[OPEN] TRUTH OR DARE PARTY AIN'T LIKE ANY OTHER PARTY

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WHO: Sarona and everyone else. It's a free for all.
WHERE: Floor Lounge of Aube Dorm
WHEN: Late Night January 18th
WHAT: LATE NIGHT GAME PARTY. TRUTH OR DARE OR TRIPLE DOG STARE.
WARNINGS: HIJINKS. Language, kids doing stupid things for fun, possible light age-appropriate sexual content, but it should be warned for (keep it PG13 and below!)

Everyone should have received the mass IRIS message earlier that day:
One week down and more to go
Catch a zombie by the toe
If you're scared don't let it show
Dare to act or tell all you know

Join us for Truth or Dare in the communal lounge of Aube Floor 1.
Food and drinks will be provided, but there's always room for more.
Fun starts @ 8PM. Later you are, the harder the dares.

Anyone who decides to join in on the fun will find the communal lounge set up with couches, chairs, and tables placed around the edges, to make the center of the room open for people to move through. Subs, chips, a fruit and cheese platter, and unopened cans and bottles of soda and water on their own separate table. On another table is two unused fishbowls with strips of paper and pens next to them. On one fishbowl is written: Put name in bowl.

Sarona is going to wait until eight o'clock on the dot to start.

"So here's the rules. You ask 'Truth or Dare?' They answer 'Dare' or 'Truth.' Don't come up with anything that'll get the RAs on us, okay? You get one refusal, that's it. Otherwise you agreed to be here and you agreed to the game, don't chicken out on us."

And then she grabs the fish bowl and holds it up for everyone to see. "If you don't know who to pick when it's your turn, pick a name out of the jar. If you only call on your friends and/or enemies, you'll have to pick a name out of the jar. No breaking off into little groups. That's boring."

She sets it down and then gives a little grin, "Now let the fun begin."

{OOC: Have fun! Make your own prompts as the darer or the dared, etc, in the act of completing a dare or telling a truth, it's all good! This is a completely open log. Again, warn for any potential sexual content, violence, or disturbing content.}

Comments

[hippocarnival]

Noooo, it was a magic accident. [Yuya rakes his fingers back through this hair, his face a tint redder. Sure, he got less comments here than when he was going to a normal school, but that's only before he gets into the stupid explanation why half his hair is green.] I did it and we never got it to go back. It's growing like that!

[suddenlybees]

What color grows out if we shave it all off and start over?

[ Instead of half and half, wouldn't it be better if it were all one color? ]

[hippocarnival]

... It stays like this. [He days this with a heaviness of certainty. His poor normal mother tried a lot of things to try and fix it so kids wouldn't tease him.] No one in the coven could fix it either, so we gave up. It's just that part, too, I don't even know what I did...

[He was eight with a lot of magical power and no guidance. God only knows what he did.]

[suddenlybees]

Ahaha~ That's honestly pretty amazing!

[ It's hilarious, and embarrassing, but nevertheless amazing, in Kano's opinion. No way in hell would ever want anything like that to happen to him, but. Amazing. ]

But like I said, it makes you look bold! So it's nothing to be embarrassed of!

[hippocarnival]

... You really think so? [He lifts his head, a little surprised to hear him call it something positive and to not be embarrassed.

He smiles after a moment.] Thanks.

[suddenlybees]

Yep, that's right! And if anybody ever makes fun of you for it, just tell me! I'll tell Ellie, and she'll shank 'em.

[ They've got an agreement going on in the background. Stabbings with no questions asked. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya holds his hands up.] Uh--I appreciate the offer, but I don't want anyone getting in trouble over me!

[He smiles genuinely, though.] But... I'm glad you think it's nice. It's my turn to ask you, right? Truth or dare?

[suddenlybees]

Keep it in mind, alright?

[ It's an open offer to Yuya, for taking this whole thing the way that he does: with a smile, even though Kano never said anything about his hair being nice... it's a mess, honestly, but it makes Yuya stand out and his personality is bright and open enough to match, so it's a good thing. ]

Ask me another truth~ I'll keep at it until you can do it right!

[hippocarnival]

[Good, nice, compliments are all the same to Yuya. He's a happy idiot.

Yuya nods, brow furrowing thoughtfully as he tries to think really carefully on how to phrase himself now that the blood isn't rushing in his head.]

Was... Ellie an accomplice in your cricket scheme, which resulted in releasing them in the dorm?

[suddenlybees]

Hm.........

[ The way Yuya asks is hard to answer. Was Ellie an accomplice... She'd brought it up, but Kano was the one who'd placed the order. On the other hand, she was the one who knifed the box and released the crickets- thought it could have easily have been Kano, if Ellie were carrying the box and lent him his knife. On the other other hand, parts of it was a mistake, and his "scheme" hadn't panned out how he'd originally intended, and does it count as an accomplice if you don't really know what you're getting into? Sounds like bad luck, really. ]

Define accomplice.

[hippocarnival]

Like she was helping with what you originally bought the crickets for. [Since there would have been no accidental cricket plague without purchasing crickets for consumption, is his line of thinking.]

[suddenlybees]

Then, nope~ What I originally bought the crickets for never happened, in the end~

[ Whew! Looks like he didn't have to sell Ellie out after all! ]

[hippocarnival]

[They were really gross by the time they... tried... and probably weren't sanitary to eat after being smacked around the first floor. So he supposes she was also just trying to help wrangle them in.

Yuya nods.] Maybe you should buy frozen crickets to eat next time. Mm, I pick dare this time!

[suddenlybees]

[ Sanitation never stopped the two of them from sticking squashed crickets inside crepes, but it's true that the original plan wouldn't have cared whether the crickets were frozen or squashed or dead to begin with. But buying a box of live crickets just isn't as exciting of ordering live animals off the internet.

Apparently Yuya has to die later, so he gets to die now. ]

I dare you to hold your breath for five minutes.

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya is innocent and didn't know Kano and Toki were developing a grudge.]

Uh--[Yuya's no science expert but he's done a lot of swimming and he's pretty sure five minutes is physically impossible?] What if I can't?

[suddenlybees]

[ then perish ]

Haha, come on, I believe in you! Don't give up so easily, Yuya!! When faced with something seemingly impossible, you just gotta think your way around it, don't you? Go on, go on, think about the dare for a bit~ You'll find a way!

[ It's not impossible. ]

[hippocarnival]

I guess... [Yuya hesitates, before sitting up straighter and taking the biggest breath he can before holding it.

He manages close to a minute before he coughs for air. The second attempt is closer to 40 seconds. The third, a minute.

But on his own, he's definitely not going to get close five minutes in one sitting.]

[suddenlybees]

[ Kano waits patiently for Yuya to try again and again, offering no help or further suggestion than what he'd already given him. STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT, YUYA. This doesn't look to him like thinking. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya barely has two brain cells to rub together.

But he stops, resting his cheek on his hand and staring dully at Kano for a minute.]

... I don't have to do it all at once, do I?

[suddenlybees]

Ding ding ding~! You got it! But I'm happy to see that you put in the effort- that says a lot about you!

[ Whether that's good things or bad things... either way, it says a lot. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Dull staring. And then Yuya blinks rapidly and perks up!] Wait, I don't have to do it all at once!

[He's straightforward more than literal, but now that the reality of the task is in a different light he's more energized.] Okay that was halfway, right?

[suddenlybees]

Yep, yep~ Two and a half minutes to go~ You can do it!!

[ He claps for him, cheering on in this task that doesn't require any cheering, but. It never hurts. ]

[hippocarnival]

Okay, I've got it this time! [He sucks in a large breath and goss again.

It takes four more attempts, with Yuya being more careful with timing himself, to complete the other two and a half minutes. The constant succession of not breathing leaves him just a little light headed, but he grins triumphantly when it's done.] Ta-da!

[suddenlybees]

[ There's more clapping on Kano's part, complete with a fist in the air and a ] Whoo~!! Amazing performance!! [ once Yuya completes the task. ]

See, that's what I like about you! The effort you put into everything~ Instead of just sitting here and breathing normally for ten minutes, to make up the last two~ How efficient!

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya laughs, rubbing the back of his neck.] I think some of the teachers would argue I don't put it into everything...

[His grades, slipping away...] But if you're going to ask me to do something, even for a game, I should try my best, right?