001 (text, then video)

[electroburst]

we're playing two truths and a lie. if you've never played, it's a game where you say three things: two that are true, one that isn't, and everyone tries to guess which one's the lie.

if you wanna go hard mode, do it with the camera on.

[ the "camera" comes on a moment later to Reno's grinning face. ]

I'll go first!

One: I've got a license for just about anything that flies, and I'm a certified flight instructor.
Two: I've had the same job since I was twenty-two.
Three: I don't have a favorite color.

[ His poker face is immaculate; there are no tells, just his smirk and his unflinching eye contact with the camera. Good luck with your guess. ]


( this is an open post, so feel free to threadjack and play this silly game amongst yourselves. i only provide drunken party entertainment here apparently. )

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[electroburst]

You gotta carry me everywhere, and that's the only hands-on you get with me ever, but you get to keep that favor for later. Or, you win another round—no draw—and trade that favor for something a little less vague.

[ the gamble of a lifetime ]

[redlines]

Oh, that is nasty.

_{[ (softly) he'll kill him. ]}

Is that only for the week? Or is it forever-ever?

[electroburst]

Forever-ever.

[ does he have the self-control for forever-ever?

try him bitch ]

So? You wanna play, or are you gonna puss out?

[redlines]

Then... A less-vague favor.

_{[ Let's see... He could order too many hams and crank it up to eleven, but. Nah. He's got a better one. ]}

If I ever find myself in the ditch, do me a favor and pull me out of it?

_{[ On a vehicle? As a joke? In a dire situation? He'll know. ]}

[electroburst]

[ oh god, he snorts so loud and then just cackles like a wild dog. it's hideous. ]

What, rescue you? Do I look like some kinda hero to you? You're the SOLDIER here, numbnuts!

[ LIKE OK TIFA ]

When I said "less vague favor," I meant I'd blow you or something, how the fuck could you miss that? It was right there. The lowest hanging fruit imaginable.

[redlines]

You'd—

_{[ oh goddamn it don't turn the laugh on him don't turn that laugh on him— that's good shit. real good shit. ]}

Red!

_{[ is that a real scandalized gasp or a fake one? you bet your ass it's fake as hell, hand covering his mouth and everything. don't make him snort again goddamn it. ]}

You said it yourself just now, didn't you? I'm a SOLDIER — at least buy me a half-decent drink first.

[electroburst]

[ it's too late. really take it in. that heinous gigglesnort. it's infectious. he laughs like brittany murphy. ]

I'm not buying you shit, Third Class! Anyways, it's too late now. You want me to rescue your dusty ass, consider that request locked in. That's your favor. No head for you.

[redlines]

<sub>[ why didn't he hang around Turks before, man? seriously. if he'd known they were going to be this wild he'd have tried a lot sooner.

but you know what? he can still reverse-uno this. ]</sub>

I'll have you know there's a very distinct lack of dust on it at the present. My ride was stolen, remember?

_{[ horses just don't cut it. ]}

Though that's honestly fine by me. If I'm going to see you on your knees it's not going to be because of some little favor.

_{[ W I N K. ]}

[electroburst]

Sorry 'bout your lack of ass-dust. And you're not gonna see me on my knees ever, 'cause you'll be busy carrying me around.

[ leaning toward the camera and whispering conspiratorially: ]

You're the ride now.

[redlines]

You're awfully eager to ride a SOLDIER, aren't you? You'll have to tell me if it's your first mile down the highway so I don't make your hair turn white.

_{[ he snorts, then shifts to lean back and fiddle with the charm a bit. it's not quite face-timing but you know what? it's going to have to do, funky holograms or no. at least these ones don't require drones. ]}

But you'll have to win first, won't you?

[electroburst]

That's also classified.

[ :J

what is wrong with him. he really needs to lay off the juiced up mako freaks. but listen, he's been in a two year drought without them, what do you expect him to do? be normal? ]

I'm gonna win. I'm fucking great at this game! C'mon, you go first this time. I'm ready to put you back in your place.

[redlines]

We'll see, won't we?

_{[ gods okay now he actually has to think. give him a minute here— ]}

I've nearly died from electrocution, I'm ambidextrous, and I've seen LOVELESS.

_{[ bring it. ]}

[electroburst]

[ a long, silent stare. he's really thinking this one through, picking apart Roche's goofy fuckin face. all that sizing up, he does inside his head (electrocution? not a chance, unless it happened before he was a SOLDIER—yeah, he seems like the type. ambidextrous? what angles was he holding the camera at?)

he leans back when he decides his answer. ]

You haven't seen LOVELESS, but you've read parts of it. Had a hard time getting your hands on all the volumes. Which ones are you missing? Three and six?

[redlines]

_{[ Son of a— ]}

...Four and five. I knew someone who promised to loan me their copies but then they wound up disappearing.

_{[ Not from desertion or anything so dramatic, they just... vanished one day. Roche still doesn't know what the hell happened to them, but he wonders sometimes. ]}

Have you seen it?

[electroburst]

[ you're fucking toast, road hog. check this enormous shark grin, pointy canines and all. ]

Nah, plays aren't really my thing. Did an undercover job where I had to sit through some show about a princess that wants to run off with a lowlife and had to keep fucking pinching myself to stay awake. Too bad we're not at home, I could probably scare up some still-technically-legible copies. Guess you'll never find out what happens!

[redlines]

If we were at home I'd insist you take me to that particular play. I've always had something of a soft spot for tragic love like that. And at the very least you wouldn't be bored out of your skull this time around.

_{[ And what's more tragic than a couple of star-crossed lovers fated to be apart, huh? Huh? Besides one or both parties dying, of course. Gee that sounds awfully familiar too, doesn't it? Thanks, Shinra. ]}

Do you at least know how it goes?

[electroburst]

Pshhh. Only if I can use your shoulder as a pillow. It's so damn dreary in that theater! Like, you're seriously supposed to just sit there the whole time? Can't even catcall the hot actors? Fuck that shit.

[ can't take this uncultured swine anywhere. ]

I know a little. It's about a couple of friends who go looking for trouble and find it or somethin' like that, right?

[redlines]

I've been told I make a rather fine one so by all means, sleep all you want. Now if you want to hoot and holler, then there's a few places in Wall Market for that. I've heard the Honeybee Inn had a very intriguing show recently but it sounded like it was a one-time only thing which is a damned shame.

_{[ Imagine how upset he's going to be when he finds out the truth, smh. ]}

But it's something like that, yeah. I remember it turning a little sad towards the third, but I don't know what comes after.

[electroburst]

[ for apparently no reason, Reno laughs, like, super loud. ]

Hoo boy. The Honeybee. That's a good one. Man, the stories I could tell. None of 'em good, either.

[ too bad there's no andrea rhodea in his time or he might feel a little differently. or dancing cloud. that also would change his mind. ]

That stupid play's about to lose you a huge bet. You ready to lose your chance with me forever-ever?

[redlines]

I've got my fair share as well, unfortunately.

_{[ Like seeing a certain someone in line. Eugh, if he could scrub that from his memory he'd be golden. ]}

You'd be losing your chance with me too, Hotshot. Lay it on me.

_{[ Ten gil says he can still make it work winkwonk ]}

[electroburst]

Heh, think I'll live. Okay...

[ he takes a few seconds to think, and then it's back to looking directly into the camera with his stone cold pokerface, lips quirked in what is honestly a straight up :3 face. ]

One: I'm also technically ambidextrous.
Two: I swallowed a materia once and got sick as hell.
Three: I'm from Sector 7, born 'n raised.

[redlines]

Ordinarily I'd say two given I can barely close my hand around the ones I have in my possession but I've also seen a few people who have it turned into jewelry so something like that could be plausible.

_{[ Not that Roche would ever do it himself (probably) but some of those same people had it imbedded in their tongue piercings. If one came loose then he could see someone swallowing it by accident! That's his logic, anyway. And there's the fun little addition he has on his bike, but shhh. That's a trade secret. ]}

Nor would it surprise me if you got sick from it considering what it's made of, but... Hm.

_{[ That really just leaves the other two, doesn't it? ]}

Tell me something I'd only hear in Seven.

[electroburst]

[ that's a fun story, the materia thing, and so is the "technically" ambidextrous, for that matter, but he doesn't so much as bat an eyelash as Roche works through his thoughts here. nothing beyond what you'd expect someone to react with, eyebrows raising and grinning as if to say yeah? is that your guess? ]

Since when are you allowed to ask for hints, huh? 'sides, I haven't lived there for years, and not just because it's dust along with the rest of Midgar. Back then, you'da heard this guy and his wife peddling their knockoff Banora White drinks all over the slums and that pissed off old lady who always wore a shower cap calling for one of her damn cats we all knew got ate by a stray Guard Hound.

[ it's all, technically, 100% true....... ]

[redlines]

You never said I couldn't, but—

_{[ Is it time for the gigglesnorts again? You. Betcha. ]}

Banora White? Gods, I think I'd take the knockoff over the actual name seeing as every single one I've tried over the last year has tasted like plastic.

_{[ Okay, okay. Serious face. Serious face, Roche. Touchies are on the line here, remember? ]}

...You don't look like much of a Seven if I'm completely honest with you. If you're Midgar born and raised I think I'd peg you as a Four or a Six, but Seven always felt a little too... What's the word, cozy? Even down in the slums.

[electroburst]

[ god dammit, it's hard to keep a straight face when he snorts like that. the corner of his mouth twitches, but he resists. ]

Cozy? The fuck Sector 7 are you talking about? It was cutthroat down there when I was a kid. Those people wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. Maybe it cleaned up its image after I cleared out; don't know and don't care. It's long-gone now.

[ y'know, thanks to avalanche. haha. yeah. they did it. ]

So, what, is that your guess? Three?