Truth or Dare: Nexus Edition

[the_rebel_son]

Lucifer isn't quite sure how this madness started. The angels had opened up the council chamber for visitors and of course Beelzebub had started them drinking, then they got rowdy and people started joining them. Who had brought up the idea of Truth or Dare was unknown but it rippled through the amassing group to a uniform good idea, despite the objective nature of it being a disaster.

Then there was some vote that Lucifer missed where Galahad, Prometheus, and Belial were made judges to keep things in line. That might have been the most reasonable and sane thing since this conversation started. Chairs were rearranged to a big circle.. and all the chairs from the villa had been taken. It was crowded, specially when they decided the judges should have chaises to lounge on. This was some true ancient Greek style madness with the drinking and the topics that were sure to come up. Still, it was all fun and games, right?


Rules of the Road:
1. Top level with your character.
2. Note if you are opting this in as canon for Nexus. This may be done in top level or in individual responses (If there is any questions about this please seek out players OOC.. Discord, PM in Dw etc)
3. A character may only ask truth or dare of the same character once.
4. However, a character may ask as many different characters as they please.
5. Characters may ask questions without doing a top level. However the 1 per the same character applies
6. If your character is crossing threads for a dare, please link back to the original comment where the dare was issued.
7. When in doubt ask?

Comments

Probably Opt-in for her, unless otherwise stated.

[vliste_staba]

Deet is 99% sure Thnisko isn't going to be involved in this. There is too much noise going on. But most of his family is here and she has yet to see any indication they're not her friends, too (obviously not as close friends as Thnisko is, but still!), and anyway it'd be good to get to know everyone better, so this is definitely a great idea!

[skeksisheretic]

"Deet!" skekGra gets himself mostly under control, urGoh at his side. The Heretic approaches his Gelfling friend, a smile on his toothy beak. He's pleased to see her here. There's a good mix of familiar faces and strangers. More people to meet! He should attend these get-togethers more often.

"Truth or dare?" At least that's how he thinks the rules go.

[vliste_staba]

Deet grins, as happy to see them as they appear to be to see her. She reaches over to pat SkekGra's arm as a hello and gives UrGoh a gentle nose-boop, in high spirits. "Yes! Hello!"

She's excited. It takes her a minute to decide if she wants Truth or Dare, though, swinging her feet in her chair and frowning. "I think...Dare, please."

[skeksisheretic]

"Hello, Deet! I dare you..." skekGra thinks for a while, scratching the nail in his head with a claw. He doesn't want to embarrass Deet too badly, but he wants to give her something. "...to kiss urGoh on the snout."

The Mystic looks startled, but shuffles forward. He smiles slightly, in his slow urRu way. He's enjoying the game, too.

[vliste_staba]

Honestly, she trusts them not to ask her to do anything humiliating. Her standards are pretty relaxed, though; she feels she's among friends.

She blinks at the dare, then giggles. "I thought that was your job," she tells skekGra, but there's no shyness when urGoh comes forward.

"It's all right with you?" She double checks with the Mystic, but the smile seems to indicate he doesn't mind, so she rises up on her knees in the chair she's in and leans over to kiss the top of his snout. It's not unlike kissing one of her fathers on the cheek, except that urGoh smells much more strongly of urdrupe berries.

"Do I get to ask you now?" She smiles at SkekGra. "That's how it works, isn't it?"

[skeksisheretic]

"Yes! That's how the game goes. It's your turn to ask me Truth or Dare."

Judging from the way urGoh is smiling, he liked the kiss. He shuffles back to let skekGra talk to Deet. The round isn't over yet. Now it's their turn, and their trust is shared. skekGra is hard to embarrass, though.

He likes this game, he decides as he wonders what Deet will come up with. urGoh looks a little nervous, thinks the Heretic, but that's probably because the Mystic is somewhat less comfortable around crowds.

"Make...it a...good one." urGoh gives Deet a sly look. Maybe he wasn't so nervous after all.

[vliste_staba]

Giggle! "Truth or dare, then, skekGra?" She has an idea for Truth already, but Dare has so many possibilities in a room with this many people.

"But my dare was so nice, I wouldn't want to be mean to him," she tells urGoh with a wink.

[skeksisheretic]

"Hmmm! Good question!" skekGra thinks over the options. Neither one is bad, and he's curious what Deet would come up with for both. He trusts her not to ask something too probing or embarrassing.

"Truth!" He wants to try something other than Dare, and he is curious about what Deet would ask him.

[vliste_staba]

"Truth!" She's delighted by this choice. "Perfect! I want you to answer...what are your two favorite things about urGoh. Either physical features or personality, whatever you like."

"And I know you're not officially playing urGoh but if you answer about skekGra, I'll make you both some moss-cakes."

Moss-cakes: Better than they sound, she promises.

[skeksisheretic]

"My two favorite things about urGoh? Well...he put up with me for 379 trine, so clearly he's got all the patience of a Mystic. But more seriously, he was there for me when we were tortured and banished by the other Skeksis. He was my only friend...and then we became more than friends."

Since skekMal and skekSa weren't present during the Heretic's banishment, they're the only Skeksis he didn't feel betrayed him. He's got his grudges against the Hunter now, though he respected him once. Both of them shared a distaste for Castle politics and idle talk. It was saddening to realize what skekGra and his fellow Skeksis - his former friends and brothers-in-arms, some of them - had fallen to become, and how skekGra was the only one who wanted to redeem himself.

urGoh gently puts one of his arms around the Heretic to comfort him in his slow way. "I...like skekGra...for his...personality. He keeps...things interesting...for me. And for...the second...he...taught me...about change."

[thnisko]

Death was around, hanging out of the way and staying out of the games. It was the familiar presence that brought him out to blindly navigate the crowd. It wasn't easy, everything was loud but it was worth it.

Hello, Deet.

[vliste_staba]

She senses him before he gets close, rising up to stand on the seat of her chair and lean against the back, which puts her...marginally closer to his face than usual. "Hello! I wasn't sure if you'd be here since it's all very...you know."

Deet doesn't mind loud parties, per se, but they're not really her normal habitat, either.

"Are you playing?"

[thnisko]

Death cautiously approaches because if the chairs and people about. Though when he is close enough he reaches out for her hand and steps close to the chair. He's learned her size well enough to be accurate as he reaches for her.

I've been avoiding most people here. Have you played?

[vliste_staba]

She takes hold willingly, holding his hand with both of hers. "I've played a little, yes. There was a skeksis here I didn't know, and I thought it would be a good place to see if she was friendly or not. I think she's all right."

"I was thinking of asking other people but I don't want to get stepped on so I might just wait until they come close to me. Do you want to play? You can even ask me first, if you like."

[thnisko]

I can take you to others."

He considers, but if he was going to choose anyone to play this game with, Deet is the one would trust.

Truth or Dare?

[vliste_staba]

It's not so much that she's actively trying to coax Death out of his shell. Deet just wants to make sure he has the opportunity to step out of his shell if he wants to, and intends to stand right there with him the whole way.

She considers the question and concludes there wouldn't be much point in Truth. As close as they've let their minds mesh, she doesn't have many secrets from him. "Ohh...Dare, please!"

[thnisko]

Death isn't ready to socialize but he will come out to see some individuals despite crowds. Deet happens to be one of them. What to dare Deet to do? The thoughtfulness fills the thread between thier minds.

I dare you to....share a food or drink here that you've never tried with someone you haven't met yet." Death really isn't one to dare something outrageous because he wouldn't be comfortable himself with such a dare.

[vliste_staba]

She waits patiently while he thinks it over, giving a contented little hum at the pensive calm filling their mental connection. When he makes his decision, she grins. "Oh, that sounds fun! Give me just a moment, I'll go find someone."

And she will share the memory via Dreamfasting when she returns. There is, however, a slight chance she'll come back tipsy, depending what she ends up tasting.

[thnisko]

Death has moved out of the center of the room while she is away for his own comfort. He knows Deet will be able to find him wherever he is in the room.

If she does return tipsy he wouldn't be surprised. He knows his brethren from both sides, and thier near universal love if drinking. He's grateful for her willingness to share as much as he is that she is meeting others.

He pauses and then offers, despite it being a breach of the rules. You can ask me whichever you'd prefer.

Even with the dreamfasting there was a lot she didn't know, or he hadn't shared. With so many memories, even the speed telepathy allowed didn't give enough time to share even a fraction of them.