everybody, put your hands up; yes, flying – imagine it like that!

[shuttermouse]

[ You know what this murderschool needs? Party games. She talked about it with Tarrlok during the afterparty and today's the day she's going to host a game of truth or dare. After that unpleasant little motive, she's sure a lot of people are going to appreciate a distraction. She's a little too old for this, but watching each other perform stupid dares should be entertaining.

So during the day, she writes a bunch of notes and slides them under everyone's doors. One also goes up on the fridge. ]

Are you looking for a distraction after yesterday's incentive? Are you just bored?
Come to the dining hall at 6 pm today!
There will be food and we'll be playing truth or dare!
- Chie Hori

[ As promised, there's food! The main attraction here is the build-your-own-parfait bar, but there's a nice assortment of other things too - yakitori made by Kyrie, Fern's mac and cheese, Sayaka's curry, plus a tea/coffee bar courtesy of Weiss. There's also a few bottles of booze Chie grabbed from the bar. Drink responsibly, please.

Have fun playing truth or dare, everyone! Remember, you can refuse a truth or a dare if you want to, but then you'll have to drink one of the shots of hot sauce Chie has prepared. Unless you're being asked to reveal what's in your envelope, then you can refuse without punishment. ]

Comments

[ninehundredlives]

I guess that's about how I feel.

[But she looks thoughtful, drumming her fingers on the table and watching a few people in the game.]

Part of me would rather choose how it's told, if it has to be. But...it's harder to actually do it. Who knows - maybe I'm the one someone will decide to kill over it, and I'll have done all that for nothing.

[evilfrenzy]

[The way Susan voices these things is honestly refreshing.]

Yep. May as well save your breath and think up of a decent explanation for it in the meantime, in the event that you're alive to deal with the fallout. I imagine we're all going to have explaining to do.

[They can't say "it's none of your business" when the information revealed is no doubt going to be...bad. Like, really bad.]

[ninehundredlives]

[....really. She casts him a quick side-long glance. Sounds like his secret is of a different sort.]

Yeah. I guess so. That should be a fun group meeting.

[evilfrenzy]

[Oh, is it ever.]

Easily the most downer meeting we'll have had yet. Not sure if any others will top it either.

[...but, ugh. He's not exactly in the biggest mood to talk about the secrets right now. After a sip of his drink, he looks to Susan with a small smirk.]

So. Are you actually up for this, or are you simply chaperoning today?

[A slight jab. He saw Susan's notice in the bar, and with the presence of alcohol at this gathering...]

[ninehundredlives]

I'm not really up for this. [Gesturing at Truth or Dare in general] But I think I'd feel silly if I were the only person who didn't show up. It's not like there's much else to do.

[evilfrenzy]

Well, points for making the effort at least.

[Susan doesn't strike him as the Truth or Dare fan anyway.]

I don't mind just shooting the breeze either. An extension of Aligula's gathering, only without the stupid speed dating questions.

[ninehundredlives]

God, those were awful. I’d say she meant well, but I’m not really sure that’s true.

[evilfrenzy]

[Pfft.]

Oh, she didn't. She even made one that was specifically to spite me, to provide further evidence.

[ninehundredlives]

Oh, yeah? Which one was it?

[evilfrenzy]

The angular one, apparently. I have no idea what she means when she claims that I'm angular, but she definitely means it as an insult.

[He seems only mildly salty about it, if only because it's kind of confusing too.]

[ninehundredlives]

Huh. That's a weird thing to insult somebody over. [She considers him for a second.] I've seen more angular people anyway.

[evilfrenzy]

[Okay, he can't help but snort a little.]

Oh, thanks. I feel so much better now.

[He shakes his head.]

But yes, I find it ridiculous myself. Whatever though, it's not like I'm going to get that mad over her terrible taste.

[ninehundredlives]

It'd be much worse if she liked you, don't you think? [Aligula with a crush. God forbid.]

[evilfrenzy]

[...Susan gets this face for even suggesting that.]

That goes without saying.

[ninehundredlives]

You could be getting love letters all the time. And her following you around everywhere.

[evilfrenzy]

Oh, dear. [He ramps up his tone of disgust for dramatic effect.] This is simply too much. None of my actual fans are even that bad.

[ninehundredlives]

You have fans?

[evilfrenzy]

You ask that like it's some kind of surprise.

[He's maybe a little offended?!]

I work for the biggest corporation in my world, and I have received a fair amount of notability for my contributions to the medical field. I've garnered a bit of a fanbase from it.

[ninehundredlives]

I literally couldn't tell you a single person who works in my world's biggest corporation? I don't even really know what it is. Maybe Google...

[evilfrenzy]

[The hell is a Google.]

Hah. Well, Spirius plays a central role in the lives of all Elympions. Pretty much all of Elympios' technological innovations come from there. So it receives quite a bit of press, as you can imagine.

[ninehundredlives]

I guess. I don't really pay a lot of attention to new technology, myself. Probably couldn't afford most of it, anyway.

[evilfrenzy]

[That gives Rideaux some pause for whatever reason.]

Well. You must have at least been in the know of advancements in medical technology?

[ninehundredlives]

A bit, yeah. Not as much as when I was still working.

[evilfrenzy]

Understandable.

[There wouldn't be much reason to after that...]

It's like that, though. We have a lot of the public eye on us since we handle the majority of technological innovations.

[ninehundredlives]

I guess that makes sense. It's hard for me to imagine everything coming from just one company. Usually they at least pretend like they haven't got a monopoly on everything.