- Little Feather -

Little Feather huffed in annoyance as he danced around her question though she hadn’t been able to stay annoyed for long, she was curious as to why Leroy wouldn’t tell her what emotion he had used it was apparent in her gaze as it shifted to him that she was entertaining the blue ink’s emotion at this minute. Koop glanced at the piece of paper in Little Feather’s hand, tilting his head to the side he shook his head at her indicating she wasn’t the one. Little Feather continued to fidget as Mercy waltzed around, she lifted a hand and begun to twirl her hair through her fingers in an attempt to keep herself busy. What if Leroy’s right...should I try harder to keep my guard up?

Little Feather knew both Kathy and Crash, in fact if she recalled Kathy had been the first person to befriend her! Well...she considered it befriending, she’d been nice and invited her along to the library. I wonder how her human level study is going... She wasn’t entirely sure why Kathy seemed to be so embarrassed by it, perhaps if she hadn’t felt the need to jump around like a loon she could have focused and figured it out. She jolted as Leroy nudged her side, she turned to face him, suspicious eyes conflicted with curiosity as she listened to him, her leg begun to jig as she shuffled in her chair.

“But...why does it matter whether they know or not? Nia was obvious and he wasn’t harmed by it” Little Feather looked suitably confused. “I don’t see the harm in it Leroy...” She sighed. “Hiding things is suspicious, you could hide anything...they could hide anything” She stated, shifting closer to him and peering around suspiciously, she chewed her lip nervously, despite her words her body language revealed even through her suspicion she trusted him on a subconscious level...regardless of how aggravating that may be. “Have you met Kathy and Crash?” She asked him, still fiddling with her hair and jigging her leg to filter out some of the excitement that seemed to course through her.

She accepted her next slip of paper not even bothering to look at it, Koop was hovering by her shoulder anyway. Her interest was piqued as she heard Kathy announce she was the king, allowing confusion to seep into her expression at the command that was issued...she wasn’t surprised that Carmen didn’t know what is was. She turned to Leroy planning to whisper her question to him when she noticed Carmen had walked over to Ryuu and demonstrated exactly what a ‘raspberry’ was. Little Feather of course found the whole ideal exciting! For some odd reason...she expressed this by randomly clapping her hands enthusiastically as Carmen elegantly walked away from Ryuu leaving him rolling around the floor.

- Crash -

Crash put a hand to the back of his neck as he noticed her face flush a second time...he assumed because he’d said something untoward. He decided it was probably best to keep quiet for the time being until she had calmed down a bit, he glanced down at his piece of paper as they were handed around a second time. Content in the knowledge he wasn’t the king he leant back in his chair propping his chin on the tops of his knuckles as he leant on the arm of his chair. He felt his mouth curl up into a smile as Kathy announced she was king, pulling the attention of the room a second time...he didn’t count in that, she always had his attention.

He allowed his gaze to wander the room as he waited for her to announce the numbers and her command. He glanced down at his number, looking pleased when he knew he was safe though his eyes traveled to rest on one of his fellow musketeers as she piped up questioning Kathy as to what a raspberry was before she elegantly moved towards Ryuu who looked...uncomfortable to say the least. He chuckled as Carmen simply grabbed his hand and did the deed without a shred of embarrassment, he felt for Ryuu however as the other boy fell on the floor in a rather dramatic way before rolling around clutching his nose. Oh boy...I do not envy him that reactionHe thought, grimacing for Ryuu’s sake.

Once Maria went around offering out new slips, he glanced down at his...again not king! He sighed softly, wondering who was up next. Unsurprisingly, he turned his attention back to Kathy with a small smile he stated. "Well played, that was the most harmless dare I've ever seen" He looked amused though he was obviously not mocking her. "Well almost harmless..." He corrected himself glancing back over at Ryuu. "Can't say I've seen a reaction like that before either" He grinned.

–Zivon-

Zivon just nodded his head and return the paper, it seemed that things were going fun at the kings game yet he still didn’t feel good. He was appreciative with Save for sticking by him even though he was reacting like an over reacting child. He nodded to her but as much he wanted to leave his legs won’t cooperate with him. ‘Must be my ankle…’ He rubbed his ankle, still feeling quite swollen fro that forest incident. Zivon sighed as he got a new paper and handed one to Save.

–Garden-

Garden took the piece of paper back and got a new one… awaiting for the next king for the next command. “This oddly feels like hom huh? The king giving orders… Iwonder how dad is doing…” She smiled sweetly and petted Sunflower.

–Seven-

Seven did the usual, paper then new paper and once again dozed off… waiting for something fun to happen.

–Cyber-

Cyber turned his head around, he though he heard something but he shook his head and got a new paper. ‘Oh please let me be the next king for the next round…’ He begged in his mind. He hope for the next round he was king.

Nikola Lovelock slammed what appeared to be an upgrade chip on the bar counter, coughing with a mechanical voice as he cackled maniacally,

"Finally... after so long, I've finished something my Margar- er, what Margaret needed so much earlier! This is destiny! Mwahahahuehuehahahaha!"

The inventor got out of the counter, heading toward the mentioned orange-haired girl. He carried a tiny golden chip in his hands. While this would not fix her already fragile mind, it would at least give her system some hotfixes. He ignored pretty much everyone at the table, simply giving Maria a polite nod, before crouching behind Margaret's chair. He opened up a small container sticking a little out of the back of Margaret's neck.

After inserting the tiny card into one of the many slots, he took out a dull-looking card in place of the superior upgrade.

The girl stiffened for a brief second before closing her eyes.

...

...

...She then opened her eyes.

First, she saw nothing.

She blinked.

Outlines.

They were hazy, but she could see something. Some things, to be more exact. She blinked again, slowly comprehending data that was being transferred to her brain. Data. She felt data flow in her very body. Knowledge. Data was knowledge. So much knowledge... It took Nikola quite an excessive amount of time just to get that one card ready due to how hefty of an upgrade it was.

She could see... a little. She still could not detect people that easily due to hazy white lines appearing and vanishing constantly before her, but she could still see colors. Red and blue. And a number placed before her.

What was going on? What did this number say? She shivered. Question. She had a question. Question. How could she ask a question?

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Nikola blinked.

"Is anything the matter, Margaret?" He asked, an emotionless tone added to his voice.

The orange-haired girl pointed at the number. She seemed to understand his words now, at least.

The teacher nodded. Apparently, she was the current king of this stupid game. His superior intellect concluded that she wanted to know what the number had to do with her.

He simply told her, "Basically, you get to make some people do stuff, I guess. I honestly don't know all of the rules, though."

Margaret nodded, staring at the paper with the number on it.

...

...

...

...

Nikola gave a menacing glare at everyone for absolutely no reason at all. He then translated something Margaret apparently transferred to his mind,

"She says... 9 should hug 4 for 'warmth.' I don't even... whatever."

Liam

"A ghost? But I can just touch you and stuff" she studied him from head to toe and looked back at the game they were playing "Ill keep my mouth shut for now" she kept looking at the number on her paper and heared what numbers the king chose "Nope, raspberry blowing wait what." Carmen raspberry blowed Ryuu's hand and Ryuu spazed out for a moment "O raspberry blowing..." She laughed way to hard at Ryuu that couldnt handle even one little raspberry blow let stand a kiss from a girl. Deep in thought she mumbled some words "I wonder what would happen" She grabbed a new piece of paper and looked at it again while trying to quess who the king was.

Drow

Drow never played a game like this before and still tried to figure out how it works it went way to fast for her taste but its something to get used to. She grabbed a new piece of paper with again another number she looked carefully at the number and remembered it in her head so now the king would need to say who has to do what. She suddenly felt a heavy bang on her head from the person next to her "Umpf" she looked up at Darwin while he shoved some skittles inside of his mouth. Drow rubbed her head for a second and gave a somewhat angry look at him even tough she didnt know if he had seen her.

Save

She didnt even look at the paper he showed her and kept looking concerned to him. He still didnt seem to be okay but still he stayed she felt somewhat happy about that but he didnt need to force himself to do it. She looked back at the game and the person who was the king didnt seem to be able to talk 'Mute?' The man next to her seemed to know for some reason what she wanted to say 'A hug' she looked at her own body and sighed 'I dont think it was that smart to join a game where physical contact is needed'

- Dani -
«Meet me at the little diner after we finish, I'll explain everything.» Dai whispered, then turnedhis focus back to the game.

After roundtwo ended, Dani was slightly confuzed.
A raspberry? She didn't know what a raspberry was? Alrighty then.

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- Matt -
What's up with her and hugs? Matt wondered. He gave a quick glance at his number. On that note, what's up with her and hugging people and me?

He sighed and stood up.
"I'm number 9. Who's 4?" He asked, looking around. Hopefully whoever it was took a shower recently.

– Leroy

“Nia?” Leroy repeated, feeling a little confused himself upon hearing the unfamiliar name. But brushing that aside for now, he addressed the things he could answer. “There’s no real harm in it per se, but if you reveal everything about yourself so easily then suspicious individuals will find a way to use it against you.” In his thoughts he added, ‘Like me, for example. Though I don’t really find much fun in blackmailing people. Mostly just seeing how people react to… Various stimuli.’ He let out a small laugh. “There’s a phrase that says, ‘A hedge between keeps friendship green.’ It means you should respect each other’s privacy, but basically there’s also the implication that you shouldn’t know everything about the other person.”

Actually, he was wrong. The idiom was pretty much only used to refer to respecting people’s privacy, but Little Feather didn’t need to know that. Besides, he was pretty sure that he had sounded logical enough to appear quite convincing as long as she was no real expert on the real origin and history defining how the idiom had come to be, and why it was used to describe what it did. ‘Or unless she’s already grown paranoid to the point she’d suspect anything I say.’ That was rather unlikely considering the small amount of ink he had used and the short time frame, but anything was possible. After all, he had seen someone grow drunk on his ink not too far back. Then hearing two unfamiliar names, Leroy shook his head. “Nope. Haven’t met them.” However, given the context of the situation he made a guess. “Would that be their names?” He asked, tilting his head over at the red-haired students they had been talking about.

Noticing Kathy (if Little Feather confirmed that it was indeed her name), was the next King, Leroy sat back in his chair grinning. Curious to know what the most recent victim would want to make someone else do. “Hm.” Listening to her command, he felt mildly disappointed that she had picked something rather simple to do. However, seeing the male student’s (Ryuu) reaction, he grinned from ear to ear, happy to see that it was not nearly as boring as he thought it would be. It would have been funnier if Carmen had been a bit troubled as well, but he decided to content himself with learning a little more about her character.

With the next round, he noticed a completely unfamiliar girl become the next King. Now he was rather curious to know what the man (Nikola) had been doing with their temporary King, however, he couldn’t even try to make any assumptions about the situation before he realized that his number was being called. ‘I’m going to get hugged? Who’s number 9 then?’ He wondered, keeping his usual light smile on as he nonchalantly looked around trying to determine who the other number was first. “Hm.” He saw a semi-familiar individual standing up and admit that he was number nine. Matt, the guy that had been looking around for a girl the day after the demon party-crashing fiasco. That was pretty much his entire impression of the guy.

“I’m number four.” Leroy announced, raising his hand up and smiling. “Pity it won’t be a cute girl but… Could be worse I suppose.” He jested. Then getting up from his chair, the artist went over to Matt and held his arms out expectantly. “Well?”

Darwin

Darwin watched as Matt and Leroy revealed their numbers, and let out a little giggle. He was having so much fun just watch the amazing chaos unfold before him. He knew Matt and knew how awkward he was around guys anyways, he didn't know Leroy.Wait, how had he not met Leroy! He'd have to meet Leroy eventually, he seemed pretty amazing to talk to and give him super wonderful skittles.

He was bored...but then he looked around him. To his left, there was Drow. He'd encountered her like once, she was pretty nice. But then to his right, there was Mercy, and she was like his besty! Maybe, just maybe he had a chance. He turned to Drow first, tilting his head, putting on a nice little smile. "Uh, hey Drow, Enjoying the game, cos this is amazing right? I mean....anyone could do anything, y'know?" He grinned and plopped a pile of skittles in her hands. "On the house!" He giggled again and then turned to mercy, his grin breaking out and beaming like a kid away to get even more skittles.

"Hey Mercy!" He said grinning very brightly. "What number you got, cos it'd be amazing if you'd want to go for dinner tonight? Cos I'm gonna be making some food, and it'd be amazing if you came! I mean, I've been practising for ages! I'll think you'll loe it, and I know you don't like cynaide so I took it away from my kitchen cupboards."

- Matt -
Matt put on a poker face and gave Leroy an ordinary hug. Then he sat back down. No show, no interest, no random gay rumors that were bound to happen in a place like this. He still had no idea what he was doing here. He didn't really enjoy games like this. He wasn't exactly the kind of person who enjoyed 1: Watching people do ridiculous things, 2: Making people do what he wanted no matter what, or 3: The spot light. If it weren't for the fact that he had absolutely nothing to do that night, he would have left.

Matt gave his number back to Maria, then sighed.
I should probably start a conversation with someone. So far, I probably look like one of those people attempting to ruin all the fun, not exactly the best reputation to have. Matt thought, then looked around for someone to talk to.

- Xanthus -

When was this silly little game going to end? He needed to talk to Lily again. He didn't have much time left.

Tick...

Tick...

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- Lily -

She was smiling and laughing up a storm with Carmen, watching everyone. It was nice just being there surrounded by people like this. For once she felt a part of the crowd again rather than some outsider. She'd have to thank Carmen one day. Someday. Probably tonight. Lily giggled at herself and looked around the area. She smiled at Matt as he gave Leroy a hug and waved at him when his line of sight came to her's afterwards. She mouthed a little hello and then returned to talking to Carmen.

What they were talking about... Shoes? Wait... When did the conversation move to shoes? Lily was just about to tell Carmen she didn't like to wear shoes when she realized what they were even talking about. "Wait... When did we get on the subject of shoes?" Lily asked and then giggled at herself again. All the same, this was fun. She hadn't even noticed Xanthus watching her from across the lounge.

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- Maria -

She shook her head and began to collect the numbers again just to pass them out again. These kids were being too safe. What happened to all the nitty gritty stuff they used to do when Maria was young? #5 and #6 go make out in the pool. She chuckled at the memory. #5 was a skinny guy with thick rimmed glasses and #6 had been Lucy Grange, the hottest girl in the school. Maria chuckled again. Didn't they get married?

She shook her head and continued on, eventually passing the numbers back out.

"Only a few more rounds, guys and gals. After that, it's free time!" She shouted, smiling as the passed out the numbers.

–Seven-

As Seven picked a piece of paper again as usual he noticed that he didn’t have a number like the before but instead had the kings symbol. He gave out his Cheshire cat smile and stood up, waving the paper around. “Well since I am king now I have perfect idea well order! Who cares anyway?” Seven shouted as his tail wagged mischievously and his smile getting wider. ‘Let the fun begin!’ He scratched his cat ears and gave out a yawn.

“I played this game with some friends of mine before so this would be fun… Number 5 has to kiss number 1…” He stopped for a moment and flopped back on the pillows, stretching a bit. “But has to be on the lips and last at least a minute! The king’s order is ABSOLUTE!” He shouted as he smiled again mischievously and waited for the order to happen. “You can’t dodge the bullet, that’s no fun and no one wants to be a kill joy…is there?” Seven licked his hand and snickered in a dark manner. This was was his ideal of fun.. well kid friendly fun, it was something defiantly for his kind to enjoy.

Darwin

As he sat between Mercy and Drow, carefully eating some skittles he noticed Maria was handing out the numbers again. He took his and put it down on his lap as he still ate his skittles. He was enjoying this game, everyone was getting so embarassed for no reason? It wasn't like they were gonna be stuck with that memory for the rest of their lives. Darwin grinned as he heard people had to kiss. He'd never kissed before, it always seemed quite strange to him, and plus before the academy every girl passed him off as a weirdo who hanged around the hotel with his adopted father.

But now, maybe he would kiss a girl? Lets see....what was his number. "I'm number 1" He called out in excited glee. "I wonder who number 5 is...." He said looking around, his huge grin stuck on his face. He had already leapt up, tipping his bowl of skittles.

Ryuu Yamauchi

...Oh.

Ryuu blinked, realizing that he was number 5. He hastily looked up from his number.

He saw Darwin standing with a happy look on his face.

Now, the otaku would, under most circumstances, fall in despair and cry over his situation, but he had actually prepared for something like this in middle school... except in middle school, he ended up punching people for the entirety of his school life. The sunglasses-wearing student turned to Seven, an extremely dark aura emitting from him as he mouthed with a falsely bright, happy look,

YOU'RE MINCEMEAT TO ME, PAL.

Needless to say, he was still pissed at how this school seemed to promote all things annoying and aggravating for him. It was about time he'd use his brains to stop suffering for once.

Fate apparently hated him. It didn't hate him as much as how f-cking much he wanted to murder the fate set for him.

Ryuu stood up, kicking back his chair, looking at Darwin straight in the eye. Darwin was his B.F.F. He did not want Darwin to lose his first kiss with someone experienced(?????), after all. Darwin needed to treasure his first kiss; it would be harassment if Ryuu suddenly kissed Darwin without letting the rainbow-man know about the true meaning of love and all that is blessed by Holy Maria.

...Not this Maria, though, Ryuu glared at Maria for an extremely brief moment before turning to Darwin again. That Maria ain't holy in any way.

The otaku took a deep breath, a darker aura beginning to form behind him (unconsciously). He breathed again...

...

...

...

...

...And suddenly, plasma shot out of his mouth, forming the shape of his lips. With his arms wide open, Ryuu managed to shout,

"COME AT ME, BRO."

The plasma lips stuck out of Ryuu's mouth quite obnoxiously, but hey, it was sort of working. Maybe he would be able to replicate plasma lips and start selling them for money-

Actually, that was creepier than Homer Simpson suddenly becoming funny again. Ryuu hoped Darwin could do something as freaky as creating rainbow lips or something. It did not matter, for Ryuu wanted to save his second kiss.

For that one person he's been thinking about recently... or maybe her. The otaku felt confused on who he wanted to save his lip's healthiness for, but then again, he was way more focused on getting over this particular round of King's Game than the one he had with Carmen. He would break fate, even if that meant killing himself! (Of course he wouldn't kill himself)

Suddenly, Darwin as still as a statue covered in rainbows. All of his facial features that were normally always beaming, had frozen like his big smile and mad blazing eyes.

How was he supposed to kiss his BFFF in the world....in front of everyone. It'd be like killing a pupppy in front of a whole crowd of your besties that probably loved that puppy, maybe the puppy was called Baxter...that was a cool name. He looked Ryuu in the eye, not his first kiss...he was gonna save that for somebody really nice...and a girl as well, not the most masculine guy he knew...

With his frozen features, he turned to Drow and Mercy....he'd have to picture Ryuu was one of them. And now his lips were covered in plasma, fine. To Darwin that wasn't strange at all. He stepped forward and tilted his head, showing his pain only to Ryuu. he couldn't do some sort of awesome lip thing...could he? He shrugged and let out a nearly inaudible sigh. "Lets do this then...."

- Mercy -

Mercy had found Ryuu's reaction to be very amusing though she had been able to maintain her composure unlike the rest she hid her smile behind her hand. Upon receiving her new number she waited to hear the results of the next round, smiling as Nikola announced the numbers for Margaret, it was good to see her out here mingling...though she wondered when Nikola would be able to upgrade her completely, Mercy hadn't offered the scientist the aid of her own engineering skills for fear of offending the gentleman. I could probably ask Tak- The thought caused a sting of pain to constrict her chest, she hastily retreated from it shifting uncomfortably in her chair her eyes lifted to the nearest exit. She was about to excuse herself when she heard a familiar voice say her name, she turned to look at Darwin noting his bright smile she reflexively returned it. "Yes Darwin?" She smiled warmly at him, she couldn't allow her melancholy to effect her in the unicorns presence, he practically emitted happiness in waves.

She raised an eyebrow at his question however, her smile giving way to a small chuckle. If she didn't know any better she'd have thought that Darwin had just asked her out on a date...she pushed the thought aside. The likeliness of that happening was surely slim, she was reading to much into this. "Not the right one" She grinned at him, a certain amount of relief flooding through her as he mentioned he had removed the cyanide from the cupboards that was good she wasn't sure her body could take another dose of the stuff. "Dinner sounds wonderful, especially if you're making it" She agreed with a playful wink. "Who else is coming?" She asked having mistaken his invite as a general one, not on purpose mind you.

Before the unicorn could answer it looked like he had been picked for the next dare, Mercy held an amused look on her face as she realized he would have to kiss Ryuu. It was kind of sweet...after all Darwin had told her before Ryuu was his BFFF...though she couldn't for the life of her remember what that stood for...

-Little Feather -

Little Feather glanced at Leroy as he repeated a familiar name, her gaze still holding unjust suspicion...perhaps less unjust when settled on him. How did he...did I? She pushed the thought aside, that name had no place in this conversation she couldn’t help but feel silly for bringing it up in the first place. She fidgeted restlessly beside Leroy, having dropped her gaze as she listened to his answer to her question. Her increased paranoia caused her to glance around at the people currently sat around them, they were all ‘suspicious’ people really weren’t they? What did they already know about her? How could they use it against her? She glanced sideways at the artist beside her, jittering so much her leg started to bounce gently again. He could be lying as well you know...trying to set you up with false information Unbeknownst to Leroy at this moment, Little Feather was probably one of the most susceptible person to his ability here...although she hadn’t reacted in the same way as Zivon or as fast to Leroy’s abilities. She was impressionable enough without them having lost connection with the person she had been many centuries ago, she only had essential stings of personality implanted in her by the elders to keep her on the straight and narrow, in reality she was as good as a blank canvas.

“You shouldn’t...?” She repeated, running the idiom over in her head, of course she believed him without a shadow of a doubt, he was quite clearly far wiser in the ways of this world. She knew very little outside of the spirit world and her people’s way of life, the latter was still a little fuzzy however. A hedge between keeps friendship green...what’s a hedge? She thought to herself, dropping her hand from her hair drumming her fingertips against the arm of her chair. She was ignoring the voice at the back of her mind that suspected Leroy of feeding her false information, although it was there and desperate to be heard she was still able to push it aside. She nodded her head at the artist as he indicated the two red haired students, having given him their names already.

She turned her head to look at the new king as the next round came about, she tried to stay focused on the girl raising an eyebrow and narrowing her eyes at the man that approached and...did something to her. Little Feather was about as familiar with AI’s, computers or robots in general as Sacagawea was with Ice Cream...non-existent knowledge. Before she could query Leroy on it however she heard him announce he was one of the numbers before getting up and moving over to another guy. Little Feather wriggled impatiently in her chair, by now her interest in this game was dwindling she was so full of energy right now, she literally wanted to run in every direction all at once releasing all of her pent up excitement in one fell swoop. I should find Lion! We had planned to go exploring...we should do it Her suspicious eyes shifted to the door, her sense of responsibility was the only thing keeping her sat in her chair. She completely missed the next round, having angled her body towards the door she had retreated into her thoughts, resting her elbow on her chair she ran her finger across her bottom lip thoughtfully. Where is Lion anyway? He wouldn’t have left already would he...without me?

Drow

She was still lookig at Darwin from the hit from just now and he suddenly turned around and looked at her. Drow immediatly blushed and looked down but he wasn't saying anything bad so she looked back up and gave a nod as he asked if she enjoyed the game. She wasn't much of a talked so she noded again when he sayed something to her. He grabbed some of his skittles out of nowhere and Drow raised her hand to the bag of skittles. He dropped a whole bunch of them on her hand it looked just like a little rainbow erupting from the bag onto her hand. It made her somewhat happy to see something like this even tough she found it kind of weird to be happy about getting food from someone "Thank you....".Darwin rushed his head towards the other girl sitting next to him Drow leaned back a bit to see how the other person looked and concentrated on the game again looking onto her paper to see her number. She wasn't the person who needed to kiss another she might even hurt someone if she did need to do the kiss. Darwin next to her raised up he must have been the person who had bad luck today. It was funny to see that he needed to kiss his best mate Ryuu. She let out a small girlish giggle and gave a little wave as Darwin looked back one more time. She ate one of the skittles she got from Darwin it had a weird funny taste she wasn't into candy much but enjoyed the stuff just a little. It wouldnt be smart to eat all of them or she'll get a tummy ache from this stuff. She looked at the girl again who could be seen clearly now since Darwin left and handed out her hand full of skittles.

Liam

The round after wasn't anything special just a little hug for warmth it was something Liam could use but she still dind't get a turn. She turned around to Dani "Dinner sounds great" she smiled happily at him and looked back at the game while getting a new paper. The cheeky cat was the king now he would do something funny "O a kiss now its getting intresting" she looked around to see who had those numbers and suprisingly it was Ryuu and Darwin the best thing you could have got out of this order from the king. She tumbed at Seven and got out her smartphone as she placed a dirty smirk on her face. They already started running towards each other "To fast" she couldn't take the picture from the angle she was sitting on and dashed towards the side of them to get a perfect shot. Her pigtails followed behind her waving around in the wind. She readied the phone to take a picture and waited for the perfect timing to make a picture of them.

- Matt -
Matt locked eyes with Lily, who waved and mouthed a "Hello!". Matt smiled and waved back.
How come I couldn't hug Lily instead? That would have actually made this worth it. Matt thought, turning his eyes back towards the game. Suddenly, he felt his cheeks heat up.
Come on, don't be ridiculous! Matt thought, frowning. Get your thoughts together, focus.

He had been so busy thinking to himself, he had missed the command. Apparently Darwin and Ryuu were supposed to do something. He didn't really know Ryuu that well, he had just seen him around.

Ryuu's lips began to look all shiny and off color.
What is that? Matt wondered. He squinted to see if he could make it out, but it seemed to be just some sort of energy field. Who knows, maybe it actually was and energy field.

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- Dani -
Dani smiled back, then turned back to the game. A kiss? So somebody actually decided to make play this game like an ordinary high school student would?
When Dani found out who was kissing he gasped and covered his mouth so nobody could see him grinning. Kissing someone of your own gender was a whole lot more awkward then kissing someone of the opposite.

Dani jumped when Liam suddenly pulled out her phone and rushed off, her pig tails flying behind her like a cape.
"Liam?" he asked, confused, then Liam stopped and pointed her phone at the two. She was going to take a picture of them kissing? Dani tried, and failed, to not grin when he realized what she was doing. What a jerk!

Carmen

"When on the topic of fashion, the conversation always eventually leads to shoes," Carmen replied to Lily with a chuckle. "It's science!" she sang with a dramatic flip of the hair. "One day I'll get you to go shoe shopping with me...and dress shopping and jewelry shopping and...oh, it'll be the most fabulous trip ever!"

Carmen was certainly enjoying herself, but was about to enjoy herself even more.

Ryuu had to kiss Darwin.

She contained herself at first, but as the two were preparing for the...ahem...engagement, she took the opportunity to cat call at Ryuu, deeming him a suitable target due to his reaction to his round with her earlier. "Have fun Ryuu!" she called out as innocent-sounding of a voice as possible, giggling to herself and Lily as she waited for the fireworks (and considering Ryuu currently had plasma lips, fireworks were a very real possibility).

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- Maria -

She smirked, watching the scene unfold. Honestly, the poor guy. That Ryuu kid never got a break. She chuckled to herself with a soft smile and turned to sit by herself, simply watching. She would have sat with someone, but for some reason she suddenly felt like being alone. The game would finish soon and then she'd fly back to the school and check on things, return to her room to sleep.

She tried to keep a bright smile on her face, but if one knew her well enough, as Brako did, they'd know it was fake. She was thinking about him again, drifting away to a far away land. She wasn't even aware of what was going on anymore, merely a blank shell of a woman. Still, she was a lot better off than she had been before. So much so, it scared her. What if she went back to that life? Here she could at least pretend to be happy while doing something she felt was worth while. At least she wasn't wasting away in her childhood room, waiting for Daddy to need her again.

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- Xanthus -

His head perked up when he heard Ryuu again and noticed his friend from before Darwin as well. They had to kiss? That... was unfortunate. A small smile appeared on Xanthus' face and a brow lifted. A face that almost read, 'Man, I feel sorry for that guy. Glad I'm not him.' But really. Xanthus was glad he, so far, hadn't been called for anything. He didn't really want to be called out to the spotlight right this moment. He needed this to end so that he could go talk to Lily.

Time was ticking by...

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- Lily -

She smiled at Carmen. "I'm looking forward to it." She replied, smiling to herself. She turned and looked down at the table, almost too happy for words. She didn't really even care about what was going on at this moment. Well, until she heard something start. She looked up to see Ryuu and Darwin in an awkward position.

That's... interesting.

She chuckled to herself and then eyed Carmen. What would she have done if that had happened to them? Wait... Why was she thinking about that?! Suddenly, her face went red and her head was on the table, trying desperately to hide it.

You can't see me...

You can't see me...

You can't see me...

You can't see me...

~ Yevon ~

Yevon rolled around the vast fields of snow, tumbling...

...and tumbling...

...and tumbling.

He personally felt like he was having lots of fun rolling around like a boulder chasing Indiana Jones, yet his face begged to differ. Yevon always had the problem of being unable to show what was in his mind clearly- crystal clearly. He always felt like letting everything go because the storm always raged on in this little dreamworld of his.

The cold never bothered him anyway.

Now, during his Rolling Start, he flew across Daytona USA and saw a red-haired girl apparently confessing to some other red-haired dude. They were giants sitting by several mountains, going all red over... pointing at each other or something.

Then he proceeded to watch this one dude with sunglasses roll across pine trees nearby by him, decimating thousands of wildlife environments instantly. Yevon lol'd by literally saying "lol."

Some guys got really intimate with each other and decided to hug each other with faces screaming "this is so hot." In fact, they-

Leroy and Matt looked completely uninterested with the hug they gave each other. Yevon just liked to see it optimistically. Sort of.

Then a dude turned into a shining lipstick and stood still for a kiss with a colorful-haired dude.

Yevon woke up.

His eyes blinking ferociously like a sloth's, he decided to remain silent and not mention how long he had been sleeping. Then again, they might have been chill with him sleeping the entire time.

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~ Nike ~

Nike stared at everyone as fast as he could, constantly repeating this process until he lost interest in staring. The game was... so to speak, peculiar, but it was a little too slow for his tastes. Not that he really cared- it was better than holding serious stuff! The last thing the running man needed was a time to get all grumpy about students causing problems and destroying the school.

Again.

Nike genuinely wondered how an academy could get destroyed so quickly within such a fast time limit... It deserved to belong to the Guiness World Records! He didn't even have the chance to take a quick tour at his new academy thanks to the destruction that apparently occurred. He still had to give credit to how quickly the academy was obliterated, though.

Fast. This academy was pretty fast. He liked that, so far! Nike made a dumb grin at himself before tapping on the table quietly and repeatedly at the speed of a fast typewriter's.