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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[ Sigma would at least appreciate the understanding; and it was partly the truth… and a little that he wasn’t sure it wouldn’t send the guy running at this point. ]
I’ve seen what a little extra luck can do for some people… So maybe with that extra luck from you, it’ll become a trend that leads to something I connect with.
[ He added with a small attempt at a smile. ]
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Just because you’re not the most impressive student doesn’t mean you can’t do it, though. You just need to work on it, right? Focus on the things you can improve on in the meantime and stuff. If you don’t make it this fall, do you try again, or…?
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You can see so much from up here! [ she offered in a small, but excited tone. ] and it’s so much quieter than it was downstairs.
[ A plus, honestly. There was always something of an awkwardness to being crowded in at seats on all sides. ]
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Honestly, I'll get another chance next year, But after that, if I still don't make it? Well, then I'll just have to find new work. That's what happens with Garden. Suppose I could go into the military.
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"Well, maybe you can recommend something for me. I'd love some mixed drink that is really purple, you know?"
IT fits with his theme.
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You'll tell me later, yes? If there are other things they should be worrying about?
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[As he says that he's clearly fighting down a bit of a blush. The guy was charming with that other line and the smile, and Mark smiles down at his drink.]
I'm usually not the greatest luck for the people around me, so if it does go well for you, that's probably a turn around for me as well.
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Oh yeah, you really can. It's so nice. I'm actually looking even more forward to this. Should probably drag my friend to one of these showings some time, seeing as his parents don't ever use the tickets.
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"I guess apple brandy isn't high on my list?" he says as he gestures beyond the limits of the arcade. Maybe they could start off with some light drinks and then eat.
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So. May I ask who arranged this on your side of things? I cannot imagine it was my sister that meddled with all of it on her own
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Figured it wouldn't hurt to at least meet you.
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Wanda is often accused of being interesting. As am I.
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[ Waver was of the mind that any learning experience was valuable, as long as one used it as a guide and worked ways to improve to make up for what you lacked. The subject of many an argument in his class, really.
The military, huh…? Waver guessed that was a logical second choice, considering the school Nida was going to. ]
I guess with your background at Garden, it would be a good backup plan if you end up needing it.
[ Backup plans are smart. Waver should have had one of those he was willing to pursue. Alas. He’s stubborn as hell. ]
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Then Mark continued, and Sigma took a moment to consider that thoughtfully. ]
Hm… You know what they say about pennies, right? Not always lucky just because you find them, they have to be heads up. So maybe for me you’ll be lucky. If not… Well, I’d say that was more my luck than yours based on my own track record over the years.
[ Seems silly, but he’d heard it while working at the casino from a superstitious patron. ]
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That sounds like a good idea? He might have fun, and it seems like a shame to not use them if they have them. Especially with such good seats.
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Xavier was left to wonder why his friend couldn't just come with him while he waited for whoever was coming.]
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Not that he's ever been in a car going all that fast, beyond video games, but Nick happily says, "Fast is good."
5 - Sports Bar
The bar is oppressive in its masculinity, smelling of cheap beer and nachos. The decor is awful, of course, and the booth he's sitting at was probably last updated in 1974. At least there's an ashtray.
But this... this...
Is a girl sitting down.
Considering that it was a drama major setting him up, he really wasn't expecting that.
Iggy stares blatantly, cigarette burning between long fingers.]
...Robin?
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I'm actually not a big fan of the backup plan. I don't like the idea of the military. It doesn't have the potential to help people the same way. Though I suppose if helping people was what I wanted, I could have tried to leave Garden a while ago.
[And it was all he knew so that wasn't likely at all.]
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Not like he bothered locking it out here. The place was pretty safe.
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[He mumbles that to himself, trying to guess what was said about pennies, only to chuckle at himself for getting it so very wrong.]
Sounds like we're both in need of a serious change of luck these days. Guess that isn't shocking. The world just seems more and more hostile, and that hostility is the thing that gets us down. So we sort of have to meet it with positivity and hope.