"Me." Ezra responded in mock.
Shoto really wanted to punch him in the face, but despite himself, he felt Izuku wouldn't want that.
"You don't seem phased."
"By what? Your ice? How bout you lend me some of your fire too so I can reach an itch on my foot."
Shoto held-off flinching. Not having enough information nor wanting to get it from him, he let out a huff before walking away.
Ezra sarcastically shook in fear then lowered himself against a tree, feet still anchored. Brr, he then shook in earnest. He found a rock and started hitting the ice with it. "Hey! This better not ruin my shoes!" He whisper-yelled. Sighing and rolling his eyes, he caught a glimpse of movement to his far left.
"Psst. Psst! Hey!" He struggled to keep his voice low. When Shoto didn't so much as pause, Ezra resorted to "Izuku's in danger. DAN-GER."
***
"Alright." Mina started, as she laid out pens and paper slips from her bag. She had come prepared.
"Everyone, write four questions you'd like to know about somebody else in the group. They don't all have to be for the same person. Usually, the person who's turn it is to select slips would read it on their own, but since some of us know the other's handwriting and we're working with two languages here, we'll just let Izuku read them all so he can translate and we can remain objective."
"Of course I'll have to tweak this somehow to make sure he gets his fair share of drinks.." Her lips curled up as she ruffled his hair. Izuku whined, he had liked these rules up til then.
"Ok." Mina collected slips into a bowl. "Everyone will take turns grabbing two slips of paper and then handing them to Izuku. When Izuku reads and translates them, the player who selected them has to pick the one or two people they think asked the questions."
"If they guess correctly, the people -or person, if they guess that the same person wrote both- take a shot. If the player guessing can also guess who the question was for, then the person who wrote the question has to chug their drink, and the person who the question was for can either answer or chug. There are no penalties for guessing the wrong recipient, the question will return to the bowl."
"If the guesser gets one wrong, they take a shot. If they guess both incorrectly, they have to chug, or they can choose to answer both questions as if directed towards themselves."
"If you grab your own question, the person it's for has to answer or they're out of the game. If you choose a question that was for you, you have to answer or you're out. The person who wrote it in that case gets one pass from drinking next time."
"Any questions?"
"Yeah. All of that." Denki offered unabashed.
Mina facepalmed. "Let's just start playing, it'll be easier to figure out as we go. Now, everyone fill up!"
Mina then looked at Izuku. "Oh, and you have to chug after each round, as a compromise for otherwise being 'safe'. The newbs are at a disadvantage." She winked.
Izuku started to grumble.. I don't get to ask any of my own questions.. am I even exempt from answering?
***
Shoto spun immediately and Ezra ducked in his spot, beckoning him. "Shh, come here!" He continued to wave him over. Shoto hesitated and Ezra rolled his eyes. "Look." He nodded in the direction of foliage rustling in the distance.
"What did you do?!" Shoto growled as he closed the distance between them.
"They followed Izuku's friends here. I followed them."
"What do they want with Izuku?" Was asked through gritted teeth.
Ezra gave Shoto a look like, Guess.
Shoto was really on his last thread. "And if I give them you?"
Hah. "Sure, but then who's going to help you save him?"
"I don't need you."
"Well, Izuku does."
***
