Game 2, Day 3

[kentucky_mcgiygas]

[ Did everybody sleep well? At promptly 6 AM, or at least what the tablets proclaim to be 6 AM, Ronald bursts in with the morning announcements. ]

Good morning, kids! Today we have a fantastic new game for you to play, and we think you'll have a lot of fun! It's fun, it's a classic, iiiiiiiiit's



[ The feed switches off, but only for a second before flicking back on so Ronald can add: ]

Oh, by the way, Seven died trying to escape.

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[golden_dream]

Hahahaha...

[considering.]

Gold.

[keybroad]

Oh... [looking at her own bracelets] Is that why you like me? I feel objectified... [She's queening it up]

[golden_dream]

Those are all real, then?

...Actually, here's a real question. Were you on your way to a belly-dancing class when you arrived here?

[keybroad]

Uhhhhhhhhhh....

[She looks extremely uncomfortable with this question. ]

I was on my way home from a belly dancing class. Then June was there by the entrance and I had to go with her - there was this whole family emergency of hers, I won't get into it without her around. One thing led to another. Then Clover was driving us home in the morning, and then I was here.

[golden_dream]

... [THAT WAS MORE REACTION than Rosa was looking for and she regrets it]

S-sorry. I just... well, you have to admit, it's a very adventurous outfit, Lotus-san.

[keybroad]

It is, isn't it?

[She strikes a couple of poses like "pow hip one, power hip two", but her heart is not in it, she is doing it pretty slow due to still seeming sad.]

Kyrie said you were a fashion designer... do you have an opinion about what I'd look best in?

[golden_dream]

...Ah. Yeah, I guess I am.

[slight pause]

You'd look great in anything.

[keybroad]

Thank... you...

[It seems like she doesn't get that as often as you would think.]

Uh, d-dare?

[golden_dream]

Oh, a dare? Hm... Something easy, or ten-points?

[keybroad]

[Thin smile. Her eyes are red. Six was too early to wake up for this.]

I haven't gotten ten points all day.

[golden_dream]

[nods, pausing to give it some thought...]

Oh, I know.

You must join me in a toast at the bar.

For the toast, I will have wine... and you will have a glass of ketchup, which you must drink down all at once.

[keybroad]

[Eyes nervously twitching]

A... shot glass?

[golden_dream]

I was thinking more of a champagne glass, if we could find it.

[keybroad]

That suits your aesthetic, doesn't it. Well, I think I saw one.

[Off they go towards the bar]

[golden_dream]

[follows!]

[they'll probably have to swing by the kitchen too]

[keybroad]

[At the bar now, Lotus is going through the cabinet for the champagne glasses.]

[golden_dream]

[considering the ketchup]

I hope the ketchup isn't too much...

My sister did something like this with me once. She told me that if I ate enough wasabi in one bite, it would give me super-powers.

[keybroad]

[Slightly concerned stare]

Well... you have the super power of, uhh, being friendly to people even after that happened.

[Waves A hand]

I've chugged Tabasco sauce before, I'll li--likely be fine.

[golden_dream]

Tabasco? What for? Not for your health, I hope.

[keybroad]

I definitely take care of that other ways, don't worry. It was just messing around. A one-time thing.

[golden_dream]

There must be more to it than that.

[keybroad]

If it's not a "truth", I don't have to tell you~

[golden_dream]

Oh, I'll have to save it for the next round.

[they probably have their glasses set up by then]

What shall we toast to?

[keybroad]

Ah... the unstained, sparkling, toothy smiles of our children.

[Clink go the glasses.] Kampai~ [And then down the hatch. Lotus maintains a shaky smile, even as the red stain suffuses the surface of her teeth, during the first swallow. There! She did it! She swallows shakily and stares down into the glass. Now. She just... has to do this a second time. And a third time. Those times will come shortly. Any second now.]

[golden_dream]

[sips... this wine sure is delicious]

[surely much better than raw, freshly-squeezed ketchup]