Sinner System

"Okay, me nexsht. Let me thimk...got it! Okay, sho...the firsht thimg I eber blew ub with my Magic wash one ob my bedroom wallsh. And I almosht killed a shcool clashmate with an exshplosion in middle shc-...ssschool," Remarked Ciel, making a deliberate effort to try and muffle her slur with the second statement.

"Hm...knowing you, both of thoshe shound true," I responded in bemusement, before sobering myself up a small bit.

"Yeah, I was thinging the same think. I mean, thinking the same think-...no, thing," Added Aria, before narrowing her eyes at Ciel as her brow furrowed.

"I thimk the shecond one ish the lie. If you hit a kid with your Magic, they probabably would have died, sho...yeah, I shay that’sh the lie," Remarked Cleo, looking pretty confident.

"Uhh...it’sh tough to think, but that logic shounded good, sho I’ll go with that too," Nodded Jaden in response.

"Same," Decided Aria, not looking too confident.

"I was leaning towards the latter statement being a lie too, but...if we’re wrong, you’ll get three points, so I’m going to say the first one is the lie," I replied hesitantly.

If I’m wrong, I’ll be the only one this round who doesn’t get points.

"Aw, sho closhe...Kai ish right," Sighed Ciel, before adding, "But I shtill get two points!"

"Okay, we have to hear this...you blasted a kid with one of your explosions?" Inquired Aria curiously.

"In my defenshe...I was a kid too. And the kid I blashted wash a total ashhole. I thimk I was fourteen...he shmacked my butt, sho I blashted hish face. Unfortunatately, my Magic wasn’t that shtrong back then, sho I only broke hish nose and knocked out shome teeth."

"Uh, yeah, I don’t think ’unfortunately’ is the right word there. I mean, yeah, sexual harassment is awful, but responding with murder might be a bit of an overreaction," I responded with a wry smile.

"Did you get im trouble?" Cleo asked her.

"Yeah, shushpended for a week. Almosht exshpelled, but it happened near a security camera, and it would have been bad for the shcool if it became a big deal, sho they just shushpended me and the boy."

"True, exshpelling a girl for retaliatating againsht a groupon would be a bad look," Nodded Jaden, stifling a hiccup.

"Uh...think you meant groper," I responded in amusement.

"Ohh, that’s what he was trying to say!" Chimed in Aria, before letting out a giggle.

"Huh? What did I shay?" Inquired Jaden, a confused look on his face.

"You said groupon."

"Oh. Did I?"

"Wait, so...what was the first thing you blew up?" Spoke up Cleo curiously.

Her slur is a lot less pronounced, she must have sobered herself up again, though she does still look a bit buzzed and woozy.

"Oh, my shee-...sheelig...shee-...," Ciel trailed off with a huff before pointing up.

"Huh? Ohh, ceiling," I surmised, as I glanced up.

"Yeah, that. It didn’t do mush damage, though. Jusht a few cracksh and shome charring."

"That’sh not too bad. Firsht time I used my Magic, I almosht killed my father. He was a dick though, sho no regretsh," Grinned Jaden, as Ciel and Cleo stared at him in bemusement.

Oh, right, the two of them weren’t there when he told us about his past. That was during the afterparty we had after the X-Ace Clash-...come to think of it, of the original five X-Aces, he’s the only one left.

"So, the first victim of your Explosion Magic was your ceiling huh? Makes sense...after all, you can’t spell ceiling without Ciel," I pointed out with a grin.

"Huh? Wait...woah, you’re right...," Muttered Ciel, staring up at the ceiling with a bewildered look on her face.

"Oh, let’s get back to the game. Where are we all at on points?" Aria asked me.

"Well, I’m in the lead with four. Aria and Ciel are tied at two points each. Cleo has one. And Jaden...you’re still at zero points."

"For real? Aw, crap...no, it’sh fine, my turn now, time to get shome big poimts!"

"Uh, it’s my turn now, not you," Cleo corrected him with a wry smile.

"Oh. Shorry, my bad, guesh I got too heated up," He grinned sheepishly.

"No worries. Okay, here I go...I’ve never seen a bare butt in real life. And I’ve never seen a penis in real life," Remarked Cleo, letting out a giggle as she took a puff of a joint.

Huh, interesting...if I’m not mistaken, she said she died when she was a teen in her previous life, and it’s only been a few years since her reincarnation, so that does make sense.

"Wait, regarding the first statement, does that include your own butt?" Aria asked her.

"I wash thinking the same thing, but it felt inappropriate to ashk," Grinned Jaden sheepishly.

"Mhm, I’ve never sheen my own butt."

Okay, that has to be the lie. There’s no way anyone would ever go their entire lives without checking out their own butt in the mirror every so often. Right? Is it just me?

"Yeah, I’m gonna say the butt’s the lie," I declared, deciding not to think too deeply into it.

"Same," Nodded Jaden in agreement.

"Mhm, I’m going with that too," Added Aria.

"I mean, it hash to be...how do you not look at your own butt in the mirror?" Frowned Ciel, before a wide smirk spread out across Cleo’s lips.

"Heh, looks like I get three points. I saw a meme recently about it, and there were comments like ’wow, not a single unique experience’ and ’damn, I thought I was the only one who did this’, but I couldn’t relate to it. And I’ve also never seen a penis in real life, so-..."

"Huh? Wait, then...both your statements are true, which means you’re playing the game wrong," I informed her.

"...oh. Ohh, shit...u-uh, my bad, guys," She apologized sheepishly.

"Hmm...wait! Hey, remember that one time you came over to hang out, and Luxuria happened to walk out of the rec room naked? You definitely would’ve caught a glimpse of her butt then, which means...all of us get a point, and you lose a point!" Exclaimed Aria with a gleam in her eyes.

"Huh? Oh...yeah, that did happen, I totally forgot," Responded Cleo, her face going pale.