NAKED MEME

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

Suddenly.

You are naked.

All of you. Even you, over there, the already naked guy.

Except for one thing.

You all have fig leaves over your privates. They cannot be removed or destroyed. They are large enough to cover everything. (They might itch a little)

Oh, and even already naked people with no visible privates will have the leaves, either over their naughty bits' actual locations, or just where they should be.

Comments

[morphitudinous]

[Billy is actually...fairly well built underneath his clothes. Not referring to under the fig leaf. That remains a mystery. Doesn't make him any less conditioned to a strong body modesty streak.]

Hey!

[After a moment of flailing to cover himself, he will be diving in a lake and bobbing up to shudder in horror and revulsion. Not that it helps much---the water is clear. Somehow, the leaf is not becoming soggy or detaching from him.]

How...unusual. All right, Billy. Calm down. Form a plan and follow through with it.

[So scary it makes him talk to himself. Weird.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

[ Yeah, so. She's just chilling over here, watching all of this happen, thank you for the show, Billy.

Also might be laughing her head off at his reaction. ]

[morphitudinous]

[He is going to glare at you with dripping hair in his face. Well, not at you because that would be rude, but at a nearby spot. Ineffectively, because he can hardly see more than tall flesh-colored blobs without his glasses.]

Kaylee!

How is this funny? [And that turns into a pout.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Really? Your reaction.

[ Oooh yeah. Definitely giggle-worthy, this. ]

Relax a bit, you're plenty covered.

[morphitudinous]

[Grumpy look.]

Barely covered. I'd never choose to expose this much of myself.

[Come on, this is a dude who has only recently adjusted to the idea that it's okay to go shirtless at the beach.]

You're not worried at all about lecherous people?

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Covered enough. Nothin' important is showin', right?

[ She's right, Billy, just admit it and come out of the water so she can continue her Checking Out business. :P ]

Worried about 'em here? [ Kaylee just grins and shakes her head. ] If anybody tries anythin', I've got a decent idea that they'll have to deal with Kang first.

[morphitudinous]

I...suppose not.

[His uniform already showed all there was to see of his rear anyway, just in a different color.]

And me. My fists may not be as powerful as his, and it's difficult to see anything, but I wouldn't let you get hurt.

[With that, he slowly edges out of the water. To be able to protect Kaylee should something happen. He's seen perverts around here and won't tolerate them hurting his friends.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Really, you don't gotta worry, Billy. They might be runnin' about, but we're all on one boat, and 'M sure everybody knows better'n that.

[ Probably doesn't help matters that Kaylee's one of them, Billy, and is taking her chance to look him over once or twice, but such is life. ]

[morphitudinous]

They'd better.

[He sits on the smooth ground and fidgets a little when he feels her eyes on him. Those goosebumps aren't just from the cold.]

Speaking of boats, I wonder how we got here. Or more importantly, who's responsible.

[Resisting looking at her. Some people would have his hide, and it's not polite.]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

They will.

[ She doesn't look for long, no worries, though it's not like she was working hard to hide it anyhow. ]

Who knows? Somebody with a sense of humor to 'em would be my guess.

[ Good sense of humor, too. ]

[morphitudinous]

[He does look---very briefly. Again, it's not like he can see much, but giving the appearance of eye contact would be nice.]

GLaDOS? I've never appreciated her humor. Or if it's someone else...they must have planned well to pull off a widescale prank without fear of repercussions.

[After another look around to see if more blobs are coming, he stretches on the grass to start drying off]

[voiceofserenity.livejournal.com]

Not the worst thing I've ever seen, and who knows? It might even help some people with their shells they keep hidin' in.

[ Nothing like wandering around almost-naked with other almost-naked people to bring down barriers. ]

It'll reset soon enough, 'M sure. [ In the mean time, she's gonna follow Billy's example and stretch out. ]

[morphitudinous]

Helping people shed their shells? [He looks over and cocks an eyebrow.] I certainly hope you're not referring to me. I fail to see how being naked around all of you is going to have social benefits.

[Sigh.] I'd make a comment about something getting worse, but with my luck whatever I mention would happen in short order.

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

::Someone's chirping curiously at a certain genius's embarrassed flailing. He really doesn't understand what's flail-worthy!::

[morphitudinous]

Renne?

[He paddles over to the water's edge, trying not to look at anything too closely.]

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Eee?

::Chirp. With his complete lack of "naughty bits" in any sense of the word (Gotta love being androgynous, no?!), the fig leaves had ended up...basically in places just about an inch behind his ears. Were he not an albino of his kind, a pair of head-crests would be where said leaves are::

[morphitudinous]

[All he sees is a mass of blue with some green, but no matter. Renne can't see him anyway, and even if he could...maybe it wouldn't be that bad. They trusted each other.]

I'm sorry about that. This is just...uncomfortable.

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Eeee, why?

::Chirp. Oh, is that the sound of water? He'll be crawling carefully toward it and your voice, Billy::

[morphitudinous]

Humans in my former community have strict social rules about being covered by clothing while in public. I've always followed them.

[He's going to lean against the shore bank, letting the upper half of his torso remain exposed to the air.]

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Why?

::Squeak. Well...he'll dip his big feet in::

[morphitudinous]

It's not something I entirely understand, but I believe sexuality ls linked to it. We're taught to keep our bodies covered unless we're bathing or around close family, our romantic partners, or medical professionals.

[Gulp.] We have fig leaves covering our sexual organs at the moment, but I've never been comfortable this way.

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Eeee. Strrrraynge.

::Chirp. Sniff-nudge::

Con-cept, strange. In Origin, to wear clo-thing is sign of pro-fes-sion, but more. To make clo-thing Solid...that thee may not see through clo-thing, in Origin, speaks of De-ceit. Of Un-truths hidden.

::Now you know why Renne's never dressed in all that much::

[morphitudinous]

[Squeak. He turns to the side to scratch under Renne's chin.]

To your people, hiding with clothing was a sign that intentions were hidden as well. There's an understandable logic to that.

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Yes. How-e-ver, One dis-co-ver here, is fur-ther Logic. Cold, to One, thus, One have furs, to cre-ate Warm. What mean-ing, Clo-thing have to thee here?

::Purr. Likely unsurprising but yes, he gets an ear-skritch when Renne can find said ear::

[morphitudinous]

[Nervous-laugh. He knows it's irrational to be worried about it when Renne can't even see him, but it feels weird.]

As you said, it provides protection. On my former world, it was too cold to walk around naked for most of the year. It's also practical to wear clothes to protect our bodies from excessive sunlight, dangerous chemicals in the lab, and dirt and rain flying through the air.

Different clothing is suitable for different tasks. We all have a uniform on the ship, and ships on my world also had uniforms to show who the crew members were. There are casual clothes for children playing, formal eye-catching outfits for important social events, and clothes designed to draw attention to each other sexually. It's complicated---my other friends would know more about it than I would. I've never been fashion-conscious.