text; forward dated to 4am

[whatsupcroc]

Two truths and a lie used to be big with my friends. You say three "facts" about you or things you've done or seen. People try to pick one out as a lie, and then it's their turn to do the same thing. For example:

1. I've been crocodile wrestling.
2. I once flunked a vocabulary test because I forgot to put my name on the top.
3. I crashed a dune buggy when I was twelve and despite totaling the dune buggy, the worst I ended up with was a badly scraped up elbow.

Anyone up and around for a game?

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[whatsupcroc]

No. None of them are, actually. That's part of why it was an example.

[ringletted]

Good. In that case, maybe you could start with a real one!

[whatsupcroc]

Hah, sure. Here we go:

1. My real name is Ignio Montoya.
2. My brother convinced me that if I ate enough carrots when I was four or so I'd eventually get x-ray vision.
3. I collected bottle-caps for a while when I was seven.

[ringletted]

[The reference, of course, flies over her head, but it also seems much more improbable than the other options.]

One is the lie.

[whatsupcroc]

You got it! I'm not actually a Spaniard with a revenge fantasy involving a man with six fingers who killed my father. We have to see if there's a copy of that movie that still exists... I think you'd like it!

Anyway, now it's your turn, Snow!

[ringletted]

It's about revenge? I might not.

Alright! Let's see. [She pauses, thinking.]

One, my stepmother's name is Regina. Two, I've had to fight trolls before, and three, I can't stand tea.

[whatsupcroc]

If three's true, you've got to hate that drawer I have in the kitchen. I'm going to say you totally have fought trolls because I want to think you have, and not being able to stand tea amuses me, so your stepmom's name isn't Regina?

[ringletted]

It is Regina. Guess again!

[whatsupcroc]

( STUBBORNLY WANTS TO BELIEVE IN TROLLS well more trolls really )

You actually enjoy tea?

[ringletted]

I do like tea.

[so just how many cool points did she just gain in that one sentence]

[whatsupcroc]

Yes! You did fight trolls! How different are they from the trolls around here?

( Potentially over 9 thousand. )

[ringletted]

[A pause.]

There are trolls here?

[whatsupcroc]

Oh yeah. They're grey-skinned with pointy teeth and really cool horns. I've met a few of them!

[ringletted]

The ones I'm familiar with don't have horns. They're not bad to deal with as long as you're careful, we just happened to get on their bad side.

[whatsupcroc]

How'd you manage to do that?

[ringletted]

Well, I sold them something because I didn't realize it was very precious to somebody. They got suspicious when I tried to buy it back from them, and, well. That was that.

[whatsupcroc]

What was the thing you sold to them in the first place?

[ringletted]

A ring. I didn't realize it had sentimental value before it was too late.

[whatsupcroc]

You got it back though. So it's not as bad as it could have been, you know?