audio | un: sparkler

[flashystyle]

[Amid the sounds of the Institute break room comes the noise of a crisp bagel being buttered, followed by a particularly bored drawl. With little elaboration to where this is coming from, a clearly very hard at work Dorian simply asks:]

Three points per round, and the first to three rounds wins. Foul for rhetoric, repetition, synonyms, and statements. No non sequiturs. Now, is anyone up for a game of questions?

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Voice | un: BishopRunout

[poolhall_killer]

You've piqued my interest. Let's begin, shall we?

[flashystyle]

Oh for goodness sake, my man, foul already. Statement - Point to Dorian.

[If anyone can make biting into a bagel sound smug, it's Dorian.]

Start again.

[poolhall_killer]

[What?? HUFF. Fine, he'll have to be more careful.]

What brings you to chat with us on this fine day?

[flashystyle]

[That's right, be careful. And enjoy him talking with his mouth full.]

What makes this a fine day?

[poolhall_killer]

Wouldn't you consider a sunny, crisp day fine?

[Stop you're making Venom hungry]

[flashystyle]

[crrrunnchhhh]

Would you consider a cloudy, rainy day unsatisfactory?

[poolhall_killer]

[Bad Dorian and bagel. Bad.]

Not unsatisfactory, but perhaps more... disappointing?

[Even though he likes rainy days in general.]

[flashystyle]

What aspect makes it so disappointing to you?

[poolhall_killer]

Do you like running errands while it's pouring?

[flashystyle]

Do you have any errands you need to be running?

[poolhall_killer]

Are you offering to run some for me?

[flashystyle]

What would I get in return?

[poolhall_killer]

[Witness the horror that is Venom's bad flirting.]

A good amount of gratitude and a tea date, perhaps?

[flashystyle]

Perhaps. Point to Venom.

[It isn't that bad, if he sacrifices a point for it.]

Do you always propose dates over the network?

[poolhall_killer]

Was it too forward?

[He says it kind of cutely, or as cute as he can get.]

[flashystyle]

Do you think me shy?

[There's amusement in his tone, so he's gotten somewhere.]

[poolhall_killer]

So is that a yes or no, thank you?

[Venom leaves an opening in case Dorian wishes to pass on him and his bad people skills]

[flashystyle]

Do really you think I would say thank you?

[He hums, teasingly, but:]

It's a tentative yes. You're better at this game than I thought.

[poolhall_killer]

[There's a light chuckle in return. It appears Venom's evolving and developing a sense of humor.]

I try to learn as quickly as possible. And I firmly believe tea is always the answer.