Ficlet | The Exes Headcanon | The Strange Case of Starship Iris

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It’s Brian’s fault.

He’s the one who started telling Krejjh about drinking games, who had found it fascinating because apparently Dwarnian drinking practices are very different from those of humans. Because of course they are.

That means the next time Sana breaks out the moonshine, Krejjh insists they all play “Hot Seat” or something, which Arkady determines is possibly the stupidest drinking game in existence after they explain it to her. Is this what college kids did for fun, ask each other questions and drink to not answer instead of just…drinking? Weird.

Arkady stops herself from saying so, leans a little into Violet sitting next to her and occupies herself with a sip of moonshine. Violet looks at her, amusement clear on her face. “You think this game’s pretty stupid.”

Violet keeps her voice low enough that the others, busying themselves with arguing over who goes first, don’t pay them any attention. Arkady made a face. “At this point, what don’t we all know about each other? I give it two rounds before Krejjh gets bored.” ( Read more... )