Day 9 - The Dating Game

[kentucky_mcgiygas]

ICly, this game is played on your tablet, and can only be activated when you're alone in your dressing room. You can play vocally or text-based, but either way they come out on the other end as pure text and/or read by a computerized voice.

FIRST DAY (until 7:00PM PST tomorrow; an extra day since I got it up late):

ETA NAH LET'S EXTEND IT INTO THE NIGHT. Second half is just reveals anyway! I'll get it around noonish tomorrow.

🍔  Make a toplevel for your character, starting off with some kind of open-ended question. Your tablet provides some example questions, and you are free to steal one or invent your own.

🍔  Everyone else replies to the toplevel anonymously! Lying, kissing ass, or pretending to be someone else are allowed and frankly ENCOURAGED.

🍔  While there are no hard rules against any sort of questions, for the part of the questioner, trying to suss out identities goes against the principle of the thing and will be looked upon harshly by Ronald and the King. This is a dating game, so relax and try to find your perfect romantic match!

🍔  After someone replies, the questioner can ask up to three more questions to each anon. Anons, stay in your threads.

SECOND DAY (until 6:00PM PST Sunday)

🍔  I'll make a new thread, where everybody can announce which of their anons they would most want to date!

🍔  Winning anon, reveal yourself!

🍔  You don't actually have to go on a date (it will not count against you), but if you'd like to, a ~romantic, off-menu dinner~ will be provided

Comments

[partcompany]

Oh, that one was me. Uh. Hi.

[glowshine]

Ooh? That was you! I don't think I've met you before. What a treat! You sounded so sweet.

I'm Mari! Who do I have the pleasure of meeting~?

[partcompany]

Sweet, yeah, that's... that's me. Along with the smart and handsome and successful parts, obviously. I'm Rhys.

[glowshine]

Well, you certainly are handsome.

[ She holds out her hand to him. ]

Tell me about yourself. Do you want a drink? I'll make you one at the bar~

[partcompany]

[ He looks a little surprised, but after a moment he puts his hand in hers—his right hand, which is made of cool metal. ]

You really want to do the date thing, huh? Sure, why not.

How old are you, though? For the record.

[glowshine]

Just a drink and conversation. Whatever you wanna do too--

[ this conversation again?

the metal hand is pretty cool. ]

I'm seventeen. My birthday is next month?

[partcompany]

Haha, okay. Well, there's no harm in getting to know each other a little better if we're in the game together. If they're going to give us extra stuff for the date, too, better to take advantage of it.

[glowshine]

[ She tug-tugs him to flutter to the bar. ]

I've been practicing making something!

Ah-- But while I work on that, what do you do for a living? What ~successes~ have you made?

[partcompany]

[ He takes a seat on a bar stool. ]

My background's in management and data mining. But lately my work has been more, er, executive. I own Atlas, one of the biggest corporations in the galaxy. It, um, hit on some hard times a couple years ago, which is how I acquired it. Now I've been working on some new prototypes— [ He waves his chrome hand and also points at his left eye, which is also cybernetic, glowing gold ] —doing some hiring, getting things built back up. It's been going well, I've got a solid base of IP and capital now.

[glowshine]

[ haha what ]

Oohhh... In the galaxy? [ She's just kinda throwing raspberry juice and whatever other fruit things she can into a short glass and dumping tequila into it. ]

I... I love that! It sounds awesome and shiny...! [ she doesn't know what any of it means. beep-boop, space stuff. ] I am the chairwoman of my school and the heiress to a worldwide hotel chain. I'm also an Idol~

[ Gold flakes, raspberry lollipop in it-- annnnd she sliiiiides the deep red concoction his way. ]

Here you go~ Enjoy your Guilty Kiss!

[partcompany]

[ He takes a sip of it and... sort of hides the face he makes behind the glass. ]

It is... very sweet. Thank you.

Anyway, you don't have to push yourself. I've gotten the idea I'm the only one here who's from space. It was like that last time, too. The important part is that I own my own company and have lots of money.

And it sounds like you're on a solid track for your future. Are you planning on doing any managing of the hotels yourself when you inherit them, or...?

[glowshine]

I didn't want to sound like I was dumb to what you were saying~ But that does sound really neat.

I do plan on taking up Papa's hotel chain. But most of all I want to finish school and take my Idol group to the tippy-top of the ladder! I love to sing and dance and perform with them. I dunno if you saw my performance for the last contest but I was the center of The Shattered Diamonds. That was truly what I was happy to do.

All I want when I get back home is to be with Aqours again and have a huge performance. I'm lonely here.

[partcompany]

I saw, yeah, you were really good. I mean, uh, from what I can tell. I don't actually know a lot about music myself. I stuck with backstage management and strategy on that one.

[glowshine]

The tech people are just as important to the show as the performers. They work as hard-- if not harder --than we do. Don't sell yourself short. I don't know if I'll be getting other dates but I think you were the right pick.

What do you do for fun? When you're not doing... Space things?

[partcompany]

I'm not actually in space most of the time lately, I'm on the planet Pandora. I've got some friends there who are treasure hunters, we hang out sometimes.

Also, er, thank you. I can't tell if you're just being nice or not, though. I sorta got the impression you were expecting me to be someone else. Not that I don't think I'm a great pick.

[glowshine]

[ Shaking her head. ]

No, no. There were a few people I wanted to ask me things but in the end it didn't really matter. Meeting someone new here is a blessing.

... Some people are so close-knit. I'm having a little trouble since I don't know anybody from home.

[partcompany]

Yeeeeah, that seems rough. I'm in the same situation this time, though I at least know a few people from the last time we were here. I probably have more experience doing things on my own than you, though.

[glowshine]

That's true. Well, I can have your back if you have mine?

That's about all that I can really offer right off the bat. I wish I had more to give you.

I'm realizing that I'm just some teenage girl here. Everyone else knows what they're doing and I... Really don't.

[partcompany]

I am very sure that not everyone here knows what they're doing, if that makes you feel any better.

And I'm good having each other's backs. It's always good to have another friend or two in a situation like this.

[glowshine]

As it just so happens, I like working as a team with other people.

[ Peering... ]

Are you gonna finish that? Can I have the lollipop back? It's the best part.

[partcompany]

Hey, I like it too. There was just... a while where I wasn't with anyone else, that's all.

[ He holds out the glass. ]

Knock yourself out. —Uh, I mean, not literally. Please don't actually drink this drink. I will finish it. But you can take the lollipop, I am not really a lollipop guy.

[glowshine]

[ Plucking the lollipop out. ]

The lollipop takes in a good amount of the juice and the tequila. I kinda drank too much the other day and I learned my lesson.

... Really drank too much.

[ She remembers talking to Dennis, crying at somebody, and taking a nap. ]

[partcompany]

[ He brings the cup back to his mouth and gamely takes another large gulp of it, swallowing so he doesn't really have to taste it. ]

You said you were still in school, right? You shouldn't start drinking that heavily until you're at least in college, for sure. I know a lot of people are setting bad examples with their drinking to cope, but.

[glowshine]

[ chase it with water, rhys you can do it. it just tastes like cough syrup. ]

I shouldn't be getting tattoos either but I have two from here--... [ Haha~ ] It's okay! I learned. I actually don't really drink at all except for champagne and wine when I'm at parties or hotel gatherings.

I was on a high from the competition and got carried away. You've done that before, surely!

[partcompany]

What, gotten carried away? Yeah, I guess. Doesn't mean I can't try to be the voice of reason anyway.