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[h3][b][i]A short time earlier, at the dance pad…[/i][/b][/h3]

[quote][color=39b54a]“Oh look who shows up again!”[/color] Penny says when Dana finds her again. [color=39b54a]“Seriously, you run off and left me behind![/color][/quote]

[color=Gold]“Oh crap… Sorry, Penny…”[/color] Dana replied with a sheepish grin, while scratching the back of her head.

[quote][color=39b54a]“Still, it’s fine. Had fun? What happened with you?”[/color][/quote]

[color=Gold]“Well, uh, the soaker sniping was goin’ great, until Priya and Noah teamed up and threw me in the water,”[/color] the grinning gunslinger explained with a giggle. [color=Gold]“After that, we had a super fun chicken fight! It was great! Priya’s really tough,”[/color] she added, holding up two clenched fists. [color=Gold]“But I still managed to beat her!”[/color] 

[quote][color=39b54a]“Oh, right, let me introduce you…”[/color][/quote]

Penny then proceeded to introduce Dana to some of the new friends she’d made in their time apart, causing Dana’s grin to widen even further.

[color=Gold]“Hey guys! It’s really nice to meet ya!”[/color] the sunny sharpshooter greeted in her typical exuberant manner. [color=Gold]“Thanks a bunch for lookin’ after my pal, Penny, here,”[/color] she added, putting an arm around her bespectacled roommate’s shoulder. [color=Gold]“She gets kinda nervous around new people, so I’m really glad she was able to make some friends!”[/color]

[h3][b][i]Later, below deck…[/i][/b][/h3]

Before Aiya could answer Dana’s inquiry, Nicole (unsurprisingly) announced that she, too, wished to play spin the bottle. However, it was Penny’s uncharacteristically enthusiastic response to this that really caught the cheerful Norban’s attention. Indeed, it was such a compete 180 from the reluctant, socially-anxious girl she had boarded the yacht with that Dana couldn’t help but wonder if the drinks they’d been offered were drugged. After all, [i]she’d[/i] been drinking a fair bit, and she felt fine. Penny couldn’t possibly be [i]that[/i] much of a lightweight, could she?

[color=Gold]“Uh, you okay, Penny?”[/color] Dana asked with a frown as the bespectacled Siscian nearly fell out of her seat.

[color=Gold]“Alright… If you say so…”[/color] the Norban hesitantly told her roommate when Penny rather unconvincingly assured her that she was fine. [color=Gold]“But, uh, maaaybe hold off on the drinking for a bit,”[/color] she suggested with an awkward chuckle.

[color=Gold][i]Dang… I was hopin’ she’d loosen up, but not [b]this[/b] much… Heh, girl really doesn’t do [b]anything[/b] by half measures…[/i][/color]