text | username: xXx_trueblue_xXx | backdated to 07/28

[competing]

[ good morning everyone, hope you weren't hoping to sleep in on this marvelous TGIF, because coming atcha from your very own communication device is one (1) blue paladin of voltron, looking perhaps a little too happy, a little too excited. ]

SUP FELLOW REFUGEES!
its ya boy lance!
so turns out theres a few things about this place thats pretty similar to my home world
and a little blue birdy tells me todays my birthday [ lol it's funny because his phone is blue........ ]

now back home my family would normally throw me a party but theyre uh
theyre kinda busy right now [ you know. fighting for their lives in sleep-mode and all. ]
and its a little too last minute to throw anything together anyway
but that doesnt mean we cant enjoy a few party games right?? [ if you can't already tell, he is pumped. games are, like, the second best thing about parties. (second to presents and cake, of course.) ]

since were all kinda scattered i thought we could all play one over this network
that way everyone gets to play!
the games called 'never have i ever'
and all you gotta do is say something
SOMETHING HONEST
that youve never done or seen or heard or whatever
and everyone who that applies to has to respond to you with a story about it!

[ okay so he... modified the game a bit. normally it involves drinking, bUT WHY ALIENATE THOSE WHO CAN'T, AMIRITE............. and besides if there is no birthday cake to be shared, might as well go for the next best thing, right? embarrassing stories! ] ]

i can even start!
ready??

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( ooc; this is backdated to lance's birthday this past friday (july 28). feel free to create your own toplevels, respond to others with or without an accompanying story, threadjack, etc! )

Comments

un: Crash Keys

[21stcenturyguy]

Are you sitting around alone playing not-drinking games with a bunch of strangers on your birthday?

[That's kind of sad, dude. Aoi gets the missing your family thing, but he'd never broadcast it to everyone. This has gotta be a cry for help.]

Never have I ever done that. Go hang out with your friends.

[competing]

[ can't he just want to play a rousing game of tell-embarrassing-stories-about-yourself for no reason... ]

We aren't strangers. We all survived the crash-landing of the century together!

[ that makes you all practically friends okok ]

[21stcenturyguy]

[Is that all it takes? Aoi should have way more friends than he does.]

Yeah, that was just one big trust fall. None of us are trying to block out those memories.

[He's not sure what to say for this game, which is adding to his bad mood. 'Never Have I Ever' is all about calling out your friends for all the stupid shit you know they've done, and Aoi is lacking in intel.]

I'm kinda surprised you didn't go with 'Truth or Dare'.

[competing]

[ it definitely in lance's book.

then again he'll call anyone he has a significant conversation with a friend... even if it's only for five minutes, even if it's only mostly one-sided................ um. ]

Truth or Dare requires a lot more proximity than most of us have in the moment, so I just figured I'd shoot for something simpler.

[21stcenturyguy]

[If only it was that easy. Aoi has zero friends.]

It's your party, I guess.

[He tries to think of something interesting for a question. He's making an attempt to not ruin this kid's birthday.]

Never have I ever gotten a tattoo.

un: yusei

[planetary_bonds]

In the most literal sense...I have two. Neither of them willingly.

[Heeeeey, remember this guy? One of them's pretty obvious if you met him, after all, the big ol' yellow marker is plastered on his face for all to see.]

[21stcenturyguy]

What, did someone knock you out and tattoo you? That seems like such a wasted effort.

[planetary_bonds]

I wish that was the case. It'd have hurt less.

[Ha. ha ha.]

The tattoo on my face is a marker. Security puts them on criminals when they're arrested in order to track and ID them.

[21stcenturyguy]

Dude, back up. That's a PRISON TAT?

[Hover-bike kid did time? The fuck?]

Deets, man.

[planetary_bonds]

[Yeah. For all of three days (or weeks?). Intense.]

It was just for trespassing. The place where I come from, Satellite...it was kept isolated from the rest of the world and only used as a place for Neo Domino City to send their garbage. Anyone who lived there...they were considered less than nothing. Any attempts to even cross into the city would result in incarceration.

[21stcenturyguy]

[Dude. My dude. You gotta learn to sell that shit better. Don't squander that street cred.]

...you know, you could lie and say it was something cooler. Who's gonna call you on it?

[That's some bullshit about his city, though. Aoi knows what it's like to be a nobody, and it sucks.]

Well, you got out now. Your garbage town is gone, so there's that.

[planetary_bonds]

[He shrugs.]

Could have gotten it for theft, like my friend. Or murder, like my other friend.

[He is not going to rise to the taunt of "garbage town." He is not. He is not. No.]

My attempt at tresspassing was life-threatening enough for me, though, so I'm fine with it.

[Honestly. Yusei would just rather have his quiet life with his machines, he didn't want any of this.]

[21stcenturyguy]

[The sad part is, Aoi's not even trying to taunt with the 'garbage town' thing. Seriously, who'd be upset if a crap place like that got destroyed, especially since the aliens rescued most of the people outta the worlds before they got Stormed.]

Alright, own it, I guess. You do you. Think you'll ever get any consensual tattoos?

[planetary_bonds]

[Maybe the people who actually lived in that crap town? Like Yusei. Honestly, Aoi.]

Between the police-mandated ones and the magical ones, I think I'm done with tattoos for the time being. Too much hassle.

[21stcenturyguy]

Wait, magical tattoos? Who said anything about magical tattoos?

[Dude, that's way cooler than your lame prison tats. Don't hold out on Aoi just because he doesn't get why someone would care about a garbage town. He moved around enough as a child to not get attached to places like that.]

[competing]

[ WELL YA GOT ONE NOW, BUDDY! congrats. ]

Aw man, neither have I. My mom would probably kill me... Have you ever wanted one?

[21stcenturyguy]

[Wow, momma's boy. Parental disappointment isn't something Aoi's gotta worry about.]

I dunno. I'd get one if I came up with a cool enough idea, but it's never been a priority.

...something tells me that your tattoo would be something blue, am I right?

[competing]

[ he issuch a momma's boy, tho. ]

Yeah, I could never decide on just the one thing I liked enough. Having it the color blue would be cool, though! I think Blue'd really appreciate that, heh.

[ that's not a confusing sentence at all, lance... ]

[21stcenturyguy]

[Aoi raises an eyebrow.]

Who's Blue? Your dog?

[Lance seems like the kind of guy who'd have some big, dumb dog that he talks to like a person. That's the impression Aoi's getting.]

[competing]

Oh, Old Blue? Oh, you know — she's just the robot space lion that I pilot. We're pretty tight.

[ he's definitely bragging. ]

[21stcenturyguy]

[Umm...what?]

No, seriously. Your dog? Your cat? Imaginary friend?

[He's not sure which is more unbelievable- robot space lion or something cool-sounding being tight with this nerd.]

[competing]

[ wow he's totally cool?! ]

I am serious! I'm part of a super elite space team that saves the universe!

[21stcenturyguy]

No, totally. I getcha. And when you're done saving the universe, you fly home in your space lion and visit your girlfriend who lives in Canada.

[Wow, Lance was right, this is fun and he's learning so much about his new neighbors.]

[competing]

I don't have a gi—

[ pause. ]

Why is there someone here from Canada talking about me?

[ dID YOU GET HER NAME AND NUMBER? ]

[21stcenturyguy]

Yeah, totally. She seems like she's really into you. Like, desperate is the word I'd use.

[Aoi should feel bad about trolling this kid. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. But he can't ignore an opening like that.]

She wants you to take her...[His composure is cracking. Oh god, his eyes are burning with tears] ...take her on a ride on your...[Snort] Blue Space Lion....

[Aoi fumbles with his network device as he tries to cut the feed while he cracks up.]