The sexy Bombalurina smiled at the older Skimble, causing him to look away. "All right, here's the deal. I dare you to get everyone´s attention and then, scream out your biggest secret before the whole tribe.
Skimble swallowed hard. "Ah, lass… doesn't that also entail a dare o' meself as well?" Skimble asked.
"Well yes… if you want it to be," Bomby said sweetly. Skimble thought a moment, then nodded. He waved his hands about, attracting everyone's attention to himself. Once he was certain that he had himself a sizeable audience, he took a deep breath, and shouted so every one could hear him quite clearly. "I'M NOT SCOTTISH, D'YA HEAR! I'M A TRUE IRISH, GLORY BE!" (To you my dear Tim).
There was silence as Skimbleshanks returned to the stunned players. He then moved before the silent Etci (and that certainly didn't happen to often now, did it?") And asked in a charming Irish brogue,"Faith now! Answer me true, Etcetera me darlin' girl… Truth or Dare?"
Etci could only snicker, and answered as in her typical rush, "Dare!"
He smiled and said (still with the brogue, doncha know! ;P), "Ah, it's an adventurous lass yeh be, so yeh are, an' that's a fact. That bein' the case an' all, why then I dare yeh, lassie mine, to go an' give the cutest o' toms a wee kiss, right on that boyo's lips!"
Skimble grinned with pride at his dare.
Victoria, Electra and Jemima began to giggle softly, as Etci's cheeks flushed a pretty bright pink. However, she was game, and she nodded her acceptance of Skimble's dare. Etci took a deep breath, then quickly ran over to a most startled Pouncival and pressed her lips to his briefly, then scampered away, her eyes shining and her cheeks still bright.
Pouncival sat there, obviously stunned, not blinking for several minuttes time.
Etci demurely sat down, turning to Demeter, trying hard not to listen to her friends giggling madly. "Your turn, Demeter. Truth or Dare?"
"Truth," Demeter said with determination.
Etci thought a moment, fanning her still warm cheeks with her hand. "Okay then… how long have you been in love with our Munkustrap?" she asked, partly with humor, and partly in curiosity.
"Why, since the first day I saw him," Demeter declared, holding her head high.
Demeter then turned her attention to the twins. "Is it all right if I ask both of you the question at the same time?"
The twins looked over to Etci. "I don´t think it´s against the rules," she admitted. Coricopat and Tantomile then nodded to Demeter to ask away.
"All right then, you two… truth or dare?" Demeter asked.
"Dare," they said simultaneously, but only after much thought.
"Okay. I dare you to go down among the Jellicles and read their minds. After having done that, pick the most embarrassing thought you both find, and the tell it to us all. Oh, and of course you must not be caught in the process of doing it."
The twins nodded their acceptance of the terms, and then ran off together. After a while, they returned, their smiles showing that they were both highly amused by something. "You all are simply not going to believe what we've found out," Coricopat told them with a chuckle, and had to support himself against Tantomile, who was chuckling also.
"What?" Bomby asked eagerly, getting equally eager nods from more than one of the gameplayers.
"Tugger's mane is a fake!" Coricopat guffawed, laughing in spite of himself. "He lost his real one back a couple of years back when it was burned off when he was running some sort of racket on New Year's Day!"
Everyone looked at each other and finally burst out laughing at that thought. Coricopat and Tantomile, once they composed themselves of course, turned to Mungo and Teazer. "Very well, you two. Truth or Dare?" the twins asked the brother/sister duo.
"Um… truth. Why not be original, we ask you all, eh?" Mungo and Teazer said at once.
Coricopat nodded, then asked, "What is the worst thing that have ever happened to you both?"
"Oh, that's an easy one, sport! Lemme see… what was it, um, seven Jellicle Balls back," Mungo said. "Well, you see, Teazer an' me was doin' our dance. I had just started to do me cartwheel, when Teazer "let a big one" right in my face! Faugh, what a smell! Ha! She laid me unconscious for a bloomin' week, so she did!"
Everybody laughed uproariously. "Twas worse for me, you realize, since when Mungo fainted I fell down right on me face, so I did! Had me one nasty nosebleed, an' that's a fact!"
Just as soon as everyone had stopped laughing again, Mungo turned to Victoria. "Awright, Vickie me love… Truth or Dare?" he asked her.
"Dare," Victoria replied.
"Right-o, love! Then, I dare you to go an' steal our Tugger's fake mane, if you dare," Mungo demanded with a laugh.
Victoria nodded, chuckling to herself, and set off. It wasn't too long, and they all heard a great roar of surprise and embarrassment. It was only moments more when Victoria returned bearing Tugger's fake mane in her hands. She began to laugh, softly at first then louder. "He looks like the loser of a pollicle attack, he does! I stole it from him when he was in the middle of a crowd…which means everyone there has seen him bald!" she announced with another bout of laughter. She then turned to her friend, Jemima. "Okay, Jemmie… Truth or Dare?" she asked.
"Truth," Jemima decided.
"All right then… just who was your biggest crush?" Victoria asked her.
Jemima blinked, then her cheeks went red. "Tumblebrutus," she said quietly.
Tumblebrutus could only gape, blinking rapidly.
Jemima turned quickly to Mistoffelees. "Misto… Truth or Dare?" she asked.
"A Dare, I think," he said.
"Okay, Mr. Dare… I dare you to go down to Jenny and give her a big fat kiss… oh, and one on her lips, mind you."
Everyone, with the possible exception of Mistoffelees, laughed. Misto just nodded… well, he gulped once too, truth be known, then turned and headed to where everyone knew Jenny lived. They all followed in his footsteps, eager to watch Misto in action.
