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Okay, so he definitely needed to practice more in the sand. And sand this size? Not so comfortable. And who knew that sand could be sharp enough to dig into your back? That was what he was mainly focused on, though naturally he was a bit concerned for the zomboil, fearing that he might get injured.

But when he finally spoke he was smiling. He gave him a look that clearly said really? "That was certainly a unique way to get to it, and though I believe it would be a variation on number 25. Perhaps that was 25 B." Then in a smooth, well practiced move he had flipped them so that he was on top and it was the zomboil with his back in the sand, Yin leaning over him looking ever so slightly smug as he straddled him, hands moving to lightly press Alexander's wrists into the sand. "And this would be the next one, number 26."

And Mort just stared, a bit confused, because he was a total deep and was not privy to the relationship these boils had. Awkwardness was not something suspicious to him because, well, he himself was pretty man awkward at times.

Alex knew he had Yin, he was rolling to the top and nothing was going to stop him...except for that Yin was wrapping his legs around Alex, which startled the zomboil, and was also forcing them to continue rolling so that while Alexander may have been on top, it only lasted roughly half a second before he found himself pinned down beneath Yin again.

He may have looked slightly disgruntled at that, especially since Yin just looked so damned smug. "So it's a game now, is it? You know what happens to the loser in our games, Yin." Of course, Alex should actually know better then Yin, since he always seemed to be the one to lose. "If I win, I can ask you for anything, and if you win, you can do the same to me. Though to make it fair I think I should win if I manage to pin you just once." his disgruntlment suddenly changed to amusement as a bright grin crept across his face.

Thankfully, this time Alex's arms weren't pinned to the ground as they were still wrapped around the mantodae. He really had no idea how to get the weremantis off of him now, since he was much faster and Alex was obviously an amateur when it came to this. Though could he just....sit up? He squeezed Yin tight towards him, then quickly brought one arm down while still holding the weremantis in his grip with his other. He pushed up from the ground to a sitting position, since Yin still had his legs wrapped around Alex's waist, it wasn't too hard to do, and then scrambled to try and get to his knees and drive himself forward into the ground with Yin beneath him.

He would be on top. He would.

Alexander may have gone a liiiittle bit overboard on the crushing/squeezing. It was hard to remember sometimes that Yin actually did require the use of his lungs, though Alex didn't even think of any of that because....

He had won!



He grinned happily down at Yin before letting go of the other boil and pushing himself back to sit and rest for a while. What energy he had regained he may have just used up, which was probably a bad idea considering their present situation.

But it had been fun, damnit!

That didn't stop him from looking around at his team mates a little sheepishly. "Sorry." He said to anybody who might have been watching that little display, before taking another glance over to Yin.

"I'll hold my prize in reserve for later. I have to think about what I want, first." and then "Do you think we should do some more work on the castle?"

Chuppi had been....sort of watching what was going on between the two boys? She didn't quite understand guy love, not that she was against it, though she did have something to say - politely. "Um...perhaps we should keep on the building of the sandcastle, not affections to one another right now?" That was the politest she could be and somehow or another she just kept smashing sand in a pile and hoping for the best.

Hopefully she hadn't sounded jealous - Chuppi wasn't. Just confused that they had seemed so gung-ho about the castle and now were about each other? At least everything was fixed!

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Well, seeing as all she was doing now was making a mess of things (apparently she wasn't going to be able to help anymore) Chuppi decided it was best to just....pat the sand idly and talk. Maybe the others had a good idea about what was going on because she certainly didn't. Chuppi didn't like facing things without knowing, it made them scary, and even though she was a monster of Halloween she certainly did not like to be scared in any way, shape, or form.

"How is this, all, this castle making in the sand, a trial you think? Is it test to keep it all alive, is that the reason behind it?" If that was all that they were going to be doing then....why call it a trial at all? Why not just a fun contest, or a simple game? Everyone was worked up and worried, herself included, so she couldn't help but be curious. "I had always though trials are the judges of things."

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Affectionate? That had been...she thought they were...mortified Yin stared at the chupacabra. Is that what everyone thought? And Alexander was...he was apologizing? Had he thought it was anything other than a game? Oh Great Mantis just..."No, no, no Mademoiselle Temes," he said rather distressed, stressed enough that he forgot that she would not like him saying her name. "It was simply a game."

Wait, had she not sounded entirely happy about the situation? Maybe she...had she wanted to play? He normally did not wrestle with ghouls be if it would make her happy..."If you would like I can wrestle with you? It is really simply for fun and as a test of strength. And I believe that the castle is sturdy enough that we could take a few moments. Wrestling matches typically do not last long." And he could always just let her win, and that would make it go by even faster.

Alex had finished what he was doing with the castle, not feeling like there was anything else more he could do before wandering slowly back towards where Yin was talking with Chuppi, hands stuck in pockets and eyes downcast. He hoped that the group as a whole didn't think less of him because he'd spent some time fooling around when he could have been working.

As he neared the two of them, he caught the tail end of the conversation. Apparently Yin was offering to wrestle with Chuppi, and she was accepting the invitation.

That...actually made Alex feel a little bit better. If Chuppi was agreeing to take a break then it couldn't be so bad that Alex had taken a break as well earlier.