Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

Robin glanced over to the D.A. box, "Ah that rabble huh? Or do you mean some of the other white haired rabble? Either which way... Yeah, I can make sure he gets the cell-phone. And are you sure you don't want to take a wager, new Truth is coming up. Oh, and of course merchandise." Robin smiled at Ricther, "But yeah, sure thing."

Richter bit his cheek. "Hmmm..." He rifled through the stands.


"Alright. Thirty on white with pink lace, and..." he placed some money on the table. "I'll take a Lily Figma."

"Better question, perhaps you could tell me why you were following, or rather, how you were following me..."


Kylier looked away from Victor in somewhat of a defiant way, sitting on Azure's bed


"Regardless, he's my brother, so what would it matter to you if I have business with one of my kin?"

"Hrm. The labcoat variant seems nice." he said, fingering the box. "I'll take it."


He reached back into his pocket, and pulled out a number of quatloos. "This does seem like one of the expensive ones. Does it come with anything special?"

Robin reached up as he began going through the stall. Robin glanced at Richter, "Oh yes, the Labcoat variant comes with an attachable hacksaw, and has swinging action. Labcoat Lily also comes with a scent wheel, which you can turn to choose the scent you want your Lily figure to have. It has several scents to choose from." Robin pulled down the Labcoat Lily figure box as he glanced at Richter who pulled out a number of quatloos. "Would you also be interested in buying the Truth or Dare Playset as well? After all you do need a good home for figures."

"Nah; I'll keep it on my desk for now." Richter replied, taking the figure.


"Maybe if I win this bet I'll change my mind."

Robin smiled at Richter as he took the large sum of quatloos for the figure. "Well, I suppose we shall see whether or not you will win that bet. And it will be a fine addition to your desk, liven things up a bit. Oh yes, you can sit in the stands if you want, you know for a better view of that sweet Truth or Dare action."

Victor shrugged. " Cause i was bored, and a girl running about cloaked using who knows what kind of magic, seems a bit interesting. " He grinned, looking at the girl looking away.


" Oooh? Your related? Can't help but say i notice a small similarity with the odd hair color. " he said pointing towards her hair.


" Frankly I could care less, but, whats with this the marks? " he said pointing to the very faint remains of Mels doing. " Had a accident with some sort of acid? Looks like it was sprayed on it seems, with the way how it just seems to flow across and all that. As faint as it may be right now, but it seems that its healing right now. Impressive how quickly it vanishes, must have happened recently if you can just make those wounds disappear like that. "


Victor pulled himself up and stood in the middle of the doorway. " Forgive my intrusions of course, just a prying curiosity of mine that I cannot help. " Snicking a little after his sentence.

Bunny's hands immediately made for her skirt, pulling the hem down. What color was her underwear?! Seriously?! Bunny looked over at the alraune with wide eyes. Lily didn't want Bunny to talk of kissing when this kid was asking these sorts of questions? Well, at least it was something easy to answer. "It's . . . pink . . . with white stripes . . . "


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"Okay?" Vash still felt pity for poor bald Azure, but the boy didn't seem to want to talk about his problems. And Vash learned from various tv dramas and sitcoms that you need to wait for people to speak. If you push them too much, things will go wrong/blow out of proportions and can only be solved by some overcomplicated plan that will fail in a hilarious way and end with a short heart-to-heart about friendship and loyalty.


. . . Actually that sounded pretty fun . . . Maybe he should . . . Nah.


Turning his attention back to the game, Vash began to panic as Anya asked Bunny about her underwear. Dear God, was this one of those rated R games? Because Mel said he wasn't allowed to watch these kinds of things. He didn't want to get in trouble. Mel might make him pull the rickshaw again!


"Azure, this isn't one of those adult only things, right? Because I'm not allowed to be here if it is."

Meanwhile Josue continued waiting on this event to finish as he waited for his cut. In the meantime he began to work on something for his own use. At least this truth or dare game would make some good background noise. He much rather prefer something up to par for his refined tastes.


Pinball.

At least Bunny seemed to understand that Anya was too young for such things. Hopefully this little talk would deter the Angel from saying anything lewd around her friend again. Anyways, Anya picked Bunny again for some reason and the Angel chose truth again.


And Anya asked Bunny about her underwear.


Some color came to Lily's cheeks once again, and Bunny gave her some sort of look before answering.


"Pink with white stripes. That's... actually kind of what I thought it would be. Wish I could have bet."





Lily gave Bunny an apologetic expression before turning to Anya.


"I... I think that there were other ways to test the judge, Anya. Ways that didn't involve having our friends announce their underwear colors. For, y'know, future-"


And then somehow the Angel's undies showed up on a big screen labeled 'panty cam'. Lily slowly turned back to Bunny, almost forgetting what she had spoken to Anya about.


"I, uh... hm. So."


Lily looked down, her face completely tinted with plant blush. She didn't even really know what to say. She stayed like that for a second or two before looking back up at Bunny.


"Th-they look really good on you," she managed to blurt out almost apologetically.

"Ugh... what happened in the past day or two to-make Anya ask these questions... But why is Bunny answering this, she could just be taking a penalty"


-It's starting to feel like Kylier all over again... I hate Truth or Dare...-


"No... Rose is in this game too... and... she won't let this go to far... just... don't listen and look away... I don't like this anymore than you do... I gotta talk with Lily though when this is over though... so I'm just going to endure this. This isn't to bad right now at least... but its still weird Vash."


And then the Panty Cam came on... and with that, Azure's faith that this wasn't similar to Kylier's games from his earlier years cracked as he saw them for a few seconds, before slowly looking down at the ground... feeling uncomfortable.


"..."


He slowly turned his head over to Vash...


-..... run...-


He considered saying that out loud to him, but it could be read in his eyes also... but felt like he'd be a pervert if he got left her alone with all this going on, surrounded by people he doesn't really know...


"Uh... so... maybe just don't look... I mean... Anya is just a 10 year old kid... this isn't right..... all 'this' that's going on..."


-Wait... but, is it right for us to see them do these things?! How could Lily be alright with this sort of embarrassment! I mean... she's never acted like this before, apologizing... and saying what she said... I don't even...-


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"Sounds to me that you're satisfied with your own explanation, so I can save my breath."


Kylier looked back at him


"I can already comprehend that much considering all that you have done so far however. And just like the curious types, they forego their introductions for the sake of only information exchange, how typical."

Robin glanced at Richter, "Ah apologizes Sir, but you appeared to have lost your bet. But may you be consoled by the thought that many others have lost their bets as well."





Tsk before Reggie even got a chance to sniff it out. Oh well. Robin thought to himself.

"You're right. I thought she'd lie about it, Lily." Anya answered, pounding her fist in her hand. "Next time I'll think of something better to ask!"


"Anyways, I think it's Bunny's turn now."


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"And there goes thirty quatloos." Richter sighed. "I gotta get better at gambling."


The vampire considered for a moment, then pulled out his wallet. "Practice makes perfect."

Robin collected the 30 Quatloos from Richter, and various bets from other students who lost in that truth. Robin glanced at Richter, "Gambling is an art form, easy to learn, hard to master. Say are you interested in another wager? The game is still young, and budding with action." Robin glanced up, noticing an Ogre student. "Ah Og! Yes, you won that bet, pink with white stripes. I believe you wanted your winnings in teeth?" Og nodded at Robin, who grabbed a small burlap bag from behind the stall that was filled to the brim. He tossed it towards Og who caught it, and walked off.

Bunny was at a loss for words as her underwear flashed up on a big screen she oddly didn't notice until now. Her face turned white for a second before turning red, more from anger rather than embarrassment. What. The. ****. What was wrong with these people?! How could they even get that on film?! Do they know who they were messing with?! She was an angel. And one of the first generation. Once she made it back to Heaven, it'd only take a few winks and tears to get those idiots upstairs to smite this place.


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As Anya asked her question, Rose did her best to stay calm. It wasjust some innocent qurestion, right? Anya was 10. She didn't know any better, right? But when the angel's underwear flashed on the screen for everyone to see, she had to draw a line there.


"What the heck is that?!" she shouted, pointing at the screen. "What right do you have for displaying a girl's underwear like that?! How are you even doing that?! Take that do-"


The half-elf was interupted by a gentle tug on her sleeve, Bunny. The angel looked at the screen with a look Rose didn't recognize on the girl. Anger? "It's okay, Rose," she said through gritted teeth. Then she turned to Lily, face now calm. "Lily? Truth or dare?"


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Vash shouted as the Panty Cam came on, covering his eyes with his hands. "This is an adult thingy! I can't be here!" Then, with eyes still covered, he ran for where he thought the door was, occasionally bumping, though mre like crashing, into walls, stands and even people. He eventually made it out the door though, running off until he thought it was safe to open his eyes. Though by then, he was somewhere he didn't quite recognize.


"Uh . . . hello?" Okay. When you're lost, then you need to find landmarks, right? So what was here? Walls. Floor. Windows and doors. Why did all these halls have to look alike?! He didn't like being lost.

Lily wasn't entirely certain that Anya understood what she did wrong. Lily would have to talk to the girl later about this sort of thing, but honestly it was to be expected from a small child. What was unexpected was the spectacle that had occurred involving Bunny's undergarments.


"If it was just us playing, we'd have just taken her at her word. She's got no reason to lie about that stuff. Leave it to men to turn an innocent girl's game into something... perverse."





Bunny seemed somehow different from normal as her face reddened and her teeth grit. Like she was genuinely angry or something. Lily had no idea that the little Angel was capable of anger, but if anything could make someone angry it was probably what just happened.


"I really didn't think it would be like this. I'm not cut out for professional ToD."





But Lily was snapped out of her thoughts when she was addressed. Bunny looked surprisingly calm now, which was a little freaky given how red her face just was. Lily was a little scared.


"I didn't think an Angel capable of a dare too extreme, so I thought I'd ask her to dare. But what if she's out for blood now? I could really **** myself. Then again, almost any dare an Angel could supply would be preferable to a few select truths."





"Dare."

"Bunny, are you okay?" Anya asked, tilting her head. "I didn't make you mad, did I?"


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Richter grit his teeth as Vash dashed out the room, no doubt from the huge TV screen. The vampire swore when he heard something in his jaw crack. He'd missed a great opportunity over whatever idiot hid a camera in the floor. Whoever it was didn't understand the point of gift wrapping. Richer could only assume he was either fourteen or a massive plebian.


Regardless, there was little he could do for now but see how the rest of the game played out. Whatever Bunny did should be fun. If her age was any indication, she'd probably pick something weird, and Richter would hold it over her head for as long as he could.


"White-hair left, by the way." Richter said, snatching the phone back from Robin. "Guess I got twenty extra Quatloos to spend."

"Er... Vash?!"


Azure was a little surprised to see that Vash got up and left... he wanted to follow him... but, it would be pretty rude to skip out on what Skyia paid for for him.


-Ugh... I don't want to be here... why can't this just end...-


Azure slowly heard dare being announced...


"..."


-Bunny is going to be giving... Lily a dare... this got dangerous... I... don't want to look... but I must...-


Azure couldn't help but resume watching what was going to happen...

Victor smirked. " Why of course, how rude of me. My name is Victor Brenzkof. " He said tilting his hat a little. " A marksman attending this school currently wishing to see if I may advance my education into various subjects and the like. " Pausing for a few moments he then asked. " If i may, what is your name miss? "


Finishing off with positioning his hat so his eyes could be barely seen underneath it, waiting a few moments for a response by the girl. " I suppose it is your personal business, and i should not be one to intrude upon it. Which I suppose I can understand. " He shifted his body backwards sitting against the wall across the hallway away from the open door, pausing for a bit.


" Could I happen to ask a question about your brother? I'm just curious of something specific before I leave you to your own personal buisness. "

Upon the activation mechanism being well activating by the rising of Vash with his escape attempt. The DA box's dimensional anchor protocol began warping the room into a funnel that slowed and warped his direction towards the big wall of beef that is Curtis and then lock itself upon his return.

Curtis turned as Vash bumped into him, because Curtis took up the entire doorframe, even if many didn't seem to realize this.


"Oh, hey. What's the big rush? You get lost again?"


He picked up the boy and set him down in the box again.


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Olga looked up from the first aid manual, twirling her pen as she corrected the out-of-date information. She felt a bit hungry- luckily she had packed a lunch.


From a nearby doctor's bag she retreived a small red thing, about the size of a football. It was for the most part featureless, save for four stubby legs, a number of feelers, and an enormous mouth on its underside. While not very impressive to look at, this was one of her clan's greatest accomplishments- a portable supply of fresh human blood. Far less useful then the cattle, of course; less sustainable, too. For a lone vampire such as Olga, though, they were more than sufficient.


Olga grabbed the creature with her free hand. She flexed slightly, and a thick, ropy tentacle shot out from a slit at the base of her palm. It pierced the creature's flesh, burrowing to the nearest artery. She continued to edit the manual as the creature let out a high pitched death-squeal as it ceased functioning.


Olga took the husk, shriveled and colorless, and tossed it into the nearby medical waste bin. She turned the page and continued revising the manual with mild disinterest.

Robin glanced at Richter and chuckled a bit, "Ah, you may think that. But he has been assigned to the box, and as such won't be leaving anytime shortly. And even if the box was not activated to proper protocol, Curtis would easily just gra-" Robin glanced towards Curtis, "Ah excellent work. That ruffian looked like he wanted to disturb the peace of the crowd. Strange how people assume you don't take up the entire door-frame." He glanced back at Richter, "Now then, I hope your concerns are quelled?"

"Hmm." Richter hummed to himself. That lizard-kid had spacial warping abilities.


He could ask that the D.A. box be kept closed longer.... but that would endanger the other students in there with him if he became hostile. He'd stick with plan A for now; it posed the least suspicion.


Richter slid the cell phone back towards Robin. "Fine. Job's still on."