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[ashioki]

( june intro • toplevel )

getou.

[ashioki]

[ well, since they're agreeing to start from square one, he'll start off pretty mild. ]

pick someone and use a line that's worked on you in the past.

[gurge]

A line has never worked on me before, sorry. ╮(￣ω￣;\\)╭
I'm not sure if you're new to playing games like this or just new to talking to people in general, but you should just assume I've lived a very different life from you.

[ashioki]

[ instantly humbled?! while true, it drastically limits what he can feasible ask then, doesn't it?? ]

alright then just pick a line and use it i don't care

[gurge]

...
You know what you'd look beautiful in?

[ congrats, he picked you. ]

vanitas.

[ashioki]

[ one of them is worried about oversharing, and the other one's worried he's overstepped. there's something kind of funny about that, if you don't happen to be involved in it at all. ]

well
if you can appreciate it, you can deal with it
it's not my intention to go around making anybody uncomfortable
especially in a place like this
but i don't go out of my way to be an asshole if i can help it
so you're just gonna have to put up with my kindness if we're gonna keep interacting

don't worry though
i don't think i'm all that kind anyway

[ but. enough of that. there's a game to be played, right? ]

truth or dare?

[maladie]

[Vanitas doesn't know how to handle being treated kindly. He's far too used to the opposite. But there's a genuine vibe that Oushi has that he finds himself enjoying deep, deep, deep down. Maybe he's a little nervous to admit something like that openly.]

Fine.
Do what you want.

I choose dare.

[ashioki]

[ things got a little too heavy right off the bat, so oushi actually takes the time to try and think of a dare that would help lighten things up a little. not in any hopes of sweeping any of this under the rug or anything, but just because he thinks they might both benefit from a little reprieve here. ]

suck on a lemon and send someone a picture of the face you make right after

[maladie]

[The distraction is welcome and effective.

He doesn't have any lemons, but that's at least something he can get his hands on relatively quickly. But in the meanwhile.]

I'll go get the lemon, but while I take care of that: Truth or dare?

mayou.

[ashioki]

[ don't ask him to explain it, but somehow being forced to spill his guts over the internet feels a hell of a lot better than being forced to do something weird with or to a person....... no, he doesn't really care about being perceived. ]

i don't lick the cheeto dust off my fingers until the very end
when it's all caked up and my fingers look radioactive once i'm done

[ does it count as embarrassing if he's not all that embarrassed about it? he was told by izumi it was pretty gross a fair few times, so he feels like this counts... ]

truth or dare

[calmomile]

you're that kind of guy........
you know
that does explain a lot.

[ mayou what does that even MEAN ]

truth
so i can get down on your level

[ashioki]

[ no literally what does that mean..... if anything, oushi is the most guy ever. just a dude. ]

what's the pettiest thing you've ever done to someone?

[calmomile]

[ Radioactive cheeto fingers is 100% the dudest thing to admit to smh ]

hmmmmmmmmmmm

probably that time i made it rain on someone's outdoor wedding

yosuke.

[ashioki]

[ okay so at first oushi was going to refuse. there was no way in hell he was going to type out anything about yuki, especially in a place like this—

but then he rereads the prompt and he realizes there's actually a loophole to be found here. the guy explicitly states his "favorite person." and favor can take on so many different meanings, actually. ]

my favorite person is my sister

[ let's just get that out of the way before yosuke even gets a chance to misunderstand and be weird about this!! ]

she's been living away from home for a couple of years now
so i don't really care about the time and place or even what we do
it'd just be nice to have her around again for longer than a week at a time

truth or dare

[susano_oh]

[ of every answer yosuke anticipated, none involved a sister. that gives him pause. ]

older sister?

[ the answer reminds him so much of someone... though neither of them are seeing his sister again. but what are the odds this guy's attitude would be the same as that kid's? they're similar right down to the way they talk!

and they're both hostile!

... dammit. truth or dare is the worst time to get soft on someone. ]

this TOTALLY counts as skimping on details but i'll accept it
i hope u get to see her again
and u kno hang out. a lot
not here tho. see y details r important!

truth seems fair

[ and dare might land him in a situation he can't uno reverse out of... ]

[ashioki]

it's not skimping if there's no details to give

[ so there!

and, obviously, he's not going to acknowledge anything else the guy says. he misses his sister a lot, but it had been much worse at the other place... deprived as this hotel seems to be, it's not nearly as terrifying, so he's counting himself lucky. and the ache of not having the one person who had always seemed so strong and unflappable being around isn't quite as large. ]

tell me the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you
here
and don't forget not to skimp on the details :)

sylus.

[ashioki]

[ how is it that this guy always seems to know how to get under his skin so easily? ]

everything
anything
if a single drop of rain is enough to make her think about him then i'd hate water for the rest of my life

[crowjobs]

( lmao??????? well this was more than he thought he'd get. )

So, there is a her.

[ashioki]

[ literally effortless. ]

was.

natori.

[ashioki]

are you saying your talent wouldn't be enough to get you through that? guy celebrities tend to get away with a lot more stuff anyway

[paperpusher]

Haha, nice try. More like why should I bother risking it for something that can be handled with a little extra makeup? Plus no recovery time-- I'm not really the sort of person who can afford to spend a lot of time laid up in the hospital.

[ashioki]

time's all we got here, apparently
but i get not wanting to go under the knife if you don't have to
pretty sure your "bags" are barely even purses compared to the average person

is it my turn? i'll go with truth

ryuji.

[ashioki]

[ the aforementioned watch-hand gets stuffed deep into a pants pocket, like he's putting the damn thing on time out or something, before oushi even glances up in notice of the other. though, as soon as he does, there appears a smattering of tiny hearts materialize over oushi's cheeks and the bridge of his nose, giving the odd impression of valentine's-themed freckles. fortunately, for the moment, oushi seems none the wiser about it. ]

Huh?

[ it takes him a second to take notice of the box in the other's hand, but once he does, confusion gradually melts away into realization. ]

Oh. A dare, huh?

[ given the timing and everything... as far as oushi's concerned, there'd be no other reason for it. ]

[boneface]

[ Oh....... oh that's really cute. The tiny hearts are so cute. Ryuji is left stunned for a moment before he blurts out — ]

Damn, you're really cute.

[ Maybe he should've thought twice before asking Oushi to be his pocky partner? Now he feels a little embarrassed. ]

Y-Yeah, a dare. I gotta play the pocky game with someone. But I can find someone else if you're not into me — uh. I mean it. The game.

[ashioki]

[ what the hell. it's not like oushi's never met someone who had less of a filter than he did, but it's definitely not a common occurrence that said candor ever resulted in having a compliment thrown his way right off the bat.

(besides. him? cute? sure, he doesn't think he's ugly or anything, but he's nothing remarkable either.)

great. now they're both flustered. ryuji seems to recover quickly enough, which emboldens oushi to do the same lest he get written off as some kind of chump. he clears his throat, tries to ignore the way heat crawls up his neck (making those tiny hearts on his cheeks — glow?) and soldiers on. ]

S'fine. It's just a game, right? [ he's played it before plenty of times. it's fine! ] How many rounds do you wanna go?