Truth or Dare!
A very old party game, also known as Honesty and Daring. Similar games included the King's Game. It had endured for ages and was hugely popular among young people.
There was no need to explain why people liked it. That would take too long and too many words, and a detailed explanation might cause physical discomfort.
Playing this game between people of the same sex was dull and flavorless. Between men and women, though, the fun doubled, then doubled again.
For example, Martin, the botanist, designated the next player and had the blonde Julie choose. She chose a dare.
Martin had smoked a lot of tobacco, but his intelligence had always remained intact. Perhaps because he had spent years studying herbs, his resistance to drugs was incredibly strong. Even after getting high, it did not affect his judgment.
Martin knew Julie was a conservative girl because they had dated before. Julie had kept her guard up and never let him get what he wanted.
This time, Martin planned to make Julie back down by assigning her dare: have an intimate encounter with the Wolf Head Ornament on the wall.
To put it bluntly, she had to flirt shamelessly in public.
The result was beyond Martin's expectations. Julie readily agreed, rose from the couch, and sashayed toward the Wolf Head Ornament. After putting on a seductive dance to show off her figure, she wrapped an arm around the wolf's head and began flirting with it, finally planting a passionate kiss on it.
The others were all stunned. The three male students stared at Julie without blinking, afraid of missing anything important.
Russell stared without blinking too, but for a different reason. He was not ogling her; his gaze was full of criticism and scrutiny.
That was the truth.