text | @poker

[stonehearts]

Now that we've all had time to settle in, why don't we play a game? It's simple enough: you give two truths about yourself and one lie, and we all have a fun time guessing which is which. And if you already know the answers to someone's, there's no need to spill the true answer for all to see. Let's keep it as fair as we can, shall well?


I'll go first:

- I was 'hired' by my current employer after I offered a possibility to a branch of it that led them to invest millions of credits into something that never gave any returns
- It's very likely that I am currently dead wherever I came from after I challenged a very special woman to kill me
- The last planet I was on before this one was Thalassa, a world of oceans -- what was supposed to be a lovely vacation turned far more sinister when one of the locals unleashed an unknown entity from the ruins of an ancient, fallen starship from the fleet known as the Xianzhou

Now feel free to guess amongst yourselves, friends, and don't forget to give your own three options!

Comments

@vessel

[eyescar]

i guess... 3??? idk, they all sound crazy

here's mine!

1. my type of girl is tall girls with big butts
2. my hair isn't natural at all, totally dyed
3. i was put on trial for murder!

[stonehearts]

I assure you, they're not as outlandish as some of the stories I could tell.

Hmmm... I'll guess number three. You seem rather young to have been on trial for something like that.

( he's not particularly trying to guess correctly anyway, or else that WOULD give too much away. also: aha ha ha ha people being too young to murder.... hahaha ha... )

@need4speed

[fastpaced]

1 of these is way more srs than the others dude
is 3 the lie

@macarons

[rikugan]

what do we get for guessin right?

[stonehearts]

The satisfaction of a job well done!

@rubber ducky

[curingidiocy]

1. I am a member of the Genius Society, a faction consisting of true geniuses who have earned the gaze of Nous the Erudition. Do not ask me why it is named so plainly. It was Zander One Kuwabara, an Emanator of Erudition, who created and named this faction more than several Amber Eras ago.

2. My courses have a 3% pass rate. Quite abysmal, truly. But rarely can one rise past one's own mediocrity. Those who are talented and diligent are among the rare few indeed.

3. I have cured diseases and solved the energy crisis plaguing my home planet, as well as designed anti-planetary weapons. These are only a few in the number of accomplishments I have achieved.

[stonehearts]

Do I get a reward if I guess right, Doc?

@bot

[enkefailin]

Gotta be the first one that's the lie. I've never heard of any company that wouldn't just get rid of you if that was true.

[when you come from actual capitalism hell...]

Lemme see for mine...

-One of my coworkers keeps trying to get me killed for not doing my job.
-I can't actually process alcohol, it's just fun to act like it.
-I never once saw the sun before I showed up here.

[stonehearts]

I got what I wanted out of it, and they got me. For whatever reason, they seemed to think that balanced the books

( aventurine knows his worth when it comes what he can offer the IPC, and luckily so did they )

Hmm! What about the third one? I don't think that's all uncommon depending on the planet, and business is a cutthroat game

@need4speed

[fastpaced]

tell me 3 is the lie cuz thats WAY 2 sad

@risk

[kubricks]

Is the third one the lie? It sounds like the plot of a movie.

1. I’ve recently changed jobs.

2. Until I came here, I'd never been invited out by my coworkers.

3. And while we’re sharing vacation horror stories, my last vacation was postponed due to assassins.

[stonehearts]

It could be based in truth, you know. But you're right, that's the one!

What about... three?

@hearse

[wheft]

[ this could be a fun exercise while she's got nothing to do at the moment... ]

Are we allowed to ask additional questions or do we just go with our gut?

[stonehearts]

Always go with your gut

@rodya

[axethrows]

Oh! Do I get a prize if I guess your options right? What do I win-

Here's mine!
- One negative side effect of my abilities involves myself transforming into a giant clam.
- The district I was born in back home has a very hot climate.
- A monster I have seen back home is a sentient raw chicken.

[stonehearts]

I hadn't thought about it... what would you like?

Please tell me it's one

@need4speed

[fastpaced]

is being a giant clam rly a negative it sounds kinda neat


not for me tho

[ just in case karma is listening. do not turn him into a sessile organism ]

text | @chainsmoker

[eirs]

isn't your current employer technically LILITH
is that why you're bunking up with the rest of us? got them in the red?

( because she'd very much describe their tenure here as 'hired'. )

[stonehearts]

I don't view forced conscription as employment

@HTKRIZO

[hitokiller]

and if we guess right
all we're gettin' out of this is "fun"?
no money or nothin'

[stonehearts]

Well I do have so money to spare, if that's what will motivate you

@moneybags

[lovebombing]

Oh, oh, I love this game! Here I go!

1. I'm tall!
2. I'm black-haired!
3. I'm handsome!

[stonehearts]

Three is the lie

@greatvalue

[newphew]

The THird thing.

[ doesn't offer up anything in return..... he's doing it wrong!!!! ]

[stonehearts]

And what are your three? I won't tell you if you've got it right or not until you give me something in return

( he's helping! )

@need4speed

[fastpaced]

hope its 2 4 ur sake pal

[stonehearts]

Unfortunately for you, you are speaking with the newly deceased. The lady was very special indeed, and were I in any position to thank her, I would

@onestepforward

[ignoreher]

[ oooh, a fun game... ]

I'm gonna go with... the first! Companies don't really gamble on possibilities, in my experience -- they like results, and concrete ones at that. Unless you could provide proof that they'd want to hedge a bet on, I don't think they'd take just a possibility.

As for me... I'm not really good at lying, so I'm gonna be totally obvious, but!!!

1. The place I grew up had no colors whatsoever -- it was a world of black and white, though you could try and see the hues that were stolen away if you looked hard enough.
2. Ducks are my second favorite animal. They're cute, but not that cute.
3. I died in front of the guy I admired. Embarrassing, huh?

[stonehearts]

A businesswoman after my own heart! But one is true -- I got the result I wanted, and they were so impressed by it they just couldn't help but hire me on the spot

( not that he had a choice in the matter, considering he killed the last man to have the title of aventurine. )

I'll go with two for you. I know a man who's extremely fond of the animals, so it's not impossible they rank two for someone else.