Break the Ice Part 2

[newhire]

Well that was. [Han...] You all did really well yesterday.

[She didn't participate but of course, she was watching! ...probably on her phone. But today she's here to assist! Which means there's probably some other stupid activity ready to be thrown your way.]

Today we have a different kind of bonding activity for you! The name of today's game is--! Two lies and a truth. Today you're going to test how well you know each other-- and maybe learn a lot more!

[And for those who may not know the rules--]

You're going to give someone a list of two things that are not true about you-- and one that is. And based on what they know about you and their impressions of you, they're going to do their best to find the truth. When it's all done, you'll tell them whether they're right or not and if they got it wrong-- you'll tell them the truth!

Comments

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Because immortality is impossible.... or um... was as far I knew.

[Immortality is a little much.... but... with androids, aliens, magic, and giant robots, why not at this point?]

[machrophage]

He's ruled from Teppelin for almost 1600 years.

[Shrug, what do you want him to say here.]

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

1600 years.

[Why is this is life now?]

What... exactly is he ruling over?

[machrophage]

...The whole of Earth?

[What do you think.]

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

........................

[WHY IS THIS HIS LIFE NOW???????????]

Well. If I needed anymore confirmation that we're from different universes... then I'd say I have it now.

[machrophage]

[You're just now getting that idea?]

It wasn't hard for me to figure out, with so many humans around...

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

[He was hoping it wasn't the case... but he's had plenty of proof before now. This... is just far more explicit and undeniable than the others.]

Are.... are humans not common on Earth anymore...?

[machrophage]

All humans live underground - or at least, they're supposed to. I'd never spoken to one before arriving here.

[I mean there's less than a million of them, so, yeah, they actually aren't that common.]

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Why... do they all live underground?

[He's.... not going to like the answer, is he?]

[machrophage]

[Probably not.]

That's the decree of the Spiral King. There aren't enough resources on the surface to support a large amount of living creatures, and it's because of humans that it is that way.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

And.... what did the humans do?

[Great... he's familiar with that story trope.]

[machrophage]

...Allow me to put it this way.

Sometime in the past, the Earth was lush, like what you can see outside these walls. Now? Some eighty percent of it is empty desert.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Well that's..... unfortunate.

[To put it lightly.]

What did they do to cause such an thing...?

[machrophage]

I don't know. But the planet hasn't recovered in all of that time.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

I see... Do you think it ever will?