clockmaster | [Being a kid is nto fun RL-Tyki, Zechs, Rufus...and maybe someone else XD]

Rufus heard what Hakuba said as he came down the stairs with GAIA MONOPOLY.

"We don't play games," Rufus retorted on his way to the other two, "However, speaking of Dark ... "

He hadn't seen the other man for a while, and ... Rufus set down the box and went upstairs to go get the other pieces to it.

[ooc; i have to head out for a while. <3 Dont wait on my account]

"If it involves bondage, I still don't want to know until after this virus is over," Tyki retorted, watching Rufus come down the stairs.

"Why does everyone seem to think I'm interested in children that way?" he muttered mostly to himself. "There are other ways of having fun."

His eyebrows quirked as Rufus mentioned Dark and then trotted back up the stairs again. He moved down to the floor and sat cross-legged next to the box, opening it up. He'd never seen a game like this before and looked at all of the pieces and paper money with interest. "So how do we play?"

"I didn't mean to offend you, Tyki. Other ways, uh?"

Hakuba took the game's box and studied it. A Gaia monopoly....figures. Well, at least there was a similar game on her own earth.

"In Monopoly players compete to acquire wealth through stylized economic activity involving the buying, renting, and trading of properties using play money, as we take turns moving across the board according to the roll of the dice." Hakuba informed him. "The object of the game is to own every piece of property. The game is named after the economic concept of monopoly, the domination of a market by a single entity." The blonde kid snorted. "no wonder Rufus likes it."

Tyki waved off Hakuba's apology, smiling at him. "Sure, other ways. Like games." He waved at the board.

He listened with attention to the words, his eyebrows rising. "Yeah, I'm not surprised that this is Rufus' board game," he said, laughing. "It sounds incredibly dull, but I guess if it's a well-known game it must have appeal to people other than business moguls."

He rooted through the box and pulled out a couple of token, finally settling on the chocobo and placing it at the start square.

Hakuba looked at the tokens."It's a bit different from the one on my earth but..Monopoly could go on for hours. A game was supposed to have a definite end somewhere. In Monopoly you kept going around and around. It's about strategy. After 40 minutes it can be a bit boring."

Frankly, to be Rufus apartment playing monopoly with a Noah when his body was now the one of a 6 years old kid was something that Hakuba never imagined. "

"We can play another thing. Did you ever had a Quid pro Quo game?"

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Tyki chuckled. He was feeling the weirdness, too, but his own life was plenty weird enough that it didn't really bother him.

He shook his head at Hakbua, his eyebrows rising with curiosity. "Tell me about it?" he asked. "I haven't heard of that game."

Hakuba's eyes glinted with amusement. "Quid pro quo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quid_pro_quo) means in latin something for something, and to play you just have to ask a question to a person, and then the person ask you a question in return." Hakuba moved his left hand up, Watson jumped over it and he started to caress her with his free hand.

"It's a really easy game, but it can turn to be a bit dangerous, it depends about the questions."

Tyki chuckled. "I'm not surprised that is your favourite game, my friend," he said. "And it sounds like fun, though the real trick will be getting Rufus to join in."

His eyes glittered. "But there's a variant that I prefer, if you're willing. It's similar, but it's called 'Truth or Dare'. Are you familiar with it?"

"Guilty as charged" the blonde child cheered. "I managed to trick Rufus to play with me a few times, but he cheat on his responses or avoid the subject. Not so fun." Hakuba nearly sulked, but he remember to himself that detectives didn't sulk, so he was not doing it. No, not at all.

"Yes, I'm familiar with 'Truth or Dare'. That can be even more dangerous, but I like challenges so if you want to play that, it's fine with me. An we totally need to trick Rufus into that one."

Tyki laughed. "Shameful when people cheat," he said, his eyes dancing. "Somehow I'm not surprised that Rufus refuses to abide by the rules, when it comes to answering questions. At least with Truth or Dare, you can chose the 'Dare' option every time, just to avoid answering questions."

He grinned. "In that case, Hakuba, Truth or Dare?"

"but knowing Rufus the 'Dare' things can be somethign really crazy."

Easy question.

"Truth"

"But that's the fun of it," Tyki said cheerfully.

He smiled and considered for a moment. "Tell me why you love Akako."

Nothing like starting with a hard question.

"I suppose so." Hakuba smiled at the question. Maka asked that to him some time ago. Well..he asked that to himself a lot of times too.

"I don't think that there's a good way to answer a question about love, I don't think that love is logical or reasonable, but I will try. It's an overwhelming feeling of happiness that flows into your mind and body. When people is in love most tend to let go of any selfish aspect about themselves, but when I think of her I feel selfish too, and I don't regret it. I want her, and I want her to want me too. I been alone for a long time and I thought that love didn't worth it. I was wrong. She can be a bit crazy, devilish and hard to deal with, but I told her that I would never try to change her because love her for that reason." Hakuba paused for a minute, and scratched the back of his head. "Such a long response....in short, we can't choose the people we love. We just do it."

Tyki grinned widely. "I think it's normal for someone in love to be able to wax on for a while about it, so don't be embarrassed. I just wondered if there were some things in particular you saw in her. I don't know her well, myself, so I couldn't guess."

He spread his hands. "Now then...I think I shall start with Truth for now."

"There's a lot of things, but words can't describe it it well enough. It's not only about her looks, even if If She's physically attractive to me. Her personality did draw me to her. One of the things I like the most is that she's strong. I mean...I spend most of my life feeling like I need to help and be strong for others, but she's not expecting me to be like that. I know that I can be weak in front of her and she will be there for me, even if she will probably kick my ass out of mourning instead of pity me. I hate it when people pity me."

Hakuba paused, as several stray thoughts connected in his head. At Tykis' question, he began to smile again and spoke in a soft voice. "You told me some time ago that there was an special person on your life, more exactly the same afternoon that you showed me your powers as Noah. That person is Zechs, right?"

Even if that was a game, he tried to be subtle. Because asking on the open 'Are you sleeping with him?' Sounded crude and disrespectful. And even if the detective suspected that Rufus already knew about them, he didn't wanted him to heard it.

Tyki's eyebrows rose. He wasn't surprised at all that Hakuba had worked it out, and in retrospect, he should have been expecting Hakuba to take the opportunity to ask about it, now that they were alone in a space that couldn't be hacked.

"Yes," he said with a soft smile. "That person is Zechs. And Rufus already knows, so don't be concerned with discussing it in front of him."

He cocked his head. "I assume you're taking Truth as well, so how did you know?"

"It's not like he keeps it private," Rufus quipped finally. He had an extremely bored expression on his young features. He looked much older than he was in moments like these, but it was just a passing trait.

Rufus frowned, they weren't playing monopoly? Perhaps it was for the best. There were some handwritten instructions for the other version that they played in the box. Then again, Rufus rarely paid attention to the rules.

"I should make it clear that I am not going to do anything regarding this idiotic game. I'm sure you both can figure out why."

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Tyki turned his head and looked at Rufus mildly. "I keep it private," he said tartly. "I don't flirt with him any more than I do with everyone else outside of lock. You only know for other reasons, but so far as I know no one dangerous has guessed, and that is the important thing."

"And what's so idiotic about the game, Rufus?" He smiled wickedly. "If you don't play, then you can be sure that Hakuba and I will only choose Dare from now on, and that you will be the subject of most of them."

Hakuba snorted amused, Tyki and Rufus were really something to see. He tilted his head a bit as he replied the older man.

"I knew about you two because you told me, before that I was just suspecting. It was all about details, and amount of small things growing into big ones. When Zechs was hacked by Preventers all their private entries were unlocked. You took care of him when he was mentally regressed, even if you don't flirt with him any more than you do with everyone else, you really don't like kids and that was strange. I was all sure about it but I had a sensation. Call it detective's six sense. I will keep my mouth shut, though.” He promised. His friendship with both Tyki and Zechs was not the most stable and the last thing he cared to do was alienate either of them.

Hakuba caught Rufus’s stubborn expression and had compassion of him. "Come on, it's not that bad. I will give my turn so you can ask now.” He smiled, waiting for a snark reply.

Rufus gave Tyki a hard, even stare. "Didn't I just say that I wasn't going to play this game?"

He packed up the game again, making sure that everything was in its place before gingerly closing the box and carrying it back upstairs. The stairs were another sort of challenge for Rufus. There were a lot bigger than when he built the apartment, and he cursed himself for having a two-floor condo.

Tyki rolled his eyes. "You're no fun at all, Rufus!" he called back after the boy. "One of these days you'll learn to lighten up a little, and the world will end."

He turned back to Hakuba and grinned. "I think it's my turn, then, since Rufus is being a stick in the mud as usual," he said, chuckling. "So as promised, I will choose Dare."

The detective watched the other blonde child dissapear, a frown on his own small face.

"I dare you to make him smile. Or laugh, if you can do it."

(ooc: I'm on the job, don't wait for me <3))

Edited 2008-11-24 16:46 (UTC)

Tyki considered that, then frowned at Hakuba. "You don't make this easy, do you," he said reproachfully.

He rose to his feet and headed upstairs in search of Rufus.

"You was the one who chose the 'True or Dare', my 'Quid Pro Quo' game don't have that things." Hakuba screamed at him to make himself heard. He didn't wanted to be bad them, au contraire, he wanted Rufus to feel a bit better with the current situation. But ey, he could have fun in the process too.

Rufus was in his bedroom, standing on a chair in their walk-in closet trying to put the game away. He almost had it, but he had to stand on his tip-toes to successfully put it away neatly. Hakuba hadn't been quiet about his dare, and he knew that Tyki was probably on his way up to try and to make him laugh. Which, everyone knew was impossible. Even from a young age, Rufus didn't have that sort of capacity. Though, it would be very interesting to see Tyki try.

He hopped off the stool and hid it in the bathroom, then looked at the state of the bedroom. Then rushed out of it before he could let Tyki into his most private sanctums. He closed the doors behind him and met Tyki at the top of the stairs.

"Did you get lost?" he asked.

Edited 2008-11-24 17:22 (UTC)

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