Private Finished Methodically Questioning

KirMir had been ramping up their search for challenges. They were eager to become closer to their regalia and with each one they bonded with they felt just a little bit safer. So when they had stumbled across Tam they had agreed to setting up a challenge later that evening. their Regalia had been busy with classes but would be free later that day.

In fact KirMir had decided to do something somewhat out of character for them. They had decided to have the challenge outside of a night club so that once it was completed they could treat the two regalia they had brought with them to a little dancing. Alette was too young to drink but she could dance. Aria was old enough, though they likely would opt not to drink so Alette wasn't left alone. KirMir themselves were wary about drinking too much anyway.

So KirMir waited off towards the side of the building, away from the line of people heading inside. Kir, the male body, was watching to the left and Mir, the female body, was watching to the right. Alette, a quiet 16 year old girl, stood between KirMir's bodies in her nice, if a little plain, dress. Aria, an 18 year old woman stood off to the side next to Kir but leaning on the wall. She was dressed for going out too, but she was wearing pants instead of a dress. With a thin black jacket over top of her shirt too. KirMir seemed to match in a reserved, classy style.

"So are you going to invite the person you are challenging to come dancing too?" Aria asked Kirmir. After a pause for consideration Mir replied, "We are focused mostly on the challenge for now. We shall decide afterwards."

"Either way we will still go dancing with you two," added Kir. Alette gave a small smile at that.


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KirMir watched as Tam and Marta approached. Mir stepped a little bit forward from the others. "Unfortunately no. Alette is interested in seeing us seek truths. We decided to be efficient and hold the challenge by the club so we can go in after it has been completed. We are KirMir, and these are Alette and Aria by the way," Mir said as they gestured to the regalia accompanying them Alette waved and Aria said a brief but kind hello.

Kir did not appear to be paying attention to Tam and Marta quite as much, seeming to be watching the other people passing by. However they chimed in as well, "We were thinking a game of '20 questions' would be appropriate and reasonably easy to take part in?"

Tam was very enthusiastic. Much more than they expected for someone who was just told that the challenge was going to be a thinking game as opposed to something like dancing- which they seemed to express interest in doing. Maybe they would invite Tam to join them after the challenge.

"Hello Tam and Marta," Mir nodded as they greeted them by name. "We can explain how the game will work. One contestant thinks of a person, place or thing. The other contestant asks questions to try to determine what the first contestant selected. The questions can only be answered as 'yes' or 'no', possibly 'I don't know' if you really don't know. They only have 20 questions and then they must guess what the person, place, or thing is. Whomever guesses it correctly, or in the least number of questions if we both guess correctly, wins. If neither of us guess correctly then we will decide who came closer or just find another tiebreaker." They spoke clearly and in a sort of factual, but not unfriendly tone.

Aria reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out a water bottle that clearly would not have fit inside it. "Would anyone else like some water?" She was addressing everyone, including Tam and Marta. Alette nodded and KirMir declined.

"We would recommend modifying it to only places, things or animals present on the island to keep things simple and fair. We came from a different planet so we likely know of many things and people you would have no way of knowing and vice versa," added Kir. The two bodies talked in the exact same tone, with the only difference being that Kir sounded more masculine and Mir sounded more feminine. For the most part only one of them was focused on Tam and Marta at a time. The other was shifting their focus between their two regalia and their surroundings.

Mir seemed to take over as the one addressing Tam and Marta as Kir was focused on their surroundings. "Your regalis may assist you if that would make you more comfortable. We would prefer if you did not select a person unless they are reasonably well known but otherwise anything present on the island should be appropriate," answered Mir. They had considered the fact that Marta might give some unknown advantage to Tam but they were also not in the competition for wins necessarily. they had joined to learn about the regalia and continued to take part once they learned how useful they were. For their abilities, and for the growing friendships they were gaining. Both were valuable in their own ways, and they would give up neither of them.

Aria gladly handed over a bottle of water to anyone who accepted the offer, starting with Tam. She seemed to pull them out of an unending pocket like a more reserved, tasteful version of the old clown pulling handkerchiefs out of their sleeve gag. She really had just stuck a case of water in her pocket dimension before heading out for the evening. Alette also accepted a bottle and Kir accepted one to split with their two bodies.

"We already have selected our choice for this game if you would like to begin asking your 20 questions Tam."

Alette drank some of her water as she watched the start of the game with quite a bit of interest. KirMir did not seem to need to confer with their regalia before answering their questions and indeed had not told them what types of things they might select for the topic. It would be fun to guess along in her head as Tam asked their questions.

Kir continued apparently not focusing on the game at all, though in reality it was all one mind so they were both watching for threats and playing the game at once. Mir handled the talking for the game's first round. Tam had asked whether it was an animal and Mir had responded that "it is not." Their mind had not gone to living creatures when they made their selection. Perhaps because they did not have a great deal of interaction with nature or animals.

However the next question had been whether it was a place or not. Mir had nodded and confirmed in a very simple tone, "Yes." It definitely had fit the definition of a place. They noticed as Tam glanced over at the nightclub they stood outside and gave a small smile as they had been tempted to select their current location as one that might be difficult to guess. Their place was indeed outside and they gave another simple "yes" to that question.

Anyone who knew KirMir would have known they didn't do a lot of things outdoors unless they were going to or from somewhere. Part of living most of their life on space stations meant that the outdoors were vaguely unsettling. They noted that such a thing could be used against someone though. If they played against Alette or Aria it could throw them off since both were fairly familiar with their daily movements and what things bothered them by that point.

They smiled again as the next two questions came in. Mir softly answered "no" and "no" to each of them. A place without trees, outside and not in the city would be a difficult one to figure out. They felt like they were doing fairly well so far. The place they had chosen was deceptively difficult to guess.

Alette glanced over at Aria and nodded towards Kir. With a return nod the older girl walked over to whisper to him that they could relax a little bit. Alette and Aria would keep an eye on things if they wanted to focus more on the game. Kir gave a small smile and thanked her before also nodding at Alette. They shifted their focus more on Marta than Tam though. "You seem like a reliable partner for them. A good pairing," they said. It wasn't really a question but it seemed complimentary rather than accusatory. They had said it was fine for them to work together and they had meant it.

Aria smiled at Tam as they drank the water. She didn't know whether they needed it or not but at least it wasn't going to waste.