we'll make it happen, we'll turn it around

[quadruples]

[ Well, that... certainly was a thing that happened. Viktor wishes he could unsee what he witnessed in the library, but it seems like it has etched into his memory forever. Thinking about it makes him sick to his stomach, and eventually he decides that he needs something to keep his mind off it, at least for a little while.

So around noon, a note goes up on the fridge: ]

If you need a distraction after what happened today, come to the dining room at 6 pm.
There will be food and we'll be playing truth or dare!
♥ Viktor Nikiforov ♥

[ There's also a cute doodle of himself underneath his signature. Later in the day, he writes copies of said note and slides them under everyone's doors. ]

[ Those who come to the dining room at will find that Viktor has made plenty of borscht, pancakes and open-faced sandwiches for them. He isn't the best chef ever, but it tastes pretty good and will fill you up! There's also juice, water, and a few bottles of alcohol for those who are old enough to drink; try to be responsible, okay.

And for the truth and dare, he's prepared shots of hot sauce as punishment for those who refuse a dare. ]

Comments

[matchbreaker]

So are you going to play, officer, or are you here to see if the dares won't get too rowdy?

[ Elda asked, sipping her warmed water blood goblet thing combo.

She might have been edging to see the notebook too but.

Being mean to a bunny sounds gr8 right now ]

[officerhops]

Mmm...I think maybe both, actually.

[Judy crosses one of her legs over the other, tapping the end of her pen against her paper.]

The Wordsmith likes to remind me that I'm outside my jurisdiction here, so it's not like I have that much authority. I can't stop anyone from doing anything, much less participating in a game like this.

I'm guessing you had something you wanted to ask me?

[matchbreaker]

Oh, just a simple question!

[ Jurisdiction, authority? All of that is entirely secondary in this bold new world we have found ourselves in. And as such, ]

Truth or dare?

[officerhops]

[Judy smirks, her ears swiveling forward.]

Truth.

[matchbreaker]

[ Alright, she'll... no, wait, she's curious, so she'll blow it with: ]

So how many siblings do you have?

[officerhops]

275.

[She answers...pretty much immediately.]

1/2

[matchbreaker]

[ Just as she thought ]

[matchbreaker]

Holy hell, that's more kids than there are vampires in Japan!

[officerhops]

What were you expecting, Elda? Rabbits are good at multiplying, after all.

[matchbreaker]

Yeah so I was expecting ten-ish!

[ That... yeesh. That's so hard to imagine. ]

[officerhops]

And I'm not even close to being the middle child either.

[Judy just seems tickled by this more than anything else.]

[matchbreaker]

Oh! Are you toward the younger or older?

[officerhops]

Older. I have a loot of younger siblings, but I have a lot of older ones too.

Is that all you wanted to ask? I'm surprised.

[matchbreaker]

Well what does one say to that?! Even in my grandfather's time, I don't think I ever heard of a vampire family having more than maybe four kids at most. It's hard to even picture it.

[officerhops]

Oh, I wish you could visit bunny burrow. I think all of my brothers and sisters would like you.

[They would all try to climb onto you at once.

All. Of. Them.]

[matchbreaker]

What, why?

[officerhops]

...call it a hunch. Plus, they like new people.

And you've said so yourself...you're a grandmother, right?

[matchbreaker]

Yeah, of my grandchildren! I'm not some all purpose grandma or anything!

[officerhops]

[Judy snickers, waving her paw.]

I know, I'm just kidding. But you never know, I guess.

[matchbreaker]

[ Huff. She could kick Judy. In fact, she does swing with her leg, assuming the rabbit will dodge ]

What's that even like, a family being that big? ... Hell, a species being that big?

[officerhops]

[And dodge she does, as easily and instinctively as anything.]

It's something else. I mean...we have over 81 million residents. My family is just a really small part of it.

[matchbreaker]

Million? Just... just rabbits?

[ Have there ever been that many vampires? ]

[officerhops]

Just rabbits. There are a lot of animals in zootopia, but 99% of them are prey animals, like rabbits.

[She legit just said prey. Like it was nothing.]

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . ]

But how many of them are rabbits?

[officerhops]

Um, well...there are 81 million and counting just in Bunnyburrow alone...I couldn't tell you about other towns.

So...probably a lot?