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When Baam gets drunk, you know the party maybe a tad bit too wild, but that made it all the more fun, seeing him slowly losing more and more brain function, was nothing short of entertaining, not that most got to enjoy it as they were too busy with their own challenges e.g. walking in a straight line.
So when Leesoo suggested a party, to celebrate all of their friends first reunion, since the second floor, there was of course a few worries amongst the friends, mainly from Khun, Hatsu and surprisingly Rak. "Prey isn't supposed to get stronger drunk, damm black turtle" Several people sweatdropped to the statement, much to those who hadn't been around Baam drunk, dismay.
"Come on guys, he can't be that bad right?" Leeso looked around, not excited at their facial expressions "right??" Khun sighed "It's not that he's bad per say" a few people nodded "He's just a bit more.... Loose?" When talking about Baam, that wasn't a word Leesoo would use "Loose?" Khun sitting head almost in his lap "Yeah, it's like less self control, I guess"
This answer could only spell disaster, that was obvious, but still holding on to a faint hope, that his favorite cinnamon bun wasn’t some crazy drunk "What kind of self control are we talking about here? Like shinsu or emotionally" Leesoo tested the waters
Androssi tried hard to fight down her rising blush, to no avail, which did not go unnoticed.
"I mean self control, as a whole " Khun emphasised as a whole a bit more than Leesoo would have liked, Khun's statement brought a few nods, and a bright red blush.
"Oh... oh, oh no" Among the six regulars in the room, they all knew Baam was pretty strong, not that many of them would admit it to his face, but if he could use Shinsu while drunk, well they didn’t really want to think about it
"Black turtle is not so bad dumb blue turtle" Rak said passive aggressively, still holding Baam in the prey category, well he had never won before, since they never fought "Only you weak turtles should be worried, just stay away from his drinks, and let me RAK THE LEADER handle him, if you're so scared" For added dramatic effect Rak even uncompressed to his full height, although it was hard to miss the very obvious death glare sent from Khun and sudden drop in temperature, that quickly followed.
Getting tired of the endless banter, that seemed to follow Khun, Androssi broke the new found silence "Guys guys calm down, you guys aren't much better, plus it's a party, you're supposed to get drunk a loose control a bit, it's all part of the fun, let’s just hope no one spikes the chestnu-"
She was interrupted by the door to the room opening, with a lone figure standing where the door just were, slowly an extremely tired Baam walked in, it took a second or two before Baam noticed them all, surprise filled his face for a good four seconds before his cheek muscles simply gave up on him, with the rest of his energy he asked "What are you doing guys?" But before anyone could even adjust to his presence, Leesoo speedily stated "Oh i'm just thinking we hold a kind of, reunion party since we're all here"
Thinking a bit why they would plan that here , and not in literally any other place "Oh sounds fun, yeah sure, now can you guys leave this is kinda my room?" Baam was simply too tired to try and figure it out on his own, luckily he didn’t have to "I was thinking that myself" Anak spoke up from the edge of the room, standing up and beginning to walk out, stopping right where Baam just stood, and looking over her shoulder, right at Leesoo “When are you thinking then?”
Appearing to think it over, however in consideration of Baam, he decided on a date quickly "hmmm lets say tomorrow, we never know when we have to leave again" looking around at his friends for confirmation. "Sound good to me" Anak said, disappearing around the door, who was followed quickly by everyone shortly there after, not wanting to be the reason Baam couldn’t be productive the next day.
Now alone in his room had Baam thinking 'If we're gonna have a party, then I really have to watch out on how much i drink' making himself shiver just thinking about how he apparently threatened someone, with a shinsu black hole, before passing out a few minutes later, when they refused to give him more chestnut cocktails.
"To be fair someone did spike the drink" giving voice to his thoughts all the while, slowly slithering into bed sore after training the entire day "I don't think it will come to that" promptly falling asleep.
"EVAANNN" a voice shouted out, bringing a sense of dread to the person it was directed at "oh no, WHAT" the guide shouted back, rapidly running towards the origin of sound, I mean when Yuri Jahad is shouting for you, you best answer or risk a fist to the face, a very powerful fist "Why are you shouting for me" Evan said going into the room the princess was in. Yuri was looking at him, like a puppy would a new chew toy"The irregulars friends invited us to a party!" the prominent smile on her face only growing bigger.
Evan deadpanned "And you want to go, right?" again like a puppy Yuri shot up and started almost jumping on the man, that was almost half her height "YES" what the hell was all going through Evan’s head "Aren't you a bit too old to g-" barely getting started before taking a right hook directly into his face "Shut up, we're going" Yuri said with a tone that signaled final, putting a glare on top, when Evan looked as if he would protest.
"Fine fine when do you want to go?" Evan sighed realising a lost battle, which of course Yuri noticed "Now" she declared with stars in her eyes. Looking at her a bit before giving in and gesturing for her to follow "Damn pervert" he mumbled under his breath, "What was that Evan?" the stars now switched out for pure, destructive fire "ah nothing" Evan sweatdropped, not daring to provoke her further "Great let's go then shall we" earning a quick, but hesitant, nod before the guide started leading the way.
Leesoo liked a lot of things, talking and hanging out with his friends, making it to the next floor in the tower and of course he enjoyed a good joke,"YOU DID WHAT" but a screaming Khun in his face, first thing in the morning was not one of them "I invited Yuri and Evan, i dont see whats wrong with that" he simply stated, not making Khun any happier "You do know, that Yuri was the one who was responsible for the shit show, that was the party on the hell train right?" glaring into Leesoo's soul "I know i know, but she's a high ranker, she can't be dumb enough to do it twice" She’s also a princess of Jahad, but they both knew, that she did not act the part"You would be surprised" Khun sighed returning to a normal, acceptable social distance "On top of that she can be annoying as all hell"
Thinking it over, Leesoo couldn't deny what Khun was saying "Still she's still one of Baams friends, to a degree also ours, so we cant just exclude her"
"If anyone gets drugged it's on you, you are aware of this right?" Khun asked him whilst face palming "Yeah yeah sure thing, so now that's done and over with, lets get finished so there even can be a party today" Leesoo said while walking away, hoping to avoid a longer discussion with Khun, leaving said person to think it over, before he himself gave up and returned to the others, thinking 'this is going to be an interesting party for sure, lets just hope no one kills anyone, I'd rather not have to deal with that'
Later that day, the party is in full swing, although in an effort to avoid getting Baam, or anyone else for that matter, totally wasted and or drugged, Yuri was banned from doing anything to the alcohol, much to her annoyance, but a threat from Khun involving the enma core shut her up quick, Evan was secretly a bit jealous.
It was actually a pretty normal party, Rak was constantly challenging Baam to a fight, who was trying to speak to Leesoo, Khun and Hatz, Androssi and Anak was playing beer pong, which Androssi was loosing horribly, it was to the point it wasn't really fair, Yuri was jumping a bit all over the place, it would be easy to believe, that she had consumed a dangerous amount of energy drinks, or smoked something she shouldn't had, sadly she hadn’t.
The only one really drunk was Evan, making him angry and giving the others entertainment, he spent a lot of his time arguing that it wasn't fair because of his height, making him in return drink even more, to try and prove that he was just as capable as them. It took barely half a hour for Evan to get really drunk, and starting to feel left out, he started proposing a drinking game, maybe getting a bit too excited about the idea "Guys i'm telling you *hik* it's a GREAT idea" giving off a wide smile that just shouldn't be possible, grabbing everyone a literally pulling and pushing them, until he had made a circle, clapping his hands "Alright *hik* so what were doing *hik* is" stopping his explanation to make the absolute worst drumroll ever "TrUtH oR dArE" he almost shouted, so excited that his voice cracked, lots.
Whilst Evan stood tall (swaying) the others shared a few glances, a bit surprised that this was his breakthrough of an idea, nevertheless a bit intrigued by the nature of the game, before slowly agreeing, a few ideas for dares and truths, were already taking form among the group , seeing that he had hit a homerun, got Evan to quickly explain the rules to those who didn't know the them (Baam and Anak) before running of to find a bottle, again not in a straight line, not horizontally nor vertically.
'this is a bad idea, this is a bad idea, this is a bad idea, this is a bad idea' Baam frantically thought, he had a bit too many secrets that he would like to keep to himself, noticeably beginning to drink faster and faster, making Khun raise an eyebrow "ALRIGHT let's SPIN *burp* THE BOTTLE" Evan shouted coming running back full speed, and throwing it right at the group, getting easily caught by Hatz.
Giving the empty bottle a quick look "Ok so i just spin it right?" He looked up for confirmation, getting a few drunken nods in return,”Alright” placing it down and giving the bottle a good spin, everyone eyeing it like some ancient power they could claim as theirs, or curse that could doom them, but those eyes were reserved for a certain brunette and princess "Maybe a little less power next time" Leesoo muttered before it stopped, finding it annoying that the bottle was still spinning a good thirty seconds, after Hatz let go.
The bottle started to slow, which made Baam stop drinking for a second to look at it a bit harder, silently praying to whatever god exists in the tower, for the bottle to just never land on him. Fortunately Baam was luckier than others, Androssi sweating bullets spoke up "Truth" not enjoying the wicked smile she got in return from Anak, "Hmmm let me think……… Ah i know! What's your real name" never losing the smile, even as Androssi scrambled to take a shot to avoid answering, swiftly followed by spinning the bottle, although Anak never took her eyes off her step-aunt.
"what was that about" Leesoo whispered to Baam, who just shrugged, opening another beer, not wanting to remember whatever embarrassing thing he inevitably will do or say
"AHA YES" came from Yuri when the bottle pointed at Khun, who shifted in his seat under the intense enthusiasm "truth" he managed to squeak, not wanting to do a dare from her, no thank you, he’s 90 % sure that’s she’s crazy, “Hmmmm” Yuri thought over “why are you such a jerk all the time?” Dumbfounded Khun just looked at her “ehhhh, i dont trust you?” the small exchange was followed by absolute silence, no one really expected Yuri to ask an actual question, it was a real problem that Khun was the very definition of an ice wall, made it hard to communicate.
Still a bit confused, as to why she would ask that, Khun spun it again, with now everyone pretty inebriated small talk started up again, only stopping whenever the bottle stopped spinning, Anak, to her embarrassment, was dared to sit in Hatz's lap, Rak got dared to chug an entire bottle of vodka, he somehow did it but now terribly drunk he managed to stutter out a dare to Evan about a arm wrestling match between the two, it ended in a tie, because both parties were just too drunk to actually do anything.
This continued until the bottle landed on Baam, much to his dread, and everyone else's interest, to be fair they did know nothing of his past, or anything else for that matter, they only knew about his status of irregular, it made it even better (or worse, much much worse, if you asked Baam) that it was Khun who was asking the questions, the strategist, just Baams luck.
"So Baam, Truth or dare" Khun smirked leaning over the table looking him straight in the eyes
Gulping down some spit and opening his mouth to speak "Eh, uh i guess i choose -"