Otto set the strange-tasting hot dog on the ground as the rest formed a small circle.

Officer Shelton tried his best to not look freaked out by the fact that he was playing a game of Spin-the Bottle with an above-average-looking 36-year-old blogger, an underling, and a not-so-evil Ugandan leprechaun.

C Monks tried his best to not get too excited about the prospects of kissing the really pretty and underrated actress Zooey Deschanel. As a Spin-the-Bottle player he was a bit inconsistent, so he needed to be focused so as to give his best effort.

Otto tried his best not to say anything homophobic. He hated his family for raising him to be homophobic (especially all his gay uncles who were particularly vitriolic when it came to talking about gay people) and he saw this chance to play in an all-male game of Spin-the-Bottle as an opportunity to prove to himself that he was not like his mean and bigoted family.

Morris the Ugandan leprechaun/Zooey Deschanel tried his/her best to seem interested. He knew their chances of getting out of the basement would greatly increase if C Monks got a chance to kiss him/her. But he didn't really care if he got out of the basement; he just wanted to go back to his field of rainbows.

"Who should spin first?" Officer Shelton asked as nonchalantly and non-freaked out as possible.

"Me!" C Monks shouted before anyone else got a chance to speak up. He grabbed the strange-tasting hot dog and spun it wildly on the ground. The wacky wiener twirled and twirled.

Officer Shelton tried his best to not look freaked out by the chance the hot dog would land on him. He was perfectly alright kissing another man. It would be just like high school. Experimenting is fun, he tried to convince himself.

C Monks tried his best not to grab the hot dog and point it at the really pretty and underrated actress Zooey Deschanel. That would be cheating and he guessed that Zooey would frown on cheating.

Otto continued to try his best to not say anything homophobic. He thought about not saying anything, but then feared that would make him look nervous and homophobic, so instead he sang a medley of Abba songs.

Morris the Ugandan leprechaun/Zooey Deschanel tried his best to picture himself back in his field of rainbows. He imagined himself frolicking about amongst all the pretty colors and Ugandan leprechaun porn.

Slowly the strange-tasting hot dog began to slow down. Its spinning slowed really slowly and the tensions mounted as the slow-twirling hot dog slowed to a near stop. All eyes were on the hot dog, slowing, slowly.

And then it stopped.

This post is dedicated to Terry.