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text | username: xXx_trueblue_xXx | backdated to 07/28

[ 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! )

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[ Common...er. Little do you know that's the same thing as peasant! ]

I SEE!
SO IT IS A GAME PLAYED AMONGST COMMONERS IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE INTIMACY.
WHY, WHAT A SPLENDID NOTION!
VERY WELL, I WISH TO PLAY.

Alright. I look forward to seeing what you present, then. Perhaps you might find you have more in common with us than you thought.

[Ha ha. Common. Er.]

[ Hmm...

HMM... ]

THIS GAME IS FAR MORE DIFFICULT THAN I IMAGINED IT TO BE.

AH!
I HAVE ONE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN MY BROTHER FALTER IN BATTLE!

[ She's bad at this game. ]

[You're a first timer. It's okay.]

Considering the kind of people we've seen on this new world...that could be possible. Although I'm an only child, but...I have some people in my life, close as brothers. Would you count that?

[ Oh... she'd completely forgotten about the part where he was supposed to tell a story. Oh well! ]

OF COURSE!
THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT CAN BE JUST AS THICK AS THE WATER OF THE WOMB, NO?

[Don't worry, he hasn't forgotten.]

I'd hope so. I'd grown up with them, so even if we weren't blood brothers, I wouldn't have had anyone else by my side. The fight we were in before I came here...I've seen them falter before, but we all pulled each other back up. It was the only thing that gave us our victory.

YOU MUST VERY CLOSE TO THEM, NO?
DO TELL ME, WAS IT A DIFFICULT BATTLE?

Yes. I miss them greatly.

[He's actually going a little silent now. Excuse him.]

It was. I'd never had a battle like it before.

IT DOES MY HEART WELL TO HEAR THAT YOU PREVAILED WHERE IT WAS MOST NEEDED, AND WITH THE HELP OF YOUR DEAR BROTHERS.
MY BROTHER, AS WELL AS MY COMRADES, HAVE TOO GIVEN ME THE STRENGTH I NEEDED IN BATTLE.
TIS ALWAYS EASIER TO FIGHT FOR OTHERS THAN IT IS FOR ONESELF, NO?

[Ha. Doesn't she speak the truth.]

Yes. To fight for everyone's wishes...that's what I've been doing until now. I assume you've been doing the same?

NATURALLY.
AS A KNIGHT OF THE ONE KINGDOM OF VALENTIA, IT IS MY DUTY OF MOST IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE REALM AND FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES.

A knight...

[Isn't that...somewhat old-fashioned? Considering he's been dropped in some sort of techno-fantasy world, he probably shouldn't be surprised, but at least that answers a few things.]

Well, that explains your demeanor, I suppose. You did seem to have that sort of...bearing, in your words.

[tl'dr you sounded royal and snobby to him. But you've shown yourself to be at least devoted to protecting others, so he can't hate you for it?]

[ In case she didn't come off royal and snobby enough, that seems to remind her— ]

OH, BUT WHERE ARE MY MANNERS?
IT SEEMS I HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY DIVERTED BY THIS GAME OF YOURS.
I AM LADY CLAIR, A KNIGHT OF THE ONE KINGDOM.
'TIS A PLEASURE TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.

[Oh. That's actually kinda precious. The good type of royal snobby. He's starting to learn the difference, anyway.]

Yusei. The pleasure is mine.

[Their manner of greeting couldn't be any different, but somehow, there's still that same warmth to it.]

That's the point of the game, really. See, we've learned a little about each other already.

INDEED WE HAVE.
HOW DELIGHTFUL! I CAN SEE WHY THE COMMON PEOPLE ARE SO ENAMORED OF THIS GAME.
NOW, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP?

[D'aww.]

Now we can either keep sharing details, or look at anything else that someone has posted and answer them if they apply to us.

[Okay, but since he's answered hers, then.]

I can try putting up my own to match yours, if you want.

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I SEE!
YES, LET US PERFORM THE LATTER.
I WISH TO HEAR THAT WHICH YOU CAN PROVIDE.

[Hmmmmm. Give him a minute.]

Never have I ever been judged based on my appearance.

[yuuusei, you're supposed to think of something fun.]

TRULY? NEVER?

Well, not until I got this marker, at least...

[Did he mess up at the game? Seems so.]

[ She's a little too trusting, so she believes him... ]

I SEE!
IN THAT CASE, I SUPPOSE I CANNOT SAY THE SAME.
I AM ONE OF THE FEW FEMALE KNIGHTS IN THE BROTHERHOOD, YOU SEE, AND SO THERE ARE MANY WHO QUESTION MY SKILLS SOLELY FOR THAT REASON.
THOUGH I ASSURE YOU, I CAN RIDE AND FIGHT JUST AS WELL AS THE REST OF THEM!
IT'S INSULTING, AS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE.

It certainly was a different case for me after I got it, but I was already in a hostile place by that time.

[Yusei frowns, not that she can see it over text.]

That's a shame. Considering you made it as a knight, it's a given that you're at least as skilled as they are. Do they really think exceptions were made for you?

I cannot begin to fathom their reasoning.

[ Look!!! She seems to have fixed her keyboard!! ]

My brother's betrothed, Mathilda, was subject to similar ignorance for a time, as she has recounted to me, though tales of her exploits have spread far and wide enough now that few dare to question her talents.

Do tell me, what is a marker?

[Yay! Good for her! you did good, lass.]

It seems like one has to be extraordinary to deflect any kind of unneeded judgement.

[Honestly.]

It's a mark put on anyone who breaks the law back in my home-it allows authority to keep track of them. It's like a brand-even if the crime isn't that serious, or you've already served your time...no matter what, people will treat you like trash. A petty thief would be dismissed on the same level as a murderer, for example. And the way things were in my world...markers are more often put on just to put people in their place rather than actually enact justice. It's a flawed system.

It certainly seems that way!
I would go so far as to call it wholly repugnant.
You say that you were given one of these markers?

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