I finally replied to the comments. Sorry it took so long - I was working hard to finish part 17 for today’s Kofi update. Thank you for being patient.

I discovered this new game: We’re not really strangers. Have you played? It’s basically the Truth part in Truth or Dare, in cards. It’s meant to be a “purpose driven” game that helps you break ice and get to know other people beyond the surface. It’s silly to think that we need a game to facilitate deep discussions, but this is just where we are right now. I’m not going to be one of those people who forgo things because “in principle” it shouldn’t even exist. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how you start, as long as you able to reach your objective. What’s important is the conversations you are able to have. Plus, social interaction is becoming less and less intuitive, and do we expect to just drop interactions all together? Do you not have a conversation with someone simply because they don’t speak the same language? Anyway. The game has questions on cards, from “How are you, really?” to “What’s the most pain you felt that wasn’t physical?” It helps you push boundaries, dares you to be brave, and even provides you blank note paper so that you can write secrets, confessions, to “dig deeper.” 

I came across the game with that last question, “What’s the most pain you felt that wasn’t physical?” And I contemplated a long time: have I even experienced pain? Other than for professional or work-related purposes, I haven’t thought a question for that long, racking my brain for experiences, figuring out how I would find a suitable answer. And it’s likely that I don’t have a good answer, because in my mind, there is nothing more painful than loss. I think losing something you can never have back can be extremely painful, and I don’t know if I remember feeling that. I know that your brain tends to purposely block out painful experiences, so I couldn’t recall anything acute. I remember saying once, when I broke up with a boyfriend, that it felt like a deep physical cut in the upper left part of my abdomen, but I couldn’t remember howthat felt, except that it hurt a lot. The things I do distinctly remember and perhaps can still feel though, are the droning hums of ache, nothing “painful” per se, but achy and unable to pinpoint. All things that happened when I was younger: Feeling unwanted in a given context, wondering why I couldn’t love myself, feeling invisible, feeling misunderstood, grief, etc. Our lives as we live it aren’t always punctuated by tragedy, but most of us still go through important, defining, hurting moments. It made me think, how lucky I am, to not have to deal with change so suddenly. But maybe that’s not the way that we should think about pain. It isn’t as clear-cut as choosing between a second of intense pain vs. a minute of ache. Maybe the most dangerous pain is the kind in which you don’t know where it begins and ends. 

The entire thought process made me wonder if we should each play the game alone, and confront ourselves with these difficult questions that often times we don’t even dare ask ourselves. Maybe I should get this game.

Happy Monday. 

Edit// I think I came up with an answer. 

Day 3: Truth or Dare!

@marichatmay

Will: Truth or dare, Nico. GO!

Nico:Truth

Will: How many times have you been nice to yourself today?

Nico: …. Dare

Will: Say you’re proud of yourself

Nico: I don’t like this game

Truth Or Dare - A Killing Eve Fix-It Comic

credit: art and story by Eva García

IG: @evgar_psd / TW: @fruitydamie

Naruto In Truth and Dare

Sasuke; I choose dare.

Naruto; Alright! kiss the hottest person here!

Sakura; wha- what kind of dare is that you baka!!?

Inner Sakura; surely sasuke kun will choose me!!

Sasuke; sakura.

Inner Sakura; yes!!! i know it was me!!

Sakura; yes sasuke kun?

Shikamaru; (⌐■-■)

Neji; ಠ ل͟ ಠ

Sasuke; kindly fck off i need to kiss Ino.

Sakura; wha- *get pushed aside*

Inner Sakura; WHHHAAATTT!?!?

Sasuke; Ino.

Ino; Ey- oh sasuke kun- hmp!!!!???

Shikamaru; (ಠ_ಠ)>⌐■-■

shikamaru;ಠ_ಠ

Shikamaru;ಠ,_｣ಠ

Neji; (눈‸눈)

Naruto; ⊙.☉

Choji; ಠωಠ

Sakura;(っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ

Sakura; (ヘ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ)ヘ┳━┳

Sakura; (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Ino; (✿☉｡☉)

Sasuke;(◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

Itachi who’s watching; ʘ‿ʘ

Orochimaru who’s also watching; ─=≡Σ(╯°□°)╯︵┻┻

My muse would have to choose between the two, the lesser of two evils, so to speak!!

TRUTH OR DARE

Lieke vs Ingrid

https://youtu.be/Cw5XYV4WMhk