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!
(no subject)
[ So climbing definitely would be a good way to find one.
The question gets a small shake of his head. He has never had the best of appetites, but he wouldn’t stop someone else from eating.]
I’m okay, but you should finish your fries and get something to go if you want. We have the afternoon to get through the library once we get there.
(no subject)
[Plus, he likes moving around.]
(no subject)
People are so stupid sometimes… You’re literally just eating. But yeah, let’s walk and you can finish on the way. I can fill you in on the plan while we’re walking.
[ He gets up to head out, but the staff giving Nida looks is getting a pointed one from Waver in return as they leave. Because he hates that kinda shit. ]
(no subject)
So, plan?
(no subject)
Oh, right! So you shouldn’t have trouble with entering the tower, especially with me, but technically only approved students and staff are allowed to explore certain areas without like… Written permission and recommendation from someone that works there. That said, there are certain loopholes that exist that we can exploit.
[ And Waver is not above exploiting loopholes, not now and not ever. Sometimes you have to work with what you’ve got! ]
Students are allowed to bring someone along as an ‘apprentice’ of sorts. Someone who isn’t necessarily a mage, but knows about magic and might have the capabilities. [ Students with way more potential than Waver, and with more influence… But that’s not important! ] Generally the thought behind it is that person is going to attend lectures and study with the intent of enrolling if the Tower approves, but not everyone does. So if anyone stops and asks, you tell them you’re here at my recommendation because you’re thinking of enrolling but haven’t decided yet.
As long as we don’t bump into my classmates or someone who actually knows me, it shouldn’t be questioned. The school is big enough that the chances are pretty slim, especially on the weekend, so we only really have to be sneaky if I see someone familiar nearby.
(no subject)
[Because that's a very strange thing to have come up. In fact, so is the point about others. Nida's starting to get suspicious.]
You're not treated well there, are you?
(no subject)
It’s complicated, that’s all. As I mentioned before, mage society tends to put a higher value on people with the right backgrounds and lineages. My family only just got into magic when my grandmother learned from someone, so we’re like… Really new to it. So, if the current thoughts on it are to be believed, I’m not going to amount to much. I’m kind of a waste of space in my class according to some people.
[ Amleth and a few other students in particular liked to suggest he was wasting Kayneth’s time more often than not. It was just stupid teenage bullying, though, as far as Waver was concerned. ]
But it’s bullshit, and I’m working on proving that. [ Stubborn, very stubborn. ] Anyway, the point is… Anyone who knows me would heavily doubt I’d have someone to recommend that’s worth recommending, and they’d give us a hard time and probably tell someone like my professor. So we should just… avoid it.
[ And the petty, snooty teens who would probably make the experience frustratingly unpleasant. ]
(no subject)
[Nida wants to laugh at this, because it's so ridiculous.]
I want to watch any of them take on Selphie then. She's only been doing our form of magic for two years, clearly no one else was doing it before her in her family, and she could probably explode them without much effort. I've seen this one spell she does...
[He shudders to think of it.]
(no subject)
That would probably break their minds to even think about, let alone figure out how to deal with. Their best attempts at intimidating me into leaving have been cornering me and shoving me into things while telling me what a waste of our professor’s time I am, like that’s going to scare me into leaving.
[ He rolled his eyes, effective they were not. ]
Would be kind of interesting to see how my professor figures out how to keep insisting the same shit about what makes a powerful mage, though.
(no subject)
Sounds like you need some self-defense lessons. Just to make sure they don't really do this to you anymore. Like, hurting you. That's not okay.
[Because trying to protect the other guy is... well, it feels important.]
(no subject)
I mean, maybe…? It’s not like they actually do any damage, though. And we’re not allowed to use magecraft to fight outside of a class. Damages to school property generally come out of the pockets of the one who did the damaging, so they won’t risk that much.
[ He wasn’t saying no to the idea, though. It might be nice to learn from someone who won’t focus on what he lacks for once. Supporting each other with their own strengths was a nice thought. ]
(no subject)
[Because Nida's already thinking of options. Just basic stuff. The sorts of things to show people not to mess with him. Sure he might seem like a 'brute' for the whole use of physical force, but does it matter if they aren't hurting him?]
IF you ever want, I can show you.
(no subject)
Really? I mean… I don’t know if I’d be good at it, so I wouldn’t want to waste your time. But maybe?
[ He knows he’s fairly small and unimpressive, but he made up for it in stubbornness. Plus… Well, if they did get worse, it might help. ]
(no subject)
[And small doesn't stop Selphie. Why should it stop Waver?]
(no subject)
Yeah, you are right about that. [ right about all of it, really. ] Okay, we’ll try and see what happens.
[ This still felt like he was setting himself up for embarrassment, but… Well, Nida didn’t seem like he was the kind to make fun of that, at least. ]
(no subject)
[If he was worried about being judged, Nida would find somewhere else to teach him the basics.]
(no subject)
Alright, I think I can work with that. Next time we’ll figure out somewhere else to meet for that.
[ He agreed, before looking up at the imposing building before them. The Clock Tower was, in fact, more than just that. It was a sprawling collection of tall, old buildings that housed the school. The main floors were quiet given it was a Sunday afternoon, with only the odd person traversing the halls for their own reasons. Pulling open the door, he gestured over his shoulder. ]
The library is this way, not too far now.
(no subject)
[It's so cool looking, and Nida just wants to scramble his way up it. Oh well, he knows it isn't really likely. With a sigh he slips in through the door.]
We're going through here all mundane, aren't we?
lol Waver's future students hearing about that guy who climbed the clock tower like 'So cool :o'
[ And, in all honesty, probably the least disruptive thing that could potentially ever happen around here. So it’s not like it was impossible. It would be discouraged by staff, though. Letting out a small, ruffled huff, he nods as he hurried in after Nida. ]
I mean, yeah…? I certainly couldn’t climb in myself. Besides, it’ll draw less attention this way.
find out that the dude is climbing into waver's classroom to make out later
[God he looks excited by that. But it's not important like keeping his head down right now.]
I suppose subtle is what my duty is.
LOL The absolute shock at the idea XD
And subtly is definitely our friend with this plan. The fewer people notice us, the better.
[ Which was a funny thing to admit when he worked so hard to have his teacher recognize his ideas and theories were worth something. But this was about helping Nida out, and maybe learning some new things with someone who did care about listening. Moving down the halls and keeping an eye out for familiar classmates (of which there were thankfully none), they made their way through the quiet halls and towards an unassuming door that.
When opened, it lead to a quiet room that was floors upon floors worth of books. There was a noticeable relaxing of Waver’s shoulders as they entered, feeling more in his element here. ]
And here we are, the library.
(no subject)
It's fun putting his training to use.]
Damn. Big library.
(no subject)
[ But no one got in there without an invitation, and those weren’t easy to come by. He smiled, though, leading Nida up a flight of stairs and further down a row of tall shelves with the odd ladder here and there to reach the tops. The further they went, the dustier the old books looked and the fewer students were roaming. Which meant, when they came to a series of study desks, they didn’t have to worry too much about people approaching without it being obvious, given how deserted the area was. ]
We’ll make this our base. People don’t tend to come this far into the library without a good reason.
(no subject)
And what if they end up having a good reason?
(no subject)
[ And two teenagers sitting around a table would be easily written off as students studying. As long as said people visiting the section didn’t know him, he supposed, but that was unlikely as far as he knew. ]
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