[WORLD ONE] SPEED DATING EXTRAVAGANZA

[spellbindmods]

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

[secrowtary]

It makes sense, I grow tired after using my power for a while as well.

[ That's the only thing preventing him from devoting whole days to magic practice, to be honest. ]

Unmaking could be useful, but fixing is absolutely good enough in my opinion. Especially when you'll realize your full potential.

[thatdamnknight]

Yes, you're absolutely right. The pseudo-healing is already more than useful enough by itself so I'm sure further training will unlock further uses for it.

[he's so grateful for that suggestion, he truly is. being unable to heal others had been bothering him more than anything else. this serves as a more than acceptable replacement.]

Might I ask what your own power is?

[secrowtary]

[ He might not be saying it out loud, but it's really uplifting to see someone as serious about training as Flynn. His widening smile might be hinting at that, though. ]

Oh, of course. I just kept asking questions and didn't say anything about myself, that was rude of me. My power...it's paper manipulation. And to be quite honest, I'm not sure if I can put it into a good use.

[thatdamnknight]

[the fact that he views that to be rude (which it was not and flynn makes a mental note to say as much later) ends up scoring hibiki some brownie points with flynn, as well. politeness is a rare trait and trait he greatly values.]

Paper manipulation as in you can mold paper into whatever you wish?

[secrowtary]

Exactly.

[ It'll probably be faster to just demonstrate, so that's what he does in the next moment. It's surprisingly difficult to control already magically infused papers, but Hibiki manages to bring them together and form a medium-sized ball, nothing too elaborate. ]

I'm trying to come up with a method how to use paper offensively, but I can't quite imagine it doing much damage.

[thatdamnknight]

[what a fascinating ability regardless of its usefulness in combat. flynn curiously looks on as the ball forms but doesn't speak immediately. hmm what good can this skill serve in battle... hibiki managed to discover a use for flynn's ability so why not attempt to return the favor.]

It does seem an ability with more of a defensive functionality. [he taps his chin lightly.] Or one that can help promote an offense by means of distraction. For instance, this ball alone may not do damage but filling it with certain powders or even explosives can help you gain an edge in battle.

[easy to make explosives or smokescreens or the like! other shapes could be good for other things, too.]

[secrowtary]

Oh.

[ Cooperating with someone didn't come to his mind because well...Hibiki's definitely not a team player, but this suggestion is pretty good. ]

It didn't occur to me. It's true that I focused on the offensive aspect and ignored the defensive. I also considered the lack of durability a disadvantage...when it actually can become an advantage. I suppose I should start looking for a person who could help me out with this immediately.

[ Hibiki nods a few times, quite pleased with the outcome of this conversation. Flynn's ideas truly are throwing a light on his paper manipulation powers. ]

Thank you so much—oh, we were so immersed in talking about the possible tactics that we haven't introduced ourselves, I believe. I'm Hibiki Kohaku, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[thatdamnknight]

[again with the manners and again hibiki scores some more points with flynn. he smiles warmly.]

Flynn Scifo and the pleasure is all mine.

[it really is. hibiki's turning out to be some of the most pleasant company encountered today.]

I have to say that I never expected to engage in such a meaningful conversation during this whole speed dating thing.

[secrowtary]

Neither have I, to be honest—

[ If only his chair would let him finish instead of guiding him to the other side of the room. If only. ]