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WHAT'S UP, NIBLETS AND TATER TOTS!

LET'S PLAY A GAME!

[ that got everyone's attention, right? hey, it's a cat boy! ]

Holy fu—.. fun! Haha... [ yes, he's editing himself on purpose. ] I actually can't believe I've been here this long and haven't done my own post! Well, here it is! Better late than never, right? Hehe!

Anyway, if you haven't met me I'm Lee Jongdae and this is Sana! Before anyone asks — yes, the cat stuff is real and no, I don't do animal magic. Long story!

[ sana is the very small dog sitting on his lap in something he definitely bought in Celliwig while it was still standing. ~~rip dog fashion.~~ ]

I know there's a lot going on right now and a lot of people are pretty depressed about it. I get you, it's a big mood. And it sucks! And it's sad that it happened but... it happened. And time's hella frozen or whatever, right? So that means living for right now! Stop making excuses about guilt and sh—... whatever!

But I'm sure you're wondering what I meant by a game, right? WELL. I'll tell you~

Let's play "Never Have I Ever"!

Now, some of you are already gonna know how to play but for everyone who doesn't the rules are real simple! Everyone takes turns saying something they've never done before and everyone who has done it has to take a drink!

Now you might be thinking, "hey, Jongdae, how come you keep editing yourself live because any other time you say 'fuck' all the time?"

[ it takes him a second to realise what he's done... ]

Shit! Ah—... LISTEN. That doesn't matter! That's me making an effort to make this appropriate for all ages but now I guess we're getting a solid PG-13? It can't be helped.

But! I know some of you out there are gonna be nasty and I'm not saying we all can't have some spicy fun, but tag your filth and slide into someone's DMs if it's gonna be like that. Try not to leave any lasting trauma on the kids, okay? And don't just tell me stuff! Talk amongst yourselves! I'm just here as an adorable facilitator~

Oh! I almost forgot the last rule!

Cameras ON!

Anon OFF!

If you aren't brave enough to share it, then don't share it! Or if you're an adult responsibly enjoying a boozy treat then maybe you'll get there eventually? Point is it's like a mingle so stop being all weird and dodgy and heckin' talk to each other before the world ends!

Speaking of, I'll start!

Never have I ever lived in a world that wasn't potentially gonna end because of some kinda weird, supernatural crap! So, drink up, normies!

[ he's very proud of himself. he thinks this went well. ]

That's all for me for now! Have fun, nerds~!

[ a wave, a wink, and a finger heart before he signs off, ending the feed after that. ]

[ ooc; it's exactly as it says on the tin! treat this like a mingle or a meme and feel free to post your own top levels and threadjack each other to your heart's content! ]

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Never have I ever driven a car.

Never have I ever... had alcohol.

[ It has been pointed out to her that if her Japan no longer technically exists, then she doesn't necessarily need to follow the alcohol regulations, but also, please have pity on her liver and her everything else. There's nothing that kills her desire to even try a drink faster than having to deal with drunks on a semi-regular basis. ]

[Oh hey the girl from the beach, the one who didn't throw her back into the lake Darin. Lina's been wondering where she got off too. Well, here's as good a place as any. She takes a drink, don't ask where she got the wine, she knows a guy all right.]

Never have I ever...dyed my hair!

[from one redhead to another Ritsuka, is that really your natural shade?]

[ The volley gets double V-signs in response. ]

Neither have I. Have you smelled the stuff they have to put in your hair first? It's awful. And who wants to sit around for like six hours for it to set?

[ Not Ritsuka. She'd rather just wear a wig, if it comes to that. ]

Can't say I'm familiar with the smell, but eugh! It takes that long? Forget that! Who has that kinda time to waste?

[Lina's not entirely a stranger to the pleasures of indolence, but she prefers to have a little more freedom than that when she lazes around. And not smell.]

Geeze...anyways Ritz, keep it comin'. Your turn!

Edited (phone taaaaaaags) 2021-10-09 04:58 (UTC)

Ritz...? Okay, okay, never have I everrrrrrr...

[ Shit. At this point, what options does she have? She casts about for a moment, thinking back--once upon a time, what was the most important thing to her? No matter how mundane it is now? Mundane is absolutely how she's going to win this, just like how she's won anything else in her life. ]

...passed my college entrance exams.

[Lina mulls that over for a moment. College? Never went to one of those...buuuuuut she did pass the entrance exams for the Sorcerer's Guild in Atlas City. Does that count? You know what, it counts. It's a judgment call, Lina made it, it's done.]

Sorcerer's Guild alumni and sometimes instructor, right here. [Though she has to be really hard up for cash to consider an instructor gig. Keeps her in one place too long, and kids are assholes.] Figure it's probably close enough to count, right?

If you're a teacher, that definitely counts.

[ Teacher is also one of those things in that very vague, very amorphous shortlist of "things I'd maybe be interested in being once all of this is over" that exists in the far, far back of Ritsuka's mind. Something to worry about in the future.

For now, she fingerguns at the camera. ]

So I guess that means you gotta take a drink.

Ha, yeah, guess I do. [She pours herself another drink and tips it back.] Oh, that's gotta kick to it.

All right then, where were we...never have I everrrrrrrrrrr [She makes an idle rolling gesture with her wrist, the hand that's holding the once again empty glass in it. What could this girl have possibly done that Lina hasn't ever? She's had a fairly...active life for someone who's not even quite twenty yet.]

Uh...okay. [She goes slightly red.] Never have I ever...kissed anybody I like Anyway you drinking to that or what?

[That's...admittedly something of a cheat, not that Lina would actually admit that. She's never kissed anyone she likes as far as she knows but there was that time right after Hellmaster bought it when Lina has it on good authority she got possessed by the Lord of Nightmares who started to take her away to...wherever it is the Lord of Nightmares hangs out. The Sea of Golden Chaos? Anyway, Gourry went after it. Her. And nobody knows exactly what happened after that, certainly not Lina or Gourry, because neither of them could remember but it seems like ol' Lonnie let them both go...and Lina came to pressed up against Gourry, head nestled against his chest...his arms around her...and her lips were tingling BUT THE POINT IS she has no memory of what happened and neither does Gourry and they've just not talked about it since so...that's the question she's going with and she's gonna try not to think any deeper about it.]

Edited 2021-10-25 04:57 (UTC)

Whoa, you went hard.

[ That's an escalation right there! Ritsuka's wide-eyed for a moment, bewildered, then reaches for her water bottle. Even if she's on the cusp of the legal drinking age for Japan--even if Japan as she knows it no longer technically exists--that's the one thing she sticks stringently to. Especially with the knowledge that Izou is in this Camelot. The moment she agrees to take an alcoholic drink, her poor liver is doomed. ]

Uh, I guess I have to take a drink? I've never kissed anyone before, period. Not unless you count like, little kid family kisses.

[ So on that note, it is time to take a drink. ]

I tend to live my life by the phrase "go big or go home", and I ain't had to go home yet.

[Thank Ceifeed for that, she's in absolutely no rush to live under the same roof as Luna anytime soon thank you. Besides, Gourry'd have to come with her too because...he just would all right, and they don't really have a guest room.]

That'd be the idea, yeah. Got anything for me? [If Ritsuka bows out that means Lina won, right?]

Neither have I, but that's not entirely a choice thing.

[ She does not actually elaborate on that, considering. ]

Never have I ever... gotten paid for the work I've done.

[ Very technically speaking, the Mage's Association did cut her a giant check, but it doesn't really count if the world was destroyed, right? If there's no banking system, that money never had the chance to become hers. ]

[It is entirely a choice of Lina's, but she's not about to pry into Ritsuka's circumstances, no worries.]

Wait, wait, wait, you've never gotten...oh, dear. [Lina puts her hand to her forehead in mock despair.] You always settle payment before you begin the job. At least get half as a down-payment, y'know? Way too easy to get burned otherwise.

[She puts down her glass, and leans forward.] Listen, you seem like a smart cookie, so if it's haggling tips you need, I'm your gal. I got all kindsa lessons I can pass on. I'll even throw in a discount on account of me being so nice; I'll knock a quarter off my usual teacher's fee!

[She waves her hand in a gesture of entirely insincere humility.] I know, I know, generous right?

It's kinda hard to demand a payment or negotiate when there's no one to negotiate with...

[ And what good does money do, when there's no places to go shopping? And potentially no future to save for? ]

Anyway, it's not that big a deal anymore, so I'll pass on the lessons for now. Maybe later.

[Souma watched all of that but at the end still feels like he has no clue which part was the part that was the instructions. Because it was a lot of words!

At the end he is staring blankly at the camera, his head tilted a bit to the side.]

Nn-nn.... w-what are we to do? To play? Supernatural crap?

[And in a smaller voice, he mumbles something while passing his hand over his mouth, but it can't be heard.]

[ Okay, so. She's actually keen to play the game, until she watched the whole video and now she's in a rather judgy mood. ]

Why would I want to play a game with someone who called me a nerd?

[ Never have I ever not been called a nerd... ]

Edited 2021-10-09 08:37 (UTC)

Oh, this one is fun! How about.. hm...

Never have I ever been mortal! I'm the goddess of love and beauty, after all!

[ She looks so smug as she says it. She is here to win, okay.

.. even though 'not been mortal' only counts if it's by self-appointed goddess standards.. Which Minako might be partially acknowledging by winking at the end of her statement. ]

[Souma gasps and bows his head to his desk, so fast that he hits his head there, jostles the screen, knocks over his cup of water, the sewing project he was working on falls off the desk. His hands make a steeple in front of his head to pray and he intones, as people might for a Buddhist chant:]

O August Goddess of Love and Beauty, whose arms enfold the world.
Most exalted Goddess, I am thy humble servant.
We humbly bow before thee and-- a-and, may your-- thy-- gravy, I-I-I mean, grace, be upon us all!

[He peeks up, as if he fears he will get shot with a fireball or zapped with a lightning bolt. What he sees makes his mouth drop open.]

Your hair... it is golden...!

[ Oh gosh, this guy again! She almost feels a little bad, considering the sheer amount of respect he's showing here.. but she supposes that the least she can do in return is make sure to treat him kindly, so she warmly smiles at the image of him on the video. ]

Right, right, it is, isn't it? Don't you think it's pretty?

[Souma actually smiles a little. That much energy is really endearing!]

It is lovely, my lady. Like na flowers!

I... I am surprised. Imagined you to be... much older. Be-be-because you are so wise, when, we talked before.

Well.. This is kind of how being a goddess works, isn't it?

[ Or rather, it's more like how reincarnation works.. But hey, even in the past, when she was definitely way beyond any ordinary human age, she still looked like she was in her 20s. Which isn't too much older than her current teenage self, so Minako figures it counts. ]

I never have to grow all old and wrinky like humans, so I can stay youthful forever! But.. [ But. She's not just here to brag about herself, when he's being so nice, so she continues with a smile: ] It's kind of you to think such sweet things about me. I already thought so before, but you really are a good guy.

Yah...

[Souma can't help but turn pink at this compliment, and he brushes off his arms, which is his people's gesture of trying to deflect modestly. He looks down for a second and then looks back up. His mouth doesn't really smile but his golden eyes are twinkling. If Minako looks closely, it seems to show that he likes the compliment.]

Not very good. Surrounded... by some good people, is all.

[He does have warm thoughts, as he thinks of the friends he has made, and those who are sort of his family now.]

I am fortunate. I think that you seem like a good person! If it is not too... rude. May I ask, how should I call you?

[ She hums. ]

Some call me Venus.

[ Not a lie. It's her other identity, after all. Perhaps even a truer identity than the name of her current life, the one she tends to go by. ]

But you can also just call me Minako, if you want. That's what most people here call me. [ And it'd be awkward to have to explain to anyone else who'd overhear a guy calling her Venus - even if it's her actual name, it'd be a handful to explain on the spot to anyone! ]

[Souma is positively delighted, although his face stays serious for the most part. He might be making friends and it's with a really nice person. He feels so lucky!]

Minako-sama, then, I am humbly at your service.

I am Souma. Of the Dragon Line of the People of the Black Thread. We are a type of... shadow yokai. We can turn into shadow and change into many shapes. M-my ancestors liked to make thread-like designs with it... to amuse the goddess of the night. Thus, the name.

It's a really pretty name!

[ .. or so she thinks, anyway. Minako isn't even actively trying to flatter him or make him feel better - she's just naturally saying the first thing that comes to mind.

That's Minako's speciality, after all. ]

It seems like your family has been connected to the gods since a really long time ago, huh?

Yaah. [Souma's face flushes and he brings one hand up to cover his mouth with his fingers modestly.]

Yes, my lady. In my world they have... different... kinds of gods. S-some are celestial and some earthly, and, they do not... nn.

[He pauses, thinking and tries to gesture the gods mixing with each other with his hands.]

Do not... together? Are not friends. But, but we are desc- descended from the love between a celestial star god, and the earthly goddess of the hunt and night. It... it's important to us.

[ Honestly, Minako isn't too sure if she can grasp the whole concept of different gods in his world, but.. she thinks it doesn't matter. After all, there's something else entirely about what he's saying that she can zoom in on.

Something that makes a smile blossom on her lips. ]

Descended from their love.. that's so poetic! [ Not that she thinks it's fictional. Minako wouldn't dare to, considering her own experience with things other people might claim as 'not real', even though she knows they very much are. Instead she sees genuinely excited about the idea. ] I don't think there's anything more important in life than people coming forth from love! Love is the most important thing in the world..!

Isn't it though? I-it is one of my favorite stories. I agree with you, love is so special!

[A dreamy sigh goes here!]

Have you a good story from your own world, Minako-sama?

Hmm..

[ It's a good question! Especially when Minako could be telling so many stories about her own world. That's the reason she's humming in thought - not because she's considering whether to tell him one at all, but more just because she's trying to think of which one to tell him. ]

I have a story about forbidden love, if you think that might be interesting!

Ooh?

[Souma leans his chin in his hands, getting down close to the monitor as if ready to hear a secret. It storytime now, clearly.]

What is the tale?

Well.. I'm not sure if they have the Earth and the moon where you come from. [ Some people come from worlds that are - to Minako - very, very odd, after all. ]

But if not, just imagine.. the Earth is a planet, and the moon is a smaller thing that orbits it. And people live on both of them. The people of the Earth live on the Earth, and the people of the moon live on the moon. The two kinds of people never interact - they live in different places, after all. They were to live their own separate lives, never to interact with one another.

[ Minako smiles. ]

But the princess of the moon.. she always looked down at the Earth. She thought it was such a pretty place, all blue, like a marble. The princess couldn't resist its beauty, and so she secretly snuck away to that planet. And it was there, on Earth, that she saw the most handsome man she had ever seen.

We have a moon and earth, yes.

[Souma is rapt, listening to every word.]

Oh... yes, I can imagine this. When you see someone of another world, their beauty... it is astounding. What did she do?

Even though she wasn't supposed to interact with him, she did. She went up to him, talked to him, and.. she realised she really liked him.

[ Sure, it had been a sore point for Minako back then, considering this story is actually part of her own story - as the main guard who was supposed to keep said princess in line, yet never fully succeeded. ]

So she kept sneaking back. And the more the two saw each other and talked.. the two of them fell in love. But it was at that time that the princess realised that the man she had fallen in love with wasn't just a regular guy from Earth, which would have been enough of a problem. [ She shakes her head. ] No, of all people, it was the Earth's prince. The princess and prince of two worlds that were never supposed to meet had fallen in love.

Oh... oh no...

[Souma looks genuinely worried about this situation. He definitely can empathize.]

Did their families forbid them to be together?

[ Minako hums. ]

Yes. They were told that they shouldn't meet each other anymore. [ Even though it wasn't just their families - but Minako knows that her own role in it was Complicated, so she'd rather not get into that. It's an unnecessary nuance to this story anyway. ]

But the prince and the princess were stubborn. They kept seeing each other all the same. The princess kept sneaking away from her guards, going back down to Earth again and again to see the man she loved.

[ She shakes her head. ]

But there was another girl on Earth who liked the prince, even though her love was unrequited. She couldn't stand to see him together with the princess of the moon like that, so she started riling up the people of the Earth to hate the people from the moon, all the way until the people of the Earth started to attack the Moon Kingdom.

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