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.)

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[noprophecies]

[look she just wanted to drink in the corner in peace, but any excuse to drink more is hard to pass up. And maybe she enjoys it, just a little. But you'll have to out-drink her to get her to admit it and good luck with that.

So she takes a sip of her drink and shrugs] It is a version of Earth.

I have never been arrested.

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[spacebro]

[CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!]

Oh. You know, I wasn't sure. [He does remember the calibrations even after his nap. And now he's taking a drink before putting it down and looking more thoughtful.]

Wait, it doesn't count if you're just kidnapped and thrown in a cage, does it? Or if it's a secret, off-the-books government agency holding you for a crime you didn't commit?

[He'll ask another soon. But this is clearly important. He may have had alcohol for NO REASON! Wait...he likes having alcohol for not reason.]

[noprophecies]

I believe the . . . er, latter example you gave counts, even if you were wrongly accused.

[though his first comment doesn't go unnoticed. She raises an eyebrow] You weren't sure of what? That I haven't been arrested?

[spacebro]

Oh, no, that the place I saw was a version of Earth. I guess I also wasn't sure you'd never been arrested, but it probably wouldn't go well for the people trying to arrest you if you were.

[noprophecies]

There are different versions of Earth in your . . . ah, world?

And no, it would not. It is a record that I am proud of.

[only you would be proud of that, Tempest]

[spacebro]

I haven't been to them yet but yes. I think there are different versions of everywhere all over though. Isn't that kind of the way this place works?

I've never been proud of evading arrest.

[noprophecies]

I . . . do not think that is how it works, no. But I am not sure, honestly.

[her nose wrinkles and she takes a sip]

I've never been inside an - automobile, it is called? Car? Whichever word it is.

[spacebro]

[He points at her because good one. And then he takes a drink.] If you'd just mentioned driving it. [But he has ridden in one like that time he was knocked out and abducted. Good times.]

I've never practiced magic.

[noprophecies]

I have not done that either. Obviously. [magic is going low, though, but she hums and takes a drink]

I have never - dated? - one of my own people.

[spacebro]

I... Sure. You could call it dating. [He decides to drink for that.]

I've never had a pet plant. [That's definitely what you call that.]

[noprophecies]

My understanding of dating is that it is just another word for lovers, but without sleeping with other people at the same time.

[she's taking a guess, ok.

. . . her nose wrinkles before she gives Mon-El an unimpressed look]

They are not pets.

[spacebro]

Well, not the exact same time. ...Usually. [What happened on Daxam stays on Daxam!]

You take care of them and keep them with you. They're alive. Is it that different?

[noprophecies]

Is it not called cheating if you sleep with someone else while dating another?

[she huffs] I explained to you why I do it. Does that sound like keeping a pet? They are not dogs or cats.

. . . besides, I have a lizard. He is more of a pet.

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[namisan]

[......

WELP. DOWN THE HATCH SHE GO.]

[noprophecies]

Oh my.

[Nami she didn't take you for a criminal]

[namisan]

Well, I am a pirate. And I was a thief before I was a pirate. [Eheh.]

If it helps, I never stayed arrested for long...?

[noprophecies]

Ah, no wonder we get along so well. [she says as if it's perfectly okay to be a thief or a pirate]

I was threatened with it a few times, but when I joined the war my crimes were forgiven. . . . up until that point, at least. I've begun a new record in the time since.

[don't be proud of crime Tempest]

[namisan]

[It's totally okay to be a thief or pirate!]

The marines in our world do the same kind of thing for some-- if you're willing to work for them, they'll overlook your bounty as a pirate. Most pirates would rather not, though.

[noprophecies]

The knights do not do it often either, but we were going to war and they were desperate. Who are the marines?

[namisan]

They're the ocean-based military authority in our world, answering directly to the World Government. They've got bases on coasts, but mostly they take to the sea and try to thin the pirate population out.

[Badly. She grins.] I should come up with a return shot, shouldn't I? I've never... had my record wiped clean.

[noprophecies]

There is a world government? Goodness, I did not know something like that was possible. [especially given her world is full of monarchies and other nonsense.

She quirks a grin and takes a sip] Is that how we are playing? I've never been a pirate.

[namisan]

Cheap shots! In more than one way. [Grin. She drinks said cheap shot.]

Ah, but it's hard to come up with stuff that I haven't done that I'm pretty sure others might have, and pirates do cheat. [Hmm, but okay...]

I've never lived on a continent. [There, that's more encompassing.]

[noprophecies]

I suppose in this case, there is nothing wrong with cheating. It is not as though anyone really loses. [she's only being optimistic about it because there's booze involved, lbr.

She reaches for her glass, but pauses] I am from an island country and lived there most of my life, but I'm on the mainland for - business - do I still have to drink?

[namisan]

Oh! Well... [Headtilt.] Technically no, I guess. Unless you really want to. How big was the island?

[noprophecies]

I don't know yet, I've only been there a short time. [she hums a bit thoughtfully] It isn't very big. Perhaps a week and a half by foot to travel from the two furthest points from one another?