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[ York is sitting with his back against the wall, absorbed in the drama of a book in his lap, but his head snaps up at the knock. And he always has a smile for North. ]

Hey.

[ He sets the book aside, face down so he doesn't lose his page, and tilts his head curiously. North has been coming by for help with his burns, but it's only 7. ]

It's a little early for another round, you okay?

Yeah, I'm good. Just cashing in that rain check for drinking games.

[ He holds up the bag he'd brought the alcohol and the candy in. ]

Don't have much to drink but I figure that's okay. It's strong stuff. Plus I brought candy.

[ York blinks -- after their talk about the stuff he's not sure they should actually play drinking games, but. North seems like he's in a good mood, and he can keep an eye on his friend. Besides: ]

Where'd you get that? Did you guys get better rewards for actually fighting the thing?

[ He scoots to the edge of his bunk and holds out a hand, wanting to peek in the bag. ]

[ He hands it over. ]

South took it from the reward suites. Apparently there was a lot of really good stuff lying around. The chocolates are amazing.

[ York perks up at 'chocolate' then looks wary, peering into the bag at the goodies. ]

Is she gonna be pissed you took some? I'm not her favorite person right now.

[ Normally he would only care because North would have to put up with the bitching, but he's genuinely trying to be nicer to her. She makes it difficult, but he's trying. ]

[ North shrugs, then shakes his head. ]

I took half of it. I kind of figure that's my fair share.

And you're sharing your share. Always the thoughtful one, North.

[ His worried abated, York grins. He's actually kind of excited North actually does want to play -- it'll alleviate the boredom of this place for awhile, that's for sure. ]

Okay, what are we playing first?

Truth or Dare, I figured.

[ He flops back onto his back, hands behind his head on the pillow. ]

Theta's logged off, just so you know.

[ York quirks an eyebrow at that -- North almost never tells the little AI to go offline. Slowly, his mouth curves from a grin into a smirk. ]

Planning to get racy? Alright. Truth or dare?

[ He digs into the bag and pulls out a few of the little bottles and chocolate, then offers it back, so they both have treats readily available. ]

More like I don't know whether it will or not.

[ He's grinning back. ]

Truth.

[ Oh, York could make it racy, and right off the bat, but then he remembers what North said about being ace and thinks better of it. ]

Your most embarrassing moment, go.

Most embarrassing?

[ He tilts his head, thinking. ]

You mean like, as a kid, in school? Okay, this was not my fault because we were poor, but I was wearing some pants that I'd pretty much outgrown, and when I threw away my lunch trash, I dropped the milk carton on the floor. I bent down to pick it up and my pants split. Right through the back and down both legs. Just r-i-i-i-i-p.

[ He extends a leg to indicate the way the pants had split down the both seams in the middle. ]

I was already getting pretty tall at the time. The teachers got together to buy me some pants, after that. So it wasn't all bad.

I meant ever, but that's a pretty humiliating one for a kid. Once in basic I slid down a ridge and ripped my pants along the ass but nobody cared much.

[ He opens one of the little bottles and takes a sniff -- it is strong. But no drinking yet. ]

Truth.

Truth, okay.

[ North considers returning the shot, asking for the most embarrassing thing, but decides on something else. ]

Okay, first time you lied to your parents, or guardians. What was it?

I must've been like four or five, and managed to get up on the counter and past the childsafe locks on the cupboard to get into the cookies. So I run back to my room, leaving a mess, and I've got chocolate and crumbs everywhere, because I'm like five. And mom shows up in the doorway asking if I ate the cookies.

I didn't convince her it was a cookie monster.

Don't know why that sticks with me, when I was so young, but it does. The punishment was really light.

[ North chuckles. The image is adorable. ]

I'm glad you didn't get punished too harshly for that. Who blames a little kid for wanting cookies?

They might've figured the stomachache would be punishment enough, but I don't remember getting one.

[ North chuckles again with a faint headshake. ]

Let's go truth again.

[ It's fun, sharing things with York, and if the heat gets to be too much, that's when he'll switch to dares. ]

[ York's keeping things light for now. ]

Hmmm. Your first girlfriend or boyfriend, and how bad was the breakup?

[ North laughs. ]

Oh, god, you're assuming either of us could face that. Technically I guess it never happened, so I'm still dating a person I met in 7th grade.

She was my first kiss, though. A very sloppy, very toothful kiss.

You're right, that was a foolish assumption to make. Not sure if that's better or worse than getting dumped on the jungle gym because you beat them to the top. Sorry about all the teeth, though.

Uhhh... sure, truth again.

She was a sweetheart, but you know, that was part of the trouble.

[ He shrugs. ]

Eh, we were young.

Anyway. How about...

[ He pauses, considering. ]

Biggest pet peeve, or actually, well, the one that gets triggered most often here on the rig. Whatever really gets on your nerves here.

[ York's smile fades, and he looks intensely thoughtful for a moment. ]

Huh. I'm not sure. My grievances here are pretty specific and bigger than peeves... hmm.

[ North instantly realizes what he's talking about and shakes his head. ]

Sorry. That's my fault.

[ York blinks, expression shifting again, this time to disbelief. ]

...how the hell is it your fault? Any of it?

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