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TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

There have been a lot of riftfarers arriving lately. It seems like there have been more arriving than usual. So many different kinds of people from different kinds of worlds with stories to tell and experiences to give.

A little game has appeared on the shellphone network in hopes of getting to know just a little more about these otherworlders. You might find it on your shellphone as you’re scrolling through one day.

Tell the world two truths and one lie about yourself. And let others try and decipher which of the three is your lie. If they can guess right, perhaps you’ve been able to make a new acquaintance. Or in the least learn more about someone from another walk of life.

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text; un: feralhumanity

[feralhumanity]

Here, I've got some!

1. I’m 50 years old
2. I don’t own a phone back home
3. I’ve ridden in an airship and fought a dragon in the same day

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

[ This one stumps Sherlock. Two is most likely true if the phone is to be like one of these shellphones. It does not seem practical for Nanaki to have. Ages are harder to tell in this world, so he cannot eliminate that completely. It is possible Nanaki did ride an airship and fought a dragon the same day, but it could be that the events happened on different days, making it the lie. ]

Is the lie number three?

[feralhumanity]

Sorry, that one's true!

[astudyinviolet]

Ah, then is it perhaps number one then? I have trouble seeing you owning a phone, especially if it is the likes of a shellphone, so that must be the other truth.

[feralhumanity]

Hehehe, that one's true too! Sorry Sherlock!

The lie is that I don't own a phone! I actually do own one!

[astudyinviolet]

[ Well, that is a surprise. ]

Is it more or less technologically advanced compared to the shellphone?

[feralhumanity]

Well, it's more or less the same as the shellphones here. It's actually a little less so, because the one I have doesn't have text to speech. But I manage ok.

I got one after my friends and I all went back to our own homes, so we could keep in touch. Even if it's hard to use, they're pretty handy!

[astudyinviolet]

Such a thing does not exist in my world. The closest we have is the telegram which can only send short text messages to specific locations. For the message to go elsewhere, it has to be transcribed and delivered.

[feralhumanity]

Wow, really?

That sounds like how my grandfather said things used to be back when he was really young. There weren't always phones or computers or big robots or anything like that. Honestly, sometimes that sounds kind of nice. Big cities full of metal and machines bother my nose.

un: paridisaea

[empyrean_mirror]

I'm guessing you don't age the same way humans do, Nanaki?

[feralhumanity]

Nope, my kind age a lot differently than humans do!

[But he's being careful to not say exactly how.]

[empyrean_mirror]

...But I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have had much use for a phone, especially if it didn't have a voice to text function, right?

[he's got you.]

[feralhumanity]

You'll have to make your guess before I tell you!

[Kaveh can't see it, but Nanaki's tail is wagging.]

[empyrean_mirror]

[And yet, he can somehow sense it.]

Well, by process of elimination, that would make the lie number 3.

[feralhumanity]

Nope, sorry! That one's true!

[empyrean_mirror]

Really?

Were...were you alright afterwards?

[hellofishies]

Is it two? That one seems believable. I didn't have a phone back home either anymore

[feralhumanity]

Wait, are you guessing if 2 is true or the lie?

[hellofishies]

Oh. As the lie I guess!

[feralhumanity]

Oh ok!

Well you’re right, that is the lie! I do have a phone back home!

[hellofishies]

Sometimes I get confusing. I'm sorry

Do you use it often?

[feralhumanity]

It's alright!

Back home I don't use it all the time, since typing in the numbers with paws is a bit hard to do. But here I use my shellphone a lot more, since there's a text to speech function. I'm actually using it right now to send these messages!

[hellofishies]

that's impressive you can use it at all back home. I'm glad this place has let you have an easier time! I hope you have fun with it

[makoglow]

Two.

[ Cloud, you can't play! ]

[feralhumanity]

Clooouuud! That's not fair!