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[nobodylikeshim]

Let's play truth or dare! ☆*:.｡.o(⭐️≧▽≦💧)o.｡.:*☆

We have video option so playing out the dare is easy, right? (⭐️￣▽￣💧)

Everyone can throw down their own dare and truth to anyone and everyone! Why not? Why not? (ﾉ⭐️◕ヮ◕💧)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Me first! I'll do dare. |ʘ‿ʘ💧)╯ Be gentle or not!

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[pubertytwice]

I dare you to tell me the truth about what bullshit you're up to since you're asking everyone to participate in this.
_{[ Five, that's not how this works. ]}

(good morning!)

[nobodylikeshim]

that's so mean
and not quite how it works
but for your sake
i'll tell you

people are too serious and should have more fun
the festival ended up being a little boring so
i'm making my own fun

<3

[pubertytwice]

I hardly believe you're doing something like this "just for fun."
What kind of information are you actually looking for?

_{[ damn, this old man is so serious. He's just the kind of person that Hisoka is talking about. ]}

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[nobodylikeshim]

but i am! ♥
sometimes i just do things because it is fun to do them. ♦
there is no greater meaning. ♠

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[nobodylikeshim]

JUST KIDDING ♣
i didn't get a chance to see everyone's abilities while they killed the sinless ♠
this is a good way to see what they can do -- and how comfortable they are with their abilities ♦

after all, if they're comfortable enough to play around with them, you understand what that means, right? ♠
if they only want to use them for battle, you understand what that means right? ♣

but don't rain on my parade and have fun ♠
i probably am not going to find anything out ♥
and if i don't, well, at least i got to do something fun ♥

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[pubertytwice]

_{[ A brief pause, and then: ]}

Guess this isn't a bad method for doing something like that.

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[nobodylikeshim]

Right? ♥

Anyway.
Have you learned how to be more approachable, Five? ♥

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[pubertytwice]

_{[ For some godforsaken reason, he tolerates you. Kind of. He doesn't know why Hisoka wants to truth or dare to learn out people's abilities other than the fact it's knowledge.. and if the murder clown wants knowledge to do whatever, that's fine. Just don't get him or his family involved. ]}

You could say I've formed a few alliances.

_{[ Only admitting this to prove his point from their last conversation. ]}

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[nobodylikeshim]

[ If it were on video, he would have clapped his hands to cheer Five on for having created some alliances. It warms the heart because one day he hopes the kid will get strong enough to try to kill him. He's willing to wait -- since he has no idea how long he's going to be here, so might as well make some long-term plans. ]

Wow.
Was it hard? ♥

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[pubertytwice]

_{[ Five is nonethewiser about this little scheme. Let's see how long it will take him to figure it out. ]}

It was easy. They all met up with me in response to my network post. I attracted all the kinds of people I was looking for.

_{[ A geneticist who freely gives him whiskey, an isolated woman who understands quantum physics, a former soldier who is around his age, a seasoned assassin and an expert hacker. All very useful to him. ]}

That's what happens when you don't beat around the bush. I know what I'm doing.

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[nobodylikeshim]

And you were honest with them? ♠
I'm quite surprised. ♦
I would think you wouldn't want to tell them anything.

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[pubertytwice]

Why?
I'm not afraid of being stabbed in the back if that's your concern.

I'm too far ahead of them where they can't even reach my back.

_{[ It's that attitude that sent him into the apocalypse!! Bratty old timer doesn't learn his lesson. ]}

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[nobodylikeshim]

[ So, that is how he thinks.

Hisoka has to take a second to laugh, before he explains himself. ]

Because it is forming a connection with someone. ♠

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[pubertytwice]

That's not so bad.
Especially if they can actually have an intelligent conversation with me.

And give me alcohol or caffeine.

_{[ A handful of them did offer to make him coffee, after all. ]}

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[nobodylikeshim]

You say some surprisingly ADORABLE things, Five. ♥

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[pubertytwice]

_{[ why is he reminded of The Handler suddenly..........
no thank you???????????? that was the worst thing??? ]}

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[pubertytwice]

_{[ Hisoka can't see him clenching his jaw, but it's happening. ]}

Everyone likes caffeine.
And every smart person like me likes alcohol.

_{[ So yeah. Not adorable at all. ]}

[nobodylikeshim]

Mmmmm!
I like alcohol. ♥
And I like sweets. ♥

[ if it means anything, hisoka would think that's adorable even if five wasn't looking like a thirteen year old. ]

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[pubertytwice]

_{[ It is sort of cute for someone who has lived most of his life in isolation, yes. ]}

If you ever find yourself in the apocalypse, then, don't try the Twinkies.
They taste like absolute shit.

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[nobodylikeshim]

You've been there? ♦

I'll keep that in mind. ♥
I wish I had some advice to give, but the only advice I can give to you is the same I give to everyone. ♠
"Don't forget the basics." ♦

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[pubertytwice]

I grew up there, so I know may way around it, you could say.

_{[ More so than when everything was still standing. He had to ask the towing man where to find his mannequin girlfriend, you know. ]}

I don't really need any kind of advice from you, but thanks.
_{[ he??? guesses?? ]}

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[nobodylikeshim]

With your family?
That must have been rough. ♠

That's fair, but you are welcome. ♥

[ He loves being helpful in someone getting strong enough to be a threat~ ]

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[pubertytwice]

No. Just me.
You get used to it after 45 years.

_{[ He would have liked the company of his siblings, but he's thankful they never got to experience what he did. Five could have gone without finding their dead, grown up bodies, though. That was kind of horrific for his kid-self to discover when he first appeared there. ]}

The peace and quiet, I mean.
And the lack of a full balanced meal.

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[nobodylikeshim]

Ah?
Did you use your life energy to regress your age? ♠
No, that doesn't seem right. ♦
Something else happened, hm?

[ He knows Nen Masters that make themselves look younger out of vanity but Five doesn't seem vain in that sense~ ]

I would have been bored. ♠
I don't mind lack of a full balanced meal, though. ♥

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[pubertytwice]

You seem to like games and shit. Maybe try to figure it out yourself. If I had my way, though, I wouldn't be young again. So you're right. Something else did happen.

I would think someone like you who thrives from amusement off of others wouldn't have lasted very long.

_{[ He doesn't expound on what he means, but some days were difficult for him and he thought about giving up and let death take its course, but he's a little too ambitious for that. ]}