It's For Your Own Good

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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!

Comments

[heartofalion]

[Leon's eyes followed Rude's preference and nodded. Leon indicated to the hostess where they wanted to sit and were seated. Menus were passed out and ice water was brought to them.

He looked around and smirked.]

Great choice. Can see just about everything from where we are.

[looking_sharp]

Smart man, to notice.

[But yes, that's why he chose it. It's a good place, he feels secure, and he can glance around the room. Then he's removing his sunglasses. Normally he keeps them on to hide some of the expressiveness of his eyes, but that feels wrong here and now.]

[wisecracking_shot]

It's been a problem before. Once or twice.

[Awesome, he can look at the menu as well.]

I just sorta have bad luck with hot dog stands.

[silent_sacrifice]

And to think, Genesis would quite appreciate the appreciation of his looks rather quickly. There was no need to be 'proper' about that. For now he sits there, appreciating the look of the other man.

"Red then. Well aged and all the more beautiful for it."

Just like Noctis of ocurse.

[disarming_prince]

[Why would Ravus desert him? It would be disrespectful. What he does for now is wave for a server to join them.]

I shall order a white. While I do not think either of us to be clumsy just from first glance, the whites would be horrid to get wine from, and my arm can... misbehave from time to time."

[unbreakable_king]

[Ah, but there is a complication isn't it? Rhy sighs.]

Our... lives growing up was complicated. I was seen poorly by others given certain peculiarities of my birth. It made me a bit of a people pleaser, and desperate to make friendly with others. Thus his disapproval.

[orangewayfinder]

[Terra couldn't help but smile at the answer.]

Fruits are good for you, but then if you add cream doesn't that defeat the goodness?

[orangewayfinder]

Terra nodded as Waver left, noting again the other's hair. It was weird. The man had just left and he knew the other was returning but a part of him felt like a child because he didn't want Waver to leave even though he had to in order to come back with the drinks. So he sat there staring at the table before reaching over for the drink menu again in order to give himself something to do while the other man was so busy.

He tried to sit and figure this all out. He still wasn't sure how to act or deal with any of this, but he hoped that he would just sort of figure it out as he went along. He knew his gummi phone was in his pocket, but Terra didn't want to call Aqua and all of that. Besides, it might look like he had someone on the 'side' as her boyfriend had put it. Maybe this was just to discourage him from calling, but it worked regardless.

What were they supposed to be talking about? Should he mention the hair thing? But then he almost immediately felt heat at his face. No, he wasn't going to bring it up because it would be awkward, as if he already didn't feel that way about this whole thing.

When Waver came back with the drink set before him, Terra smiled. "Thank you." Master Eraqus had drilled manners into them with a fierceness as kids. He only took a sip of his drink after the other had because he thought that might be polite too. Setting it down on a napkin at the table, he shook his head. "No, I just heard of the place but if you're talking about games here, I was learning about the pinball machine game. It reminds me of something like that back home."

Surely Waver wasn't referring to the Games held in Greece.

[faithfulsupport]

"And who is this Angeal you speak of if I might be so bold as to inquire?" Ignis asked, finishing up with the flowers.

Whoever it was, they must be important.

[phoenixawakened]

[Joshua listened and as he did so, he thought of the Branded. And while he didn't think that Rhy would know of them or was like them, it was the mental comparison that he made. Interesting to hear this, and it made him wonder a few things. So he smiled.]

Is that perhaps where your outgoing nature sprang from?

[ask_whydunit]

[ Waver offered a nod as they walked along. It would not be strange to liken GFs and the kinds of spirits that some mages worked with. He himself would be involved in a situation in which he was meant to supply mana to a spirit in particular, for all that he didn’t realize that he was ill-equipped to do so yet. ]

That’s what I was thinking when you were explaining them earlier, so maybe we can look at angles where the dealings are similar enough that we can work out ways to improve on the foundation you already have. At least enough to help with the test.

[ he mused lightly, folding his arms. The biggest problem was Lord El-Melloi looked down his nose at magics that did not line up with the association’s traditions. Even those similar… Not that the man was successful in deterring Waver from his interests in exploring new magics or combining older methods in new ways. ]

I bet I could sneak you into our library so we could maybe compare details sometime when you’re not trying to make curfew?

[ Frowning lightly, he tilted his head. He kind of wanted to know more about Nida’s assigned GF, not to mention what he said about giving it a part of him. It sounded a little different from a mana drain or mana exchange… There were a lot of kinds of magecraft that had heavy costs to the users, though, like bestial magecraft. It would be good to know if he needed to account for that, he thought. ]

What do you give them as payment in exchange for using magic?

[ask_whydunit]

The thanks get a small dip of his head to acknowledge it. “You’re welcome.” It seemed only right to get his date something to drink, or at least treating them seemed to be the right way to go about a date, as far as he knew. “If you’d like something else, let me know.” He added, a little unsure if he should offer a meal or something… But maybe it was best to wait and see how things progressed from here, a drink and a little conversation to get to know the other a little better.

The Games held in Greece were definitely not what Waver was referring to, mostly because he didn’t know Terra had been there in the first place. “So we’re both new to the bar, then.” He responded, offering an awkward smile.

People kept telling him he should be less serious, try smiling more (he did smile though! It was just a rare thing. Like shooting stars and rainbows.)… It felt weird? Did it look weird? He sure as hell hoped not.

Trying to focus less on if the smile looked weird, he focused on the comment instead. The pinball machines, huh? He glanced in their direction curiously. They weren’t usually his go to, but they were something of a classic in arcades. Then again, he was curious at the other part of what Terra said. “Something from home? So, you’re not from the city.” Waver wasn’t either. Technically, he’d grown up outside the city before moving to attend the tower when he was younger and staying permanently after his travels. It just seemed a bit curious to wonder if he’d been set up on a blind date with someone who was only around temporarily, if he wasn’t permanently living here as well. Seemed important to find that out now, he decided. Plus it was was natural to be curious about your date in general, right? One was supposed to get to know them. “Where are you from?”

[bornofwords]

[ Then that was what Mark would have! Sigma offered a smile in return. ]

Right, then I guess we have our orders figured out. Let’s see how they stand up to expectations, hm?

[envious_shadow]

[Really? Jasper's warmth turns, for a moment, very icy. Was his date truly about to judge him for his taste?]

Dairy is a delight. It is good for your bones and skin. Do you not know this?

[seed_pilot]

[Sneaking into the library could be fun, especially if there aren't a lot of magical wards to deal with. But he doesn't know. For now he smiles at Waver. Or at least he does until the question of payment comes up.

Selphie must be listening in some because she looks back over her shoulder at Nida and the look that passes between them is... vaguely worried.]

There are... rumors. Suggestions that maybe it's memories that we give them in exchange. But it's hard to tell. Like, it's normal to forget quite a bit of when you were very young.

[But that shared look says maybe, just maybe, it's a worrying bit of loss.]

[atypical_echo]

Right.

[He smiles and moves to order for them.]

I'm so excited about this. I only let myself have the froyo for special times.

[legacy_blade]

"My mentor," Zack says with a smile. Because why wouldn't he be happy when he talks about it? Angeal had given him just about everything. "He taught me a lot."

[unbreakable_king]

Perhaps.

[He grins over that before leaning in to whisper.]

I'm also royalty, if you must know. It made it so people wanted to know me.

[biactually]

It's not that Nick doesn't realize that's an option, it's that he had felt a sort of unspoken pressure, and until Teddy says those words, he doesn't realize he's doing that to himself, and he doesn't have to.

He nods his head, eyes looking at the table for a moment. "You're right. I wasn't thinking of it in those exact terms."

Nick's eyes scan his phone, and he bookmarks a couple of things to look more into for later.

"That's amazing. And it does give you," he has to stop himself and remind himself he's not an imposter because he's bisexual and not gay, "us, someone to look toward."

Me realizing this touches on one of Waver's canonical future big fears 'Oh no...'

[ask_whydunit]

[ Melvin doesn’t flinch, even as he side-eyes Selphie thoughtfully when he noticed her glancing back at Nida. Heavy costs for the sake of their power and trademark magecraft were normal. Memories, for the sake of progress and reaching beyond one’s limits, would probably seem more than worth it to most. Their children didn’t escape such costs either, often being experiments for their family’s magic and heir to the crest at the same time.

Even Waver understood that much. For all that he hadn’t been prepared for the Clock Tower’s ways, there were some truths you didn’t escape when you decided to become a mage. He was just… a little softer and questioned more. If someone had a say in their life or not, the ability to choose. He hadn’t grown up in the traditional mage family situation that Melvin had. So his reaction is a little mixed, more than observant enough to catch the look Nida’s friend was giving and the way the other responded to the question.

He doesn’t judge it because he does understand that costs are a given and it’s up to the individual to decide if it’s worth it. You expect to lose things, or to endure pain, if not both. Even the crest was a lifelong pain that was handed from one generation to the next that one had to get used to.

But he does feel a spark of concern for Nida, concern that he lies to himself about as a simple worry about how it could be a difficult cost to function with. Though the truth would more be ‘What if you loose memories you cared about? What if you forget someone important?’

Glancing at one and then the other, then back to Nida finally. ]

Rumors… Do they not know for sure yet where it’s still newer magic, or have they just… not said yet?

[ Shit, he needs more information on this now. ]

[bornofwords]

[ Special times, huh? Does that mean this counts as special? Sigma kind of likes the sound of that, if only because the evening did feel special for all the unknown aspects going into it. ]

Yeah? [ And by his tone, he sounds very happy about it. ] Then I’m glad we decided to get dessert, it’s good to have a treat and nicer to share one with someone who’ll enjoy it too.

oh dear that is amusing

[seed_pilot]

Paramagic has only been in use for about a decade, and it's not been heavily used until more recently. We know there has been research done, a scientist named Odine. But he doesn't use it himself. And we don't know what he found.

[But he reaches into his pocket and pulls forth a healing potion.]

But the research led to things like these potions. They accelerate our body's natural healing cycle, at a cost of a hell of a lot of calories later one. So, uh, we don't know yet, but the magic is useful. I mean, it's people not born with magic like you, able to use it. I can jump three times as high with the right sorts magic channeled through my GFs to use the magic to reinforce my legs."

[hybrid_prince]

"Yeah," Teddy says as he tucks his phone back away. "Though I don't think I want to become the CEO of a sports gear company, or an olympic athlete at that."

Still likes seeing some people in obvious places like that.

[atypical_echo]

Exactly.

[He talks to the server through his desires, and gets two spoons for his cup. Of course he's going to share with the other man.]

Alright, get what you want too.

[biactually]

"No. I don't think I do, either," Nick admits. "But we can go whatever direction we want. It's the fact the we have that kind of representation that matters."

He sees Teddy puts away his phone, and Nick does the same.

"So, you draw, you like tea, and animals, what kind of food do you favor?"