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It's For Your Own Good

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!

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[He nodded.]

If that isn't too informal for you and is your preference, then that is what I'll do.

[Because Joshua was a respectful person.]

I hardly care about formality or not at this moment. It would be more inappropriate for us not to take this time to get to know each other properly, would it not?

[Joshua nodded with a smile, tucking away more than a few questions.]

Agreed. Then I would ask what you do when you're not sitting on a date with someone? Would that look something like charming regular people?

[Rhy laughs and shakes his head.]

Charm is a valuable tool for a king. So yes, I spend some time at it. And rebuilding after... well, everything that has gone wrong back home.

[Mentally Joshua gave himself a small bit of credit for being able to make the handsome king laugh. It also gave him a brief respite from feeling self conscious. But then the other's tone changed and he felt sympathy for the other man.]

I'm sorry to hear things had gone wrong, but what are the places that you enjoy going to or things you enjoyed doing?

I used to enjoy plays. I've little time for them these days, but there used to not be a single premier I did not attend. Even if the play was far from interesting.

[That had him thinking.]

I have not had the pleasure of seeing one myself in some time. Perhaps that should be put on an agenda for next time?

"If you have not, then yes, you most definitely should see to making time for it. You will be quite entertainined by the acts."

He nodded, and the king had missed what he'd said. But perhaps that was on purpose.

"I will do so, and I thank you for the recommendation."

It was more that Rhy was not yet certain when he might be able to tear himself away for a play. It wasn't like there were many going on at home right now.

"I would happily recommend many things to you."

Joshua nodded. "Then we'll start with the present mayhap. Looking over the menu I find that I'm unfamiliar with some of the dishes listed. What would you recommend to try?"

"It depends on what you like in a meal. Light and simple? Heavy and hearty? Complex and adventurous?"

Because Rhy could go on at length about all such schoices.

The other man's explanations definitely helped and Joshua smiled at him gratefully. "I will go with the light and simple to start."

If that didn't help then he would go from there.

"But what are you having?" Here he was hoping to gain some more insight into his companion.

Ah, light and simple it is.

"Then what say we just settle with some light appetizers. Olives and cheese, bread and oil and herbs. Little things to pick at."

Joshua perked up as there were no mention of carrots.

"The olives and cheese sounds intriguing. I will go with your expertise here and for which I am most grateful."

There was nothing wrong with a good carrot though. To think there was might be a failing in someone's cooking of them.

"Alright then. We shall start with such a light thing, and determine if we desire more later."

And Rhy does like little nibbles after all. Better to make sure his mouth isn't full when he wants to talk.

Joshua smiled. It was a good strategy and he nodded. He had more than enough gil on him to pay the bill, that was from years of Jote having dome so or her resorting to using her cooking skills to get them through when an Inn wasn't available.

"That is a most agreeable arrangement."

Rhy nods and summons a server. He gives careful instructions, slips the server an early tip, and then returns his attention to Joshua.

"There, all arranged. We should have something shortly."

That unfamiliar gesture garnered Joshua's curiousity. "I don't quite understand why you gave him coin before he served us. Is that something that is a custom in your world too?"

"Ah, that."

Rhy chuckles.

"It encourages good service and allows my server to know that they need not worry that I shall be stingy."

Those who bribe for good service at the start are not as likely to stiff on tips later.

"I see. That would appear to be a good strategy then, to keep yourself in their good graces while they continue to serve you." This new custom or ritual did make sense in his mind now that Rhy had been kind enough to explain it.

Joshua smiled with a small nod. He'd keep this in the back of his mind the next time that he needed to be served.

"Yes, but it only goes so far. If you're cruel and rude after that, what cause do they have to be polite? There is no tip hanging in the balance. It is a matter of trust."

But it was something that would get him what he wanted so he stuck with it.

"Yes, that would stand to reason as well. If you're rude, and you order something perhaps it could be burned or not taste as well as it should, had you remained polite and appreciative."

These were definitely good lessons here.

"Exactly," Rhy says with a smile. "The server feels less like they have to walk a knife's edge with me, and I am held responsible for my own behavior as they can find subtle ways to avenge themselves. I like it. It returns some power to those who work a position of service."

And that matters to him, very much. To not be able to abuse things so easily.

Joshua listened and nodded. There were thoughts of people he knew back home that had served him and there had definitely been times that he wished he could do more for them even with as much on his plate as he did.

"And that philosophy can extend even to those outside of service."

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