100% Authentic Pony Express Pilots

Captain Curly & Co-Pilot Jimmy

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[ Freighter 0926WO “Tulpar” Status: Online ]

Hello! This is an ask blog for me and my Co-Pilot, who are two alters in separate DID systems. The hype online surrounding the game we’re in has inspired us to come and interact with people, purely for the fun of it. Feel free to poke around here and ask anything you’re curious about, I’ll leave some links below for more information about us.

GENERAL INFO/GUIDELINES

CAPTAIN’S INTRO

CO-PILOT’S INTRO

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Merry Christmas, happy New Years, and happy Easter! it’s been a second.

Absences are pretty expected when you’re sharing a body with 15~ other people, but I do wanna apologize for how long we’ve been gone. Jim and I are doing just fine. Maybe a little antsy to enjoy some freedom again.

Our askbox never technically closed… but it’s open again! We’ll do our best to populate this blog a little over the next week or so and try to keep it active even when we’re not actively fronting.

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I've been thinking about trying to show what the other parts of the Tulpar looked like. (The sleeping quarters, showers, etc.) I'd probably draw it or maybe make it in the sims or some 3d room designer. Because as far as I saw the game never shows what those areas look like. Trying to debate whether or not that would be interesting at all.

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Hey hi hello

Coming to say that I love your art Curly it’s so good I want to eat it /pos

Also

Both of you drink water, eat food, take care of yourself

Thanks! Hopefully I’ll get around to drawing some more since you guys seem to like it. Jim has some art of his own that he might post one day too, but that’s on him.

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Just seen that Jim's into Fallout, I love FO4 (even though I know it's not exactly a fan favorite) so Jim, if you've played it, I would love to know who's your favorite companion. I think for me it's between Nick Valentine and Paladin Danse.

Hmmmm…

I feel like this could be biased in a way because this is our host's favorite too and he's also in my head, but I really like Gage from one of the DLCs. In the current playthrough I'm doing I'm taking over the commonwealth and trying to use all of the settlements to make as much money as possible and the raiders are perfect for that. So it's good to have Gage around since he doesn't get pissed off when you do terrible shit like murdering people or being an asshole to settlers. (Even if he gets upset when you do drugs.)

Otherwise though I think either Paladin Danse or X6-88. I'm a fan of the serious & intimidating category they fall into, and they both have cool uniforms. (As long as you keep Danse in his power armor lol) I wish you could keep X6 when you blow up the institute but I'm pretty sure we can get a mod for that anyway. I also really like making custom robots in the automatron DLC.

It sucks that fo4 is kinda the underdog with fans (ignoring fo:bos) because I think it's my favorite to replay over and over again.

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I think it's cool that y'all run a blog together. As someone in a DID system myself with introjects/fictives as well, I was wondering if you'd be willing to share a little bit about how you both differ from the game's canon, or how you're the same. I always find that interesting, since for us, it usually feels like a homogeneous blend of both. Also, I like y'all's art!

I really like this question, because honestly I haven't thought about this super hard aside from looking at something from the game and saying “That's wrong.” to myself.

The game itself almost feels like a caricature of my own experiences, which I guess makes sense since it's a game and wouldn't have the time to cover everything. It feels like an exaggerated and almost theatrical recount of what happened in some aspects. Most of the conversations depicted I remember going differently, and the Tulpar itself was a bit different too- more lived in I suppose. Like, for example, those stupid fucking Polle posters Pony Express plasters everywhere were only on the wall for the pre-flight inspection and were otherwise replaced. We never left those ugly ass things up for a whole flight, we only put them up when we were leaving and when we were docking because those were the only times corporate was looking. (That stupid statue is too inconvenient to move though)

But you were asking about differences with us in particular, not the Tulpar or other stuff, and that answer is more complicated. Obviously I can't answer for Curly because our memories differ but it's hard to answer for myself too.

Appearance wise my hair is a little darker shade of brown, my skin is more tan too. I'm less lean, my eyes are a silvery color (I can't remember what they were in game though, so that might be the same) We don't see most of my skin but I have a few scars here and there, including one on my stomach from an emergency appendectomy (Ow.) it's hard to think of physical differences because you really don't see much from that one outfit.

I see a bigger difference in how they portrayed- or didn't portray- my mentality and emotions. Things were a lot more complicated. I'd go into it but my half of the answer is already super long.

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I also like this question, and I think Jim got it down with the game/canon feeling like a caricature. It’s like adapting a book into an hour long movie, the events and characters are similar, but often times have less depth to them. If my memories were a book then that’s what it would be like.

The little bit of conversation and quips you get from canon-Curly I feel are pretty accurate to myself, and I look pretty similar too. I don’t think we get enough info on him pre-crash for me to say if I’m super different or anything— though if we’re going off of things the devs have said, I actually do like sweets. Whenever I eat out at a restaurant it’s almost a guaranteed I’ll order dessert and make whoever’s with me have some too, because life’s too short to not share a sweet treat with your friend after a nice dinner.

There’s also some differences between my injuries and medical junk post-crash, and in general a lot of stuff during that time was different. Jim was a lot more involved with my care than they portray too. Though my memory can only be so trusted from those couple months.

I find all of this interesting too, so if you want us to expand on anything then you’re always welcomed to ask!

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Helo jimy and curly ! :D I am aslo a system, I loke you two alot ! Can I have a group hug? :D

Hello :) it’s nice to see more systems around. And I’m not sure how a group hug will work over pixels, but sure! I’ll warn you though that Jim gives praying mantis hugs.

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What most of our nights look like nowadays, with our silly looking cat. I had someone else draw her for me because I don’t think anyone wants to see how I would draw a cat lol.

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🎤 opinions on sourcemates ?? :D

(presses my face in your askbox)

-- daisuke / 🔧 !!!!

You’re welcome to interact with both of us as well! As long as you don’t have too many expectations for me to live up to, haha. I wasn’t really expecting any but familiar faces are always nice to see. It definitely puts a smile on mine :) I hope you’re doing good and not getting into too much trouble.

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Hey, how do you feel about any fictonkins or things of the sort interacting?

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We're both fine with it as far as I'm concerned. If its something in actual relation to your identity or mental stuff you have going on then you're free to interact without an issue.

We just don't want people jumping in our asks using asterisks (**) and trying to roleplay with us or some shit like that.

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The drawing I did for our pfp, based off a polaroid of me and Jim. I never claimed to be an artist but hopefully no one’s looking at it too close.

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ᯓ★INTRO : JIMMY =★=

Name : Jimmy or James

Nicknames : Jim or Jay - Do not call me that stupid jambalaya, jdiddy, juice box garbage. You call me any of that stupid shit you're getting blocked. The most ridiculous thing you can get away with is “yimpy” because it's mildly entertaining.

Age : 36

Pronouns : He , Him

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Interests : Fitness, drawing, gaming (Project Zomboid or the Fallout games in particular), card games, and still piloting to an extent even if I can't do that here.

Playlist : in progress

Sign off : - ♠️

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About me : Born and raised in Idaho, probably would have stayed there too if it wasn't for Grant convincing me to go to school with him. We met online about a few years or so before he moved to the US. Didn't have a lot of drive to do much with my life until he talked to me about flight school, since he's been studying for it. Unfortunately I had to actually pay for it while he got a scholarship. I try to exercise regularly both on and off of shipments because there isn't a whole lot else to do up there. I draw occasionally and play a few video games but I prefer card games like blackjack.

Curly suggested the blog, not me. We're both in this for fun though.

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ᯓ★ INTRO : CURLY =★=

Name : Grant Curly

Nicknames : Curly, Captain, Captain Curly, Curls… things along those lines.

Age : 37 years. 08/17/2141 is my birthdate but I think now that would make me... what, -117? Well aren't I youthful.

Pronouns : He/him, and most male terms are fine.

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Interests : Writing, modern rock music, aviation/spaceflight, exercising, and I somehow ended up getting decent at and enjoying sewing/mending. They can't deduct credits for ripped uniforms if they never find out ;)

Playlist : Link. This one is in it's very early stages of life, plus I don't think most of the songs on my old playlists exist anymore. But its something.

Sign off : -☀️ (I might use my name sometimes too, we'll see.)

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About Me : For a quick rundown: I grew up in Australia and moved to the US to attend a flight school, got my degree and certification, floated around for a while until landing a position with Pony Express (and got Jim working with me too), and then was Captain for… probably close to a decade. We don’t get a whole lot of time between departures so I don’t have too much to share in the way of hobbies as I would like to.

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[ INFORMATION & “GUIDELINES” ]

This blog is ran by both me (Curly) and Jim, and you’ll see both of us answering questions depending on who wants to. We are in two different partner systems who are married/live together, but the rest of our members probably won’t have anything to do with our blog. Most of what we post will just surround our personal lives and memories rather than anything in-depth with our systems.

Here are some handy tips when sending an ask.

Keep in mind that this is not a roleplay blog. You should also avoid sending us any questions “in-character” or anything like that.

Ask whatever your heart desires. If you somehow ask something that we don’t want to answer, then we just won’t. But we’re excited to know what you’re curious about :)

Feel free to direct your question to just me, Jim, or both of us. Otherwise I’d say it’s likely we both answer most things.

Try to steer clear of actual medical questions or about how DID works in general. System-related questions can okay when they’re still in relation to us, just treat us like people and not “parts” or just “fictives”, you know?

We are both adults (bodily and otherwise) and more adult-oriented questions are welcome, but anything too explicit will probably not be answered, just to stay on good terms with our dear Tumblr.

Any asks that are genuinely hateful or disrespectful will be deleted if Jim doesn’t get to them first.

That’s all, don’t be shy to come talk to us!