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

[silent_sacrifice]

(I love it of course. Lazard would ABSOLUTELY get up to that)

[immortalmarshal]

((Having just gotten the Crisis Core remake, I can see him totally doing that XD Any other details you wanna include before I get us started?))

[silent_sacrifice]

(Not sure I have other ideas than that. But I'm excited. He'd be VERY tempted to challenge Cor to a fight.]

[immortalmarshal]

((OMG, Genesis No! XD Let's do it Anyway, lemme know if you want anything changed in the starter below))


Cor is apparently 'on loan' for this Gala tonight - not the first time, nor the last. But this time, the director of SOLDIER wanted to set him up with a +1 tonight. Half-hoping that it would be someone practical like Angeal, or quiet like Sephiroth, He waits near the entrance for his 'date to show up. Cor does look nice, all dressed up in his ceremonial uniform. He just wishes that he didn't need to keep a damn fancy dumbapple pin on his right breast - for some reason, Lazard insisted that it was the best way for his 'date' to recognize him...

[silent_sacrifice]

There is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that there is no first class soldier that cleans up at all on the same level as Genesis. Yes, people might debate which Soldier is most attractive (usually Sephiroth), or most warm and welcoming (Angeal), but no one denied that Genesis had fashion, presence, and grace. So while he does show up in his own dress uniform, it has those little flairs that made an outfit into a statement.

ANd quite the statement it was. He was beautiful. Genesis Rhapsodos clearly knew he was beautiful. So he assumed that he would find himself, in this stupid ploy, on the arm of someone equally beautiful. So he sought the pin out.

What he wasn't expecting was the man he would find it upon.

"And you would be?"

[immortalmarshal]

--Oh. Cor perks up as soon as he sees this red-clad SOLDIER approach him. And a rather handsome one at that. Wasn't it rumored that one of the top SOLDIERS was well-read and fond of theatre? Perhaps it's this one...

"Cor Leonis, Marshal of the Crownsguard of Lucis." He bows with practiced ease. "Pleasure to meet you. And...you are 1st SOLDIER Genesis, I assume?"

[silent_sacrifice]

Indeed, quite well-read. Even had papers published on his favorite play. And intelligent in other ways as well. But not important now so much as the man who was bowing before him. Older, yes, but high status. And beautiful.

"Well then, Marshal, the pleasure is indeed mine. You are correct in your conclusions. I am Genesis Rhapsodos, Soldier First Class. What brings me the honor of your company tonight, wearing my token?"

[immortalmarshal]

Slighty vain, but not pompous about it... Perhaps this could work after all, at least for tonight.

"I think your Director was concerned about both of us being alone, so he apparently wanted to give us a +1. Not that I mind it much now, having seen that mine's one of the strongest SOLDIERS."

[silent_sacrifice]

Concerned about him being alone? An intriguing suggestion. And of course Genesis's first reaction to that was 'what was Lazard after'? But he supposed he could forgive it for tonight. Just tonight.

"Yes, one of," he says, his voice sounding slightly annoyed. Because he hated being 'one of' when he knew he was capable of being more. But he manages to calm himself.

"And it seems likely he chose you to try and keep me distracted."