Jazz slid the tray of pizza bites into the oven and set the timer before leaving the kitchen. Danny, Sam, and Tucker were in the living room chatting when she walked in.
"We've probably got about ten more minutes on the food," she said, taking a seat on the unoccupied chair.
"Aw man, I don't think I can wait that long," Tucker whined.
"Dude, you just ate an entire bag of pretzels. By yourself."
"They were good." He shrugged. "And who could say no to that sweet, sweet honey glaze?"
"It was a family size though?" Danny grabbed one of the nearby embroidered throw pillows and tossed it at Tucker, "It was meant to be shared."
"Well, I for one, wasn't going to have any." Sam bristled before taking a swig of her sparkling water.
"Why's that?" Jazz asked.
"Because honey is made by bees, for bees."
"Oh right, you're vegan." Jazz blushed at her forgetfulness, "I'm sorry, it must have slipped my mind."
Sam waved her off, "It's fine. That's why I bring my own snacks." She reached into her spider-shaped backpack and pulls out a container of pre-cut vegetables.
She offered her dish to the group, "unlike some people, I know how to share."
Tucker just blew a raspberry at her.
"Oh, I have an idea! Why don't we play a game to get to know each other better?" Jazz suggested scooting to the edge of her seat.
"Okay but why?" Danny asked with half a carrot sticking out of his mouth.
"Why not? We're a team and it'll be fun!"
"What kind of game did you have in mind?" Sam asked.
"Just a simple game of truth or dare."
"Ooh, slumber party games! I'm in!" Tucker agreed eagerly.
"Alright but if we do this, we gotta do it right." Sam turned to Jazz, "mind if we lay down some ground rules?"
"Not at all."
"To keep things interesting, everyone is allowed two passes if they get asked something they really, really don't want to answer or do, but you have to do at least one dare."
"And tell at least one truth too!" Jazz added. "Just so someone isn't only doing dares."
"Well of course." Sam smiled. "Are we in agreement?"
"I can live with that," Tucker smirked as he kicked back on the sofa.
Danny was the only one hesitating, but quickly agreed once he realized he was the odd man out.
"So, who goes first?" Jazz asked looking around the group.
"Well it was your idea." Sam took another sip of her drink, "show us how it's done."
"Alright," she turned to her brother, "Danny, Truth or Dare?"
"What?" He sighed and leaned back into the sofa hugging a pillow embroidered with the phrase, 'home is where the haunt is', "Fine, dare."
Both Sam and Tucker oh'd and ah'd playfully.
Jazz blinked in surprise, having seriously expected him to hold out on dare's until he absolutely had to.
"If you need any help, I've got a few ideas." Sam casually whispered as she leaned in towards Jazz.
"No, no, I'll think of something." Jazz looked around the room until an idea struck her. "I got it!"
The trio perked up with various levels of anticipation and curiosity.
"Danny, remember that show we used to watch as kids? The one we rented from the video store so many times that they finally just gave it to us?"
Danny nodded, "What about it?"
"You remember her catchphrase?"
He smiled at the memory, "of course, how could I forget? It was only in every episode."
"Then that's my dare! You gotta recite the catchphrase." She paused and then added, "but you have to do the whole thing. Like when we were kids."
"The whole thing!" He asked incredulously.
"Well it wouldn't be a particularly good dare if it wasn't. But if you really don't want to you can always pass… and have to hope Sam or Tucker don't have a worse dare." Jazz ended with a devious smirk.
Danny flopped back against the couch with a resounding sigh of defeat. "Ugh, fine I'll do it."
He hopped up off the couch and scrambled over the coffee table almost tripping on it in the process. Luckily, his back foot went intangible and easily passed through.
Once he regained his balance, he kept his back to the couch, "okay just give me a second and don't say anything until I'm done."
Jazz clapped happily nodding in agreement, as Danny looked over his shoulder at her.
"Do you know what this is?" Sam asked Tucker only to get a shrug in response as Jazz excitedly hushed them.
Danny took a deep breath before spinning on his heel and launching right into the quote, "I am Sailor Moon, the champion of justice! And I say on behalf of the moon: I shall right wrongs and triumph over evil! And that means you!"
But it wasn't just a quote, it was the whole thing. He did the entire choreographed sequence and ended on the infamous pose.
And he did it perfectly.