"I want the Abra!" You tell the person at the counter.
"Big winner tonight, eh?" You exchange most of your winnings and receive a Pokeball. You can see Robin is still looking over the prize listings, eying the others. She lingers just a little longer on the Dratini. You almost picked that one.
You still have a good amount of winnings left over. Not enough for another Pokemon, but enough to get a a lot of smaller prizes or a couple of the medium ones.
"Do you think I should have gotten Dratini instead?" You ask Robin.
She becomes aware of your presence, "Oh, no. I mean, you should get the one you want. I was just thinking that Abras are less rare, but harder to catch than Dratinis. It's a tough call."
"Tell you what. Do you have any of money on you? If you want to get the Dratini, I'll throw in my winnings towards it."
Robin takes out her card and does some quick mental math. "Well, I could do it if I don't...wait, no! I can't accept that. It's too much."
"Really! I insist!" You push back. She's been a great friend to you. "You said something really nice to me back at the Pokemon center. Let me prove you right, OK?" You look her in the eyes.
"I...I don't know. It's really nice, but I can't take that much from you just for myself..." She's a little closer to accepting, but not all the way there.
Vance steps in and puts down a small wad of money. "How about we all pitch in? It can belong to all of us." Vance gives you a thumbs up and a wink from behind Robin.
"Really? You guys want to split it three ways?" Robin looks at both of you.
"Of course," you say. "Come on Robin, you want to be a team player, right? Vance and I are on board."
"Oh... Ok!" She says with some enthusiasm.
"Great! But since you were the last one to agree, you'll have to be the one to train and take care of it. Don't come to me or Vance asking us to do that stuff. It has to be registered to one person too, so it'll have to be under your name."
Robin chokes back a tear. "You guys... Thank you!" Even Robin can see what happened here. Still, you all keep up the pretense. You all pitch in and Robin recieves the Pokeball with the Dratini. You both take your Pokemon out as soon as you exit the casino and start walking to the karaoke lounge.
Vance looks at the little Abra in your arms. "So, what are you going to name it?"
You glance over at Robin, whose adoring the small Dratini drapped around her shoulders. "Male or female?" You ask her.
She squints at it for a second. "Male."
You think for a minute. "I'll name him Raistlin."
Robin's eyes perk up and she gives you a questioning look. She must not have expected that from you. You smile at her, proud you were able to impress.
Your group finds the lounge just a little off the main road. It's an open mic affair where people just put their names down on a list, the song they want to sing, and wait their turn. The five of you (including Pokemon) find a small spot in one of the corner booths. Robin insists on getting paying for you and Vance's drinks and anything else tonight. Too bad you don't have a fake ID. You, Vance, and Robin get soft drinks and flip through the lists of songs.
Predictably, Vance sings a song from a workout montage in some boxer movie. There's some polite applause, but most of the enthusiasm comes from Vance himself. You notice he's really started to open up from when you first met him. He's dropped a lot of his 'mysterious kung-fu guru' act almost entirely and what's underneath is soft and comfortable. Not soft like a wimp, but more like a big, strong teddy bear.
Robin still seems a little over excited from getting Dratini, and she actually signs up without anybody prompting her. She sings the theme to some sort of animated children show. She might also be trying to do a dance from it, but that could just be her having a seizure. Still, she looks like she had fun, even if she's mortified that nobody but you and Vance applaud. She apologizes into the mic and excuses herself off stage.
You sing a fun party song. You're in a great mood, and you pour that energy into singing. You point to a different person and have them sing along for a verse, then point to someone else. It's a crowd pleaser. You always thought that you're a lot better with the flute than with your voice, but you get an applause that's just a little above what seems like the average here.
A fat man in shades in a back booth is watching intently. He's a bit out of the way to get him to join in. The only reason he really sticks out to you is that he nods something to the DJ in charge of running the karaoke machine.
The DJ looks at you "Want to play another?"
"OK, sure." You're having fun, and nobody else seems to want to step up.
This time you do D.O.G.A.R.S. You're still not that confident with your singing voice, so this is a great choice where that doesn't matter that much. Again, it's just a little more applause than some of the others. The DJ gives you another nod as you finish up. Guess they want you to keep going. You move on to Piano Man. A few of the less sober patrons in the back sing along.
You're running the gamut now. You keep going until finally your voice starts to crack. The man in the back gives another nod to the DJ, and then the DJ leans over to you after that song ends. "Great stuff. We're going to keep letting other people on now though, K?" Phew. You head back to the table.
Another person in a weird suit with the letter I on the chest steps onto the stage with a small, pink, round Pokemon. "Excuse me ladies and gentle. I know this is unusual, but please welcome my dear sweet Pokemon to the stage."
You, Robin, and Vance share a song booklet. Robin is scribbling down the codes for each while Vance flips through it. Raistlin sits in a corner, not reacting or really doing much. Maybe it just always sleeps? You look it over, and stare at it's closed eyes and expressionless face. You have the poor thing lifted in front of your face now, examining it closely. The sound of the pink fluffy Pokemon's song fills the room. You yawn, but keep examining it. You can't tell if he's looking at you, but you sense something from him. Maybe you should take it to a Pokemon center to get...checked out. So tired. Your eyelids are heavy. Maybe it just likes naps. Naps are nice. You put him down on the table and slump against your chair. Raistlin leans against your face.
You hear a voice. "Stupid Jigglypuff!" You're eyes open up again. There are four people in weird looking uniforms with big I's on them. They're taking plugs out of their ears and preparing large sacks. "Look! She put herself to sleep with her own song!"
"Who cares? Just grab her and any other Pokemon you can find. Hurry up too, they won't be out long." Another one of the uniformed goons barks. "Do good and you might even get to keep one."
You quickly glance around the room. Every single other person has fallen asleep. You feel very alone in such a crowded space.
They don't seem to have noticed you yet.
They don't look particularly tough. You carefully take Raistlin off your face and try to subtly wake up Vance. He's tough, you'll need him. Your put your hand over his mouth as he wakes up "Shhhh" you whisper, and point to the thieves who are taking Pokeballs and valuables off of sleeping people. He nods and you take your hand off his mouth.
Your eyes turn to Robin. She's even more defenseless looking when she's asleep. You put your hand on her mouth and gently wake her.
"mphetmp?" She tries to mumble.
You give her the same gesture. "Sshhhhh." You take your hand off her mouth.
The thieves are making their way over to your table. You need to think of something. Yes! That's it. You lean into Raistlin's ear. "get us out of here. Use...umm...Teleport to take us outside!"
With a quiet sound and a faint flash, your Abra vanishes. You, Vance, Robin and her Dratini are all still in the same spot. You look around and see Abra outside on the street through a window.
Damnit! Can they even teleport others, did he not understand, or is he just a jerk? His blank expression tells you nothing useful.
They're getting really close now. Robin is shaking. Vance looks ready to pounce.
They finish with the table next to yours. They reach for the sleeping Dratini when you give Vance a signal to pounce.
He explodes over the table and immediately knocks one of them out with a right hook. The other one almost has time to react before Vance grabs her and uses her by the legs and uses her body to break a table. The amount of sudden force and violence from Vance makes even you pause for a moment. You're glad he's on your side.
You out your flute and blow the most annoying, high-pitched note you can. The adrenaline makes you go off key, but that's actually helpful in this situation. A few people around you wake up. Dratini is awake too. Robin holds onto it while trying to also cover her ears.
The other two...gangsters? They hesitate before sending out their Pokemon to deal with Vance. One of them looks like a walking green garbage bag. The other is some sort of ball inside of a purple cloud of smoke. It has a mean look about it. They both hit Vance with attacks. You think you one of them yell 'acid spray' and the other yell 'confuse ray'.
You run passed the chaos and over to the mic. The DJ is slumped over the equipment. You push him over slightly and crank up the volume. Here goes. You blow into the flute as loud as possible into the mic.
The sound is ear shattering. It's even worse than you'd imagine Vlad using Supersonic directly in your ear. The entire place wakes up and several glasses shatter.
"Lets go! Forget about them!" One of the thieves yells. Those two only have a few items in their bags. You barely make it out over the ringing of your ears. They break and run out the door. Vance swings wildly around himself, striking a wall. That looks like it hurt his hand. His shirt is half-melted from one of the attacks
"Robin! Use Dratini!" You grab her and rush her out the door so you and her are able to see the two robbers making a run for it.
Robin tries her best to muster her bravery. She hesitates for only a fraction of a second then shouts "Thunderwave!" Dratini uses an electric attack to drop one of the burglars. His bag goes flying from his hands as he hits the floor. Pokeballs, wallets, and jewelery slide out onto the street.
You retrieve Raistlin quickly and rush back inside over to Vance. It's hard trying to stay of range of his swings. People around you are running in all directions in a panic.
"Vance. I need you to calm down. Look at me! Look at me Vance!" He continues to strike wildly at nothing.
You keep people away from Vance as best as you can. You try to make a circle around him and stop any of the panicking people from getting too close. "Vance! Look at me Vance! You need to calm down!" You need to do something. This is getting bad. "Take a good look!" You lift your shirt. He looks at you for a second then smashes another table, turning it into debris. You can't help but visualize that table as your ego before getting back into the seriousness of the situation.
A middle aged woman runs passed you and into Vance's perimeter of violence. You push her down and out of the way a fraction of a second before Vance's arm swings around, missing her by a hair. She catches herself before she hits the ground.
You grab a glass of some sort of drink, water maybe, and throw it in his face. That gives you an opening and you slap in as hard as you can in the face. Something has to work! As you land the slap, you feel what can only be a canon ball strike you. You're sent spiraling back until you crash into a table.
You don't know how long it lasts, but you fight against the darkness encroaching on all sides of your vision. It could be seconds, it could be hours. All sense of time and space are gone as you only see a narrow tunnel of vision.
The world comes into focus once more. You see Vance looking over you. His rage has been replace by horror and worry.
"Oh no...I didn't mean to. I'm so sorry. Kat. I'm so sorry. Please."
A dull pain throbs somewhere in the background of your consciousness.
"What are you doing looking after me! Get that last goon before someone loses their Pokemon you idiot!" Vance nods then rushes out the door.
You take a second to gather yourself. You can do this. Just get it together. You feel your surroundings, your thoughts, your logic and consciousness spill back into the empty container that seconds ago was your mind. Where you are and what exactly is happening comes flooding back. You stagger passed the various strangers to the door then look for Robin. You see her and Vance chasing after someone way down the street. Vance rushes passed Robin.
You're focused now. You're friends might need you. Vance is tough, but you have to make sure that Robin is alright. You will away the remaining fog and burst into a run after them. You can't clearly make it out exactly, but you see the man they're chasing throw something behind himself and take off down a back alley.
As you catch up, you see Vance, Robin, and even gathering the goods he dropped. Robin pants, "I think this is everything." She looks at your face and you can see her expression turn to worry. "Are you alright?"
Vance looks guilty.
"Vance knocked me on my ass, but I'm fine now." Vance looks away ashamed. "Vance, it's alright. I know that you weren't all there. We're cool." You try to brush it off as no big deal in the hopes that he does the same. He gives you an appreciative look.
"Are you sure?" He asks. He looks like he wants to touch you on the shoulder or something, but he doesn't do it.
"I'll live. That was an accident Vance. You were confused. I forgive you. Besides, if it weren't for you, that could have been a lot worse."
Vance looks like a huge weight has lifted off of his gigantic chest. Robin pats him on the back and you join in. You congratulate Robin on her quick thinking with Dratini too. The three of you make your way back to the karaoke lounge.
You're greeted by applause from the crowd. People surround your group to shake hands and thank you, Robin, and Vance. You're still a bit out of it and do your best to smile and return handshakes. The police arrive after a few minutes and get statements from everyone, including your group. The three caught thugs are carted off by the cops.
For the second time in just a few days, you find yourself giving the police a report. Once again you're not in trouble, you're actually helping them. It still feels just as weird.
"And the last Team Imperium member just dropped his stolen goods and ran?" The officer asks. Robin confirms the statement. Team Imperium? You'll have to ask about that later.
A short, wide man with sunglasses (at night?) pushes passed the police to get to you. You recognize him as the man that was giving signals to the DJ. "Kid, I can tell by the look on your face that you have no idea who I am. That's alright, that means what I saw back there was genuine and not a show for the big dog. I represent the Devon Corporation. It's based in Hoenn but we're making real good growth here. Anyway, I'm what you might call a talent scout. I find promising young trainers like yourself, and give them a helping hand."
"All we ask in return is that you wear some of our clothes, keep trying your best to get the rest of your badges and make a good showing at the league, and look good doing it. You play your cards right, you might even make it big! Commercials, TV spots, lots of great potential to get your face out there." He turns to Vance. "And you! What sculptor carved you? Have you ever done any modeling? Any professional wrestling?" He puts his arm around Vance now.
Vance politely removes the man's arm. "Devon Corporation? Kat, is that why you named your Houndour 'Devon'?"
"I just thought it was a nice name." You're feeling a little out of your element. You don't know much about the business world. This guy might just be some kind of grifter though, better play it cool.
He puts his hand on his chest dramatically. "Kid! You're breaking my heart here! You named your Pokemon after our company?" He either didn't hear you or chose not to. "Without even getting a sponsorship deal? Tell me there's more of you! Is this not a match made in heaven? This must be fated by the stars themselves! This is destiny! Now look, I have to ask, how many badges do you all have?"
You're not sure how honest you want to be. You're not totally convinced this guy is legitimate. Robin takes the choice from you. "None yet. We just got in town. She's going to challenge the gym and get her first badge soon!" Robin thinks she's being helpful.
"That put's me in an awkward position. I think you've got loads of moxie, guys, I really do, but our shareholders need a little more than just 'they've got moxie' when it comes to the people we sponsor. If they were risk takers, they wouldn't invest in such a sound company, ya' see?" He hands each of you a business card. "The second you get your sixth, no, fifth badge, you call me. I mean it, accept the badge in one hand and dial my number in the other."
"I know the kind of publicity the Elite Four, the Champion gets. If I make it big, I make it big even without you. Why lock my options now? What are you offering me? What do I get out of this?"
He makes another overly dramatic gesture like you've psychically wounded him "Jeez kid. What are you, an agent too?" He elbows Robin. "The Electrodes on this one, huh?
You cross your arms and tap your feet. "No thanks."
"There are cops round kid, you don't have to kill me right here out in public!" He's trying to joke, but you're blunt reaction has thrown him off his game.
He's still not giving specifics. You start walking away.
"Woah woah! OK! To be honest kid, it depends on the circumstances. If you've got style, charisma, and you're a team player, you can get some great stuff. Customized Pokeballs, great clothes, bags, our latest in Pokegear. Travel expenses of course." He pulls his shades down a little "But you need to have style! Flare! Pizazz! Whatever you call it. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you look good doing it, ya get me?"
It is pretty far away. Might as well see how you're feeling down the line. "We'll see." You pocket the card.
"That's the toughest sell I've ever seen. You keep that tough attitude up, and you'll go far in this business kid." His phone starts playing a hip hop version of the Escape Rope jingle. "Excuse me, I have to take this." He flips open his phone and starts walking away.
The streets are getting dark.
You head over to the Pokemon Center. As you're walking back, you take out Raistlin. You hold him up to your face and look him in the eyes. "Hey Raistlin. When I told you to use Teleport, I meant for you teleport us all out of danger." He cocks his head. At least that's some sort of reaction. "I wasn't clear, we'll work on it, OK?" He doesn't react.
There's a different nurse on shift now. You've been out for a long time. You, Robin, and Vance get your Pokemon back.
"I feel safer just having them with me." Robin says. "No offense Vance."
He shrugs. "None taken. I feel safer knowing I can unleash Ursaring and Machop on the next group of robbers that try that!"
"Come on guys. We have a nice, free, hotel to spend the night in." Robin and Vance both do their best to cheer and be enthusiastic. They look pooped, but happy.
You all walk back to the casino and hotel without incident. The suite is better than you expected. Holy- is that a hot tub? You run in and dive on the first king sized bed you've ever touched. The blankets and sheets are so soft. Look at that bathroom!
"Swanky!" Vance announces his opinion as he sets down his luggage.
"Can we live here?" Robin asks half jokingly. She walks into the bathroom. "Kat, look at this shower. It's bigger than my room!" She stops for a second and sighs, "It's bigger than my old room. Oh, this shampoo! I'm calling first use of this shampoo." You were worried for a second there.
You hear a splash from back in the main room of the suite. Looking back you see Vance and Machop splashing in the hot tub. You can only see his top half.
"Vance! When did you even...are you naked?" To your right you see Robin cover her eyes but peer through the slits of her fingers.
"What?" He gets up. "I changed into my bathing suit." You wish he said that before getting up, since you have to steady Robin after she almost faints. "Are you guys going to join me?" He doesn't wait for an answer and goes back to playing with Machop. When did he even change into that?
Robin grabs her back, heads back into the bathroom and closes the door. "Turn the bubbles on!" she yells through the door. You're starting to notice that her shyness breaks down at the end of a long day.
A minute later she comes out wearing a bathing suit. "Do you have anything to wear?"
"I actually don't have anything. Do you have something I can wear?"
Robin thinks for a minute. "Well, it might be a little small on you."
"I'd rather have small than nothing at all." You wink.
Robin blushes and produces a bikini from her bag. She feels the need to explain herself. "I was hoping to get some tanning done between scouting gyms before...everything happened. For vitamin D."
You take the two piece suit and change in the bathroom. It IS small on you, but it probably feels worse than you think, right? You give yourself a once over in the mirror before you had back out. Eh. You're too tired to care.
You had no idea how stiff and sore you truly were until you crawled into the tub. You practically melt. Only one more thing can make this perfect.
You lean out of the tub and grab a bottle from your bag. This particular one is pretty big, but just by looking at it you can tell it's nasty tasting.
"Woah. Where did you even get that?" Vance asks you.
"As your master and trainer. I command you to drink and not ask questions." You take a swig and hand Robin the bottle. She chugs as best as she can. She must still be trying to impress you. She hands the bottle to Vance.
You bend over of the tub and reach out to your bag again and start fetching your Pokeballs. "Come on out everybody!" You release all of your Pokemon. There's a small ruckus before they all settle down and start exploring the room and socializing with each other. You ease back into the tub and catch Vance choking down a large gulp. Something must have pushed him over the edge to take it. You rest your lower back right in front of a jet. Heaven.
Robin seems to be spinning in her own little world. Her feet gently kick up to the surface of the tub. "Hmm? Well, Master Sato's style seems to depend a lot playing to the strengths of the battlefield. He two different teams he uses for inexperienced trainers. My dad has two teams too, but one is crazy strong!" Vance hands her back the bottle and she takes another shot. She takes a pretty large amount, and hands it over to you. "Lessee... Pansage, Lombre, and Snover are the ones I know. He *hiccup* He yush...He yushually...He Ush-shu-wah-lee does three on three battlesh." Well, that hit her hard.
You and Robin are mostly submerged in the tub, but the water only comes up to Vance's belly button. "...So Vance, big guy. You said before you took classes with him for meditating, right?" You take a drink. You have to shake your head. It's been a really long day and the bottle hits you like a sack of bricks.
"Yeah! Yeah, I usually don't go for that sort of thing, believe it or not. I was trying to learn more about Meditites."
"And did you learn anything?" You poke him in the chest with the bottle. He takes it from you and has another drink. You shift back against that magical water jet and readjust your top.
"Yeah. They're really, really boring."
Robin bursts into laughter and splashes all over.
You put your hand on Robin and Vance's shoulders. "Alright, alright. Guys. Let's play truth or dare! Come on!"
They both readily agree. This might be fun.
"OK, OK. OK. Since you're a freaking truck and are probably feeling it the least, you go first Vance. Truth, or dare?"
He thinks for a moment. "Dare."
You grab the bottle back and mark a spot with your finger. "I dare you to drink the bottle up to here."
"OooooooOooooOOOoooo" Robin adds a dramatic flair.
Vance looks at the bottle, takes a deep breath, lets it out, puts the bottle to his mouth and turns it upside down.
"Do it! Do it! Do it!" You and Robin start chanting. Vance's Adam's apple bobs as he swallows each mouthful. You and Robin both cheer when he gets to a certain point, and he takes that as his cue to stop.
"Whooooo!" He shakes his face like a dog. "WhoooOoOOOOOO! Wow!" His face contorts into a series of ridiculous messes before he calms down. "That was...wow." Vance leans down into the tub. This time he's much more relaxed. You feel his knees touch yours as he leans back. The water comes up to his armpits now. "Hooo. Oh boy." He manages to say. He looks up to the ceiling. Machop gives him a funny look.
Probably a good idea to give him a minute.
You turn to Robin. "Truth or Dare, Robmo!" You're sure that sounded dumb, but you don't care.
Robin puts her finger to her mouth, "Hmm, dare!"
"I dare you..." You lean in close to Robin. "I dare you to sing and do the dance for I'm a Little Teapot."
She bursts out laughing. "Whaaaaaat?"
Vance looks like he's coming back around. "What? Teapot?"
"You heard me!" You're probably shouting a bit. "Come on Robin. Stop stalling."
Robin stands up. "Alright. Here goesh." She giggles again. "I'm a little teapot, short and stout," she giggles again. "Here is my handle, here is my shhhhpout!" She kicks water and you as she she ends each verse. "When I get all steamed up, hear me sshshout!" She yells the last word. "Tip, me over, and pour me out!" She leans a little too far and falls into the tub. You manage to catch her and get her right side up before she can splash too much. To your credit you put her upright before any unseemly thoughts cross your mind.
Vance comes back fully to the world of the living. "Hey! Wait a minute. You stole my turn!" Damn.
Robin leans right into your face and wags her finger. "Youuuuuuu diiiiid! You're always doing bad shhhtuff like that!" She giggles. "But we caaaaught you!~"
"Alright. I guess it's only fair."
Vance shakes his head again. He must still be fighting the booze from his dare. "Truth, or dare?"
"Truth!" You break the pattern. Plus you'll probably need a few more shots before you dare to do anything that's worth a dare. On that note, you grab the bottle and take another drink. "Lay it on me big guy!"
Vance thinks for a second. "Alright. Alright. I got one. Alright? Here it is." Yeesh. Dramatic much? "Alright. Kat. What is...alright. What is..." He hiccups. "OK. What is your real name?"
Oh yeah. That. You guess he must have caught on that you haven't told him yet. Maybe he's not as dense as he seems sometimes. Maybe he doesn't know and he's just bluffing.
Robin looks uninterested. The two of your already settle the matter with the name she gave you. She splashes Machop, who splashes her back.
You get him to lean over closely. You motion for him to present his ear. He uses his hand to make a cone around his ear and gets close to you. You put your hand on his leg and get right up in there. "My real name is..."
You say your name loud enough for Robin to hear. He jumps back in surprise as you laugh. Robin laughs too. Finally Vance caves in and joins you both. Robin looks like she's too out of it to remember. Not that it really matters.
"You know, you could have just told me before." Vance says.
"Then I wouldn't have this great little buffer zone for Truth or Dare to make you waste turns, now would I?" You give him a wink and a smile.
Robin's turn comes up. She dares Vance to do the teapot dance. Apparently that's just hilarious to her. You have to admit that seeing him do it is pretty funny. He also slips at the end, but it takes the combined effort of you, Robin, and Machop to right him again. You take a glance around the room and see your Pokemon are mostly resting on the various cushions and soft spots in the room. Vlad looks particularly funny hanging from the coat rack.
You take another drink and pass on the bottle. It's your turn. At least you think so, you haven't really been keeping track that well. Neither has anyone else.
You leer over to the petite redhead to your left. "Alright Robin. Truth, or dare?"
You hand her the bottle and she takes another drink. Robin makes a show of trying to decide. She puts her finger on her mouth again, or at least she tries to, but she misses by a little bit. "Truth!"
Robin passes the drink over to Vance.
You decide to keep things light and fluffy.
"So Robin." She tries to sit up straight to brace herself for whatever you hit her with. You shift over to her side of the tub. In a low tone, you ask, "Would you ever be into a girl?" You're face to face with her. She blushes and looks down. "I..."
You don't wait for a proper response. You straddle her hips and whisper in her ear. "How much do you love it when I tease you?" Again, before she can answer, you act. You nibble on her ear, making sure your hands brush against that one weak spot on her neck and the other on the small of her back. Your body presses into hers.
A satisfying faint whimper escapes her lips. "Ah! I-I don't...Ah. I don't know! I really don't. Ah.~" She manages to blurt out. You can tell that's what she really thinks. Reluctantly, you stop. You stay on her lap though.
Vance is chugging the bottle without you or Robin egging him on, but keeping both eyes glued on the two of you. You both look over to him. You've never seen a male look so uncomfortable in real life.
"Oh. My turn? Umm. Kat, truth or dare I guess?"
You try your best to look sober and in control
"Dare!"
He stops drinking for a second. "Whooo. Oh man, what is this shtefffh?" It's about time he started feeling it. "OK Vance. All you know. Need a dare. Neeeeeed a dare. Umm..." He slaps himself. "Hoo. Man. I'm barely here." He really did chug that thing. You feel a little guilty about leaving him with the bottle unsupervised.
"Alright. Kat. How about this? I dare you to umm..."
"Come on Vance. Don't take all night."
He takes another drink to work up the courage. "I dare you take off your bikini bottom."
Pffttt. You struggle to squeeze out of them and toss them at his face. The bubbles protect your 'modesty'. "Give me a hard on next turn Vance!"
He takes them from his face. He manages a faint. "OK."
It's Robin's turn next. She dares Vance to drink another four ounces. He takes a minute to build himself up, until he finally just goes for it. He chugs.
"GO! GO! GO!" You and Robin cheer.
Once again, he downs the bottle to the specified spot. He's looking very out if it. He drags himself out of the hot tub and wanders around the room, dripping a little water.
You're on Robin's lap. You look at her face and she's pretty plastered too. She's not going anywhere though. She smiles at you.
"So Robin." You straddle her more aggressively. You lean in and whisper to her. "Truth, or dare?"
You're vaguely aware that you're only wearing your small top. Damn thing is tight. You readjust it again.
"I...uh...dare." She's as red as her hair.
"I'm feeling self conscious about being the only one to not have a bottom part. Take yours off."
Robin doesn't seem willing or able to blush any more than she already is. Both of her hands vanish beneath the water. You see her wiggle and widget for a second before she presents you with her bikini bottom.
"There!" She says proudly. You take it from her hand and toss it across the room. You readjust the tiny top she lent you once again.
"Thanks. Now here's your dare"
She slaps herself on her forehead. "Youuuuuu tricked meeeeeeee!" She drunkenly proclaims. She stifles a giggle.
"Whatever it is you were hoping I wouldn't say: Do it."
Robin things about it for a second before trying to imitate you. "I'm sorry for teasing you shhho much Robin. I'll shhtop now and never do it again. I won't tease you in the shower or get ush both half naked and cuddle at night. Never again!"
Wait, is that what she hopes you wouldn't say, or is she just saying this herself?
She grabs you by the hand. "Come on. Let's go to bed." She smiles warmly at you. You both get out of the tub and head to the large bed in the suite. Vance is sprawled out half on the bed and half off of it. Not really conscious but not sleeping either.
You and Robin dive under the covers, hand in hand.