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Oriens Academy [Phoenix Game]

Robin wagged his right index finger at Lily, "Clearly we are going to be haggling then. You are not going to be pulling that with me. You are currently sitting at getting one sixteenth of the profits. I mean, if I were to give into your ridiculous and childish 'bargain', I couldn't give her other friends their rightful share. And, that wouldn't be fair now would it? And all the work that everyone else put into it, you can't be so selfish, you know? I just want to make sure that the game goes on, in a fair and legitimate manner. I can not favor any individual players in this game, regarding the matter of payment What would that say to the other two who are playing? And what about our ref who took the time out of his day to make sure it goes smoothly, and Curtis who is watching everything and securing the place, and of our vendor who provided these goods and services? Are you suggesting that I forsake the accomplishments of all of these people, so that you may unfairly rob from their own pockets?"
 
"A sixteenth?" Anya overheard, walking closer. She pointed her finger around, talking under her breath. "But... there are only four players. And only four of you worker guys. What happened to splitting things evenly?"


"Y-you...." she lifted her visor, looking at Robin with misty eyes. "You d-don't think we can earn an even c-cut?"
 
Robin glanced at Anya, "I didn't start this you see." Robin pointed towards Lily, "She was the one who insisted on unfair deals you know. Say, you look understand fair things. Maybe you can help her understand that huh? If you can do that, and make her drop her ridiculous, and blatantly unfair thing, you have to admit it is unfair. So many people came together, and put so much time, their hearts and souls into this... They should get compensated properly don't you think? I care for the common man. And I will not have them exploited like how she suggested. You seem... I can feel it in your heart that you care for people, listen can you just explain how important the plight of others are to her? Just get her to drop it, and I will make absolutely sure you get your fair and even cut. "
 
Skyia followed Azure over to the metalworking room.


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Victor entered the room, a while before Azure made it there, seeing since there was a supervisor present at the moment, he asked the teacher if he could use the room for a personal project. The teacher, allowed him to do such a thing, before sitting over in the corner and promptly would take a nap. Lazy fool, what if something catches on fire? Whatever in the meantime, Victor went over to a empty area and set down his rifle.


Suddenly he heard a familiar voice, he looked up, squinting his eyes a bit seeing that familiar moss haired lazy boy. " Well if it isn't moss head. " he claimed out. " The teacher let us do what we needed in here, but I think hes enjoying his nap more right now, so I assume that your alright in the meantime. " Victor explained leaning onto the table looking over at him, as the orange haired lamia followed behind Azure, upon which, Victor would give a glare at the girl, before setting back onto his table. Occasionally looking over to see what they were making.


Skyia felt a little creeped out by that glare, he didn't blink at all, and would just, keep on looking at her, eventually taking his eyes away before working on whatever he was over there. Not being able to get a good look, it seemed he was working on some sort of gun? Maybe, she couldn't see exactly, it could have been some fancy flashlight.


Then looking next to him stood a tall, large stone giant, it seemed to look a lot like that statue from earlier, non-moving until it would slowly creep his head over watching specifically Azure with that single glowing red eye.
 
"...Fair means even." Anya replied, wiping her eyes. "Even means we get the same amount. That's..."


She counted on her fingers for a moment. "Everyone gets one eighth. And I guess whoever's idea this was gets double for coming up with it. I don't know if that's you or the big muscle guy or what, but he gets it. So that's six people getting an eighth, and the boss gets two. That's fair." she crossed her arms.
 
Robin smiled at Anya as he extended his palms outwards, "So I will get my two shares of the eight, as the Organizer, and the rest will get one eighth of the total profit." Robin held out his right hand for Anya to shake, "Shake on it? I imagine you want to get to the game soon huh?"
 
Anya nodded, and pointed at Lily. "You should be asking her. I think it sounds fair, Lily. I heard a ticket guy shouting they were like twelve dollars, so we'll get a lot." 
"Wait!" Anya said. "Is that a merchandise stand?"


She looked at it for a long moment. "I want one of everything you put my face on. And also a discount."
 
"..."


-Moss head?-


"Well, alright I guess..."


Azure went over and set his things down, and went over to a sink.


"What we really need to do first before anything is get this rust off, its easy with just this."


He took out a container of white vinegar


"This stuff reacts with rust in a way that will eat at it, dissolving it. Whatever little bit is left we can just scrub off. A lot of the things I got before I came here were rusted in a way or another, so this was a must bring, in case you were wondering."


He put the pole in the sink and coated the rusted pole in the vinegar solution.


"We just gotta wait now is all, it won't take to long."


Azure turned toward Skyia to see that she looked like she had some sort of discomfort while looking somewhere


"Hey are you alright Skyia?"


Azure looked on over to see what she was looking at, and the metal colossus drew his attention. As it turned toward him, he got a menacing feeling from it, just from the size difference, and his looks alone... Azure did his best to hide the creeping fear off of his face, but it could be seen in his eyes easy enough. He looked away back at Skyia...


"U-Uh... H-hey... I think I uh... hear the stuff reacting, y-you want to see the chemical re-reaction?!"


-What the hell... that guy... he's!?-
 
Robin smiled at Anya, "Why yes it is! And one of everything your face is on... Well you drive a hard bargain, but I suppose, I can do that for you. As for discount for the rest of the things at the merchandise stand... Well we can talk about that. Well, I will make sure there is one of everything with your face on it. I'll give you a list later, but for now, you should focus on the game. It'll be fun!"
 
"Well I'm getting new toys now, so I think I'll be good." Anya nodded, placing her hands on her hips. "If it's good with you, Lily, I'm ready to start. Just decide whether you want a truth.... or a dare, when you get back."


She gave a nod, then returned to where the other players were waiting.
 
Skyia nodded trying to not direct his attention over towards the two over on the other end of the room. " S-sure! " she said, slithering over to the sink, as it began to eat away at the rust.


Victor snickered seeing the moss head's reaction to Jayus, so he came over and leaned onto a bench next to them, looking over them. " Oooh? Trying to clean up a pipe are ya? " he said, looking over towards Azure giving a Smirk, before briefly gazing at Skyia for a few more second, titling his head a little before looking at what exactly they were doing. Skyia didn't turn her head, but she can feel those bug eyes of his staring at her. She could sorta feel it. " Azure, what are we going to use to s-scrub off the stuff? "


" Planning to use the pole for some sort of project moss head? " he asked looking back up at him, doing some tapping on the table for some reason. Following a series of taps, and knocks. Some weird rhythm hes making.


All the while Jayus took a step, shaking the tables in the room a bit from the sheer udder amount of weight on him, shaking around the sink a bit, causing the pole to almost fall out.
 
Lily couldn't even believe the sludge coming out of this guy's mouth. Before she could say anything, Anya butted in and suggested that they do things 'fairly'. How is snubbing the people who do the actual work and giving some ********* a bigger cut for doing almost nothing 'fair'? She would have to talk with Anya about her definition of this word later, because with the one she had she didn't stand a chance.


Anya left the rest to her, however, and Lily would be doing this her way.


"Oh, mister business huh? Grossly devaluing what I bring to the table at 1/16th in hopes of bringing me up to what you want. Do you take me for a fool? You insult me simply by suggesting that farcical price, and I will not have it. If you wanted to bargain at a reasonable price, you should have started at 1/8th. Now you just sound like a vacuous ignoramus."


Lily crossed her arms. She would not have her privacy invaded and her game made public without severe recompense.


"If Anya and I don't bite, there will be no game. Nobody will make any money and your reputation around here will be that of an incompetent. One half, and I don't care what you pay the others. Rose has forgone her share, and word around the school is that Bunny will be leaving soon anyways. Pay yourself 2/8ths for fooling around on your phone if you wish, but I will have nothing below half. I am the game, the venue, and the attraction. You apparently have a moderately-followed... bird internet account."
 
Robin waved his index finger at Lily, "Tsk, tsk. I am the Organizer. If a performer chooses to leave, it is on their heads, not mine. It would affect your reputation. Not mine. I have already agreed with Anya on the terms of the deal. She can make her own decisions, and she made a thoughtful, rational, and mature decision. Why can't you be as mature as Anya over there?" Robin pulled out an Anya Drinking Cup, "Oh Anya. What color do you want to get first? This is light weight enough to give you before the show starts..." Robin glanced at Lily, "I'll also throw one of every item with your face on it. So you can trade with Anya with the merchandise with her face on it, if she is willing. I imagine she may get a kick out of the idea." Robin smiled as he held out his palms, "You know, I am also feeling generous, I shall give you an extra two hundred 'Space Bucks', or equivalent value in another currency. Not Wunks though. No one deserves to be given Wunks."
 
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"Er... ya, I'm cleaning it..."


He watched as the rust began dissolving away for the most part.


"Ah, ya, right Skyia, I have the things here..."


Azure took out STEEL WOOL, the most holiest of super scrubbers that he had.


"I was gonna s-scrape off the remnants with this right here"


The quake took Azure by surprise... just what WAS that hulking armor behind him!?


"D-Don't worry Skyia... I got... all the bases... covered..."
 
It seemed that this boy simply didn't want to stop insulting her intelligence.


"My reputation? You just sent a bunch of strange people into my room before even agreeing on who would be performing. As far as I am concerned, I'm no performer. You are simply an incompetent organizer. Since an agreement had not been reached, the onus would be on you."





Lily shook her head. Truly all men were morons, even if they did have a large vocabulary.


"Maturity has nothing to do with it. You are simply..."


But Lily saw all the merch flying around. Her face everywhere, as well it should be. Even Anya's adorable visage. To not reach an agreement would put all of this stuff to waste. Stuff that she would be getting for free.


"****, I want that Nendroid."





"...Whatever. I will take my 1/8th, my merch, and my space bucks," said Lily, hands on her hips. She wasn't happy that this loser would be getting a larger cut for fooling around on his phone, but the people with merch were the real winners here. And Lily would be getting a lot of it.


That said, Lily slithered over to the rest of the group. Anya just wanted to play, after all, and to haggle any longer would only serve to make her friend sad.


"Dare," said Lily.
 
"You're gonna wanna sit down for this." Anya said, pushing Lily down to sit on the closest approximation to her knees.


"My dare..." she put her hand on Lily's shoulders, and stared down at her.


"I dare you to let me rest my head on your lap."
 
As Anya sat Lily down and stared into her very soul with those piercing eyes of hers, Lily shuddered slightly. She had shuddered, but was instantly stabilized by the girl's grip on her shoulder. Because Lily was low to the ground, she had come to one of those rare moments where she was looking up into Anya's eyes. Somehow, she couldn't help but feel a little intimidated.


Lily had picked dare because she knew Anya. She knew that the girl would not give her a cruel dare, but that she had a penchant for asking questions that cut right to the very heart of her being. Yes, dares with her were safest, but this time...


It was in front of a bunch of people.


This would normally be very easy, but somehow with all these people watching it was really embarrassing- even if it was just a lap pillow.


Lily blushed a little as she turned her petals down and sat back, patting her lap area to show the Neko that she was ready.


"G-go ahead, sweetheart."
 
A couple of men- one who looked to be in his 50-s and another in his late 20's- sat down at a card table in the back of the room littered with microphones, bottles of water, and other such debris.


"Hey there, Truth or Dare fans! Doctor Washington here with my co-commentator, Bobby Ohio. It looks like we're off to a very quick start, here, with our contestant Anya Hawthorne bringing in a low-risk low-reward strategy; something tells me these two know something we don't! Anya's roommate, Lilium "Lily" Darlingtonia, on the other hand, is looking a little green around the gills- not to say she wasn't already! Will she be able to follow through? What do you think, Bobby?"
 
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Robin, returned back to dealing with the merchandise and the betting. He smiled as he returned to working with the money.


Meanwhile back at the Card Table...


"Well Doc, she is looking uncomfortable with the situation. I don't think she will have what it takes to follow through. Whatever these two players know, it doesn't seem like it will be enough for Lily to finish with this dare! Judging by the reaction she gave, I expect she will stop in about thirty seconds at the most. Which, will cost her some points. But will she cross that threshold, or will this low level dare be unfulfilled?"
 
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Removing her helmet, Anya lay down, and sat her head on Lily's lap. It was better than normal pillows; it was fragrant, and the perfect combination of soft yet firm. Also, she merely had to look up to see Lily. Mere mortal pillows couldn't compare to a girl's lap.


It wasn't a bad idea to do this, she decided as she snuggled in.


"Okay." she smiled, looking up at Lily. "It's your turn, now."
 
Victor let out a snicker and walked back over to his seat, working onto his project more. Jayus finally moving his gaze away and would watch Victor work.


Skyia let out a somewhat relived sigh, since he went off to the other side of the room. " That's good. " she said, glancing over her shoulder every now and then. " So what are we going to do about the welding? There seems to be a welder over there if we needed it right now. " she pointed over, a bit towards the back with metal seats and tables line up against each other for this kind of work.


" Or did we need to do something else first Azure? " she asked, glancing over her shoulder again to see the short red haired boy with his giant next to him, holding up whatever he was working on and examining it.
 
-Ugh... that feeling of being watched... its not as bad as Kylier... but still...-


Azure began scrubbing the pole down, washing what he could off first. He continued this until looked good as new, besides the crack.


"Well... welding is an incredibly dangerous practice without the right gear, because we are going to be working with fires that will cause some extreme burns, or at least for me."


Azure examined Skyia's serpent half features


"Would... the lower half of your body be sensitive to really hot fires? You might want to stay back a bit since you have.............. more surface area than me"


-Thank you Kylier... and all of your sarcasm teaching me how to not be rude to a girl about size..........-


"It'll be very bright as well, so you are going to need this also."


She handed Skyia a welder's mask, and an incredibly padded safety sweater and gloves. Azure put on a set of his own as well


"My clothing was made to endure these sorts of things, so it is very heat and tear resistant, but better safe than sorry, this garb of mine won't take on fires like this. Still though, there's nothing protecting the rest of your body, so I'd keep back a distance if I were you."


Azure took the welding gear in hand, put on an additional layer or proper gloves, and placed the pole down.


"Alright, I'm working now, so don't come near me for your sake."


Azure began using the welder, causing sparks and other bright lights to go around.


-Time to use what I learned to make this seamless...-


After about half a minute, Azure turned off the welder, and took the pole off, by its cool side, it appearing red hot on the other side. He went over to a nearby sink, plugged it up, and filled it with water.


"We'll just want it to cool off on its own for a bit, it'll be bad for the metal if we were to cool it off now"


The pole cooled off as time went on, and Azure carefully placed the pole in the cold water, bringing it back down to a normal temperature.


"Well its done now Skyia, what do ya think?"
 
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Reggie found himself a stool from someplace and plonked it down near the players, taking a seat and putting his game face on. Looked like things were FINALLY underway after some issues with the negotiation, during which Reggie took the opportunity to familiarize himself with the players. Being a judge was, to be honest, pretty damn boring. He was just going to sit there as long as the game lasted, piping up when someone didn't answer truthfully or failed to achieve a dare. "Dare complete" he said in his most serious tone, raising his left palm up in the air to indicate a successful dare, then bringing it down to signal Lily. "Contestant Hawthorne gives way to contestant Darlingtonia".
 
Lily continued to blush slightly as the girl lay her head on the Alraune's lap and looked up at her.


"All these people watching... it's so embarrassing. What if they're thinking weird things? Ugh... Bunny's fanclub probably is. They're probably all here, and they're definitely all perverts."





But the dare had been completed, and both Anya and the judge handed the turn over to her.


"Alright Anya, you can get off my lap now. Also? Truth or dare."
 
Skyia nodded, putting on the gear Azure gave her, watching from a distance as he started to weld the pole up, fixing the problem pretty well. She gives him a thumbs up before saying. " Think it looks pretty good! " " Probably could do better, might wind up splitting again if its slammed into something, but hey I dunno what you are going to use it for. " Victor snicked after Skyia's remark.


As he leaned onto a chair, spinning around watching the moss head do whatever he wanted. Skyia tried ignoring the annoying boy in the meantime. " So whats next? " she asked, looking at the welding on the pole. Jayus in the meantime was just staring around in the room, rolling his shoulders waiting for Victor to ask him to do something else.
 
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