Rainy Day Blues

[Rex]

(ooc: Date is July 24th, open to anyone. Please pace this thread properly. The game is Truth or Dare. There are no rules but they must be kept at an apporpiate level no getting naked and no person can be asked twice.)


Rex was bored out of his mind, There was no way he could spend a whole day inside in the pouring rain. Wasn't this island supposed to be perfect? Didn't that mean there was no such thing as Rain? Well, clearly Aphrodite was not a weather goddess. That was one thing he got straight. What was he supposed to do? Read? That was what bookworms did. He wasn't a bookworm. He smirked as an idea came to his head. Truth or dare it was brilliant, there were tons of people here and the games could be interesting.

"EVERYONE! GET YOUR BUTTS IN HERE! We're Playing a Game!" he yelled.

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"You know there are nicer ways to get people's attention rather than breaking their eardrums?" Dawn replied coming in with a pink haired girl in a school girl uniform in tow. "You nearly made my ears bleed."

Dash Baxter came in along with her with a narrowed smirk. "You scared to loose to a real man Princess?" he asked Dawn with a smirk

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"This better be good, i was in the middle of doing something important." Duncan grumbled. Important? Nah, not really but he wasn't sure why he was here. In fact would anyone want to be in here in the first place. The black haired kid with golden eyes didn't seem to think so, in fact he looked like he was uninterested in the game.

[Rita Mordio]

One little redhead, unlike Rex, was quite content to spend the day reading. Well, researching would be the proper term. Rita had her nose deep in a book she had taken out and had a blanket wrapped around her. At that moment she was deep in her thoughts and seeming to enjoy what she was reading. It fascinated her, truthfully. Nothing like blastia research, but it was good enough for her. Just as she turned a page, someone's voice rang out. Rita cringed visibly and shut her eyes in an attempt to try and calm down. She didn't want her mood ruined.

More voices. Rita felt her body shaking just a little with annoyance. Was it so difficult to keep quiet in a library? Clearly, Rita had to make her thoughts known on the matter.

"SHUT UP!"

Rita rose to her feet and slammed her book shut, quite obviously fuming from the annoyance that had been brought about, and glared in the direction of the little group that was forming. "Is it really so hard for you all to understand the concept of being quiet in a library? SOME of us are trying to read!"

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"For heaven's sake..."

Hubert rubbed the sides of his head in an attempt to rid himself of the headache that was forming and, against his better judgment, walked toward the group that was forming. He liked to think that he was more mature than most of the other people in the mansion, but the prospect of a gathering in the library had gotten his attention. Or rather, the shouting had gotten his attention. He wanted to find out what was going on.

"Is it too much to ask for an explanation? Or shall I let you all get back to your shouting match?" there was a hint of a teasing tone in his voice, but not much of one. Hubert was keen to see if he could get something out of the little gathering.

(ooc: Bah... I'll bring in someone else in a bit. I just thought I'd have an establishing post with these two.)

[Misty]

Misty smiled as she walked in, "what's going on? some sort of game?"

She didn't mind the rain. It was a good day to train her pokemon, but she figured why not make friends instead.

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Ikuto stumbled in sleepily and gave Rex a hard stare, "What do you want? It's raining, the day is great for taking a nap and yet here you are yelling your brains out. This better be good."

Needless to say Ikuto was not happy getting woken up from his nap.

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Robin sighed as he walked into the room. He'd finally traded his uniform for jeans and a t-shirt. Looking around the room he tried to evaluate the room for what could possibly be going on.

"Um...what's going on?" he asked.

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Lucy walked in and leaned against the wall. She was sure the one that called for them would explain soon enough. There wasn't much that they could do with it raining. She glanced around the room not really recognizing anyone.

[Astrid]

Rapunzel nearly fell from her hair hammock she'd constructed between the rafters of the far corner of the library. Instead, she sat up plopping the book she was reading onto the top of the book shelf. Emerald eyes scanned for the boy who had yelled. Sliding from her hammock, golden locks following, Rapunzel weaved through the book shelves. Finally coming to the gathering. Seeking a familiar face, Rapunzel saw Rita and slyly moved toward the short haired girl. The girl wasn't as polite as Rapunzel, but Rapunzel was always curious, so interruptions were welcome. She generally enjoyed these people. They seemed nice already. Plus these people were a key to a social life. Something, previously, nonexistent for the blonde. Moving toward the group, a glance cast back at Rita as if asking her to follow. Rapunzel rounded up her hair and plopped down.

"What's going on? What kinda game? Is it fun?" She was chock full of questions of course.

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Astrid closed her eyes as she heard the shout. She'd been standing in the front of the mansion, slightly under the cover of the patio covering. Blue eyes gazing out in the rain. It reminded her of home. Sure Berk's weather was something most did not look forward too. Sometimes she herself hated the constant rain and snow. But she'd been away from home for sometime. She'd never admit to being home sick. Of course not. That would label her as weak... or at least it would in her mind. Berk wasn't as action packed as it had been... but Berk had home, family, Stormfly. Looking at her soaking hair and the rain dribbling on her skin, Astrid turned to go inside. Making her way to the sound of chatter and the direction of the loud, commanding shout. She found herself in the library. Moving inside and leaning against the wall Astrid studied the group.

"This better be good." she grumbled. There weren't many games on Berk. Just simple games there used to be no time for games. Even rainy days were busy. Vikings had no days off unless it was a particularly furious storm. It seemed everyone had been drawn inside due to the weather. Astrid, however could have just as easily sauntered outside, undeterred. Though some might not share the same opinion.

[Rex]

"Dude, taking a nap. How boring! We're playing truth or dare as one big group, It will be the best way to get to know each other." Rex said. "That's the point of being here right? To make friends? So why not play a big game of truth or dare. Or are you all chicken?" he asked with a smirk.

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"Truth or dare?" This caused a reaction from Dash. "That's what you dragged us here for. A stupid game of truth or-" he stopped. "Did you just call me a chicken? No one calls me a chicken!" Dawn smirked at Dash's reaction.

"I'm in." she replied.

[Ikuto]

"Fine," Ikuto said leaning against a wall, "I'll play you're game." This boy seemed to be interesting, trying to make everyone play nice. It was ridiculous, girls would get catty, and boys would start trying to show off like monkeys in heat. That could get interesting though.

[Rita Mordio]

"Truth or dare?" Rita repeated. ...Great. That was the sort of thing that Karol would suggest to keep their spirits up. Spotting Rapunzel among the group did set Rita a little more at ease, but not much. She still wasn't at all pleased that her reading had been interrupted. Still, it was looking like she had no real choice in the matter. So, upon abandoning her book on the table and walking a bit closer to the group, Rita resigned herself to join in.

"Fine. Let's just get this over with."

Somehow she felt she was making some kind of mistake in allowing herself to join in. It just didn't feel right partaking in such a dumb game, especially when the idea only reminded her of how obnoxious Karol could be at times, but there was nothing better to do and if she attempted to go back to reading she would only find herself distracted by the game. Might as well join in.

"And basically, it's this game where everyone gets to ask people to either tell the truth about something or to take a dare. No matter what option someone picks, they have to do whatever the questioner asks." she explained, mainly for Rapunzel's sake.

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"Oh ho. Someone's certainly feeling devious today." Hubert remarked. He recalled a time when Cheria had made him and Asbel partake in the game when they were children, and how embarrassing it had been when his brother had dared Cheria to kiss him. Fortunately Frederic had come in and interrupted the game to inform the brothers that their mother needed them for something, so Hubert had been spared the humiliation. In all honesty, Hubert hadn't thought the game would come up again. How interesting it would be to see how a group of strangers played the game. And, fortunately for him, Pascal wasn't present. She wouldn't be able to attempt making him do something or admit something humiliating.

"I suppose there's no harm in partaking in this game. We might as well since the rain has ruled out some of the other options for activities today." he said. He didn't see any harm in joining in. So long as no one made him reveal anything too humiliating, everything would be fine.

[Astrid]

Rapunzel looked around the group. Truth or dare seemed pretty straightforward. Motioning for Rita to come over if she wanted Rapunzel's eyes brightened. So this is what groups of people did! They played games and such. One of them being truth or dare. Rapunzel, however, must have appeared a little to excited. After all it was her first game. Well with other people. Truth or dare didn't seem to bad. How could it be? These were all somewhat nice people.

"Oh this is exciting! It's going to be soo fun!" The blonde confided in those surrounding her. Emerald eyes were bright in anticipation.

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A smirk appeared on Astrid's lips. Truth or dare? This was a game she knew. She was pretty good at it too. After all she was somewhat of a dare queen when it came to this game. She smiled and moved closer to the group. "I'm in." she announced. Remembering back to Berk -like this day and weather didn't already bring up other memories- she'd been dared to do a lot of stupid things. One being climbing a tall tree during a thunder storm. Not only was there danger of slipping, lightning was also a hazard. Of course the dare was when she was younger, pre-teen even, because she'd broken her arm when a lightning strike hit the next tree over. Was it worth the look on the other kids faces? Yes. They'd thought of her as brave (if a little stupid) after that day.

She'd done a lot of stupid things for truth or dare. But it was all about the reputation. She couldn't go and be a coward now could she?

"Who first?"

[Rex]

"Well if we are playing a game then I'm in, I never back down on a challenge Mr. Salazar." Chase said closing the book he was reading and smirking at Rex before smiling. "But shouldn't we have more people than this little group, makes the game more exciting don't you think?" golden eyes burned with excitement.

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"TRUTH OR DARE?!" Bubbly Pink haired girl came bouncing into the library. "Oh Yumi-chan used to love to play this game. I wanna play!" Ami said happily before taking a seat on the ground. "This game is soooo much fun!"

[Raz]

“I..am so..Bored..”

Green eyes scanned over the pages of a Shakespearean play, the boy who owned them having an equally dull expression on his face as he turned the page of the heavy book. At first, Raz had thought that when Agent Nein asked him to help him look over a minor case about an hour ago, he thought it would be more about looking for clues or something awesome like that. But nope, nothing but paperwork and notes. Raz groaned slightly, looking up to the ceiling as he leaned back in his chair and carefully balanced it so that it would stay on it’s two back legs. The only up side to this was that he was inside while the water was outside.

“Who knew paperwork could be this boring?” The boy murmured, suddenly perking up when he heard a Voice ring out. Boy looked up to a hard working German agent, then at a small group of people gathering in the Library, no doubt to see what another guy had planned before Raz smirked himself, hopping out of his chair and shutting the tome after marking it’s page.

As he walked past the table and headed over to the group of people, he gave a flick of his hand, causing the book his fellow agent was reading to fold a corner of it’s own page before slamming shut of it's own accord. “C’mon, Agent Nein, give your brain a rest already. Let’s see what this is all about.”

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Beside him, a certain German stood with a serious expression on his face, scanning over the pages of another book while a free hand flicked, a pen floating upright and scribbling down various passages on a scrap piece of paper. A manila folder laid open with various papers scattered about, a photo of the newest criminal and other details pertaining to the crime itself. Sasha barely had time to yank his fingers back when he saw that Razputin had passed him and had nearly slammed his fingers in to the book, breaking the Elder’s concentration as he pulled his hands back in the nick of time. Sasha heaved a sigh, looking from the boy’s back and to the group of people before shaking his head. It was worth a look over at least.

Sasha sighed as he straightened himself out, shutting the manila folder on the table with a wave of his hand. German stepped back from his table with a mildly annoyed huff and TK’d a large stack of Shakespearean Tomes on top of the case folder to keep anyone from snooping before he headed over to the slowly forming group of people, shooting a mildly annoyed glare to Raz, who didn’t seem to notice before he turned to examine the group. So far, no-one he knew.

As soon as he heard the words ‘Truth or Dare’ being murmured around the group, Sasha immediately turned on his heel to head back to his table. Nope, Nu-uh, not happening. He was a Secret agent for a reason. He felt a telekinetic hand stop him and grab his ankle, short of barely being able to reach the case file with a grinning Raz being the one behind it, though the boy double-checked to see that nobody was watching while he used his telekinesis anyway. Sasha frowned.

“Nein, you work too much.”
“Agent Aquato, I happen to take confidentiality and my pride very seriously," He gave his trapped pantleg a tug "Now let go of me.”
“Oh come on, are you scared or what?"
“I am not scared! I just happen to value my dignity.”
"...Chicken."
"Comparing me to a flightless bird...clever, Aquato, Clever.." Sasha quipped dryly.
“Pft. Whatever. You took a telekinetic bear’s paw to the face last summer. I’d say that you not owning up to a game of Truth or Dare makes you at least half chicken, tops." Raz paused, hand on chin, "Hmm..Wonder what Milla would think...”
“…Fine. But if Milla shows up, not a word.”
“Ha! I knew you’d see things my way.” Raz smirked, letting the German go and heading over to Rex and the others with a friendly wave and a mildly annoyed and nervous Sasha trudging behind him. “Hey guys, Count us in, too!”

((I'll bring in Charlie later. Sorry this is so long, btw, I kinda tend to get really in to my intro posts sometimes. ^^)

[Falco]

Falco was in the forest practicing his shooting on makeshift targets he made. When it first started raining Falco ignored it at first but when is started raining hard, he decided it was probably best to go inside. "Jeez, I'm still completely soaked," Falco said to himself.

Falco heard voices coming from the library, a lot of voices and was curious as to what is going on. When Falco went into the Library he saw a large group of people in the middle of the Library. Falco noticed a familiar face reading a book, maybe she knows what is going on. Falco walked over and asked her, "Hey, Krystal, do you know whats going on?"

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The blue-furred vixen had already been in the library for hours reading books and learning about other cultures. Krystal stopped reading and looked up at the large group of people. She had heard some of the group mention Truth or Dare, which she hadn't played since she was a kid. Krystal was about to join them when she heard a familiar voice talking to her.

"Hey, Krystal, do you know whats going on?"
"Well, Falco, if you opened your ears you would know that they are about to play Truth or Dare."
"Truth or Dare?" Falco said a little confused.
"Yes Truth or Dare, it's a game where..."
"I know what Truth or Dare, I just didn't expect anyone to be playing it," Falco said cutting her off.
"Well, why not?"
"Because it's childish."
"Well do you have anything better to do? I know you hate having nothing to do," Krystal said while getting up, knowing perfectly well that Falco wouldn't leave now. When Falco couldn't come up with a single response he just walked over to the group, following slightly behind Krystal. "Excuse me, but can my friend and I join your game?"

(I might bring in Red later.)

[Ash's Charizard]

"rrawr" the charizard winches at the loud voice and stomps towards the room intent on finding who had hurt his ears and giving him a piece of mind. Charizard's tail flame nearly hits a passer by as he walks into the room and settles down next to where Misty stood.
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"someone say game?" Silver's Irish laced tone broke threw he sound of rain hitting the window outside at an hard pace "nice night fer a game if I do say so me self" he chuckles as he takes a seat in a chair a few feet away from the group.

[Misty]

Misty glanced at Charizard and then at the others in the room. A game of truth or dare? Sounded like fun. She smiled slightly and rubbed the top of Charizard's head. "Sounds great! I'd love to play."

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Lucy moved a bit more in and sat down, "I'm not sure how to play, but it seemed interesting." These humans couldn't lie if it was truth or dare could they? If they did then there really was no hope for this race.

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Robin grit his teeth and rubbed at the back of his neck, "It cant be that bad I guess. I'm in." He never could back down from a challenge and Rex did call them chickens.

[Rayman]

"Truth or Dare? I'm in!" Rayman walked into the library, smirk on his face, ready to play. He sat down at the same table as the others and kicked his feet up. "So, who's gonna go first?" he asked, obviously game.

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Stan had been playing his DS peacefully in the study room, that was until Rex announced that they were gonna play a game. Then all a sudden people from all over started pooling in, ready to play. Not really bothered by this, the poofball boy realized with so many distractions that there was no way he was gonna finish his game, he folded his DS and put it in his coat pocket and got up from his seat. He smiled when he saw Raz and walked over to him. "Hey Raz." he said with a small smile.

[Raven]

The purple haired girl sat not all that far from the gathering group, eyes fixated upon a spell book that she was reading at the moment. Though at the odd time, her eyes did glance up at what they were doing, though only for a second or two before they returned to her book once again.

Most voices she did not seem to even recognize, though the two voices that she did recognize belong two two of her Titan members. Robin and Beast Boy.

Again, her eyes glanced up as her suspicions were confirmed. Both Robin and Beast Boy were present in the library. And both were wanting to play the game that was starting to be organized. Yet, so far, Raven did not even put her book down, as if so far, she was showing no interest at all in joining in the game right now.

(ooc: Doesn't mean one can't bug her to join in )