[WORLD ONE] SPEED DATING EXTRAVAGANZA

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Who: Participating coven members
Where: The Palai marketplace
When: Day 49
Open/Closed: OTA

[ Any and all who are in the marketplace will find that there is suddenly a mysterious barrier around the marketplace (that may be eerily familiar to some) -- specifically one large portion of the marketplace with a large number of tables and chairs, perhaps purposefully set out for nefarious reasons.

A few Palai are ushering coven members to chairs, and everything seems about normal. As normal as the Palai can be when they're putting on a show anyway. It's not until a sizable portion of the coven members are seated (and also supplied with breadsticks and small shrimp), that things get a bit more bizarre.

Thanks to the power of the Eltos, a small band of energy keeps coven members stuck to the chair (magic can interfere, of course), but that's not the end of it. On each table, next to those delicious smelling breadsticks and shrimp, is a bowl of scraps of papers. Every five minutes, a strip of paper will pop out from the bowl.

If you ask the Palai, they'll be inclined to explain speed dating to you. Asking questions, getting to know a person, then being shimmied off to the next potential mate -- this is made possible by Elto magic yet again, through flying chairs that transport their holder to a new table at standard intervals.

The Palai are extremely invested in this exercise? Will you let them down? ]

[ OOC: In the spirit of speed dating, each character will have a top level. All who want to respond to this top level can with questions from this post, but the threads have to end at 10 comments from each character. After this last tag, the characters can be assumed to have been whisked to a different potential match. You're free to have characters make up their own questions, interact with Palai serving food, etc. ]

Comments

[dragoness]

[ when eliza's first pushed down into her seat, she doesn't care too much. they can pair her up with anyone they want, it's not like she's going to actually follow up with any of them, pfft. personal relationships are for chumps!!!!

what she does see right off the bat is: can you guess my weight? or are you a virgin? ]

What the hell kind of question is that?! [ and, looking at the person who's just been placed across from her: ] Don't take that as an invitation!

[ as the event progresses, she'll gradually get bored........... and when eliza gets bored, bad things happen. if she sees someone she recognizes, she'll shift into her saber class, and the bikini armor that comes with it — especially if that person before seemed Uncomfortable with her trendy armor. other times, she'll snatch up all those embarrassing questions for herself and fire them off. or worse.

dare you talk to a dragon when she's bored?? ]

[sealeted]

[Hakuno stares.

She stares, wide-eyed and silent, just drinking in... everything. Every cutely pointed fang in that snarl, each tightly curled talon in those dainty fists, each note in that shrill refusal. Hakuno drinks it all in, and slowly a warm, relieved smile spreads over her face.]

...I see. Then, I'll ask something else that I want to know even more, then. Have you been well, Elizabeth?

1/2

[dragoness]

[ she's too scandalized by the questions to notice right away— ]

So familiar?! Who dares—!?

[dragoness]

[ beat.

...

and she looks up. ]

Ah, if it isn't the little squirrel! [ yeah, there's definitely a burst of stars around her as she grins brightly. ] But ah, for now, call me Lancer.

[sealeted]

That's actually... really appropriate, here. Your nickname for me, I mean.

[Hakuno nibbles at a breadstick, secure in the knowledge that the Idol-class Servant across the table had no hand in making them.]

Right, Lancer it is then. Though, Robin mentioned something about a Saber Class...?

[dragoness]

Of course it's appropriate! I came up with it.

[ lizzie that's not what she means, but it's not like lizzie really cares about .. that ... ]

Mm, but it sounds like the little mouse forgot the best part. I can become a saber and a caster!

[drizzle]

[The moment she was taken into another table, there was one thing she did not expect to ever happen to her: have someone yell at her without warning. She was already feeling uncharacteristically low and conflicted over the entire ordeal that she didn't dare look at anyone in the eye until now.]

That should be my question, not yours! Since I didn't ask any to begin with!!

[And just to show she wasn't kidding about her confusion, she'll ask with a louder tone than the other girl did to her.]

What the hell kind of question is that?!

[Even her "that" had a bold and underline, she wins the first point!]

[dragoness]

[ there is a long, silent pause between them as eliza watches, her claws gripping the piece of paper, head tipped down slightly. ]

... My voice is used to liquefy the bones of my enemies. Do you really wanna keep yelling at me?

[drizzle]

[That response will warrant another moment of silence as Nike continues to glare.]

Natural power or new magical power?

[All asked in the same annoyed tone of voice.]

[dragoness]

Why don't you guess.

[ she says it with a glinting grin, a fang showing over her lip. ]

[yancat]

[Oh, it's the weird dragon girl who likes singing. You know, Jumin never really caught her name, but at least he already knows her, which is approximately eighty percent better than being with a stranger.

He clears his throat.]

I wasn't going to. Let's talk about one of my favorite topics instead.

Yes, let's talk about my beloved Elizabeth.

[dragoness]

[ ........................................... oh my god. ]

...

What a good name! I like the sound of her already! Please, continue.

[yancat]

Where to begin?

[Jumin relaxes in his chair. The mere thought of her tugs at the corner of his lip.]

I suppose I could always start with her eyes, bright and blue and innocent. Oceans with depths I could drown in. An enigma that pulls me to her, curious where they'll take me each time. Yet they're also sapphires — gems that light up the entire room with her smile. I must confess that they make me do what I shouldn't.

[dragoness]

[ logically there is no way this guy could know her true name, but don't try telling eliza that he's not talking about her. blue eyes, beloved? c'mon.

he's totally talking about her.

she'll soak up the praise and wait for the chance to break his heart in two.

i mean.




let him down gently. ]

Blue eyes are the best eyes to have, I agree. [ her own ... might be sparkling. like, literally sparkling. ] Mm'hm, yes, what else do you like about her~?

[ensorcel]

[ the only thing camilla loves more than dragons (she has a wyvern back home, and how she misses her sweet boy...) is screaming children. --alright, elizabeth can't be much younger than she is, but still. she's small enough to make camilla want to scoop her into her arms and hold her gently. ]

Well, if we aren't going with those, how about we guess each others' cup sizes instead?

[ ...okay, she promises herself she'll stop trying to poke the poor girl after that. no more camilla!!! stop it!!!!! ]

someone is going to die and it's probably eliza. 1/2

[dragoness]

[ THERE'S.

THERE'S NO ANSWER, I'M SORRY.

just eliza looking down, sadly, at her flat-ass chest that could probably barely fit an a-cup. she rests her hands there, then picks them up. then pushes them together.

why. ]

[dragoness]

[ and then immediately gets defensive. i-it's not like her looks are a sore subject or anything!!! ]

Well it's better than carrying a hundred pounds of fat on my chest!

[ you keep telling yourself that, lizzie. ]

it's okay eliza, camilla makes a lot of people want to die tbh

[ensorcel]

[ camilla just watches with a lot more amusement than any decent human being should have. she's seen her own littlest sister try the same thing, but camilla's littlest sister is like 12, so she isn't sure what to think other than aww, what cute little pancakes. ]

Well, you've certainly got me there. The burdens of having a large bust are many. Only a select few have the strength and fortitude to live with such a task.

[ when camilla flips her hair back over her shoulder, her boobs do that thing in anime where they bounce enticingly out of nowhere, the faintest of little shines giving them a sparkle. are there shoujo bubbles around them? hopefully not. ]

You are a strong, hardy girl despite your appearance and severe lack of endowment, yes? Tell me, what is your biggest challenge right now?

[ besides being president of the itty bitty titty committee. ]

it happens to the best of us, dw!!

[dragoness]

[ when she was summoned, eliza was pulled from the pique of her life — before murders, before children, or even marriage. technically, she's supposed to be fourteen, but knowing all the things she does about her life, her maturity levels tend to fluctuate.

much like right now, hands falling away from her chest for a second as she lets that question sink in. biggest challenge? that is ... a dangerous question, and eliza can only contemplate it by looking at her hands for a few moments more. she chews her lip, a fang showing through. she can't go spilling her darkest secrets to a total stranger, so she should lie, right?? right. ... but what the hell kind of lie can she tell that would even be believable. ]

... Mmm... [ she tips her head to the side and touches a hand to her curled horn. ] Being accepted for who I am.

[ she might also be a little red around the face because excuse?? you?? no one ever compliments her... how does she deal with it, she doesn't know. ]

im sorry

[akumas]

Lancer!

[And here comes Eva while Eliza is in that Saber class, with a spare table cloth to cover her up. The positive side is that his chair is sliding over to her anyways so he tosses the white sheet over Eliza's body with his cheeks red like blood.]

I told you several times that a proper lady does not wear random chunks of metal for armor!

NEVER BE SORRY

[dragoness]

[ oops, he caught her. eliza knows she shouldn't be wasting her master's mana like this BUT LOOK. look. she's here, she's being kept here, she's bored, but at least people are talking to her...!? ]

And I've told you: it's. trendy! If I want to be a real hero I have to dress like one!

[akumas]

It's obscene and does not offer you proper protection!

[grounded!!!!]

I command you to change right now.

1/... 4?

[dragoness]

[ .... ANGRY POUTING. ]

[dragoness]

[ ... she could make him waste a command seal if he's really that boned up on making her change... ]

[dragoness]

[ ... no, that's not very heroic.


weh. ]