The Drinking Game

So my friend Leah and I were talking about the Saga one night. (She's the only person I know offline who's read the massive thing, and as such, is my consultant. By which I mean, she listens to me babble and smiles and nods. Nice of her.) We'd just been reading a Rurouni Kenshin drinking game and laughing ourselves sick (though not drinking) and this was the result.

Enjoy, but don't blame me for any alcohol poisoning, 'k? And yeah, this is all a joke, not meant to be done with anything stronger than caffiene, etc... :P

Drink if...

(first season)

Kalin

Gets beaten

gulp if it knocks him unconscious

Someone calls him "boy"

chug if he answers, "My name is Kalin!"

Is angsty

Preaches about Kaleal

Tries to be loyal

Serissa

Cries

chug if it's to manipulate Kalin

Shows character depth

Other Characters

Elthis is a jerk to Serissa

Kieris pisses off a Candis family member

General

Kalin/Riss kiss

You want to smack a Loyal

There's a flashback

gulp if it1s Taylin's

(either season)

Someone is inexplicably fluent in both languages

Someone mutters/thinks, "Sundancer."

Someone is referred to as "Knight"/ "Warrior" / "Priest" instead of by name

Erra is self-centered

Someone references Slenna (non-flashback)

chug if it's not Taylin

Someone is Healed

Someone in the Candis family harasses a main character

An antagonist gets what's coming to him

chug if it's a member of the Candis family

You think about how cute your favorite character is

chug if it's Kieris or Dysis, and thus the author clearly didn't mean for it to have that effect.

A character's parents are dead (drink if it1s one of them; gulp if it's both)

A character states s/he doesn't remember his/her family

If there's a sudden plot twist

chug if it's clear the author thought of it as she was writing
- finish the bottle if you've read it before, in a Mercedes Lackey Novel

Someone from Kalatsu falls for someone from Arpiar (& vice versa)

Someone laughs at an inappropriate time

(season two)

Islana

Stabs someone

Is mean to Cleran

Thinks about escape

gulp if she actually tries it

Wakes up and doesn't know where she is

Cleran

Is a wimp

Is angsty

Defends his brother

Actually shows that he has a spine

Is reminded that he's a bastard

Calls his brother "Holiness"

gulp if Dy answers, "Don't call me that, we're brothers."

Dysis

Is patronizing

Doesn't know what's going on

s protective of Cleran

Swears

chug if it's to/about Islana

Other Characters

Erolis talks about how much he hates Dysis

Erra hates someone

Erra and the Voice call each other "Brother"

Jereh hates someone

Jall is Wise and Venerable

Ilyan protects Islana in some way

Ilyan confuses Cleran

Ilyan is a sexy bitch

General

Ocan is evil

A character from season one is referenced

Someone dead shows up

Cleran/Islana kiss

chug if it's while trying to kill each other
- chug if they actually enjoy it
  - finish the bottle if they sleep together afterwards

An angel shows up

Someone is glowing

Every time Ilyan's necklace changes hands

(Bonus Drinks)

You've said to Becky that you love Kieris/Dysis and Becky doesn't understand why

gulp if she answers, "But he's a jerk!" or something similar
- chug if it's not about Dysis

You pick out an inconsistency and you aren't Becky

bang your head against the wall if you are Becky
- chug if you're still Becky (er, me) and it was an inconsistency you (er, I) hadn't realized already

You run into a scene you were waiting for because Becky told you a spoiler

Gulp if she prefaced it with, "I shouldn't tell you too much, but..."
- Finish the bottle if you guessed it on your own

Sip if you've talked to Becky and she whined about how bad the first few episodes are

The author has clearly forgotten an important detail

If you've beta-read

The author's note begs for feedback

chug if it says she didn't like the episode

You get thanked in an author's note

You think, "Why is the author so mean?"

gulp if it's to Kalin/Cleran
- chug if she's explained why to you
  - finish the bottle if the answer wasn't "Because he's my favorite!"

Got something to contribute? Tried it and ended up drunk out of your mind? Heh. Let me know.

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