speed dating 2.0

[idolpro]

WHO: More idols looking to have a good time
WHERE: Game Tower
WHEN: Day 120, morning

[ Hello, Idols! Are you ready for a game?

Some of you may have played this before! The area is familiar for sure: today's playing field is an expansive balcony with several mini-tables paired with two patio chairs each, garden umbrellas planted to keep the heat away. You can see the rest of the city from up here, too - it turns out you're pretty high up as you can even see the start of the Rainbow Bridge from here, though the railings are high so there's not a high likelihood of accidentally falling down.

There are a few pink lemonade pitchers scattered around with paper cups if you're thirsty, and some bite-sized chocolates if you're hungry. Cute snack food!

The instructions look familiar, too: it's a light game, with no enforced truth-telling even. No status effects! Just dates!

There are cards on the table, too! ]

INSTRUCTIONS | SIGN-UPS | TURN-IN | OVERFLOW

Comments

[gigadevilbreaker]

Dude, you barely look old enough to drink.

[He rolls his eyes, but. Since they were doing this, he might as well. Picks a card]

...'If you had to lose a body part, what would it be?'

[foolmetwice]

I'm 117.

[SAID BLANDLY]

And one of my pinkie fingers.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[what]

Yeah, right. 117, my ass - that's horseshit.

[foolmetwice]

[smirks a little, tucking a cigarette into his mouth as he does so]

Check the profile if you don't believe me. You're looking for Mars, on Heart.

[gigadevilbreaker]

Okay, but the profile says a ton of dumb shit. I'm pretty sure my mom didn't name me 'Red Bull gives you wings'.

[foolmetwice]

Yeah? How do you know that? You don't have any memories, do you?

[TAPS HIS TEMPLE]

[gigadevilbreaker]

Okay, low blow. No - I don't remember shit. Maybe the Red Bull corporation found me in a basket and turned me into a walking endorsement.

In which case, thank god I'm here 'cause that sounds worse than Hell.

[foolmetwice]

Silver linings, right? What're you calling yourself if not Red or Bull or Wings?

[gigadevilbreaker]

Griffin.

I thought it captured the spirit of things. Slap some wings on something that definitely didn't need it, y'know.

So... why 'Mars'? [Cause your profile says 'Warden']

[foolmetwice]

Eh. Close enough.

When I first got here, one of my unitmates said I was "blessed by Mars." Seemed fitting, so I took it.

[gigadevilbreaker]

'Blessed by Mars'... I have no idea what that's supposed to me.

But it works, I guess.

[foolmetwice]

Something about me having a lot of fight in me?

You know Mars. Ares? The god of war in Roman mythology, with Ares being his Greek counterpart?

[gigadevilbreaker]

Musta forgot it with everything else. [nerd]

Well, you can't be worse than Harpy.

[foolmetwice]

[ABSOLUTE NERD]

[also don't speak so quickly Griffin they are literally sparring in another thread]

Who's Harpy?

[gigadevilbreaker]

[jesus]

Other new avante. We came at the same time. She's polite, but don't let that fool you - she's real eager to throw down.

[foolmetwice]

[. . . hmmmmm. . .]

Does she carry a katana with her?

[gigadevilbreaker]

Yeah, Moonboy gave'em to us. [He takes out his own - the hilt matches Harpy's, but it's the shorter sword of the set]

Why?

[foolmetwice]

Oh.

I totally threw down with her already.

We both got drenched in lemonade and strung up from an umbrella.

[so about not being as bad as Harpy]

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Griffin snorts, and it devolves into laughter]

Fighting doesn't count as foreplay at speed dating, huh? Holy shit-- you're lucky you're not dead.

[foolmetwice]

Hey, don't knock my skills. I can hold my own in a spar.

[HE IS, IN FACT, VERY LUCKY HE ISN'T DEAD]

[gigadevilbreaker]

Yeah, so can I! And she fucked me up, like, five minutes after waking up!

[HE CANNOT WAIT TO TELL CARDIGAN ABOUT THIS]

[foolmetwice]

[MARS IS MAKING AVANTE FRIENDS]

Yeah, well, don't be a baby about it. Everyone gets fucked up once or twice in their lives. That's what happens when you know how to fight people.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[His face twitches a little at the 'baby' comment]

I'm just glad it's Little Miss Manners causing trouble for once and not me.

[foolmetwice]

Hey, in my opinion is the troublemakers who are the most interesting people in the world.

[AND THERE IS THE BUZZER]

Aaaand there's our time. Too bad; I might've tried fighting you next.

[even though he got lemonade'd last time?? Mars???]

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Griffin laughs, but there's definitely a fire in his eyes as he gets up]

I'll add you to my list, old man.