→ fifth shot.

[bonehead]

( i know i kind of.. dropped my other threads, and i feel pretty bad about it, but there's a valid reason. wasn't feeling too great about the way i was portraying jake in a calm town and i had trouble finding motivation to do tags when insecure. anyhoo, i figured maybe spicing up his ~adventures~ may remedy that. if i previously RPed with you, i'd understand if you're all, 'bleh jake the dreaded threaddropper'. just thought i'd let you guys know before getting into this. )

[ action; john doe park, noon. ]

[ Jake isn't very satisfied with his life at the moment. Given that he's a prisoner in a world where adventures can't be made everyday, he's slowly growing more and more dissatisfied. He's happy that he gets to meet and talk to people, don't get him wrong, but there's only so many strangers he can scare away before he gets tired of even trying.

So, he figures it's about time to take his life into his own hands and make a name for himself. He taps into his knowledge of comic books and thinks of something he can do that's reminiscent to the likes of Spider-Man. It doesn't take long for Jake to realize he can't shoot web so that idea is shot to dark, but he's suddenly wild-eyed when an older woman has her cat stuck in a tree. Like the wannabe hero that he thinks he is, he wastes no time climbing up the bark like some kind of spider monkey only to--

-- come crashing down. The very unsettling snap of an arm can be heard and he yelps out with pain. He also came into contact with the ground in a not-so-friendly embrace, a stream of crimson going down his nose. Ow. With a broken arm and bloodied nose, he's just going to sit there until someone decides to be the hero that he fails to be. ]

[ phone. ]

'Ello, 'ello to anyone who's taken an interest in listening! I was perhaps wondering if one of you ladies and gents would like to participate in the.. what do you call it, the dreaded Truth or Dare game? More or less the dare part, but whatever works. And I do think it'd be interesting if we made it the moderate-to-risque level of difficulty.

Anyone up to the challenge? Hm?? Dammit, I am using this blasted phone correctly, right?

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Action - FI TO THE RESCUE

[windows_hyliaedition]

[[And I don't blame you at all~ <3 I was actually worried you'd fallen ill or something. :< ]]

Fi, complete with nice blue dress almost identical to what her true form looks like, seems to take a life of little adventure better than most. Of course, with school out for the summer now there's even... Less to do...

So she had taken to walking. Walking was good.

CRASH

Walking around the same area Jake was in? ALSO GOOD. "Jake-!" It sounds weird, a cross between exclamation and her usual monotone. The fact is, emotions are not so beyond her as one would think, which is why there is in fact worry on her face when she comes to Jake's side. "You require assistance." Fact, not question, by the way. You.

Need.

ALLLLLLL the assistance with that arm.

[bonehead]

( sankyuu~ i've been having a major case of not knowing what i wanted to do with jake, but i think i'm good now! )

[ It takes him a moment to notice who's above him, and for a second, he almost mistakes her for a true and blue alien. He's very dizzy at the moment, dealing with the blow to the head rather badly. Doesn't help that he can taste metal on his lips, which he can't figure out if that's good or not. ]

Assistance? Me? Nooo, no I don't.. Just a scratch, I say. Nothing a little warm water can't remedy, haha..!

[ And like the dumbass he is, he tries standing up with a limp arm at side. One so limp that Jake hasn't even noticed until trying to move it when a sharp pang of pain runs down it. ]

Ah, fucking hell! I *never* had this problem in the jungle, so what's one tree have against me?

[ Oh hey, now he knows it's Fi finally. He somehow summons up the weakest of smiles as he waves at her with his free hand. ]

You have a remarkable tendency to find me when I'm getting put though the ringer, you know that?

Yus~~ That's good to hear. <3

[windows_hyliaedition]

"If this were my home realm, I would be recommending an immediate search for heart-flowers." That is to say, MEDICATION. HEALING-

YES. She'll be helping you up now. "Perhaps, it is something to be regained. However, this does not change the fact that you are in need of dire medical aid- your arm appears to be, at the very least, fractured in some way." She can't really tell but...

"...Have I?" She's honestly a little surprised. Does she really?

phone

[keep_smiling]

[HELLO FELLOW ENGLISHMAN.]

You are! That is, if your intent was to call everyone. Or just me. But I don't think I know you, so that's probably not it. But anyway! What's this challenge?

[bonehead]

[ oh my god is jake talking to himself this is amazing ]

Yes, yes it was! All intent and purposes aside, I'm glad I caught someone with my particular syntax. We may have a chance of communicating without people looking at us weird. You know, if we weren't chit chatting through some lines and wires.

-- Oh right, the challenge. You see, I didn't have anything in mind before actually... challenging. Wanted to test the waters, if that makes sense!

[keep_smiling]

It's amazing, isn't it? In my time, people can carry phones around in their pockets! No wires or anything. Technology moves so fast. It's wonderful to see what can come of it.

Is that so? If this is Truth or Dare, should I just go with the "Truth" option for now?

[phone]

[thebeastwithout]

Truth or Dare? What is this, a slumber party? Dude, if you wanna dare people to do crazy stuff, just do it.

[bonehead]

A slumber party sounds pleasing. What's wrong with putting on the hypothetical party hats and having a little fun?

[thebeastwithout]

Slumber parties are for girls, dude. Guys like us are way too cool for that.

phone;

[encored]

[oh hey, a voice he recognizes! suggesting silly things gosh, why can't he ever manage to associate with normal people...]

You ought to check that you're using the phone correctly before you start going on about games and whatnot, you know?

[bonehead]

Hey! You're the, you're the guy from the church with the fangs who I was going to have fisticuffs with! It's like the phone is a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.

[ He's going to completely ignore the advice and go on a ramble about a movie this guy has probably never seen. ]

[encored]

[it is true, the reference sails right over his head and he figures it's just a suitably apt metaphor for such a strange person.]

Glad to see you recall all of the important parts of our encounter. But yes, the phones do tend to work that way.

action

[truffulacide]

[meanwhile as all this goes down, Once-ler is sitting under a nearby tree playing his guitar. he's got this brainstorming down to a science; now that he has a good melody, all that's left is to concoct some equally swell lyrics. he'll have this song ready by the end of the week with a little -

THUD

...luck.

following that, there's a sharp twang as he accidentally snaps one of his guitar strings, startled. that's bad luck, isn't it? boy oh boy, like he needed anymore of that.

(un)fortunately, the culprit isn't too far away.]

...Hey, Jake.

[bonehead]

[ Jake will take some bad Juju over the fact that he's fallen and he can't get up. Straight out of Life Alert, y'heard. ]

Who's talking to me? Is it the angels coming to get me? I hear music. Kind of bad music, if I may say. You angels need to tune your guitars every now and then..

[ Considering he's face down, ass up, he's just going to lay there while talking to whoever's talking back. Not like he was in a position to move when he has a crippled arm tucked underneath him. ]

[truffulacide]

Aw, you caught me. Be not afraid - I've come to bring you glad tidings of great...something-or-other.

[and hey, it's not that bad. he'd like to see you do better.

he approaches, propping the guitar against the side of the tree before crouching down in front of the boy.]

Can you move?

Phone

[drank_the_milk]

So we're just playing Dare or Dare, then?

[bonehead]

Yes, yes we are. I like that. It has a certain ring to it.

[drank_the_milk]

All right, then. Dare!

[phone]

[noluckduck]

How's a dare even supposed to work over the phone?

[bonehead]

It isn't as hard as it sounds, really. You dare the challenger to do something scandalous and meet up with them to see how it works out.

I do put emphasis on scandalous. It's not a bloody good dare otherwise.

[noluckduck]

Ah, gotcha. I was thinkin' you'd be the kinda guy dumb enough to just trust people to get shit done without seein' it in person.

phone;

[cullscuttlefish]

Oooh, Truth or Dare?

[bonehead]

Yeeeeessss!! Or as someone else called it, Dare or Dare. Are you interested, m'dear?

home-action/phone

[1st_superhero]

So...what dares do you got in mind? Have them strip and cover themselves in cream? Have them belly dancing in swimsuits?

[Gilgamesh frowns when he catches a look of Jake's arm.]

...What happened?

[bonehead]

The stripping one sounds decent enough if I have the gall to watch them do it, heheh.

[ Oh dammit, he's caught, brace and all. He knows he's getting some weird looks at this point. ]

A tree and myself were found in a tussle. I came out victorious but at a price. I'm sure you understand how it is.