Four new dragons

Hikari: Test one another's endurance. Tie one of you up while the other is the tickler. We have a timer you could borrow. See who lasts longer.

Sirius thinks a moment, then looks over at Torri. "Sounds reasonable, what do you think?"

Sure.

Sirius looks back and forth between Torri and Hikari, and suddenly gets an idea. He does his best to keep a mischevious smile off his face as he circles around them, his eyes directed downward. He gives Hikaru a conspiratorial wink, though, which isn't visible to either if the dragonesses. He waits patiently for either if them to ask what he is doing.

Hikaru: *returns the wink, which goes unnoticed by me and Hikari*

Um, Sirius? What exactly are you up to?

Sirius stops and looks up. "Oh...well, I couldn 't help but notice that you and Hikari have such pretty feet. I was, uh, just trying to decide whose were prettier. Maybe if you were standing side by side..."

*We stand side by side.*

Hikaru:*goes to stand by you* Hmm...what do you think, Sirius?

Sirius 'hmms' and turns to Hikaru. "It's hard to tell - they're pretty close, aren't they?"

He lays down on the ground, and gently takes hold of Hikari's left hindleg, and placing her foot so it's right next to Torri's left. Then he fiddles around with the placement a bit, trying to get them perfectly matched up, side to side. They're nearly the same, except that the white holy dragoness' foot is just a bit smaller and daintier. "VERY hard to tell," he says to all of them, then looks up at Torri and Hikari. I think you need to lie on your backs, side to side, so we can see the bottoms as well. Try to keep your feet together like this, though."

Then he stands up and walks over to Hikaru. "Do you have any rope here?" he whispers quietly.

Hikaru: Yep. Follow me. *walks into the cave*

*Hikari and I just shrug and do as we were told.*

With Hikaru's help, Sirius selects a piece of white, soft rope, that feels more like silk than anything else. "This should do!" he says happily. "When we got here and I saw Torri and your sister standing there, I got an idea for a very different tickling game than the one we first came here about. I think it will be fun for us both, hopefully for them too. Um, do you know which of them is more ticklish?"

A moment later the two male dragons come out of the cave, to find the two dragonesses lying side by side on their backs. Sirius sits down in front of Torri and Hikari, and lifts Torri's left hindfoot and Hikari's right. He holds them together for a second, then looks again at Hikaru. "Still hard to tell, they're both so pretty!" he chuckles. "But I know another test we can use!" Before either dragoness can protest, Sirius motions Hikaru over with the rope. "Let's tie their legs together so they'll stay in place for our...um, test," he says smiling. He still holds onto the dragoness' legs - Hikari's right and Torri's left - just in case either dragoness should suddenly take it into her mind to withdraw.

*Hikarii and I exchange a curious look, not even thinking of protesting.*

Hikaru: *ties our paws together*To answer your question, Hikari is.

Sirius grins, and takes out a long, white feather he found inside the cave. It looks like a particularly effective tickling instrument.

"We're going to try a new game," he tells the prone dragonesses. "It's called - Who Can Hold Out the Longest. The first part is the easiest - it's basically to see who can go the longest without giggling. Hikaru will tickle one of you, and we'll time that one to see how long she can keep a straight face and not giggle or laugh. He'll use a *very* light touch with the feather, so that should make it easier on you. But remember this - each of you has a real incentive to hold out longer, because the loser will get a longer, all-over tickle from this feather before we go to round two." He looks back down at Torri and Hikari, to see if any has anything to say.

Meanwhile, he motions to Hikaru to come and take the feather while he holds their paws trapped. "Who are you going to start with?" he asks the male dragon with a mischevious smirk.

Me and Hikari: Wait! What?!

Hikaru: *grins* Let's start out with Hikari.

Hikari: No!

Sirius grins, and tightens his hold on the dragoness' bound legs, holding their paws out for Hikaru's attentions.

"Aw, c'mon," he tells the two with a grin. "It'll be fun. Remember, you can smile, squirm, or do anything like that...but no giggles or laughs. As soon as you do, we do the same to Torri and compare your times."

"She's all yours," he tells Hikaru, handing him the feather.

Hikaru: *lightly drags the feather up Hikari's sole*

Hikari: *tries not to laugh*

Sirius holds on, feeling a bit of squirming coming from Hikari's side of the pair.

"I'm sure you'll get your turn soon," he tells Torri.

Um...OK?

Hikaru: *drags a little faster*

Hikari: *squirms more and lets out a sound that sounds almost like a giggle.*

Sirius looks thoughtful. "I don't think that was *quite* a giggle," he tells the other dragon. "What do you think, Torri?" He grins, figuring he knows what Torri will say, but he'll leave it to the tickler, Hikaru, to judge.

Well...It was close, but not quite.

Hikaru: *brushes the feather on her toes* I agree.

Hikari: *squeaks*

"Hmm," Sirius says, "That might have been a giggle, what do you say?"

Hikaru: *teasingly* Well, I don't know, Sirius. *does it again*

Hikari: ahaha no!!

"That would definitely be a giggle," Sirius says to Hikaru. "Okay, Hikari lasted...hm, 12 seconds." He turns to look back at Hikari. "That's not very long, you must be very ticklish!" He looks at Torri. "Okay, your turn! Ready?" He watches the dragoness' faces while he waits for Hikaru to begin.

I guess.

Hikari:*laughs nervously*

Hikaru: *drags the feather up my sole*

*I start squirming*

Sirius watches the action closely. "Since her foot is a bit smaller, I wonder if it give her any advantage...I mean, in that their being less of it to tickle with each stroke?" Torri's squirming, though, seems as intense as Hikari's had been. "Then again, maybe it doesn't make any difference at all - the TIME will tell, eh?" he chuckles, watching the Holy Dragoness' face for any signs she's cracking.

Hikaru: *brushes faster*

I start grinning.*