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

[competing]

[ well he appreciates your decency in that regard... ]

i mean technically you respond if you yourself have never done the thing
and all anyone ever wins is a nice conversation and a new friend!

but idk they werent bad [ plural ]
i mean they werent GREAT
but thats just how it goes sometimes

[presses]

( what a strong heart................ to have kept going ......

eugene can't imagine facing rejection and living okay )

yeah
i guess thats just how it goes
the right one will say yes
love can be hard sometimes

( he's. trying. so hard to sound experienced, wise, mature, cool... )

[competing]

[ bruh that's lance's daily life okok. ]

yeah
but sometimes its really really great

[ speaking of— ]

is your loved one here or still in the station?

[ bc if eugene never got dumped, and never got rejected... then that means it's all worked out for him right? ]

[presses]

oh

wait

i dont have a loved one here no

in that way i mean

( or ... ever ...

does that make this entire conversation that much more annoying in retrospect )

1/2

[competing]

so then
if youve never been dumped or rejected.....
and your lover isnt here.....................

2/2

[competing]

then they never made it off your planet!?
oh man
im sorry
are you okay

[presses]

( sweet.

eugene is pathetic but not pathetic enough to lie about this, okay )

well
um
ive never had a lover
im sure if theres someone out there for me they were on mars
and so i guess i might have lost them before meeting them
in that case yeah im okay

[competing]

oh

[ he sees now... you're a poser just like he is.... ]

yeah dont sweat it
like my mom always said
if its meant to be its meant to be!
you never know you might have already met them

[presses]

( yeah ......... )

if youve already met them
isnt that the sort of thing you know right away?
ive heard it described like being struck by lightning

[competing]

nah thats only if youre real lucky!
sometimes it takes more work than that
my sister didnt start dating her husband till after like four years of friendship and theyre crazy in love now!
its kind of gross actually
anyway im pretty sure its different for everyone
if it was all the same then thatd be kinda boring right??

[presses]

( ...he remembers when he was young and had... hope... )

dont you think your sister is the lucky one?
what would make someone start seeing you that way if they didnt before?
if they know you and already dont see you that way then what causes the new light?
how do you make someone see you in a new light?
some people just absorb that light and never really shine brightly no matter what
you know?

but not like i mean you
or anything
happy birthday and i hope you find true love

[competing]

[ dude... why so sad... ]

shes a different kind of lucky
some people dont have to try
and some people do
but all people grow
and if youre a particular kind of lucky you get to grow together
just because youre not seeing what you want or need right now
doesnt mean your eyes cant change
and if they dont then all you gotta do is look around
staring too hard at a light too bright for you isnt good for your eyes anyway :)b

but thanks
i hope you do too

[presses]

( everyone died..............it was terrible...and gundam...but also why so cute lance... )

words like that...
stop trying to be cool

youre definitely the type of guy someone falls for
so i wouldnt worry about it

[competing]

[ usually that kind of talk has him going on his defenses, but right now he just feels like laughing. he hopes this guy is laughing too. ]

i dont have to try im totally cool!
its all natural man

and im not
idk what kind of lucky i am
but ive been through a lot and im still here
so thats gotta be something right?

[presses]

( try begrudgingly fighting a fond smile or something )

is it?
you admitted some pretty embarrassing things earlier
but then you turn around and say something that is kind of cool
maybe your seasons change

yeah. it counts. its sometimes the only thing that matters
how old are you now?

[competing]

[ CLOSE ENOUGH ]

the embarrassing stuff just makes me COOLER
two negatives make a positive!
its like
math

[ and ok he'd been avoiding telling anyone his age, mostly because it always felt like they'd turn around and use it against him... but maybe with this guy, it'll be okay. ]

im 18 now

[ thanks a lot, guidebook.... ]

[presses]

( no lance...you should've went with your instinct ... also eugene is shiro's age now... will he go to space jail where they put the sheiths for talking to you... ??? )

WHAT?
18??
youre so young you cant even talk about love!
no fair of course you havent experienced it yet
theres still so much time!
and you already have cool lines
damn
i dont want to hear you ever complain again

[competing]

[ omg bETRAYAL ]

whats age got to do with anything!!

[presses]

because its exponential
this sort of thing
every year you get more appeal as you become more of a man and youll have more lines like what you said about eyes changing and the light or whatever
and thats so annoying

enjoy your young heart

( he's trying to sound so much older and wiser than he actually is. but also he thought he had a comrade...but it's just a young person! being young! and more charming than he could ever hope to be! )

[competing]

[ omg don't worry he'll still be your friend, gosh... ]

youre annoying

[ ah, yes, way to show your age, lance... but tbf all this stuff is coming from years of being a hopeless romantic, coupled with being surrounded by a family unafraid to be boisterous about their own love, so. romcoms ain't got nothing on him. ]

you make it sound like youre forty and never been in love or something
i bet you arent even 30!
youve got just as much time as anyone else
and look
the universe just got that much bigger
so whatre you moping for
be excited! who knows whats in store for you!

[presses]

im not MOPING

( yes that is, that is all he has been doing about love, excuse him... )

i know love is out there for me somewhere!
whether its sleeping in a pod or somewhere in this new world!
im excited... i wont die alone
definitely not

( he will )

[competing]

there you go thats the spirit!

[ why yes, he will be taking credit for this... ]

and in the meantime have fun with it
the universe is way too fun and exciting to worry about something thats definitely going to happen eventually

[presses]

( he should because eugene is only begrudgingly believing in himself to grudge against lance calling him a moper. username: begrudginglies. )

ugh yeah sure whatever kid

[competing]

[ omg lance won lance never wins am i ooc ]

its lance

[presses]

( no their loserness just cancels each other out and causes strange things to happen sometimes )

lance.