imeeji_frontstage | speed dating 2.0

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speed dating 2.0

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! ]

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[ 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.

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?

[ 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?

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...

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

[ a beat ]

May I ask why you seem so nervous?

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...?

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"?

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.

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?

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.

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

I... well, obviously I'd try and lie then, but - I'm honestly not sure I'm very good at it. I think - anyone I cared for enough to need to lie to them would know I was lying.

[ there's a little chuckle. ]

Well, in the end, that's more of a positive trait than a negative one, I would think.

I hope so. I... wonder, sometimes. Since we're here. It just seems like it's going to make things worse.

[She reaches for another card. Hesitates.]

Um... should I read one?

[ he nods, gestures for her to continue ]

And if you're at all uncomfortable asking me whatever is on the card, you're free to choose another.

O-okay.

[Please let this not be weird--

[Oh. It's... weird.

[If only she could be sure that the next one wouldn't be worse.]

What... kind of food would you prefer someone smell like?

[What kind of a question is that?]

I really do wonder who made up these cards.

Strawberries, I suppose ... ? That's a rather pleasant smell.

[Continued...]

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