TRUTH OR DARE

[cactusy]

1) Post your characters, one per comment.
2) Comment around ICly asking other characters "truth or dare?"
3) Truth is self-explanatory; dares should involve tagging out to another character's top level somehow ("Insult someone you find terrifying", "Tell someone you think is hot one thing you find sexy about them", "Strike up a conversation using the most awkward non-sequitur you can come up with", etc.)

Comments

[solitarysoul]

I haven't seen many rooftops anyway. But a tree could work in a pinch. Uh...not sure how easy it'd be to carry a bow up one though.

[Can you strap bows to your back, like he does with this rifle? He has no idea.]

[meadqueen]

There are a couple of mostly intact buildings at the “resort” but that land doesn't hold any particular strategic importance right now.

[solitarysoul]

Does anything here? Other than the village.

[meadqueen]

Our routes to the coast and the river, for food and water. The trade route to the Pacairs in the east, if that works out.

[solitarysoul]

That makes sense.

[meadqueen]

We may have to strike against that cabin someday, but I hope not.

[solitarysoul]

You can't always help it...but I hope not too.

[meadqueen]

I'd rather strike there than allow him to bring his fight to the village if it comes to that but I don't think this will be a clean fight.

[solitarysoul]

I don't really know much about him [Even less in actual game] but it seems like he's pretty bad.

[meadqueen]

He kills slowly, for his own amusement. It's best to avoid the area if you can.

[solitarysoul]

[He nods. He's seen too much of people like that.]

[meadqueen]

I apologize, it seems we’re both unused to games such as this.

[solitarysoul]

Yeah...the kids at the orphanage might have played it. I don't remember if I did or not.

[meadqueen]

A home for orphans? We don't have anything like that.

[They usually just become slaves, which is probably not better]

[solitarysoul]

[Possibly better than maybe becoming human sacrifices like at his orphanage.]

The church ran it...

[He's often wondered if he would have done better just left alone after his mother died.]

...I think that's normal where I come from. I've seen other cities with them.

[meadqueen]

I have a friend who is an orphan and was adopted into another family, but this practice is not common. Their families were very close.

i guess cw: alusions to child abuse

[solitarysoul]

It isn't where I came from. I don't know if anyone was ever actually adopted.

[Instead of that being an excuse for a disappearance.]

[meadqueen]

Hm. And they sent you to war before you came of age.

cw: kids being sent to war

[solitarysoul]

I was 13...but later they got younger and younger kids. It wasn't right.

[meadqueen]

I was twenty when we went to war, and I didn't serve on the battlefield, and I still wish it hadn't happened. I'm very sorry.

The fact that you're still here is a testament to your fortitude.

How old are you now, eighteen?

[solitarysoul]

I've just been lucky.

[And he's good at being a solider, he always has been.]

Yeah, 18.

[meadqueen]

There are a few others here around your age, Steph and Senku might be good to talk to. Maddy is sweet but can be a bit overwhelming and Kokichi is… shy.

Try having a youthful conversation with Senku. That can be a dare.

[solitarysoul]

I don't know. I'm not good with people.

[meadqueen]

That's all right. Senku isn't really the judgmental type.

[solitarysoul]

I dunno...maybe.

[He didn't ask for a dare, though, so he's going to be shy and scared instead.]