Author's Notes: I don't know how widely spread the stupid games kids play
are, so here's an explanation for the ones I think will be less common.
Murder in the dark is a game where everyone playing picks a piece of paper
out of a hat. All of the pieces of paper say 'witness' except one says
'murderer' and one says 'cop' or some other law enforcing type person.
Then the lights are turned off, the murderer kills (you know I don't mean
it, of course) whomever they want to. That person dies a spectacular
death, then the lights are turned back on and the cop asks everyone all
sorts of questions to try and figure out the murderer. They have three
guesses to get it right. In blind man's bluff the 'it' person wears a
blindfold and is spun around three times. Then the lights are turned off
and they have to catch someone, then guess who it is. The first person
caught is it next. When I say esky? That's what we Australians call ice
chests/ice boxes/coolers.
Heh: When Buffy offers Mulder her scarf with a pin there's a reason why I included that. It's a stupid reason, though. Same for the hotel game reference.
'The Music Shop'?: This would be a very strange, possible Australian show that used to be on during the week at about ten in the morning. It was about a woman who worked at a music shop (thus the title) and had all these friends that were actors in animal costumes. It was a truly frightening show, and part of the theme song actually went the way I describe it. Yes, I do remember that I seemed very afraid of theme songs in the last chapter, but I couldn't pass up the chance to have everyone sing that crappy song.
***
Twenty minutes later everyone had lost several items of clothing except Spike, who was still completely clothed. Buffy, obviously very upset by this, had been trying to cheat so that he would lose. "Uno!" exclaimed Mulder. "Mulder, that was hours ago", said Lois, his girlfriend. "We're playing strip poker now, remember? That's why you're only wearing boxer shorts." "That's what YOU think", Mulder replied as he tried to make snowman out of his discarded clothing. Ah, the fun. Lois sighed and returned to the game. While she had been talking to the crazy man Snaps had lost again, leaving him completely naked. "I'm cold", he complained. "Do we have to keep playing?" "Yes!" insisted Buffy, but no one agreed with her, and so the game was ended. Snaps quickly redressed, desperate to hide his shame.
"Fine then", Buffy said. "But if we don't do that then what are we going to do?" "The licence plate game!" Clark exclaimed. "It's dark, moron", Spike replied. Clark prepared himself for battle again. "Do you want to take me on, shit head?" he asked Spike, sounding oh-so-menacing. But Spike couldn't care less. "How about 'I Spy with my sexy eye'?" suggested Quami. "I really think that falls in the same category as the licence plate game. And the heading of that category is 'games played during the day'!" yelled Spike. These stupid people irritated him like so much. "Well, you come up with something then", MacGuyver said to Spike. "Fine", Spike replied. "What about a sing along? What about murder in the dark? Why don't we start a band? Or we could play blind man's bluff! There's lots of choices!" Each one of the skegs nodded slowly, but as it was dark they couldn't see each other.
"I think blind man's bluff would be the best choice", said Lois. "I also think that blind man's bluff would be the best choice", said Marti. There was a general murmuring of agreement from the remaining twelve that weren't Spike, as he obviously didn't need to agree with himself. "Yay!" said Mulder. "I get to be blind!" "Do you mean you want to be it first?" asked Gohan. "Because I know that I don't want to be. Does anyone else?" "Not me", said Gee. "Me neither", said Spike. "Not in a million years, circus freak", said Clark. "It's settled then", said Buffy. "Mulder will be up. He can use my attractive scarf with a pin as a blindfold."
So Mulder put on his blindfold, tripped over Quami, and fell flat on his face. "Ow!" he cried. "The vampires got me!" "Hey, I was way over her", said Spike. "And I really think this is less of a bus game and more of a hotel game." "Why a hotel game?" asked Buffy. "Just trust me", replied Spike. "I know things that you could never dream of understanding. Why don't we just take the less painful plan and have a sing along?" Again everyone agreed. "But what song?" asked Matt, from the driver's seat. "How about 'Dancing Queen'?" suggested Wheeler. "No, I think we should sing that 'Blue' song by Eiffel 65", said Linka. "I wanna sing 'Dancing Queen'!" cried Spike, because you know, he really wanted to sing 'Dancing Queen'. "Yeah, let's sing that", agreed Gohan. "I think we'll sing 'Dancing Queen' then", said Buffy. "I'll start. Friday night and the lights are low..." "Looking out for a place to go", sang Clark. "Got to play it right, groove it, riding in a swing, you've come to search for a ring", sang Mulder. "Wrong words, dumbass", said mean, mean Clark. "Anybody could be that guy!" continued MacGuyver and Snaps. "Not as young, and the music's... hiiiiigh", joined in everyone else except Gee, who sorta just hummed along.
After all of the Dancing Queen, ABBA fun was over there was silence for a little while before the skegs realised that, since there song was over, it was time to think of something new. "Well", said Buffy, "I think it's time for us to sing something from 'The Music Shop'". "Do you mean the theme song or the tango song?" asked Quami. "I don't know", Buffy replied. "I personally prefer the theme song, but someone else can make the final decision." "I think we should go for the theme song personally as well", said Clark. "It just makes me feel good about myself. "Let's sing then!" said Spike. "I want to get started." And so they sang.
"Welcome to The Music Shop, where fun and music never stop. You can sing and you can bop, down at The Music Shop. The Music Shop is a wonderful place, I can sing tenor, and you can sing bass. If you can't sing just wiggle your face, down at The Music Shop. Down at The Music Shop. Down at The Music Shop, yeah!"
"You know, that song has so many levels that I never thought about before", said Clark, choosing his words carefully. "I know what you mean", agreed MacGuyver. As silence once again fell over the bus Spike carried another one of his CDs up the front and made use of the Super Special Bus CD System. He pressed play, and the relaxing sounds of the musical version of "The Highwayman" by Loreena McKennit began. Spike returned to his seat next to Buffy. A few minutes later everyone was asleep.
The next morning the skegs awoke slowly except for Matt, who was shocked awake quickly when he realised he was meant to be driving the bus. Luckily he had fallen asleep with his foot on the accelerator, and the road was very, very straight. That really was lucky. Mulder chose that moment to wander to the front of the bus. "I'm so hungry, I could eat my own face!" he sobbed to no one in particular. Spike sat up quickly. "Come down here little Mulder man", he said. "I may have something in my backpack for you." Spike once again reached into his purple backpack and pulled out an esky. It was one of those really big ones that look like a refrigerator. "Here we go", Spike said. Would anyone care for a sausage?"
Spike reached into the esky and retrieved a small package of sausages. He then tipped his backpack upside down. Out fell a camping stove. Spike opened the sausages and began to cook. "Can I have one of those?" asked MacGuyver. "Us too", said Wheeler in reference to himself and Linka. Spike threw them each a sausage, then put more on the stove. "Do you guys want anything with those?" he asked, pulling out five different sauces and a spice rack, as well as a loaf of bread. "I'll have some Wostershire sauce and pepper", said MacGuyver. "Can I have barbecue sauce?" asked Wheeler. Of course you can", Spike replied, and threw (well, really passed) the requested sauces and pepper to those who wanted them. Do you want anything with your sausage?" he asked Linka. "No thanks, my dear Englishman", Linka replied. "Oh wait, do you have basil?" "I sure do", said Spike, handing Linka the basil he purchased the previous week. He really did love basil.
Heh: When Buffy offers Mulder her scarf with a pin there's a reason why I included that. It's a stupid reason, though. Same for the hotel game reference.
'The Music Shop'?: This would be a very strange, possible Australian show that used to be on during the week at about ten in the morning. It was about a woman who worked at a music shop (thus the title) and had all these friends that were actors in animal costumes. It was a truly frightening show, and part of the theme song actually went the way I describe it. Yes, I do remember that I seemed very afraid of theme songs in the last chapter, but I couldn't pass up the chance to have everyone sing that crappy song.
***
Twenty minutes later everyone had lost several items of clothing except Spike, who was still completely clothed. Buffy, obviously very upset by this, had been trying to cheat so that he would lose. "Uno!" exclaimed Mulder. "Mulder, that was hours ago", said Lois, his girlfriend. "We're playing strip poker now, remember? That's why you're only wearing boxer shorts." "That's what YOU think", Mulder replied as he tried to make snowman out of his discarded clothing. Ah, the fun. Lois sighed and returned to the game. While she had been talking to the crazy man Snaps had lost again, leaving him completely naked. "I'm cold", he complained. "Do we have to keep playing?" "Yes!" insisted Buffy, but no one agreed with her, and so the game was ended. Snaps quickly redressed, desperate to hide his shame.
"Fine then", Buffy said. "But if we don't do that then what are we going to do?" "The licence plate game!" Clark exclaimed. "It's dark, moron", Spike replied. Clark prepared himself for battle again. "Do you want to take me on, shit head?" he asked Spike, sounding oh-so-menacing. But Spike couldn't care less. "How about 'I Spy with my sexy eye'?" suggested Quami. "I really think that falls in the same category as the licence plate game. And the heading of that category is 'games played during the day'!" yelled Spike. These stupid people irritated him like so much. "Well, you come up with something then", MacGuyver said to Spike. "Fine", Spike replied. "What about a sing along? What about murder in the dark? Why don't we start a band? Or we could play blind man's bluff! There's lots of choices!" Each one of the skegs nodded slowly, but as it was dark they couldn't see each other.
"I think blind man's bluff would be the best choice", said Lois. "I also think that blind man's bluff would be the best choice", said Marti. There was a general murmuring of agreement from the remaining twelve that weren't Spike, as he obviously didn't need to agree with himself. "Yay!" said Mulder. "I get to be blind!" "Do you mean you want to be it first?" asked Gohan. "Because I know that I don't want to be. Does anyone else?" "Not me", said Gee. "Me neither", said Spike. "Not in a million years, circus freak", said Clark. "It's settled then", said Buffy. "Mulder will be up. He can use my attractive scarf with a pin as a blindfold."
So Mulder put on his blindfold, tripped over Quami, and fell flat on his face. "Ow!" he cried. "The vampires got me!" "Hey, I was way over her", said Spike. "And I really think this is less of a bus game and more of a hotel game." "Why a hotel game?" asked Buffy. "Just trust me", replied Spike. "I know things that you could never dream of understanding. Why don't we just take the less painful plan and have a sing along?" Again everyone agreed. "But what song?" asked Matt, from the driver's seat. "How about 'Dancing Queen'?" suggested Wheeler. "No, I think we should sing that 'Blue' song by Eiffel 65", said Linka. "I wanna sing 'Dancing Queen'!" cried Spike, because you know, he really wanted to sing 'Dancing Queen'. "Yeah, let's sing that", agreed Gohan. "I think we'll sing 'Dancing Queen' then", said Buffy. "I'll start. Friday night and the lights are low..." "Looking out for a place to go", sang Clark. "Got to play it right, groove it, riding in a swing, you've come to search for a ring", sang Mulder. "Wrong words, dumbass", said mean, mean Clark. "Anybody could be that guy!" continued MacGuyver and Snaps. "Not as young, and the music's... hiiiiigh", joined in everyone else except Gee, who sorta just hummed along.
After all of the Dancing Queen, ABBA fun was over there was silence for a little while before the skegs realised that, since there song was over, it was time to think of something new. "Well", said Buffy, "I think it's time for us to sing something from 'The Music Shop'". "Do you mean the theme song or the tango song?" asked Quami. "I don't know", Buffy replied. "I personally prefer the theme song, but someone else can make the final decision." "I think we should go for the theme song personally as well", said Clark. "It just makes me feel good about myself. "Let's sing then!" said Spike. "I want to get started." And so they sang.
"Welcome to The Music Shop, where fun and music never stop. You can sing and you can bop, down at The Music Shop. The Music Shop is a wonderful place, I can sing tenor, and you can sing bass. If you can't sing just wiggle your face, down at The Music Shop. Down at The Music Shop. Down at The Music Shop, yeah!"
"You know, that song has so many levels that I never thought about before", said Clark, choosing his words carefully. "I know what you mean", agreed MacGuyver. As silence once again fell over the bus Spike carried another one of his CDs up the front and made use of the Super Special Bus CD System. He pressed play, and the relaxing sounds of the musical version of "The Highwayman" by Loreena McKennit began. Spike returned to his seat next to Buffy. A few minutes later everyone was asleep.
The next morning the skegs awoke slowly except for Matt, who was shocked awake quickly when he realised he was meant to be driving the bus. Luckily he had fallen asleep with his foot on the accelerator, and the road was very, very straight. That really was lucky. Mulder chose that moment to wander to the front of the bus. "I'm so hungry, I could eat my own face!" he sobbed to no one in particular. Spike sat up quickly. "Come down here little Mulder man", he said. "I may have something in my backpack for you." Spike once again reached into his purple backpack and pulled out an esky. It was one of those really big ones that look like a refrigerator. "Here we go", Spike said. Would anyone care for a sausage?"
Spike reached into the esky and retrieved a small package of sausages. He then tipped his backpack upside down. Out fell a camping stove. Spike opened the sausages and began to cook. "Can I have one of those?" asked MacGuyver. "Us too", said Wheeler in reference to himself and Linka. Spike threw them each a sausage, then put more on the stove. "Do you guys want anything with those?" he asked, pulling out five different sauces and a spice rack, as well as a loaf of bread. "I'll have some Wostershire sauce and pepper", said MacGuyver. "Can I have barbecue sauce?" asked Wheeler. Of course you can", Spike replied, and threw (well, really passed) the requested sauces and pepper to those who wanted them. Do you want anything with your sausage?" he asked Linka. "No thanks, my dear Englishman", Linka replied. "Oh wait, do you have basil?" "I sure do", said Spike, handing Linka the basil he purchased the previous week. He really did love basil.