Two Truths and Lie Sitting on a Pier

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"Yes, her regalia is here," Dimitri called out flatly as a tall blond man with cold ice blue, almost menacing, eyes appeared seconds later. He had confused the address with another, though he would not ever admit to that.

"Dimitri," Celeste said with some irritation, "You are late," she said, stating the obvious.

"Fuck off or else, Celeste, I know that," Dimitri threatened. Then, "And who's the old man and the kid?" he asked, looking at Jude a bit confused now.

Closing her eyes, Celeste mentally counted to ten, taking a deep breath too, calming herself down before opening them again.

"Ignore Dimitri, Jude, please," she said very apologetically, feeling her regalia's eyes boring into her, giving her a look that could kill.

"Okay, would you please like to start," Celeste asked Jude, need a moment to compose herself. Dimitri's confusing behaviour unsettled her more than she would have like to admit, and hopefully she could bond with him soon so he could just leave like he had wanted to.
 
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He was... okay. Her Regalis was not exactly a nice person, but Jude had a pretty high tolerance for stuff, and he stayed more or less impassive.

Wolfgang, on the other hand, didn't. His eyes narrowed, but there was no explosion of anger. There was simply a small twitch at the corner of his eyes, his anger turning inward, cold and annoyed.

"Senior citizen's shouldn't talk," Wolfgang said. He had no idea how old Dmitri was, but he was definitely the older of the two.

Jude followed Celeste's advice, ignoring them completely.

"My middle name is Ranieri. My grandfather's name is Giuliano. My mother's name is Katerine."

He liked going with themes, just to make it easier to pick out statements without having to stop and think.
 
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Dimitri just shot Wolfgang a slightly confused look, one that turned immediately into a dark slow menacing smile. "I'd watch yourself if I were you, it's often dangerous to lip off your elders," he warned in a low threatening tone.

"Lords..," Celeste muttered softly under her breath, ignoring her regalia and hoping to the fates that he didn't start a fight.

Giving Jude her full attention now, Celeste considered the options. "Your mother's name is Katherine is the lie?" she said as she thought about Jude's last name and the Italian connection.
 
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If there was one thing Jude had learned about Wolfgang, it was that he didn't back down. It wasn't quite stubbornness (Jude suspected it was closer to outright arrogance), but if Wolfgang wasn't careful, it was going to get him into real trouble.

"I'll keep that in mind, Grandpa."

Jude was absolutely ignoring the two Regalia as they bickered, his eyes never flicking away from Celeste as he grinned.

His win.

"I don't actually have a middle name," he admitted. "Just the first and last. Which means you're up."
 
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As the two continued, Dimitri just continued to stare and glare darkly at Wolfgang, something Celeste was extremely aware of but tried to ignore.

"No middle name?" Celeste laughed, "Very good, you definitely had me there," she admitted.

"Okay, well, I have three children, I am an only child myself, I have a twin."
 
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Well, that was easy. Well, sort of easy. She couldn't be an only child and a twin. So that cut one option out entirely.

Which mean either she was an only child, or she was a twin...

Only Jude already had the answers he needed for that, and his memory made the whole thing easily. He didn't know Celeste all that well--mostly through Shale--but it was enough.

"The fact that you're an only child is a lie. You have at least one sibling - you can't have been Zora's aunt if you didn't."

Wolfgang glanced over towards the players, dismissing Dimitri mentally.

"Does that mean you're done?"
 
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"Calm down old man," Dimitri said deliberately being sarcastic, "It's two out of three, and besides, the answer is incorrect."

Celeste glanced at Dimitri, who just shrugged. He had checked her out, knew about her.

"I am afraid that Dimitr's right, kind of sneaky on my part, sorry," Celeste said, "But I don't actually have brothers or sisters. Step-siblings, yes. But I never met them until I was older, and did not grow up around them." she explained.
 
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Sneaky. He'd been outplayed, assuming it was an easy win, and Jude cracked a smile.

"I shouldn't have underestimated you," Jude said. "Alright. Next round, then."

He took a moment to consider, and Wolfgang slid his eyes back to Dimitri, giving him no response.

"I'm close friends with a tech-head, an alien, and a magical girl."

He kept his delivery smooth, doing his best not to give any difference in tone of voice as he asked.
 
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"On this island, any of those three could be true," Celeste said with a chuckle as she studied her student for a moment.

"I am going to say tech head?" She assumed that probably the most normal sounding person was probably the least likely.
 
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It was, in truth, a mean question. It was a cheat, depending on how well Celeste knew him or what she'd heard from Zora. Up until recently, his friend group had been an alien, a magical girl, a lizardman, and Broen, and now the alien wasn't there at all.

They weren't friends anymore.

"No," Jude said. "They aren't here, but Juryrig was a close friend of mine. They could make anything from... almost anything. Here's a high tech drones made with paper clips and Lego."

That was the idea, anyway.
 
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