"Now how does this work exactly?" Fai blinked as he watched Kurogane draw what looked like a bunch of random cross-hatchings on a paper.
"I draw the lines at random so that it's impossible to trace what will lead where. When I finish, I'll write the names at the bottom under each long line. Then I'll pick a starting point at the top. Wherever the first line to cross over to another long line is, I cross over. I continue that way until I hit the bottom where my answer waits. Understand?" Kurogane explained.
"Oh I get it," Fai nodded.
"Alright. Finished," Kurogane laid out the paper, putting the pen aside.
"Which path are you going to take?" Fai smiled felinely.
"The middle one."
"Ooh, let me do it," Fai started tracing his finger down and across and down again, humming as he followed the line. "I believe that's my name, Kuro-chan."
"Actually, it says idiot," Kurogane glared up at him. "Do over. This time I'll take path two."
Fai traced down the second path, humming again. "Wow, path two leads to me too!"
"The first!"
Pale fingers slipped over black ink again. "Me again!"
"The fourth!"
"Me"
"The last one! The last one has to lead to someone e--!"
"Wow! They all lead to me! That's some ladder game layout, Kuro-san!" Fai laughed.
"What!? They can't all lead-- Goddammit!! They really all do lead to you!!" Kurogane grabbed Fai by the collar. "You rigged it somehow, didn't you?!"
"Why, Kuro-rune, I can't believe you'd think such a thing about me. Of course I didn't rig it. I wouldn't even know where to start if I had rigged it."
"Fine," Kurogane released him, shoving him back a bit with the same motion. "I'll draw straws and prove this is all just some crazy bullshit."