Wanna Bet?

It wasn't often that Spike got a day off from his work but his boss had told him to take a day off and rest since Spike had been working so hard. The Greed had agreed.

He had heard about the Imp Training Camp hosted by Hutch and Quince which had peaked his interest. 

For once, his oversized jacket was not falling off his shoulders as he cradled his albino harpup in his arms, Smooth as he gently scratched them with his claws while heading toward the small inflatable pond that had gotten set up. Perhaps he could show off his cute Smooth's swimming abilities?

....a shame it was dozing away in his arms at the moment.

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"S- Stop - Enough - WALKER -" 

Ryder cursed as the Thulu he had been carrying wiggled and writhed to get free, the energetic imp all but throwing itself out of the Greed's arms and scuttling across the pavement. After having one of his housemates yell that the imp was causing havoc in their room, Ryder had decided to take Walker for, well, a walk. 

It didn't seem to be helping. 

Ryder chased after the Thulu as it zigged and zagged between buns, dashing into the park - where of course the Imp Training Camp was being held. 

"Just my luck."

~~~

Somehow. The stray Thulu scurrying into the park was enough to wake Smooth up and Spike yelped in surprise when the Harpup in his arms wriggled out and plopped onto the ground with a soft thud. 

"Wha- hey-! SMOOTH--!!" Spike squeaked out as his imp scurried away to greet the stray imp. 

The Greed groaned as he chased after his imp, barely managing to stop himself from getting his platforms tangled up over the two imps. 

"You little shit-!" Spike growled softly.

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"C'mere you little asshole-" Ryder finally caught up with the rambunctious Thulu, only to see that it had found somebody new to bother. 

"Ah, shit, sorry." Ry scooped up Walker, who complained in the form of flailing its tentacles. "He's been a bit of a bastard today."

~~~

Spike knelt down to scoop up Smooth who barked in protest but its protests was ignored as it got cradled in Spike's arms, claws gently digging into the body to stop it from jumping out again.

Spike straightened back up and stared at the other Greed as well as the Thulu.

"Seems we have similiar issue. This one has been wild lately and I figured I could tire them out with this camp......" Spike nodded over shoulder toward the small inflatable pool they had been eying earlier.

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Ryder's eyes followed the other bun's gesture over to the small pool. "Oh, good idea. Can I join ya'?"

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"Why not?" Spike led them both over to the small pool, and knelt down to put Smooth in to the pool; immediately yelping at the small splashes the imp made in the water.

"Smooth!"

~~~

Walker was excited to have a new friend to play with; it barely waited until Ryder was beside the pool before launching itself from his arms again. Ryder let out a long-suffering sigh before turning back to the other Greed doll. "I'm Ry, by the way. Ryder." He gestured to where the imps were splashing together. "And this is Walker."

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Spike quickly stepped back with a soft yelp when the Thulu launched itself into pool with a splash. He stared down for a moment then back at the other Greed who had introduced himself. Shaking his head in amusement as Spike spoke with a small smile 

"Spike and this is Smooth" he gestured to his Albino Harpup who was enjoying splashing around with Walker. Then Spike rolled his eyes with a tired sigh. Honestly!

".... Think if we do few races it'll tire then out?"

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Ryder immediately perked up at the word 'races' before the logical part of his brain reminded him they were talking about the imps. "I sure fuckin' hope so," he laughed, looking over the pool as a whole. It wasn't really that big, but considering how small the imps were... It just might work. "Even if it doesn't, it looks like there's a lotta fun stuff here that we could have them do."

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Spike moved to kneel down by the pool while easily balancing on his platform heels so he could get closer look at the imps as he nodded with another laugh at Ryder's words

"Fuckin hope so. I've got shit planned for later tonight and I can't worry about Smooth" Spike looked up at Ryder "We just got here so I haven't really had chance to explore this place yet" he shrugged "but you're right, it do seem like there's lot of fun shit here"

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"Mmhmm," Ryder hummed, watching the imps play for a moment. "Let's try the racing first, yeah?" He squatted beside Spike and called out to Walker, surprised when the Thulu actually came over and grabbed his hand with its little tentacle. "Okay little guy, you're gonna race with Smooth. Does that sound fun?" 

Walker looked at Spike, then at Smooth, then back at Ryder and splashed excitedly.

~~~

Spike reached down to make small splashing motions in the water which had Smooth swimming over to him with a bark which had him chuckling at how cooperative the little Harpup was being right now. 

"Wanna race? Look like Walker wants to~"

Smooth responded by rolling over excitedly, causing big splashes

"Look like they're both up for it" Spike smirked at Ryder before redirecting attention back to the two imps

"Okay! Line up~"

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Ryder laughed as Walker whirled around, reaching with a tentacle to touch the wall of the pool with it's 'face' fixed on the other end with determination. The way the Thulu immediately locked in had Ryder proud. Learned it from me. 

"Ready?" Ryder wasn't quite sure who the question was directed to, but…

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Smooth immediately wriggled its way backwards, scooting its back fins back till it was touching the wall and Spike chuckled as his imp zeroed in on the goal; the other end of the pool. Cute

".....A little bet, Ryder~?" Spike smirked as he eyed the other Greed "Ten carats to the winner?"

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"Deal." Ryder shot back immediately, wide grin on his face. Even if he wasn't the one racing, this was exciting. 

"On the count of three?"

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Spike wasn't always the type to look for competition, favoring to get in trouble but.... he did like attention and money~! 

"One....Two....Three, GO!" 

Spike managed to step away to avoid the splashes from the two water-inclined imps as they shot off.

~~~

On Spike's mark, the two imps took off, sending up splashes of water. Walker's tentacles were going like the blades of a fan, the Thulu seeming to punch the water in its determination to win. 

It... wasn't the most efficient, but for now Walker was pulling ahead of Smooth.

~~~

Smooth was not... a smooth swimmer. The Harpup was making big splashes with every movement of their fins, smacking against the water every time it swung above water. 

That explained the slow start Smooth was having. But Spike knew his imp to often pick up speed eventually. Endurance was always so important after all.

~~~

Ry's tail began to wag as he watched Walker pull further and further ahead - 

Only for the Thulu to get distracted by somebody else's imp running past the pool carrying a black sesame treat. 

Walker slowed, watching the other imp before snatching the treat out of the other imp's grasp and immediately eating it. 

"WALKER-”

~~~

Spike managed to barely contain his laughter at the Thulu as his sweet imp took the golden opportunity to pull ahead. 

The crystal Greed let out few snickers when he noticed Smooth splash Walker with its tail fin in the process of leaving it in the dust. 

"My oh my. Food motivated I see" his voice was teasing

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"The whole reason I brought him out here is because he ate a bunch of my housemate's shit, how are you still hungry-" 

Ryder sighed heavily as Walker began to pull itself out of the pool, clearly about to go on a hunt for more treats. "WALKER. Focus!"

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Spike snickered at the way Ryder seemed so exasperated with his imp especially when Walker tried to climb out. "That's the main reason I bring a small pack of snacks with me just in case" He patted a small pouch attached to his skirt as his Harpup was blatantly leaving the Thulu in the dust, nearing the other end of pool

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Ryder turned his scowl on the other Greed before sighing and rubbing his hands over his face. "Yeah I guess that's smart, I'm still pretty new to this whole imp thing..." Ry turned his gaze back to Walker and got an idea. "I'll let you into Maelstrom's room if you -" 

Ryder didn't even finish his sentence before the Thulu locked in and went paddling after Smooth again... Though the chances of him winning at this point were slim, Walker was giving it his best shot.

~~~

Smooth was already nearing the end of the pool when Walker picked up its pace. Spike's shoulders were shaking in silent laughter as he saw his beloved Harpup reach the other end with its front fins and splashed around in victory. 

"Look like Smooth won, and that means I won our bet" He snickered as he moved to kneel down by the pool, pulling out a pack and shaking it around; loud thunking noises resounding as he called out "I've got some tasty rock sugar candy treats! Come and get some, Smooth~!"

Smooth was immediately racing down the pool back toward him as Spike pulled out few rock pieces to toss at his imp to munch on

~~~ 

Although Spike certainly wasn't talking to Walker, the Thulu whirled around and began making its way over to them as well. Ryder sighed heavily, taking the promised ten carats from his bag and holding them out towards Spike. "Good race, Smooth did great."

~~~ 

Spike took the carats while also tossing a few rock candy Walker's way. May as well yeah?

"Walker was doing so well. A pity he got distracted" Spike commented as Smooth munched on its treats happily

~~~

Walker happily snapped up the candies, tentacles wiggling. As soon as it was done it started moving towards Smooth, but Ryder scooped up the Thulu before it could steal the Harpup's treats. 

"Yeah, he's been spending too much time around one of my housemates." Ryder held Walker up in front of his face and wiggled it back and forth. "If you don't start behaving I'm gonna give you to Mael." 

He turned back to Spike. "Wanna keep playing? We could have them do... that balancing thing over there... or maybe a fetch game?"

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Spike laughed as Smooth finished its treats and wriggled its way into his arms as he got off his knees to watch Ryder's interaction with his imp before looking over at where Ryder was pointing out

".......You pick, and we can do another bet?" He smirked deviously as Smooth wriggled around in his arms

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Ryder frowned at Spike at the other bun's mention of another bet, but his annoyance was half-hearted. "Tryna get me out of all my carats by the end of the day, huh? Gonna try and get me outta my pants too, Spike?" But Ryder was never one to turn down a challenge, already making his way over to a series of imp-sized exercise balls where other buns were teaching their imps to balance. "First imp to fall off loses, no dirty play -"

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Spike laughed as he followed the other Greed over to the balancing section 

"I'm greedy for a lot, what can I say?" the feminine Greed twink eyed Ryder up and down "I'm usually good at clocking what position others prefer. Normally I'd try to get you out of your pants but you don't seem the type to prefer twinks. Perhaps a threesome would be suitable?"  Spike shrugged nonchalantly. What could he say, he was quite greedy for a lot and was quite known for his sex drive. 

Smooth was eying up the exercise balls as Spike bent down to pick the Harpup up. "10 carats bet again or double it?" he eyed Ryder with a devious smirk

~~~

Ryder wasn't exactly expecting a response to his off-handed joke, stopping short to look at Spike with a raised eyebrow. "Let's focus on the imps for now, yeah?" But his tone was teasing as he grinned. "Ten carats is fine; we got the whole day ahead of us still, so let's take it slow - " 

Ryder was interrupted by his imp as the Thulu wriggled out of his arms once again, chasing after a bun with a basket full of treats. "WALKER-"