you're the reason i lose never have i ever

[morns]

never have i ever.



Never Have I Ever, for those of you haven't heard of it, is a classic drinking game. Individuals take turns stating something they've never done, and everyone who has done it takes a drink. And then embarrassment and teasing and general fun is had by all.


HOW THIS WORKS
✔ Post with your character. This is your thread for as many 'Never have I ever' statements you'd like to make!
✔ Under your own thread, reply to yourself ICly with a statement of something your character has never done.
✔ Post as many 'nevers' as you like, but each 'never' should be it's own comment string, under your character's thread.
✔ Other characters reply to whichever 'nevers' they like, drinking or not drinking as appropriate.
✔ Optional rule: If you drink, you have to explain the situation in which the 'never' occurred!
✔ Another optional rule: Forced honestly is okay, if you have a character that wouldn't talk/share anything.
✔ Threadjacking is encouraged! Particularly if it's to make fun of someone for their answer/drinking.
✔ HAVE FUN PEOPLE

Comments

[eightfoldfiend]

Different.

Most humans call me a devil.

[weenwoon]

[A devil? Hythlodaeus taps his cheek thoughtfully.]

I am rather unfamiliar with the concept. A subspecies of humanity?

[eightfoldfiend]

A--what!?

[Low snarl.]

Absolutely not.

When they call me that they mean I'm a monster who preys upon them.

[weenwoon]

[As has often been the case, Hythlodaeus is quite glad to have his mask to hide some of his features. It's not as though he is entirely unfamiliar with violence now, but... He's yet to encounter someone to take pride in it. Nevertheless he can, what is the wording... ah yes, play it cool.]

You are not biologically different, then?

[eightfoldfiend]

Hmph!

[Well there's a sensitive subject.]

Not here, no.

But before this loathsome place took so much from me I was very different. My body was a physical manifestation of...of chaos.

Even the most simple minded human could feel my dread aura from across the battlefield.

[weenwoon]

[Well, this person should either be friends with Emet-Selch, or never meet him ever.]

Ah, I see. 'Tis true that many of us have had... rather a lot taken from us. I, too, find myself confined to a body that is not truly my own.

[He breathes out quietly; best not to think about it.]

But 'tis curious to me that you would name chaos as something to be dreaded. Do the humans of your star see it as such?

[eightfoldfiend]

They do, but I do not mind the fear. In fact I thrive on it...

[A small pause.]

Of course if they were wiser or smarter they'd see things differently. The entire world is caught up in a struggle between Order and Chaos and Order has been winning. If they were to stomp me and everything I represent out of existence they'd be signing their own death warrant. Humanity cannot live without discord.

[weenwoon]

[...mmmmmmMMMMMM he is not going to bring up his own world's precise... situation. Yet. But it's a good thing Hythlodaeus wasn't drinking; he might have choked a little otherwise.]

I must needs agree with you there. Life is only possible in balance. I believe that your Order and Chaos are if not the same, then similar to what we refer to as Light and Darkness; astral and umbral. Light is order, but if it predominates in the aether then it becomes stagnation. Life stills and eventually stops. Darkness is chaos - motion, and in fact the driving force behind life. Of course, in abundance it becomes undirected and blindly destructive. Predominance of either is perilous.

[eightfoldfiend]

...Not the exactly terms I've heard used to describe it but, yes. You are one of the first beings I've met who has seen the struggle for what it is...

Unfortunately due to the arrogance of humanity and the blind idiocy of the True Runes the Balance in my world is tipping. Left unchecked it will bring about the Ashen World, the world of Dharma.

[His brow creases.]

A world of absolute stillness where no life endures. No elements, no scents, no motion no colors and no shapes...If we continue to do nothing that is where all life in my world will end. Just thinking about it makes me itch.

[weenwoon]

[You know what Yuber is good actually, we can hang. Welcome to the club.

Hythlodaeus looks pained at the description of the Ashen World; it hits too close to home, if unintentionally.]

...'Tis a terrible thing, indeed.

[He pours himself another shot; this time for the emotional support. But rather than downing it Hythlodaeus sips it quietly, staring into the drink.]

I have... Back in my world, I was blessed with true Sight - like many of my people. 'Tis the flow of life made visible, its neverending, captivating dance. The reassurance of seeing the cycle repeat and knowing that each end is merely a new beginning... I cannot quite describe the beauty of it. But here... there is no such colour and shine anymore. I cannot see the life in things. And I fear that if I let myself dwell on it, then everything else will grow pale for me as well. No taste of food nor drink, no colour in the sky, no warmth in the touch of another.

[eightfoldfiend]

That pallor is not the work of Dharma, it comes from being forced to see through human eyes. I used to be able to see all of the colors of magic and creation. I could feel a spell's pull on the fabric of reality but here that entire spectrum has become invisible to me.

[He snorts.]

It's awful, isn't it? Like being only half alive.

[weenwoon]

[Alright, we definitely need that shot now.]

'Twas how I felt on arrival, indeed. Half-blind, disoriented. The world itself missing a dimension...

[He sighs.]

That shock comes fourfold, I believe. The initial fear and confusion. Then pushing it aside, not letting oneself dwell on it. Then growing frustrated, furious at the fate dealt to us. And then... that great emptiness of realizing there is naught to be done about it. At least, not here. All I have been able to achieve so far has been a pale facsimile. And I know not what is worse; how feeble it is or the fact that I would still cling to it for comfort.