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[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

[ayes]

--I know! [Kindred spirit. She has found one.] What's the point of going to the ocean if you can't actually go swimming, right?

I don't think he ever left his ship, though.

[competing]

Normally I'd say that's a shame but you can't trust the Arctic man.

—unless he was in the Pacific? Would it still be warm up there...

[ayes]

I think it was still the Pacific! Cruise ships don't usually go into the Arctic ocean that I know of.

[competing]

Ahhh okay that makes sense. For some reason I thought he was on a different kind of ship! Like for work!

—wait you dad went on a cruise but didn't bring you along? That blows!

[ayes]

No, no, you had it right, he was working! It wasn't just a cruise for fun, and besides, it was before I was born! [We're firmly in headcanon territory now, at least.] When he was just starting his career, he worked on the bridge of a cruise ship, and got to go to Alaska!

[competing]

Ohhhhhhh, I get it, I get it. That's neat! Maybe that's where you got your love of the water from! [ he's assuming, of course. but like knows like, let's be real. ]

[ayes]

Probably part of it! I grew up by the sea, so I've been swimming in the ocean ever since I was a little kid. I think that if I ever went on one of those big cruise ships, you'd have to stop me from jumping off to take a swim in the middle of the ocean! Even if I know it'd be a bad idea, haha.

[competing]

Hey, me too... It's the best, isn't it? Man, I haven't been in the ocean for... months. I miss it.

[ayes]

[You heaves a big sigh.] Yeah... I know how you feel. I wonder if there's an ocean near here? I went swimming in that lake on the hike here, but that's the closest I got. Hmm... d'you think they sell swimsuits here?

[competing]

Yeah, same I—

[ hang on a cute girl is talking about swimsuits ]

...m-maybe? Why, are you. Are you thinking of shopping for one...?

[ayes]

[Don't make it weird, Lance. She's on the swim team!] Uh. Yeah, why else would I have asked? Back at the lake, I just jumped in with all my clothes on, but that makes swimming really hard. Wouldn't it be nice to have something you could actually go swimming in?

[competing]

[ he's making it weird. ]

Yeah. Totally! Totally, you should... You should definitely get a swimsuit. Yes.

[ayes]

[Lance! Now she's starting to feel awkward.] ...y-yeah, I was going to. There's nothing wrong with that, right?

[competing]

[ no don't be awkward, then he'll feel more awkward! ]

No! Not a thing!

[ ... ]

In fact... If you need someone to go with....

[ eheh. ]

[ayes]

[Now you made it awkward.] --wait, you want to go swimsuit shopping with me?

But you're a guy! [That's weird.]

[competing]

No!

[ wait. ]

I mean yes! I am! A guy!

[ quick qUICK damage control— ]

I was just saying I have a lot of experience on the beach so I could offer a lot of. Beachwear expertise!

[ ...................... ]

[ayes]

I-- I mean, I do too! I've been swimming my whole life! Do you... do you usually wear girls' swimsuits??

[competing]

[ he didn't think it were possible for this conversation to be any more of a trainwreck but wow was he wrong. ]

Wh— no! No! I've never — not even once..!

[ayes]

Then how would you know what to shop for?! I'm really confused! [And a little weirded out!]

[competing]

It's nothing, I've just — [ ???? ] — seen... a lot of bathing suits???

[ayes]

Well-- [Okay, that. Sort of makes a kind of sense.] --I mean, I have to try them on, right? That's... sort of embarrassing to do with a boy there.

[competing]

Oh.

Right!

I forgot about that part. Heh.

[ no... no he did not............ ]

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[knitpick]

There's nothing wrong with a bit of crossdressing every now and then, Lance.
True friends won't judge you for your proclivities.

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[competing]

stay out of this rose!
its not like that!!

[knitpick]

Harsh.
I was only trying to be supportive of a friend's life choices, particularly those of a sort that often draw scorn and cause a person to feel they need to hide them.
But I see my support was unappreciated.
You're unexpectedly cruel.