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

[inspiteful]

About the guy with the wings? I remember it. [ Though he still doesn't know what exactly earned that warning to begin with. ] It's kind of hard to forget that.

[syncintohell]

Excellent. He remains a danger and at large. If you see him, spit at his feet and then hastily make a retreat.

[ He nods to himself. ]

[inspiteful]

Actually, wouldn't be spitting at his feet count as a provocation?

[ Somehow he was not expecting to have a conversation like...this...]

[syncintohell]

Non. Once you have attracted his attention, it is too late. It is best to show yourself both hostile but ultimately ineffective so he has no reason to pursue you beyond that. I assure you, it is the best of plans.

[inspiteful]

...I see. [ If nothing else, he can kind of understand the logic. If uh, not necessarily agree that maybe that's the best way of executing it. ] You sound like you have a history with him?

[syncintohell]

Unfortunately. [ He affirms. ] I have been blessed in that I only remember part of it, but it is equal parts curse as well.

[inspiteful]

Ah. Do you want to find out more about it, or...?

[syncintohell]

I would prefer to not remember the moment I crumpled beneath the force of my madness, but at the same time it is valuable to know what he is capable of.

[inspiteful]

[ 'Force of my madness' the problem when Eclipse isn't sure if that's just a phrase used because in his limited experience with Shu, he has some pretty dramatic vocabulary or because that's like, actually what he meant. ]

...Well, good luck. It sounds pretty bad.

[syncintohell]

Hah! Certainly an understatement!

[inspiteful]

[ Eclipse goes through some of the cards, by which I mean he immediately shifts through like three of them, since those contained questions that he considered too weird and creepy to ask in polite conversation. ]

Do you mind if we read some of the cards?

[syncintohell]

Very well. I have nothing in particular I plan to discuss.

[inspiteful]

Then... [ He reads off a card. ] "How important is honesty to you in a relationship?"

[syncintohell]

. . . I am afraid I do not understand the question.

[inspiteful]

...It's as I read, is honesty important to you in a relationship?

[syncintohell]

Honesty about what in particular?

[inspiteful]

Hmmm...feelings? I guess that'd be relevant to any relationship.

[syncintohell]

If one does not honestly have feelings for one another, then it is not a relationship. It is a fling, some tawdry closed door affair; or it is blackmail or politics.

[inspiteful]

Well, that's true. I kind of figured even people who are in love might not always be honest with each other, though?

[syncintohell]

Certainly not. People lie about trifling matters all the time. But you can now understand my confusion regarding this question, non? The feelings must be true, but no one can expect complete honesty at all times. That is simply not how people are. We lie to spare feelings, our own and that of others, we lie out of convenience, we lie due to malice . . . It cannot easily be generalized.