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

[work_wife]

Oh man, they warned her? Was that a good thing or a bad thing? But the girl is still smiling and being nice so maybe not so bad?

"Not yet. I mean, would have been a shame to order if, yanno."

If no one showed. She could use that money for comfort ice cream instead. Seemed logical to her.

[dead_tongue]

Does she know you're platonic?

...is he cute? And is he, you know. [Hope springs eternal.]

[biactually]

"Say it that way, sounds like you plan on a great journey."

Nick feels his heart accelerate as they move, but he finds himself smiling, exhilarated.

"Not too fast yet," he tells Billy with a grin. It's not an intentional challenge, but he might as well have.

[ask_whydunit]

[ Waver tilted his head slightly, considering Nida’s situation carefully as he took another bite of his burger. He does glance sidelong at the other table to make sure nothing was going on over there before he answered. ]

I don’t know what you could do about the presence thing, seems like something you kind of gain with experience, right? Magic, though... [ That took experience too, of course. But it was something he felt he could weigh in on, or at least offer his thoughts. ] That’s something to focus on before your test. What kind of stuff do they focus on for mercenaries?

[ghostlyflame]

[ That gets a little smile, because she expected that was at least a little true. People who could enjoy seats like this all the time probably got used to it, right? It wouldn’t be as interesting or special if it were an everyday thing. Reines and Luvia both probably thought this was just normal for a play, if they went to them. ]

That’s probably true with some of them, and it makes it more exciting since this is my first time seeing a play! [ She tilted her head at the stage below, and her eyes swept the crowd again out of habit. ] Right, but it still means we can enjoy all the fancy details from here without having to peek around someone’s head if someone tall were sitting in front of us.

[ She could imagine that happening, and it would be disappointing. ]

[bornofwords]

[ Sigma noticed as the man paused, and he realized the other’s glass was now empty. It brought the earlier agreement to mind, and he found himself wondering if Mark would call it a night now. Oddly, he realized that he kind of hoped the guy didn’t. So, it was hard not to smile when Mark admitted to enjoying himself as well. ]

I wouldn’t be offended by that at all. In fact, I’ll feel a little less awkward about switching to soda myself once I finish my own.

[ Frankly, Sigma appreciated knowing the guy wasn’t going to just get drunk. He was never fond of dealing with people who had gone past their limits. ]

And if we’re both going to be honest? I’m enjoying this too, so I’d like to stick around a little longer if you would. Let’s adjust our earlier agreement to include food, what would you like to split?

[seed_pilot]

Paramagic of all sorts. My assigned GF isn't really suited to me though, and I've never been fast with smells or very strong with them. And since I'm not considered one of the more combat prodigies, I need to at least be passable with them both.

[california_dreaming]

All journeys with him are fucking great.

"Dude, you challenging me here, Nick? I could really blow your mind here," he laughs. Could really break the guy's head. Which is probably not the intention of the night. Probably. Maybe.

[work_wife]

Exactly!

[Robin smiles and looks around, watching people fill out the seats below. They had of course gotten in a touch sooner because of how good their seats here.]

Plus we can exit earlier, or if we need the bathroom we can slip out without, like, bothering other people as much.

[work_wife]

I've explained it to her a lot. I haven't told her the other stuff thought.

[The question earns a chuckle and a nod.]

Objectively I can see it. The cuteness. But he's never been my type, you know? Probably was one of the hottest guys at school according to all of the other girls. AS for the other part, if he is, he hasn't figured it out yet.

[atypical_echo]

[It feels like a hurdle has been found and easily vaulted, and they've got a clear stretch in front of them. That makes Mark smile quite a bit. He's happy with this part, with the implication that this could go a bit longer, that they could get to know each other a tiny bit more.]

Alright then. I hear they have really good loaded potato skins here.

[dead_tongue]

Well, understandable. For all you know she'll freak out and stop inviting you to sleepovers or whatever girls do.

[Iggy purses his lips a little and nods before relaxing back with a grin.] If he's really cute, I am happy to help him figure it out.

So he's the only one who knows? Well, and now me, a complete stranger your clueless friend thinks you would want to fuck. You'll have to tell her that she was way off.

[disarming_prince]

[What say you to a 28 year old non-inheriting prince?]

[hybrid_prince]

[kid you not, this is what RNG gave me. Seem like a plan?]

[silent_sacrifice]

[You've got the only girl I'd be able to throw at her already, how about hilariously mismatched closest to a proper ginger I have? Auburn validity?]

[insistent]

[Sounds good. I'll go fresh out of high school for this then. ]

[biactually]

[Perfect plan! I've been wanting to toss him at your Teddy anyway. Any idea for location or you need me to pick?]

Is this alright?

[disarming_prince]

He did not, in fact, know it was a date. This was a blindsiding from him, derived from good-natured meddling from his sister. To Ravus's knowledge this was meant to be a meeting with his sister, where they could eat dinner at their favorite restaurant, catch up, and just enjoy the proximity of each other. It was not often they were granted that chance after all.

Still, Lunafreya was... Well, not late. They were never late to where they were meant to be. Their mother had of course raised them to be quite early, which hadn't been a problem in this case because the restaurant knew that Luna and Ravus tended to show up fifteen minutes before their reservation and it would never do to have the royals just wait by the door.

"Lunafreya," Ravus grumbled under his breath as he typed a message out on his phone, "if you leave me waiting too long I'll make you pay tonight."

WHich was no real threat of course. It was just enough of one to vent his annoyance as he failed to notice the impeccably dressed host guiding someone to his table.

[blossomingginger]

[Accepted. Ginger adjacent enough so won't be totally awful to him.]

[work_wife]

No. No, I don't think she'd do that. Nancy's nice and all of that. Especially since we've never had sleepovers. I don't hang out with a lot of girls actually? Which doesn't help.

[His comment makes her snort in amusement. Because that would be hilarious to watch. Like, stupidly so.]

Yeah, he's the only one I know that knows. Because I told him. It's hard to tell people, right? Like, the hardest. But yeah, I'll be sure to tell her.

[dead_tongue]

I don't hang out with many boys.

I guess I'm lucky - most people figure it out within fifteen minutes of meeting me. I mean, you did. I think, with guys, the second you don't express an interest in... I don't know football? People call you gay no matter what you really are. So I don't really have to tell anyone.

I feel like you can get away with being a 'tomboy' until you're like... twenty-five. Your family doesn't know?

[work_wife]

Guess we're both scared of getting caught? And I didn't figure it out. You basically showed it off.

[She laughs.]

Steve's more basketball and swimming actually. And yes, tomboy band nerd is what most people see me as. But I haven't told my parents. I don't know what to do with that yet.

[dead_tongue]

Okay, point, but you would have. If only because once we start talking music you'll discover my love of George Michael.

Swimming? Okay, I'm interested. Steve, call me.

[He laughs suddenly. It's brief, startled.] Sorry. Sorry, just... of course you're a band nerd.

Do they love you?

[hybrid_prince]

[Cafe maybe? I mean, Teddy would LIVE for board game cafes, but I don't know that Nick would do that as much. BUt general cafe works for teens pretty well.]

Re: Is this alright?

[insistent]

She wasn't even sure why she'd agreed, although at worst, she gets a meal out of it. She's been pretty good about keeping her head down more or less, at least in terms of her abilities since her arrival here. But Luna had been nice and a good meal is a good meal.

Still, there's nerves given she hasn't really been on a date since...

Well not thinking about that now, Caroline follows the server to the table, smiling as she approaches.

"Hi, I'm Caroline and you're Ravus, right?"