2023-08-30 21:29
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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 Play1. 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!
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Oh, sure. [He rattles it off.]
A temper! Sexy.
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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.
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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.
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[ 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. ]
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[That sounds damn spooky.]
HOw do people deal with things like that?
(no subject)
[Sexy? He laughs and shakes his head. Yeah, that works.]
You've got a way with words.
(no subject)
The oreo bits go really will with chocolate, so yeah, that should work out pretty good.
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I do, don't I? Clever tongue.
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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.]
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[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?
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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?
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Nick's fingers might touch Teddy's when he reaches for the phone.
"These are really good. They're dynamic."
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"That sounds so wonderful to have found out! I'm glad you're getting that chance."
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[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.
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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.”
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"And learning this world has been wonderful. There are things here, people here, who make me smile."
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Yes you may.
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It's fine, so it's not a problem at all.
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I guess we'll have to save room for dessert then. But let's get a table and sit.
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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?
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[That gives him a moment to breathe.]
But you've been here before?