- Crash -

Crash laughed as she playfully shoved him. “Just now” He grinned at her with a quick wink his own cheeks were tinted but apparently his ‘evil’ habits had returned in force this evening. He noticed she seemed pleased in hearing he was participating, needless to say Crash also knew he’d have a lot more fun if Kathy was around. He wasn’t even worried about the inevitable jests or jokes that were bound to pop up at some point.

Of course, Darwin had somehow managed to get there first. Crash wasn’t sure whether he was relieved when he noticed Kathy had also hit Code Red or not really, he was planning on tactfully changing the subject when he heard Kathy stammer beside him, he lifted a questioning eyebrow at her, blinking in surprise at what she was saying. W-what? Needless to say the shapeshifter felt a pang of discomfort over what he heard, most likely because now he was very confused. He wanted to say something to lessen Kathy’s embarrassment after seeing her bury her face in her hands but...to be honest what could he say? He exhaled a sigh of relief as Mercy intervened, he had managed to quickly recover from that awkward situation.

His smile grew in response to her answer, another flood of relief passing through him though his smile was replaced with a look of mild surprise as she reached for him, he felt his heart jump against his ribs as her fingertips brushed his own. Is she..? No sooner had the thought crossed his mind she retracted her hand he seemed unfazed by the withdrawal, he tilted his head to the side as she lifted her eyes to his own warm crimson ones, he offered her a reassuring smile which seemed to give way to a more affectionate one as her fingers enclosed his wrist he made no attempt what so ever to pull away from her, completely content with the contact, he quickly leant towards her keeping a respectable distance he whispered

“Good idea, my chances of having an accident are ridiculously high in this environment” He pulled back with a cheeky grin on his face, before allowing her to guide them both towards Maria. He glanced around the circle offering a quick salute in greeting to anyone who looked at him, feeling a slight tug on his wrist as Kathy sat down, he lowered himself down into the chair beside her turning to look at Alex as she called to him, he kept the smile on his face though it instantly faltered as she mentioned her hair being back to normal...he’d noticed obviously, but had he said anything to her about it...he was pretty sure he hadn’t.

At that moment he noticed Carmen moving towards them , the smile returned to his face as she came to sit next to him, he noticed the other girl following close by and offered her the same warm smile. He chuckled at Carmen’s playful greeting. “You’re looking positively Fabulous this evening Carmen” Crash commented noting the rather stylish look his fellow musketeer had. “As as you of course” He smiled at Lily, assuming she was a friend of Carmen’s already. His cheeks may have tinted a little at her question and the nudge to his arm, his hand instantly reached for the back of his neck. “W-well “ He started off with a small stammer before she continued on with a wink and a flick of her hair. He felt a grin cross his face at her antics, his gaze shifting from Carmen to Lily as she was introduced.

“Lily? I may have met you before...perhaps” He mused, before shrugging and leaning forward offering the girl his hand in greeting. “I’m Crash and this is Kathy, it’s a pleasure to meet you” He introduced himself, before moving aside to introduce Kathy as well for once having beaten her to it. Usually she got there first and introduced him, Crash kept his hand out for a while if it wasn’t shaken he simply retracted it without an ounce of bother, he was a little taken aback by Lily’s forceful greeting but he put it down to nerves. He turned to glance at Maria as she explained the game before offering around the paper, he glanced at Kathy momentarily. “...I’m getting déjà vu here, this kind of thing never ends well” Crash murmured more to himself than anyone else, with a slightly worried look on face he accepted a piece of paper, looking down at the number he had received.

- Little Feather -

Little Feather was taken aback by his first comment, had she wanted him to be concerned...? Her face dutifully flushed at his sudden proximity, regardless of the initial bite of his words she didn’t visibly calm down until he moved away from her. Perhaps I should pay more attention to his advice? She appreciated his patience with her which was easy to see, as she listened to him though there was that flicker of worry again as she thought over what he had said. “Oh...anything?” She repeated, unsure what that would imply for Leroy probably something similar to this.

Despite her past Little Feather had spent far too long on her own, she wasn’t even entirely used to Lion’s persona, before Athalia he had just been a normal lion. She resisted the urge to tut in annoyance as he remained silent whilst he painted her face, she would have felt more at ease if he had spoken...perhaps that was why he didn’t speak? She bounced on her feet, contemplating this should she be extra suspicious of Leroy? He kept telling her to be, “Yes! I feel, erm” She started waving one of her hands in front of her as if this motion could explain her sudden burst of excitement. “Excited? I-is that what you did to me?” There was the suspicion again written so perfectly in her eyes as she watched him for a moment still holding her hand out to him.

Once she had his hand in her grip she grinned at him, barely resisting the urge to bounce her way over to the game area. She settled for a rather fast paced walk, keeping a firm grip of his hand as she weaved through any crowds of people. As they moved towards the game area it occurred to the Lakota that she hadn’t even asked Leroy how and when she would return to normal...ah, but if she had asked would he even have told her the truth? She switched her gaze back at Leroy, narrowing her eyes slightly. She ground to a halt rather abruptly as they neared the group of students, just in time to catch Maria explaining the game she could barely stop herself from bouncing on the spot. "Oh! We're playing!" The Lakota exclaimed loudly, her grip on Leroy loosened momentarily as she hopped forward locating the nearest set of empty chairs, without thinking she practically tried to tug the young artist behind her towards the empty seats, dropping down into one she finally released Leroy's hand reaching over to nab a bit of paper she was then presented with a rather annoying problem.

The squiggles! I knew I should have been more suspicious of them...they did it on purpose didn't they? They knew I couldn't understand them, should definitely watch them! Little Feather's eyes flickered around the room, it was strangely odd how scrutinizing her gaze was compared to the rest of her that was practically buzzing. "Lady Feather, Koop at your service, Kupo-po" The small moogle appeared next to her, causing her to jump before glare at him, Koop blinked at the glare his bobble drooped down and he sheepishly swayed in the air. "Hey..." Little Feather murmured to the moogle looking at Leroy briefly before back down at her squiggle excessively fidgeting.

–Garden-

Garden felt like she would have to sit down soon for this king’s game to start he looked at Sir Lion and gave a simple nod. “That would delightful if you can do that Sir Lion. It seems that we might have to sat down there now…” Garden pointed at the pile of pillow. Sunflower gave out another mew and lick Lion as his face got licked. “Nya! Whawts a pwapa?” Sunflower asked as Garden walked towards the pillows with Sir Lion. garden gave a smile as Sunflower was defiantly enjoying his time with the big fluffy Lion.

–Seven-

Seven jumped down from the air, his stomach growled as he watched some students talking…. His hunger was getting to him… He ran towards the pillow place and did what a cat would normally do and fix him self and slept on the pillows. His stomach was still growling yet he couldn’t stop, all he have to do is to stop thinking about hunting and chasing weak things and just relax.

–Cyber-

Cyber ran quick as he can while dragging Alistair arm to the place with lots of pillows. With a quick move he jumped onto the pillows with Alistair and sighed in relief. “Man I am excited as hell!!

Carmen

Carmen listened intently as Maria started explaining what was going on. One eyebrow quickly shot up in confusion and a sprinkling of disbelief as Maria explained a...game? She sat there processing the information until suddenly she had picked up a paper with a number on it. She looked over at Lily, who had seemed to get along well enough with meeting Crash and was now staring at her paper, assumingly in a similar state of confusion as Carmen.

Carmen looked at Lily with a look on her face that said exactly the following (without making a sound):

Wait. Maria went to the trouble of making us go to the trouble of interrupting our wonderful fashion adventure in a manner that seemed fairly urgent entirely to bring us here to play...a GAME?!

Her left eye twitched when the facial expression reached that part.

Also...what on Earth is this?

At that point she absentmindedly held up her piece of paper, conveniently (but unintentionally) keeping the number hidden from Lily's or anyone else's view.

I'm confused again...and tentatively aggravated. Isn't this kind of authoritative and supernatural abuse illegal? I demand a lawyer.

To this day, a more complicated facial expression has never occurred.

- Lily -

When she was handed a slip of paper with a number on it, it would be an understatement to say she was confused but maybe not more so than Carmen. It took all of Lily's willpower not to laugh at Carmen's faces.

She's probably incredulous that Maria would bring us out here for a game but... that can't be it right? We must have missed something...

Lily shook her head at Carmen with a smile and a look that said,

It's not like we have to stay, but we might as well. Seems fun.

She raised a brow at her roommate as if challenging her.

You're not going to chick out are you?

Lily giggled and went to look back at Crash, who was talking to her. "We have? Sorry... My memory must be pretty terrible... You're Crash? It's nice to meet you." She spoke, her voice light and soft, if not a bit nervous.

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- Alex -

Quite possibly, he could feel his heart breaking as Kathy walked in with Crash. He flinched a bit when she called out to him, being so nice. Yeah, good to see you too... He simply nodded his head when she told him she'd make leaving alone up to him. Sure, she would. Though, he had to admit, her attempts at brightening the mood did make him chuckle a bit.

"Good. Your real hair color suits you more. Pretty." He told her after changing into a bigger form so that she could hear him. He opted for his teenage form. At least this way he matched his real age. He stood up slowly after taking a paper from Maria and walked over to Kathy, his mood still down. He sat across from her and put his arms on the table to hold his head up. "I had to get my room set up anyway. No harm, no foul." He told her, smiling.

A lie.

He turned to look at Crash with a smile on his face. "I hope you're treating my mom well." He told him, hoping it got him confused. "Anyway. Any of you got King?" Alex asked, looking at the people around him. Lots of girls... He snorted inwardly, sighing. Why was he so tired all the time? He felt defeated and he hadn't even started yet. Besides, why was he jealous over his Mother?

Didn't you decide you didn't want her as a mother? She's not much better than the other one.

Okay.. so... Another lie.

Save

She saw that Zivon had cheered up a bit and she wanted to let him have some fun now to distract him from missing his dad so much. As she was dragged towards the lounge area she could see much people sitting at some cushions most of them had a piece of paper with something written on it "O Zivon lets join that it lookes fun." she gave a big smile at Zivon from in the phone and they headed over to the cushions.

As Zivon sat down onto one of the cushions Save got out of the phone again onto the cushion next to him she sat down on her knees with her hands placed on her lap. A piece of paper was handed over to her but she couldnt get it "Could you get that for me" she kept looking at the piece of paper as she waited for Zivon to show it to her.

Drow

Drow started to run towards Maria as she wanted to join the game it seemed fun to her. But it didnt last long before she fell face down onto the ground. She used her two fingers to keep her nose closed since it was bleeding. Drow got to the bartender to ask him some tissues and used them to hold her nose closed. With one hand near her face holding the tissue she walked slowly towards the place to be. She got her piece of paper and sat down on one of the places with less people near her waiting for the game to start.

Liam

Liam saw that lion and Garden had already left towards the kings game. She didnt know If Dani would also join them so she figure she should ask him to accompany her towards the game "Dani would you well maybe. Want to join with me in the kings game." Every time she tried to talk to him it kept feeling difficulter then before. She didnt even get the chance to talk to him at times or something would already distrube their conversation.

She gave a sigh and got up as she walked ahead a few meters. She didnt know if he followed her so she looked around. The lightning was rather weak at the place she was standing making her eyes glow greener "Did you ever say tell me what your power was." She questioned to him crurious to know the only thing she did know was that he could do something with moving objects around so maybe someone thag is really smart and can use his own mind to move stuff or something like that.

– Kathy

Kathy laughed at his whisper, glad that Crash saw another reason for her to be able to hold onto his wrist. Not long after sitting down, the third musketeer joined them along with another familiar face. “Hey Carmen!” Kathy greeted, happy to see her again. She blushed a little when Carmen gave Crash a nudge, asking him about what they had been doing, looking at Crash to see how he intended to respond to the jest. She wasn’t quite sure if she felt relieved or disappointed that he didn’t actually answer her. Neither? Both? She truly could not tell.

Smiling, she nodded at Lily when Crash re-introduced her. Talking to both Carmen and Lily she replied, “Actually, yes, we’ve met before. It was really brief, so I’m not sure if you remember me.”

Turning back to Alex, she briefly ran her fingers through her hair when he complimented it. “Thank you.” Though she knew he was still the same little boy from before, it felt odd to be talking to him in his older form. ‘He has the ability to grow older and younger at will?’ She guessed, recalling how he had become an adult for an instant back at the Beach Olympics. Despite his assurance that he was fine, her smile faltered a bit as she repeated, “I’m really sorry Alex. It won’t happen again.” Had the blue-haired boy been in his younger form from before, she would have probably gotten up to hug him. However, she couldn’t quite bring herself to do that looking the way he was right now. A small and adorable little boy was one thing, but hugging someone near her age just felt awkward.

At the mention of being Alex’s mother, Kathy blushed a bit and glanced over in Crash’s direction. “It’s… A bit complicated. I’ll explain later.” She told the shapeshifter. Accepting a piece of paper as well, she looked down at the number she received. “Looks like I’m not the King this round either.” She answered Alex. She was actually quite relieved about it. The idea of having everyone staring at her waiting for some sort of ‘order’ from her was unnerving. “I’m surprised the principal would suggest this sort of game,” Kathy commented, hearing Crash’s murmur. “It seems a lot like… Truth or Dare. Not exactly the sort of game you’d want to play around your principle.” Glancing briefly at Mercy she added, “Or teachers.”

- Mercy -

Mercy eased herself down into a seat, elegantly folding one leg over the other she leant back in her chair leaning her elbow on the arm she rested her cheek against the back of her hand, an amused smile on her face as she caught Maria's explanation. A little different from the norm...but isn't that what this is all about? She thought to herself, she glanced at Darwin as he slid into a chair next to her. A smile lit up her face at his completely inconspicuous whisper, she replied in the same manner. "Yes Darwin?" She dropped her hand from her face, turning towards him as he offered her some skittles. "As long as you promise these aren't laced with Cyanide" She grinned at him, opening her palm to accept any skittles offered. She reached into the cup with her other hand, grabbing a piece of paper she turned it over in her fingers feeling her smile lift with a devious turn.

- Crash Bandicoot -

Crash smiled at Lily as reassuringly as he could. "Don't worry about it, yup that's me" He shifted in his chair casting his eyes across the way raising an eyebrow as Mercy took skittles from Darwin and then...wait a minute......god save us all... He thought, he lifted a hand to his head groaning. Before he noticed Alex had joined them, he was a little surprised to see him looking less...chibi like. "Hey Alex" He greeted him with a friendly smile, his eyes traveling back to Kathy briefly as she apologized to the boy, he chewed his lip for a moment. Did I pull her away from Alex? He wondered whether he could help their situation, unsure whether it was a good idea or not. "Don't be too hard on her Alex, it was my fault for dragging her away" He attempted, before he noticed the blue haired pixie had turned to look at him, he blinked twice upon listening to his sentence. "I'm sorry...treating your mom well?" Crash repeated having been successfully confused.

"I don't even know your mother" He raised an eyebrow at the other boy wondering whether he was missing some kind of punch line or whether that was a dig or some kind...he really wasn't the best at understanding these kinds of things. His eyes opened in surprise as he caught Kathy's blush and glance, though apparently he wasn't getting an explanation now...OK...that's not weird at all...right "Ah...ok" He attempted a grin though he hadn't quite had the chance to shift the confusion. Crash shifted in his chair so he was facing Kathy and Alex, a warm smile lighting up his face when he shifted his gaze to the former. "Exactly what I was wondering...I also think teachers playing probably isn't the best idea" He commented, though he couldn't stop himself smiling despite his words. "I'm not the king either by the way, but I have an inkling as to who is" He grinned without offering anymore info.

- Mercy, Crash & Little Feather -

Mercy took a deep breath before standing up where she was. "Read it and weep, my loyal subjects" She grinned at the group holding up the bit of paper labelled King. "King...sounds so masculine though" She frowned looking down at the paper, noticing the very suspicious look she received from Little Feather though she noted the indian girl looked about ready to ping off of the walls.. Ok...pretty sure that's not normal but.. "We can call you 'Queenie' if you prefer" Crash piped up with a cheeky grin, feeling strangely confident since Mercy wasn't aware of his number the chances of him suffering under her wrath in this game were 1/24

She slowly paced around the other chairs, dramatically clasping her hands behind her back, seriously over dramatizing the whole scenario. "I command that..." She hesitated for a moment, looking around the players and tapping her lower lip thoughtfully. "...number 7 point out one person in this room that you find attractive enough to date" She announced with a wide grin looking around to see who the unlikely victim was.

– Kathy

‘Oh, right. I guess it would be strange to come to the conclusion that I’m his mother from just that alone.’ Kathy thought, realizing that the shapeshifter had no idea who Alex was referring to as his ‘mom’. She glanced away awkwardly to the side as Crash raised an eyebrow at the other boy, thinking, ‘Er… Actually, you do know his ‘mother’. You just… Don’t know I am yet.’ “You do?” She asked Crash, wondering how he could possibly know who it was when everyone seemed to be keeping their scraps of paper hidden away.

Hearing the number Mercy called out, Kathy’s eyes widened in surprise and she blinked a couple of times wondering if she had heard correctly. Though she waited for a few seconds, no one else seemed to be moving or claiming the number as their own. Visibly stiffening up, she turned the piece of paper in her hands a few times as if hoping the number had magically changed since she had last checked it. Unfortunately for her, such a convenient miracle could not possibly occur and her memory had not been wrong either. “Why me…?” She whispered, her face already beginning to turn a bright shade of red. She momentarily glanced towards Maria, hoping that the order would be revoked but… In reality she already knew that Mercy had stayed beautifully well within the lines of an acceptable order. “I’m… Number 7.” She finally admitted, Code Red already at maximum potential.

Letting out a sigh, Kathy braced herself for the inevitable. ‘Just… Just get it over with and move on.’ Taking in a deep breath, she glanced over at Crash. However, her eyes automatically dropped down towards the table a split second later. It was difficult enough for her to admit her own feelings to herself let alone… Show indications of it with so many witnesses around her. Grasping the piece of paper tightly in her hands, she gathered up her courage and meekly looked back up at him.

She never had much of a choice to begin with. She couldn't have possibly done something as unfair as to lie and pretend her number hadn’t been chosen, and there was only one person she could imagine herself dating. Be it amongst the participants in the room, or anywhere else really. And so, she gestured towards Crash, retracting her hand back at the nearest opportunity once she knew Mercy had seen her order being carried out. ‘I can’t believe I just did that..!’ She thought, feeling almost as embarrassed as she had been back at the bar that day. Almost. Luckily for her, she had already accepted an invitation to go on a date with Crash. If she had to point out to him before that… She probably would’ve decided to just run out of the lounge right there and then. Instead, she just buried her face her in her hands in embarrassment. Desperate to hide from the stares (most of which were probably mere products of her own imagination), she didn't even have enough composure to check how Crash might’ve reacted to her gesture.

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– Leroy

Leroy laughed at Little Feather’s attempt to guess what sort of emotion he had imprinted onto her. “Maybe. Maybe not.” He shrugged, not willing to give away the answer that easily. Sitting down next to Little Feather to participate in the game, he took a piece of paper like everyone else and noted that he was just one of the many numbers in the room. ‘Pity. Becoming King would've been really interesting.’ He thought.

“Something up?” He asked his new ‘friend’, noting how she fidgeted quite noticeably in her seat. Before he could get an answer from her, however, the almighty King happily announced her temporarily position. Or rather, ‘Queenie’ if she actually preferred the odd substitute the red-haired boy (Crash) offered in response. Not having participated in the Beach Olympics, Leroy didn't know the name of the current King but barely recognized her voice as the one that had made the announcement a few hours ago inviting everyone to join up at the beach. ‘This could be interesting.’ He thought, smiling.

Now unfortunately, he wasn't well acquainted with the famous red-haired duo (Kathy and Crash) so he couldn't enjoy the interesting dare as some of the other people in the room. Leroy could, however, still find the exaggerated reaction from the red-haired girl (Kathy) to be highly amusing. Nudging Little Feather on the side he commented, “Now see, that’s a great example of why it’s disadvantageous to wear your heart on your sleeve. If she could just keep calm and point at the guy with a smile on her face, the game would’ve just proceeded without everyone in the room learning how she feels about him.”

Even if he didn't know the two of them, it would've taken someone incredibly dense not to notice how they felt about each other. It made him wonder if he could make others feel attracted to one another with his ink. Leroy had actually never tried it before, but thought it could be possible with the right combination of emotions.

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– Ara (B)

Ara smiled as she heard Mercy’s order. ‘Excellent choice.’ She thought, looking around to see who the unfortunate victim would be. There were actually a good number of faces she recognized so she hoped that the person Mercy had picked out would be someone she vaguely knew. Otherwise it wouldn’t be as interesting to see how the person responded to the order.

As luck would have it, she could tell who had gotten the number. Ara chuckled, noticing the tell-tale sign of Code Red at the table she had deliberately kept in her sights. ‘Just hurry up and point!’ She thought, watching Kathy hesitate until she finally gestured towards Crash. “Bwahahahaha!” A most un-lady-like left her lips as she leaned back in her chair and expressed her amusement without an ounce of shame. The two of them were very lucky Ara had decided to sit away from them. Otherwise she would have started part II of the wedding and engagement suggestions.

Now as tempting as it was to make the jokes from where she sat, they were far enough that she’d have to raise her voice for them to hear her properly. That seemed like a hassle. Also, heckling them from afar like this seemed rather juvenile. At her age, teasing was supposed to be done directly where it was obvious that she was having fun and willing to engage in back and forth banter with the victim. Not from afar like a coward where the victim would find it more difficult to return fire. “Sweet. I’m loving this game already.” She thought aloud.

Carmen

Carmen couldn't help but sigh and smile and Lily's little response expression. She'd just have to go with the flow - she was good at that anyway. Sitting back and waiting for the game to unfold, she watched with apprehension as Mercy announced her "king"ship. Upon hearing the command and ensuring that she wasn't number 7, her mood altogether improved due to the high probability of embarrassment. To her delight, Kathy reluctantly announced that she was number 7. Carmen had a wide smile filled with schadenfreude as Kathy eventually mustered up the courage to gesture towards Crash. She was doing a remarkable job of preventing herself from laughing from joy, but her face still showed all. She was now thoroughly enjoying herself, and it had only been one round.

"Oh, this is a wonderful game," she announced to nobody in particular (except, perhaps, Lily) with a flip of her hair.

- Crash & Mercy -

Crash nodded at Kathy's answer. "The demoness is not the best at hiding anything" Crash chuckled and sure enough a few moments later Mercy had stood up claiming to be the king. Apart from his poor attempt at a jest he remained fairly quiet as Mercy walked between the chairs drawing out her time as the royal. Upon hearing her command he felt his eyes drop back down to the paper in his hand, he was kind of relieved it wasn't him, perhaps it meant...he glanced over at Kathy, automatically noticing her change in posture. He opened his mouth as if to speak but ended up closing it again coming to one conclusion as he noticed her face was already beginning to flush with color. Shichwag... He thought to himself, he kept his gaze in her direction though lowered it to focus on the arm of her chair as she admitted she was holding the lucky unlucky number.

Just after her admittance Crash felt an uneasy feeling stir within him, what if she pointed to someone else? He wasn't entirely sure how that would make him feel. He avoided catching her eye as she glanced at him the first time. He felt his own cheeks flush as she meekly looked up at him the second time and gestured towards him, the problem was the idiot couldn't stop himself from smiling happily at that, he felt guilty beyond comprehension that Kathy had, had to take the brunt of that embarrassment but...she'd just admitted he was attractive enough to date, despite the fact he'd already asked her on a date and she'd accepted...he couldn't help but get that strange warm feeling in his chest a second time.

Mercy's smile grew wide as soon as she realized it was Kathy had received the number, there was Code Red...and then the admittance!

In her head: Mercy jumped up and down on the spot pointing at the pair of them. "I knew it! I knew it!" Then she would have hopped off the table completely composed herself and continued the game like normal.

In reality: She kept herself perfectly composed though the side of her mouth twitched up in mirth. "Thank you" She inclined her head walking back over to Maria and slipping the king piece of paper back into the cup. "Dethroned, hurry up and get the paper back into the cup! On to the next game...?" Mercy grinned at Maria.

Crash rubbed the back of his neck, leaning over to Kathy he murmured. "They're not staring as much anymore, want to come out of there?" He leant forward onto his knees, clasping and unclasping his hands as he glanced at her that warm smile still on his face.

-Zivon-

Zivon went there towards the pillow thing and sat down he avoided to look at Save as he sat down he then looked down on the floor. it had seemed that the kings game was mostly about pure embarrassment which it seems that totally normal for him. He already had enough of that in the past, he gave the paper to Save and sighed again, his body was still hurting from remembering the past and being super home sick was killing him... He missed his dad to much...

-Garden-

Garden smiled contently as she petted Sunflower, with Sir Lion she watched the whole kings game play. it was entertaining yet could see a lot of embarrassment that could happen... She sighed as she gave out another awkwardly smile, this could any other way as this was going on quickly. She put the paper back and sighed contently ready for another round.

-Seven-

Seven yawned as he watched the girl asking or saying, he got bored and dozed of for a bit. He put the paper back and yawned again.

-Cyber-

Cyber smiled as he watched what had happen. "it has started..." He giggled and was ready again for another round. He put the paper back nd begged to be the next king in his head.

- Maria -

She smiled as the round came to a close. Well, that was one couple down. As far as she remembered, this game was both good for making friendships and ruining them. They'd see which would happen tonight, if not both.

She grabbed the paper from Mercy and then went around collecting from everyone else, ignoring any words or facial expressions sent at her. She shuffled the bowl of paper around a bit and then went around handing them out again.

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- Xanthus -

His attention had been brought to her when the first round started. She sitting with a bunch of other people and talking to a boy... Which would have bothered him had the girl next to him not blushed and pointed at him for the round. That solved that problem. Still, she looked so happy... She couldn't see him yet as, like her, he was hiding his energy now. He didn't want to make her upset and for some reason he was avoiding trying to talk to her. Maybe after the game... Or next week. He didn't know. He really just wanted to disappear at this point. Still, he stayed and... took the paper from Maria.

- Alex -

His eye visibly twitched when Kathy pointed to Crash as someone attractive enough to date. Why did he feel this way? Wasn't she just supposed to be his mother? Maybe that was it. Crash was trying to steal away his mother. He needed to defend her but... how? How was he supposed to convince his mother to stay away from him and spend time with Alex? Alex needed time with her just as much as Crash did, probably more so.

After all, Alex always had been a Momma's boy.

He picked up the paper when Maria passed it to him and put his head on the table to think.

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Brako was just relieved that he hadn't been in the last round. He picked up his paper and sighed.

Margaret

When Margaret woke up, she saw three colors.

Black.

Red.

Blue.

Blue.

Blue was a strange, new color. It lacked some of the vibrance Red had, but Blue somehow contained a sense of peacefulness. It irked her at first- seeing her creator wear a magnificently blue cape- but she decided to make nothing fearful out of it.

A new color to her world always felt nice.

Eventually, Margaret had been sent by Lovelock to the lounge for... a meeting. She honestly had no idea as to what she would be doing, but sitting down nearby several colors seemed to relieve her. Blue. She realized that Blue was not as common as Red right at the moment. The most notable Blues were a weirdly-shaped man-armor-thing who strolled into the bar in an awkward fashion, and a blue color that seemed too fast for her eyes at random moments.

Blue. While it was not as prominent as Red at the moment, it made her feel calmer. She felt relieved to know that there were colors other than Blue. Relief. Relief. She needed to remember Relief before she forgot about it again. Relief, relief, relief...

One Red color, however, had her attention. She stared at it, which seemed to glow even redder when another Red color glowed brightly. She had no idea that those people were Crash and Katherine, whom she had not met before.

It felt nice. Seeing vibrant colors glowing softly, that was.

Margaret sat unnoticed, simply holding the paper that fell on her lap before letting someone (Nikola) take it away from her. It felt peaceful, even if she could not express herself.

Meanwhile, Nikola began to prepare a new upgrade chip for her... behind the bartender counter. For some reason, he loved standing by the counter doing absolutely nothing.

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Ryuu Yamauchi

Ryuu felt relieved that he did not need to admit that someone was dateable.

Because that meant he would take out a Blu-Ray disc box with a certain anime girl on it.

The otaku sighed, simply giving his paper away before looking up at the ceiling. As he had suspected, Maria Cross had summoned all of them for... something that really did not require "mandatory guidelines." Wondering why he decided to stay here instead of watching some bloody ol' Tokyo Ghoul, the sunglasses-wearing student emitted a partially darker aura if it was even possible.

Man, I think I'm getting used to women now, Ryuu thought to himself as he stared at the fairly empty ceiling. Well- seeing how I'm starting to get pissed at them, that is.

Maria- prime example as to why his view on three-dimensional women remained conflicted. On one hand, he met some nice girls. On the other hand, he remembered meeting girls who seemed to be fond of trying to break all of his limbs. He wondered why he never broke their limbs, but still, he concluded that what he did was the right thing.

Running away like a chicken was always good, right?

Ryuu looked down, savoring Kathy's reaction to the order she had been given. He had to admit, that entire face she made was

MOEEEEEEE~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <3

to a certain extent. Shy reactions always got to him so easily. The otaku did not like tsundere-esque reactions, however. It was just his preference.

The otaku blankly received his paper, not bothering to look down on the paper. His mind was set fixed on Touka Kirishima and how cool she looked.

- Dani -
Dani got up to follow Liam to the game. He wasn't as angry that the meeting wasn't "Demons are attacking" important as some other people were. Hey, he was just glad it happened when he was in the pit of boredom. However, they hadn't gotten far when Liam asked a question.

"Oh. You didn't know yet?" Dani asked Liam, confused. She had known that he didn't need sleep when they first met, when she invited him to watch a movie with her, and she saw him posses inanimate objects.
"I- I can- Um..." He had no idea where to begin. He stopped and began to blush slightly in embarrassment.
"My powers, or my species?" he finally asked.

- Matt -
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A game? She called us out here for a game? Matt wondered, slightly irritated. Well, I'm here, so I might as well join. Even though it sounds too much like truth or dare.

Matt made his way towards the circle and sat down to wait for the second round.

– Kathy

‘I can actually hear the laughing…’ Kathy thought, still hiding behind her hands from the embarrassment of the first round. It was only when Crash leaned in to talk to her that she stopped thinking about how foolish she probably looked to everyone and slowly placed her hands down onto the table. She meekly peeked to see what sort of expression Crash was wearing and… Felt the blush that had finally started to fade off a little return back to the same bright shade of red as before. ‘That kind of smile right now is just…’ She clasped her hands together in front of her and took in a deep breath. ‘That’s just unfair. Really unfair.’ She was sure Crash had just given her hypertension, arrhythmia, and a face that was probably feverish from all the blood rushing to her head. But aloud she gave him a small smile in return and whispered, “Thanks…”

“Oh!” Once the second round of the King’s Game began, Kathy couldn’t help but let out a small noise in surprise once she took a look at her new slip of paper. Maria probably hadn’t even finished distributing the new shuffle of numbers out when she noticed that she was the king this time. She waited until everyone got their numbers before clearing her throat and speaking loud enough for everyone in the room to hear. “Um… I’m the ‘King’ this time.” She shifted uncomfortably from the attention, but was more than happy for just regular nervousness after the assault of embarrassment just a few moments ago.

The one good thing about being King was, however, that she knew she wouldn’t have to do something embarrassing anymore.

Kathy frowned as she tried to think of an appropriate order to make. On one hand it wouldn’t fit the fun mood Maria seemed to be after with the game to get someone to do something simple, but on the other she didn’t want to trouble anyone else by making them do something too embarrassing. “Let’s see…” Kathy made a thoughtful sound, looking around at her friends. She also had to consider the possibly she would accidentally pick one of their numbers. “I command that number 3 blow a raspberry on the back of number 19’s hand.”

Liam

"Species? so you aren't human at all" he seemed rather embarrassed when she asked him his powers."Don't tell me that you are an alien or worse" Liam looked rahter shocked saying that. She glanced behind her to see that the game had already started "Shit we should hurry" She grabbed his hand and pulled him along to the game. She sat down in a corssed leg position and patted the seat next to her gesturing that he could sit next to her. "so where were we, O yea so how does it feel to be an alien" She grinned at him and grabbed a papper with a number on it. "No but for real what is your species im willing to know." She gave a serious look at Dani she didnt look so serious in a long time.

Save

She looked at the paper to see the number written on it and looked back at Zivon. "Zivon you don't seem so well... Should we go back to your cabin?" She looked concerned at him only half knowing what is going on with him "You need to get your mind of it, Enjoy the game." She gave a small smile at him and looked at the game to see what was going on. The first round had already seem to have ended but the second just started. Kathy was the king of this round she looked around to see who was number 3 and 19 and all of the sudden she could see her lost companion "O cyber" she muttered gazing at him. His 3ds was connected to the wifi of the lounge area so she could easily jump back to him but... She looked at Zivon again. 'I should stay for now'

- Dani -
Dani let himself be pulled into the game just in time to get their numbers. He gave a quick glance at his number before turning back to Liam.
He looked around, the came close to her ear.
"I'm a spectre, but also known as a ghost. I'll give the details later, but for now we have a game to play." Dani whispered, then pulled back and sat with his feet out and his knees sticking upwards.

“I command that number 3 blow a raspberry on the back of number 19’s hand.” commanded King Kathy. He gave another look at his slip of paper.

Epic Collab Post of Power (Super Ultra Hyper Arcade Remix) (feat. Ryuu and Carmen) (with special guest Kathy "No Scope" Argall and Sanic (Drive-In))

Summary: Ryuu has a crisis. Carmen learns something.

Oh my God. Ryuu had stiffened into a thinking statue.

Carmen looked down at her number (she hadn't even checked it before) and was shocked and mildly amused to find that her number was one of the ones called. Then she instantly became confused.

"Um, Kathy," she spoke up, probably revealing her number to everyone else in the process. "What exactly is...'blowing a...raspberry'? That wasn't covered in the books, you see." She shrugged, innocently.

Kathy looked around to see who the number she had called out were, and found that she didn't have to search for very long. Just a few seats away from and right within sight, she noticed Carmen's change in expression. 'Carmen..? Which number is she? The one blowing the raspberry or the one that has to hold her hand out for one?

Carmen's question surprised her. She would have thought that everyone had known at it was. "It's... Um..." She looked around, as if expecting the answer to come to her from her nearby surroundings. Then, as if remembering something, her face lit up brightly as she realized there was a perfect way to describe it to Carmen. "Blowing a raspberry is like... Basically, you put your lips against someone's skin and 'buzz' against it. Like when you're blowing a trumpet."

Sweet Jesus of Mother Mary. Ryuu did not move at all.

Carmen listened to Kathy's explanation, sort of not understanding but then immediately understanding when the trumpet comparison was brought up.

She stood up.

"So...who's the lucky 19?" she asked with a mischievous grin...and, obviously, a flick of the hair.

Ryuu could only think to himself,

First, there was nothing.

But then, there were raspberries.

And melons.

The otaku gulped, staring at his glove with extreme intensity. No, he was not that interested in his lonely, stupid-a-s glove- he had just been thrown into a situation he did not expect at all. Blowing raspberries? What was that? Was that the thing where people went "huehuehue" and blew into the air like geese?

Of course not.

The sunglasses-wearing student glanced throughout the table, nervous about what to do.

He stood up reluctantly, not ready to lose his hand's pureness.

Carmen's head whipped around...slowly.

Beholding the newly stood otaku, Carmen smiled. "Oh, how nice," she remarked simply, and walked over.

Oh Jesus.

She walked up to Ryuu and tilted her head at him, taking his bare hand and holding it up like it was a priceless gem or something.

"I'm terribly sorry about this, Ryuu," she said, looking as not sorry about this as it was possible to be. "But rules are rules, you know."

With that, she put his hand to her lips and loudly and unceremoniously did the deed. No shame.

Before she walked back to her seat , she said simply, "Also, I really am grateful that you didn't kill me earlier in the race. It was really quite nice of you."

And with that, she whipped her head (and hair) around with that same smile and walked back to her seat.

What was this feeling?

It was the feeling of euphoria. Ryuu could sense himself standing before untreaded lands filled with fresh fruits. From melons to grapes, from strawberries to raspberries. Mother Nature blessed him with the ability to appreciate so many of these things. Something felt off, yet so right. It was as if-

As if he was about to nosebleed.

Oh, godda-

The instant moment Carmen flipped her hair, Ryuu dramatically swung his head's direction toward the ceiling, unceremoniously covering his gloved hand over his nose. The otaku froze before falling stiffly on the bar floor- Harry Potter Sorcerer's Stone style.

Ryuu covered his face with both of his hands at this point, rolling around as he crashed into random walls with an intense speed. That trumpet-blowing woman of a cunning talent had just made him fall over like a little girl. It felt as if he was b-tchslapped so hard in the face, his intestines had flew into his stomach.

He lay still on the ground for a while before getting back up. His entire glove reddened by his nose's profuse bleeding, Ryuu sat back at the table as if nothing happened.

In other words, it looked like as if everything happened. The otaku looked down at the table, avoiding every single gaze that would be sent over to him, as he thought to himself,

.....................

...And due to being able to think of nothing, the otaku simply let out a quiet "Tsk," his mind in a completely dazed state.

Carmen sat down next to Lily and looked back over at Ryuu to see the aftermath...and what an aftermath it was.

She blinked.

Turning to Lily, she simply said "That's a new one." and left it at that.

- Lily -

She blinked as Carmen stood up, her number apparently having been called. Blow a raspberry on Ryuu? Lily didn't even know what that was much less how it could be embarrassing... Still, she giggled as Carmen did it so nonchalantly, leaving Ryuu speechless in her wake. When she came back, she sat down next to Lily and simply said, "That's a new one."

Lily chuckled and shook her head. "You learn something new everyday I guess. But still, poor guy." She responding, smiling as she watched Ryuu. Poor, poor guy.

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- Maria -

"Nice command. Time for the King to be dethroned again, eh?" She told Kathy as she walked over to grab the paper. She winked at the young girl and then went around the room grabbing papers from everyone. This certainly was interesting, not that she was learning anything she didn't already know. She stopped by Ryuu and chuckled at him. "What's wrong? Is the air too dry?" She asked him, eying his bloodied glove. She chuckled again and began to pass out the papers once again.

Darwin

Darwin was having a great blast, watching all the chaos and amazingness ensue. He was still eating skittles by the handful as he chuckled at the scenes and then let out an explosion of skittles and laughter wen Ryuu got killed. Well, he looked like he'd been killed, Darwin couldn't be sure. But then he got back up, so he must've been fine!

Darwin grinned and laughed again, sending Ryuu an enthusiastic wave that would've hut the people near him. "Good job Ryuu!" He shouted to him, before eating more and more skittles.