Azure: 16

Penne + Ravioli: 14

"Truth or dare!?" Penne asked, slurping a milkshake.

Azure didn't know why they were playing truth or dare. He was just bored, and their lessons were over, and so Penne had jumped on him like a hyper dog and asked him to play a game.

Penne and Ravioli were the things that kept him tethered to reality; his father didn't give a crap about him, and his mother only kept connections with him because she wanted to be rich, but the twins? The twins were genuine. The twins cared. Which was better than anyone Azure had ever met could do. Their mom was part of the staff dedicated specifically to Azure, and their whole family was given housing in the company, so they could see each other whenever they wanted, and had basically grown up together. Unlike him, the twins were both allowed to leave company grounds, especially for Penne to go to school. Her parents always signed her out halfway through the day, which Azure always thought was unnecessary, but he gladly accepted the extra time with them. Ravioli was homeschooled by his parents, so Azure didn't see much of him until lessons were over.

Penne was energetic, creative, and the un-liscensed company therapist. Somehow she found time to make her way through all 54 levels of the company, checking in on everyone, forming inexplicable bonds with them that were totally unprecedented given her short amounts of time walking the floors. She was intensly supportive, and also incredibly mischevious, making sure Azure had access to all the social media of modern days, careful that no one knew it was him of course. She was highly adventurous, and brought home souvenirs wherever she went, even if it was just around the block, and she only drank milkshakes. And due to reading one too many romance novels, she was more interested in Azure's love life than her own, saying that every son of a top-notch buisness employer had to have flings with all the prestigious buisnessman's daughters. She flung her books at him left and right, giving him "study material" as she put it. He didn't honestly know what to do with all the knowledge he'd gained, but Penne promised it would be worth it. He had never understood where or why.

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Her twin brother, Ravioli, was almost the exact opposite of her. While sure, he was passionate about things he loved doing, like drawing, designing, and writing, he hardly interacted with anyone, and would have a panic attack even thinking about going out in public. While he was allowed off company property, he never went, preferring to stay in the building. Azure would have killed for a chance to go out in public, but Rav was Rav, and that was fine by everyone. Ravioli hated when Azure and his sister went off and did stupid things, avidly trying to convince them otherwise and always failing, watching them die pretty much every day. And sure he likes to critisize them and cry at the thought of losing them (because they traumatize him with their stupidity every day), but just because he hates the sometimes isn't the reason he doesn't speak. He's never uttered a word in his life; no one knows if it's a personal preference or if something's wrong with his throat, but his mother has given him the Healing Touch many times over, so either it's something irreperable, or he just...doesn't. That doesn't stop him from interacting, however. His facial expressions, hand signs, and body movements get his point across fine; and most of the points are "no, don't do that." However, he can't help but love them both when they sit with him on the roof to keep him company until they fall asleep. It gets him through many sleepless nights.

"TRUTH OR DARE?!?!" Penne asked again, shaking Azure's shoulders and grinning at the begruntled look on his face.

"Ok, ok,ok, dare, stop shaking me, you're gonna give me a migraine."

Letting him go, she started stroking her chin thoughtfully, pacing around the room as she thought. Penne always came up with the best dares, whether it be bungee jumping off of the roof while it was snowing or running down all 1,134 stairs two at a time. As soon as you gave Penne the chance to do an amazing dare, she delivered, and Azure was in the mood to die.

Rav slapped his sister's back, shaking his head and glaring, but that just made her eyes light up with an idea, and she grinned the grin that signified all Hell breaking loose.

"Azure," she said with a glitter in her eye as her brother emphatically shook his head no behind her, "I dare you to jump from the roof of Dawn Inc. to the roof of Dusk Co."