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Blind Date Meme




Let's face it, sometimes it's difficult finding someone to share your time, and your heart (or maybe just your body), with. Luckily for you, you have well meaning friends. Unfortunately for you, you have well meaning friends who didn't tell you this was coming. That's right. They have taken it upon themselves (and no doubt friends of friends or family members or someone else who clearly doesn't know you) to arrange a date. Without telling you.

That's right. The dreaded blind date. Which means now you've got to get through at least a reasonable amount of time with a total stranger (or maybe not a stranger if you're particularly, well, we can't say if it's lucky or not) before you can reasonably escape. Maybe it will go well. Maybe this will be the start of the rest of your lives. Maybe you'll get laid. Maybe you'll have a horror story for the ages.

No matter what plays out, though, you're here. Might as well see just how your luck is going to play out.

How to Play
1. Post your character and canon below along with any preferences. Then go back and edit your comment with the next number in order (i.e. first TL is 1, second is 2, etc)
2. Tag other TLs. If a character isn't in normal preferences, ask if they might want a date that goes poorly instead!
3. Optionally, get yourself a truly blind experience by going here and randomly generating a number. Then find the matching TL (numbered back in step one) and enjoy your blind date.
4. For more fun, use the list in the first comment for randomized date locations!
Date/Time: 2023-12-08 05:05 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] dead_tongue
dead_tongue: (smiiiile)
Yeah! There's a surprising amount!

Oh, sure. [He rattles it off.]

A temper! Sexy.
Date/Time: 2023-12-08 14:47 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] ask_whydunit
ask_whydunit: (Blushy not sure how to handle)
[ Waver’s attention is, more than a little, glued to Nida, and he ignored the cheeky smile on Melvin’s face as the other teen watched them. Nida seemed smart enough to Waver and lacked the condescending ‘better than you’ attitude of the mage association. It was refreshing! ]

No, that totally would make sense. [ Waver agreed with a smile. He kind of wants to see one, Nida. ] Same goes for the less high aptitude for magic, like… I think I read a paper about it that was published a while back. A lot of what we have today being vaguely related to the originals but more and more distant as time progressed. They survived and stuck around more easily than the true-blooded ancestors because they could adapt to the changes in the world better and the lowered levels of mana in the environment, and they also couldn’t leave to the reverse side either, since they weren’t true dragons.

Then there are things like phantasmals that developed from feeding off the remains of various species that didn’t leave, kind of like down in the tombs of Albion.

Nerd… Nida, your date is a nerd.

And realizing he’d been rambling a little, the teen hunched his shoulders a bit in a shrug.
]

Uh… But anyway, I guess I was just trying to say that what you said made sense.
Date/Time: 2023-12-08 14:54 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] ask_whydunit
ask_whydunit: (Observing closely)
Waver was generally used to being studied and scrutinized between the nature of his position at the Clock Tower and the fact that he tended to attract people who found him to be a puzzle to solve or manipulate to get what they wanted. Many had tried, few succeeded beyond his sister, truth be told. That said, being studied by his blind-date, left him trying to figure out what the other thought.

It wasn’t that the whole thing was wrong; it was just outside Waver’s realm of experience. He wasn’t… a social person. More often focused on his work, the responsibilities he had accepted to make up for past messes made, and his students that were pure chaos on the best of days.

Once Terra got to know him a little better tonight, perhaps he might relax a bit as he had with a few people closest to him. Though a ‘loosened up’ Waver tended towards hot and cold moods. Calm and collected to easily riled up in about five seconds flat if you knew how, and he wasn’t doing his darndest to keep the ‘calm and collected’ lord of the clock tower persona in place like a set of armor.

The fact that he had… well, taken on the entire El-Melloi family debt on top of his own definitely meant he wasn’t as well off as someone in his position would be expected to be. But it would not reflect well for him to show that in most situations, and he was frugal out of habit even before that. So he had his own money that he could use on a night like this, which meant there might be a little fumble over who paid the bill.

“Great.” He offered back and let Terra get situated at the table. Mentally going over how dates were supposed to go, and this… seemed about right, yeah? Yeah…

Waver wasn’t the biggest drinker, so if he was going to drink, he tended to be particular about what. At home, he kept a fruit brandy from a specific place he visited during his travels, and generally drank that on special occasions. He also enjoyed certain red wines. But when he was in a bar in the company of someone, he permitted himself one drink. Two at most. “I’ll probably get a scotch, what would you like?” He asked, pushing to his feet to go over to the counter and retrieve said drinks.

Reines would admonish (tease) him if he failed to be a proper gentleman after setting all this up.
Date/Time: 2023-12-08 14:57 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] bornofwords
bornofwords: (12)
We can fail at that together, then. It’s my treat, just so you know.

[ He responded with a small chuckle, following Mark towards the counter and eying the board. It had been his suggestion that they get dessert as things at the bar went well, and he liked the idea of treating here. ]

Chocolate mint? Hm… I actually think I wouldn’t mind trying that myself. Maybe with some of those oreo bits mixed in…

[ He mused, looking at the board and then at the options for what to put with it. ]
Date/Time: 2023-12-08 20:10 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] seed_pilot
seed_pilot: Harry Shum Jr as Mike Chang in Glee (Default)
Wait, there are like, things that eat the residue of people? Like, Ghost energy drain or something?

[That sounds damn spooky.]

HOw do people deal with things like that?
Date/Time: 2023-12-08 20:49 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] burning_youth
burning_youth: Stephen Strait as Warren Peace in Sky High (Default)
Oh man, I need to know about them.

[Sexy? He laughs and shakes his head. Yeah, that works.]

You've got a way with words.
Date/Time: 2023-12-08 20:51 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] atypical_echo
atypical_echo: Daniel Henney (Default)
[Oh but to fail together sounds sweet in a good way.]

The oreo bits go really will with chocolate, so yeah, that should work out pretty good.
Date/Time: 2023-12-09 03:21 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] dead_tongue
dead_tongue: (smiley)
The last one I saw was about this knitting convention gone wrong.

I do, don't I? Clever tongue.
Date/Time: 2023-12-09 03:50 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] burning_youth
burning_youth: Stephen Strait as Warren Peace in Sky High (Default)
[Somehow he's not shocked that there are knitting conventions. Just that they can go wrong.]

You've got to share where you found it. I need to know.

[The Clever Tongue bit does get a little smirk. Yes, he saw what you did there.]
Date/Time: 2023-12-09 05:33 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] dead_tongue
dead_tongue: (yeee)
I'll send you the links, promise.
Date/Time: 2023-12-09 16:48 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] burning_youth
burning_youth: Stephen Strait as Warren Peace in Sky High (Default)
And I'll rec the online-

[Warren trails off when the server shows up, a middle aged chinese woman who he speaks to in rapid fire mandarin. Then she's off.]

She'll get the meal set up for us. In the mean time, tell me more about yourself?
Date/Time: 2023-12-09 18:53 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] dead_tongue
dead_tongue: (drinks?)
Oh! Thank you! [Said to the departing woman.]

Well. I'm from Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island. I was homeschooled until I was a teenager. I can't cook. I like vinyl records. Is that a good start?
Date/Time: 2023-12-10 02:14 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] burning_youth
burning_youth: Stephen Strait as Warren Peace in Sky High (Default)
That's a really good start. Is the can't cook a lack of experience, or a set things on fire sort of thing? I've known people in both categories.
Date/Time: 2023-12-10 04:48 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] dead_tongue
dead_tongue: (smiiiile)
Both! I burn toast - my roommates have barred me from any hot appliances.
Date/Time: 2023-12-10 22:23 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] biactually
biactually: (01)
"That's okay. If you do, though."

Nick's fingers might touch Teddy's when he reaches for the phone.

"These are really good. They're dynamic."
Date/Time: 2023-12-10 22:56 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] sonicstriker
sonicstriker: @tomwaits (Default)
"Oh, wow." Tifa was 99.5% sure she did not have a secret sibling out there, but if she did, she'd do anything in her power to get to know them.

"That sounds so wonderful to have found out! I'm glad you're getting that chance."
Date/Time: 2023-12-11 19:26 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] burning_youth
burning_youth: Stephen Strait as Warren Peace in Sky High (Default)

[Perhaps it is not appropriate for him to snicker, but damn if Warren wasn’t. There were jokes that could be made about him being a hot appliance.]

Well, that’s true of plenty of people. It’s okay if you can’t manage it.

Date/Time: 2023-12-11 19:41 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] dead_tongue
dead_tongue: (smiiiile)
Thank you. I mostly depend on my roommates to feed me.
Date/Time: 2023-12-11 20:22 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] hybrid_prince
hybrid_prince: Theodore "Teddy" Altman from Young Avengers Volume II (Default)

Oh, they touch, and Teddy blushes a little bit to have that happen. But he lets Nick look and sips his tea as he waits.

“I’m glad. I think, in the end, I want to do comics. Like comic books. With queer stories. Because, you know, things like that helped me realize who I was growing up. I want to give that to other people one day.”

Date/Time: 2023-12-12 01:32 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] kree_soldieress
kree_soldieress: Lauri-Ell from Captain Marvel (Default)
"We are both happy too," Lauri-Ell says with a grin. This was the most wonderful thing to think about. All the things she is learning has been a delight.

"And learning this world has been wonderful. There are things here, people here, who make me smile."
Date/Time: 2023-12-12 08:09 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] phoenixawakened
phoenixawakened: (And you expect me to believe you?)
[Joshua wondered what caused that smile. Just because he had agreed to dinner, did it warrant such a thing? He had no idea. But he let Rhy order the wine and food without a word and turned to his host err..date and nodded.]

Yes you may.
Date/Time: 2023-12-12 09:41 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] heartofalion
heartofalion: (Against the wall)
[Leon shook his head.]

It's fine, so it's not a problem at all.
Date/Time: 2023-12-12 10:03 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] orangewayfinder
orangewayfinder: (Are you serious right now? (r))
[Terra couldn't help but smile.]

I guess we'll have to save room for dessert then. But let's get a table and sit.
Date/Time: 2023-12-12 10:18 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] orangewayfinder
orangewayfinder: (Almost a smile (r))
Terra didn't drink, but he figured since Waver mentioned a scotch, that had him looking over at the drink menu. So he ordered the first thing he saw. "A rum and coke if that's okay." He had no idea what that tasted like or how it was going to go down. But he couldn't look like a little kid and order something else. So he looked up at his date with a small smile, hoping against hope that it wasn't a bad choice.

He knew that he had to relax, but this really was nerve wracking and he wasn't sure what to do other than to 'hang out and get to know someone and have a good time' which was what Aqua told him. This was his first real date too and he wasn't sure what the expectations or customs were. And while it was true that he never worried about that before, this was important. Terra felt that he had to get this right although he didn't know the rules or anything because there were rules, right?

And he kept his mind on munny because he had to pay Waver back for the drink. Not that he didn't have plenty but it was important to mind his manners. His mind kept going over the fact that the other had long hair that he wanted to put his fingers through although he knew he couldn't do that. The man was attractive though and Terra berated himself for paying attention to that because he wasn't supposed to, right?
Date/Time: 2023-12-12 10:53 (UTC)Posted by: [personal profile] heavenlyhonour
heavenlyhonour: (Default)
No, not this one. And I usually eat at home.

[That gives him a moment to breathe.]

But you've been here before?