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! ]

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Comments

[rollplayinghouse]

Yes? He tried to stab me when I came to visit, the first time.

[innerdaemons]

This would be Doodleman, I'm assuming?

[rollplayinghouse]

Good guess.

[innerdaemons]

Did the attempts stop eventually?

[rollplayinghouse]

Well, yeah. Even when I asked him about joining ☆ZRAEL, he was fine with it. It was nothing personal.

[innerdaemons]

Your unit seems to have a ... unique dynamic to it.

[rollplayinghouse]

I like it. They're generally very straightforward, and they still care a lot.

[innerdaemons]

My visit very much demonstrated that. They're quite protective, hm?

[rollplayinghouse]

Yes, they are.

[innerdaemons]

You seem to fit in well with them.

[rollplayinghouse]

...I like to think so.

[innerdaemons]

Have you informed them of what happened, in that "dress-up" game?

[rollplayinghouse]

[...]

I told Doodleman and Requiem. The others haven't gotten the details yet. Not because I'm avoiding it or anything.

[innerdaemons]

Because they have not asked?

[rollplayinghouse]

Yeah.

[innerdaemons]

I assume that girl -- miss Sekhmet -- she's told you of her plans to avoid such a situation in the future.

[rollplayinghouse]

She did, yeah. I guess I'm grateful exactly the same thing can't happen again, but I'm still not really impressed with her.

[innerdaemons]

I don't believe anyone is "impressed" with her, per se.

[rollplayinghouse]

Then, more specifically, I thought she was obnoxiously full of self-pity while somehow still managing to act like she thought the worst she was actually personally responsible for was negligence.

[innerdaemons]

[ laughs ]

I do wonder, what would have sufficed as sufficiently non-self pitying for you?

[rollplayinghouse]

Well, I think it would even have annoyed me less if she didn't feel bad about it at all, but ideally just apologizing and acknowledging she likes being sadistic but usually is aware enough to control herself. Cutting out all the "oh no, my horrifyingly cruel buried urges that I've been refusing to acknowledge escaped, I feel so terrible, this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me, please do whatever you want to punish me" stuff.

[innerdaemons]

Ah, yes. I can understand why the former would've been more preferable to you. Perhaps she's not quite comfortable embracing that side of herself yet?

[rollplayinghouse]

"Not quite comfortable" is a drastic understatement. But her state of denial isn't my problem and I don't want to deal with it.

[and there is their buzzer]

[innerdaemons]

And ideally, you won't in the future.

[ with a smile -- he's getting up, himself ]