[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

[shadowsthedawn]

[Really her tantrum goes pretty unnoticed by Riku as he's across the table from her throwing just as vicious of a fit. He doesn't like being tricked or forced into things (he's had far more of both things happen to him one too many times to sit back and let it continue happening, even if it was only something innocuous like speed dating).

All he wanted was a nice meal and to either sit by himself or one of his friends (Sora preferably, but he'd even take Roxas at this point). He didn't want to mingle or chat or stare longingly into anyone's eyes but the Palai don't seem to be listening to a word either of them is saying.]

Like I can eat in this kind of situation. It's almost worth seeing if they'll let us go if we starve ourselves.

[Yes he can be that petty.]

[drizzle]

[Petty or not, she wasn't going to judge nor fault him for it when she felt the same. It was just good to hear someone else on the same page too.]

...that's actually my.... [Fifth or sixth attempt on escaping?] next plan of action, on account of attempting of breaking the chairs, the table, and injuring myself won't do much.

[Injuring herself did help in spooking them, but only enough to guide her chair far enough from the table via levitation. A sigh will be given as she is reminded of the pain on her forehead after slamming it the first couple of times on the surface of the table. Raising her head from her hands, she'll lower them onto the table, a thoughtful look will be given as she decides to add.]

So, don't waste your time on trying to do any of those earlier options. The last one especially. They won't work.

[The idea of him having him attempt to hurt himself wasn't an experience she wanted to witness or even allow cross his mind. He had too much of a pretty face to ruin it, so if she can protect it, then she won't feel this situation was a complete waste. And to be fair, it may be one of the reasons she wasn't going to ignore him unlike everyone else before. After all, this could be a mutual opportunity for them to find a way out.]

...But I do like your spirit on thinking outside the box, Hero. [With an all too growing knowing smile, she'll add in a more than positive and upbeat tone of voice.] I always knew you'd be a good ally to have! That is, if you don't mind?

['Do you want out?' is basically what she is asking him.]

[shadowsthedawn]

[He raises a brow at her list of attempted escapes, suitably impressed with her initiative. Breaking the chairs or table would have been part of his next plan, but he's not sure he would have gone so far as to deliberately harm himself. Especially not now that he knows it won't have the wanted response.]

They're so determined to make romantic matches that even self-harm doesn't phase them? I'm starting to re-think exactly how kind and peaceful I find the Palai to be. This is insane.

[Giving her a lingering glance over, he searches for any sign of injury, but nothing seems to stand out to him. It's a relief that she didn't manage to hurt herself too badly, then. They might not know each other very well yet, but he's developed a fondness for Nike and would prefer her to remain unharmed.]

Exactly what kind of nefarious plan do you have in mind, Miss Villainess? [A small smile tugs the corner of his lips up when she refers to their roles. Apparently 'Hero' is a nickname that's going to stick, but he can't say that he minds too much.]

[drizzle]

[A light nod will be given, with disappointment clearly seen in her expression.]

Tell me about it.

[A hurt look will be given to any of the closeby Palai, before it slowly turned to one filled with defiance as she continues to agree with Riku.]

...I don't like being tricked. It's one of the few things I can't completely forgive and forget.

[And she has gone through more than her fair share of those who have attempted to lead her astray or to her own death. She couldn't help be reminded of those moments except in this case it felt worse. She really had grown to come to trust in the Palai a great deal.]

A dirty one, of course! [Her attention will be on Riku as she admits it with confidence as she crosses her arms.] We're going to use their own end goal against them!

[And as Riku so politely pointed it out earlier what it was exactly, she didn't feel it was important to repeat it. Just the thought of whatever idea her suggestion will bring was a little embarrassing, but drastic measures had to be taken. At the very least, she thinks so, and was trying her best to remind herself of it as she couldn't help feel her cheeks begin to burn a little bit at the thought.]