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

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Wednesdates

[wonderlandgirl]

[Signups Here]

Ruby Sour

[wonderlandgirl]

Um... hello? Do you mind if I sit down?

Re: Ruby Sour

[notadrop]

Go ahead, go ahead! Everyone's welcome!

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh, thank you...

[Well, that was slightly more of a graceless slump than a dainty and careful perching but... she really just needs to sit down.]

Phew... sorry. I guess I'm not very good at things like this. U-um, how are you finding it?

[notadrop]

[ giggles, reaching for the cards ]

They're actually kinda too short for me! Haha, I think dating is something I'm like, super used to?

[wonderlandgirl]

Really? I wasn't supposed to do it at all, so... well, it's more like I wasn't allowed to, but I didn't really have time for it anyway. Sorry if I say anything strange.

[notadrop]

Oh. Are you like, an actual idol?

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh! Yes, actually... at home, I'm the lead singer of Pastel✽Palettes! I've always been terrible at things like this, though, I sort of got this memory of a meet-and-greet and I was just awful there too, and - sorry, I'm babbling, aren't I?

What about you? Were you an idol, too? A real one, I mean?

[notadrop]

Oh, no. Ummmm, I mean, I don't know? I guess I could've been, but I'm not really a good dancer so I'm not sure. I don't remember anything, but like...being on camera feels nice and natural? And like, performing a role and stuff? So I was thinking maybe I was an actor or something.

[wonderlandgirl]

It's hard to guess when you don't remember anything, isn't it? If it helps at all, I don't think I'd have thought I was an actual idol before I got a couple of my memories back. I knew they were important to me, but I'm not sure I'd have believed that I could...

[Wednesday?

[That probably did the precise polar opposite of help.]

So, um... it's not like you have to be bound by your own guesswork, I mean. You could still be anything at all. Most people here are a lot more interesting than me!

[notadrop]

I know! Did you know there's like, three assassins? And a pharaoh? And then there's another girl here who likes to play games a lot but she's like a mech pilot or something?

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh, you've met D.Va too? And here I am just going to high school and sort of liking to sing and dance... I'm sure you're something a lot more interesting than you think, and just don't realize it yet.

[notadrop]

...Well, I guess we'll see! Hahaha, I kinda doubt it though. I guess I have the whole Divine Dragon Sad Dog thing going on or whatever my profile says but that's probably just like, a metaphor.

Absinthe

[wonderlandgirl]

[oh no

[we made eye contact and now he knows I've been staring

[oh no oh no there is no even remotely polite way out of this. help]

U-um... sorry to bother you? My name's Wednesday, I'm on pep!pep!... and I'm sort of supposed to be talking to people on Baritones, so - is it okay? I'll find someone else if you're busy, it's not a problem...

Re: Absinthe

[innerdaemons]

[ he doesn't seem to mind the staring; he offers a little wave, then a gesture to the chair in front of him. ]

I'm not busy at all, my dear. We can have a little chat.

Re: Absinthe

[wonderlandgirl]

Okay... thank you.

[She can at least remember her manners.

[Wednesday sits. Fidgets. Tells herself this is fine. It's... not like idols never have to deal with strange - conversations, is it? Yes, so he took things too far at the auction and sometimes he shows up in public looking rather more dead than the rest of them. But... it's just for a little.]

You're - Absinthe-san? Is that right?

Re: Absinthe

[innerdaemons]

[ he may be a zombie man who almost made an entire unit suffocate and/or experience debilitating loneliness but he's a nice zombie man who did all those things! ]

Correct! And what would you like me to refer to you as?

Re: Absinthe

[wonderlandgirl]

Um... Wednesday's fine, really. I mean, I'm Wednesday's Child on my profile, but that doesn't sound much like a name, so I thought - well, I didn't have any better ideas?

Sorry to go on...

Re: Absinthe

[innerdaemons]

Wednesday is a lovely name. It's a pleasure to meet you.

[ a beat ]

May I ask why you seem so nervous?

Re: Absinthe

[wonderlandgirl]

U-um... I'm not very good at things like this! Actually... I was an idol back home, and I had to have my friends help me out there and even then I didn't do very well...! S-sorry.

Uh - maybe we should go through some of the cards...?

Re: Absinthe

[innerdaemons]

Ah -- well, I can understand why you'd be a bit nervous in that case! You needn't apologize.

[ he picks up a card, ]

"When is lying a good thing"?

Re: Absinthe

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh, thank you.

[Wednesday exhales. Relaxes, just a little bit...

[The question makes her blink, though.]

That's the question? I'm... not sure I know the answer to that. Maybe... if the truth will just hurt them needlessly, and won't actually change anything, and... and I'd only be telling them to make myself feel better? But - even then, I'd still know I was lying. I - don't know if anyone would even believe me.

Re: Absinthe

[innerdaemons]

You do sound like the sort of person who'd find it difficult to lie, even for a greater cause -- or to avoid hurt feelings. It just wouldn't sit well with you, would it?

Re: Absinthe

[wonderlandgirl]

No... probably not. I think I'd rather someone was upset with me, if I deserved it. Even if they had no other way of knowing - I think I'd still rather tell the truth.

Re: Absinthe

[innerdaemons]

What if a lie could prevent someone from being a hurt more seriously than that? To prevent physical injury, for example.