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]

[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.]

[meadqueen]

[He didn't ask for anything but she wants to help him, and Senku was patient with her when she was lost and afraid]

I hope that you can find a way to enjoy the rest of your youth. It's gone before you know it.

[solitarysoul]

...yeah.

[He thinks its already gone, but whatever.]

Uh, thanks...I guess.

[meadqueen]

[Of course he does, he's traumatized and also 18. Randvi is 29 now and regrets taking the freedom she had in her early twenties for granted]

Thank you for sharing this with me.

[solitarysoul]

No problem.