Four new dragons

Hikaru: Yep. *walks into the cave and returns with some brushes*

Sirius picks up a small brush with stiff-looking bristles. "Ooh, this should work out really well!" He holds it up so that Hikari can see it clearly. "Okay, five minutes - unless you give up first!" he adds for Hikari's benefit. He then looks at the others. "Okay, let's get started!" He waits for the others to take their positions.

Me and Hikaru: Nah, we'll pass for now.

"Okay, you want to time me, then?"

He begins to apply the brush to the bottoms of Hikari's hindfeet, giving her arches a vigorous up-and-down motion. He is very curious to see how effective it is. "Does this tickle more than the feather?" he asks Hikari.

Hikari: YEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHHEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sirius grins happily. This was going to be fun.

Making sure he's got a good hold on her legs, he brushes the smallest toe on her left foot. "Oh, I hope I can remember that rhyme...this little dragon had roast beef..." He switches to the next toe, and gives it a vigorous brushing. "This little dragon had none..." He goes to the next toe. "This little dragon got tickled..." He goes to the last toe, and gives it a real working over. "And this little dragon...squealed all the way home!"

Hikari: *squeals*

Sirius decides to see how hard he can make her laugh. He starts working the small brush in and out between Hikari's toes.

Hikari: *screams with laughter*

Sirius senses that she's close to breaking.

"Do you give up?" he asks quietly, as the brush works in-and-out between her toes, faster and faster.

Hikari: *laughs very shrilly and nods*

Sirius stops tickling and sits back, after a moment untying Hikari's feet. "So what was that like?" he asks Hikari. "I've never used one of these before."

Hikari: *is panting too hard to answer*

Hikaru: Those aren't just regular brushes, you know.

Sirius blinks in surprise, looking back down at the brush he's holding. "They aren't?" he asks.

*There is a strange white powder on the bristles*

Hikaru: Those brushes have a special powder on them which greatly increases sensitivity.

Sirius studies the brush he's holding, his eyes flicking a time or two to look at the still-panting Hikari. Then he holds it up so Torri can see it. "These might be the answer we were looking for here!" he suggests.

Wait, what? !

Hikaru and Hikari: *both seem somewhat confused*

Sirius chuckles. "Well, we came here because we were looking for a way to resolve our tickle contest...the problem being that no matter how much we tickled each other, neither would give up. So...what if we resume our contest... but after Hikaru and Hikari place a few of these brushes around where we can't immediately spot them. So, while we're wrestling and tickling, we'd each also be on the lookout for one of these brushes, which might be enough to make the other submit if we can find and use them! And if we both find them - it would get very interesting! In any case, these might be what we need to declare a winner!"

Well, OK.

Hikari: Sure. We could do that.

Sirius nods and lays the brush down on the ground. "At least, thats what I was thinking. Or would you rather go with Hikaru's and Hikari's other idea, when we first got here? I'm open either way."

Anything's fine with me.

Sirius nods, and looks at Hikaru and Hikari. "Think you can place the brushes so we can't see them, but will stumble across them as we're wrestling around?"

Both: Sure.

Sirius hmmms... "Or, better yet...Hikaru can hide them. Torri and Hikari - what if the three of us go a short distance away and have our own tickle match while he's doing that, so none of us know where the brushes are? You two can be a team, and tag each other in-and-out?" Sirius knows he might be getting in over his head taking on both dragonesses, even if it's one at a time. But on the other hand, he was sure it would be great fun, even if they ended up winning (which they probably would).

OOC: This idea just popped into my head - we don't have to go with it if you don't want to, but as Sirius said, it sounded like fun!

Anything if fine with me.