Playing a game against Blank

Once again Mew was lounging about somewhere in the castle. It had become pretty boring once the Coronation was over, as Sora and Shiro had a lot of internal issues to deal with. While they were playing with the officials, Mew and his kids went to pester some of the maids in the castle.

The three Mewtwo kids had learned a thing or two from Sora, which Mew was questioning if it was the right thing. Mew was now flying about, watching his kids flipping skirts, laughing as the maids became embarrassed.

'I don't know if that is supposed to be fun?'

Mew continued to watch over them, eventually putting their pranks to an end when the maids were running about to flee from the tiny hands.

[That's enough. We should go and play with Sora and Shiro.]

Mew said, the maids looking gratefully at him as he led his disobedient kids towards the court room. There, Mew could see Sora and Shiro playing games as they sat on the throne.

[Hey, hey~ Me and my kids want to play a game!]

Mew happily yelled as he and the three Mewtwo plopped down on Shiro's lap and on the arm rests of the throne.

"Mm. I did promise." Sora mumbled as he quickly finished the boss battle he was currently playing on a game called Super M*rio Odyssey.

[Yay~ Then let's play!]

"Alright, so what do you propose? Something we can both do, as you have a lot more power available in your small cuddly body."

[Then...Hmmm.... Let's see who can paint Steph's face prettier! You get the left side, I the right. Shiro and my kids decide who wins!]

"Hoh, sounds interesting. Any other rules we should follow, criteria for getting a high score?"

Mew thought hard about that, which was pretty rare for him as he didn't think that often.

[It should be funny? Let's ask the staff in the castle too to judge, to make it fair.]

"Fine by me. Let's start the game after we've asked around. A hundred people sound good?"

[Yes~~~!]

"And the prize?"

[Hmmm... Then do you want a Shikigami egg?]

Sora just blanked at that, waiting for Mew to explain, which Mew did. After the explanation, Sora didn't have a problem with it, only saying he wanted two, one for him and one for Shiro.

[Then if I win, I get all the headpats and belly rubs for a whole day!]

Mew said, waving his little paws in excitement.

"Sure, I'll even let Shiro help as well."

Sora winked at Shiro as he left the room, taking over little more than two hours to round up the staff. Steph was led by the hand by Sora, a smitten look on her face.

When she stood in front of him and Mew, the look quickly became downcast as she slumped down on a chair.

"Just finish this quickly...."

Steph murmured, waiting for them to start.

"Then let's begin. May the funniest painter win! Aschente!"

[Aschente!]

Mew and Sora both took the brushes in hand and began to paint all kinds of shapes in differing colours on Steph's face. Steph had a difficult time in keeping up her laughter, as everytime Mew or Sora drew a line, a ticklish feeling was transmitted through it.

[Keep still~ It looks ugly when you move...]

Mew muttered, making Steph still once more as she did her best in keeping in her laughter.

After thirty minutes, both Sora and Mew put down their brushes and waited for the paint to dry.

Mew had drawn all kinds of things he had seen in movies, as well as painted a few weird species on Steph's face. Mew had drawn his inspiration from the places he had been, making it a strange sight, especially since only one half of Steph's face was painted that way.

Sora however, had clearly asked around the castle, asking the staff what kind of things they thought was funny. Every idea was beautifully merged in the painting on Steph's face, as it was trying to tell a crazy but funny story. Sora's painting skills sucked, but that made it even more entertaining to watch as people were trying to discern what was painted, causing a lot of them to snicker when they realised what it was.

The result was clear, as only Mew's kids seemed to understand Mew's painting, finding it more hilarious than Sora's. Still, 3-97 was still a clear loss.

Mew didn't really care about the loss though, as he had a lot of fun doing this.

Handing over Sora's price, two small eggs with the Japanese Katakana for one and two on it.

Sora smiled brightly at the eggs, as he couldn't wait to see what would hatch from them.

[Ah, I failed to mention it, but the paint comes from my place. Meaning, it won't wash of for at least a week.]

With that said, Mew and the three Mewtwo went back into the Garden to try some of the Gorons Rock Roast, leaving a devastated Steph behind.