A Flame in the Dark

Will You Still Be Mine?

Jimmy was running around causing chaos and avoiding most red names. Today's wildcard was a quizbot that would give trivia, trivia about stuff he doesn't really remember too well, some of this stuff was vague in his memory.

There were flowers, cyan, a wall, fire, a desert, then an arrow. There were towers, spy glasses, cheesy puns, craze, betrayal, forgiveness, accidents, betrayal of sword. Then there was string, a promise of bond, the phantom feeling of an explosion, then love, a ranch, animals, horns, fire, rage, darkness. There then was a mansion, fire, laughs, jackets and sunglasses, tnt, lots of it, falling. The last memories were of tasks, laughs, failure, dogs, friends, then death, not his though, he didn't fall first, his sister did.

The thought made him shiver, after what happened last time he decided to ally with his sister and another person, they named themselves the bamboozlers. He needed to protect her this time, even if that meant falling first. He sat on a chest atop the mountain, Lizzie was mumbling her trivia question to herself. He didn't know the answer, he was too busy lost in thought to respond anyway. He was thinking, it's the fifth day, in the last death games the fifth session was the earliest a death has occured, and with the wildcards it's a lot easier to die.

This wildcard didn't seem too lethal, as long as you answer the punishment isn't too bad. He’s seen people become giants, get an insane appetite, and even have their voice stolen and replaced with robotic sounds. If you let the timer run out then…. The snail returns, so randomly guessing isn't that bad.

“Jimmy?” He hears his sister speak up, obviously trying to get his attention.

“Oh.. yeah Lizzie?” He says after a light cough.

“This question might be relevant to you, it asks ‘ What did Tango name the warden he brought to the surface in double life? ‘ Tango was your soulbound right? You would know.” Lizzie looked up with a small smile.

Jimmy’s cheeks flush slightly, his yellow feathery wings shift behind him, closing a bit. “Yeah. it was uh, the Rancher's Revenge.”

“Okay! Submitting it then.” Lizzie moves her hand to the submit button on her wrist watch.

“ Beeeop….. Big Brain ! Big Brain!” The robot does a few jumps with the bright green screen before its chest opens up and hands Lizzie a few different items, looking like maybe some end crystals, diamonds and a golden apple? That's not bad at all.

“Woohoo !!” Lizzie and Jimmy both say, practically in sync.

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The sun was setting, Jimmy sat in his seat around the BAMpfire, Scar had messaged Jimmy on the wrist watches that he wouldn't be back for the night most likely. Wouldn't surprise him, Scar was probably out killing someone or causing chaos. He hears footsteps and looks to the side, oh, it's Lizzie. He smiles softly looking over at her.

“Heya Liz, Scar said he might not make it tonight”

“Ah yeah, i ran into him on my way here, he seemed to be planning something” She says shifting her parrot wings as she sits in the seat next to him. “I actually have a question.”

“Go ahead.”

“So. In the third death game, I remember that you told me, you fell for the guy you were soulbound too, Tango. Have you guys… talked about it since then?” She says with a soft smile.

“Oh… Uhm… no… but we have an unspoken thing, I trust him, i won't kill him, and i think that's mutual.” Jimmy nods afterwards “Yeah i think…”

“Mhm… I think, you should talk to him, I can hide in the distance just in case?” She places her hand on his shoulder. It was a gentle touch, warm compared to the seeping coldness as the moon rose.