't exactly a job job. Then again, I've never been a soldier before, so...

[Oh. Maybe that counts as a thing? Time to take a sip? Does fighting aliens in a war make her a soldier?]

[namisan]

Man. How literal do we want to be here? [But no, that's kind of cheating, so she takes a drink.] How tall are you?

[Can't really tell from a video headshot, but Pidge does kinda look young.]

[pidge_out]

[Pidge half smiles before raising a hand up over her head, as if that'll help her measure.]

Last I checked, I'm about 5'2". The rest of my team is monstrously tall.

[namisan]

I know how you feel on that one. I'm 5'7", which is supposedly pretty average, but I'm still the shortest person on my crew. Not including the reindeer.

[pidge_out]

[5'7". By Pidge standards, that's still monstrously tall.]

There's a reindeer on your crew?

[namisan]

My crew from home! He's kind of different from other reindeer. It's complicated.

[Speaking of which, she should actually play this game. Hrm. Harder when you don't know the other person.] I've never... been to space before this?

[pidge_out]

[Pidge's brow furrows slightly in thought, because that's so curious-- but she'll let it slide for now.] Huh.

[And that? Gets a big sip of Pidge's drink.] It doesn't freak you out or anything, does it?

[namisan]

It did at first, I have to admit. I'm used to navigating in one less dimension, and you can't really get a feel for the weather in space. But I'm learning. Did you grow up in space? ['cause you seem a little young.]

[pidge_out]

[That earns you a dismissive wave of the hand.] No. I grew up always wanting go to space. I got into the program for space exploration training and everything.

Did you say "get a feel for the weather"? Were you on a sea ship?