EVENT - VALENTINE'S DAY

[thalassino]

◣ VALENTINE'S PARTY ◢

✗ The host club's doors are closed for most of the morning, locals scurrying in and out with an odd flair to help set up for the big event. That sure is a lot of pink and red being carted inside. They must be going all out for this Zelos fellow. Who knows why.

Residents that wander around the plaza for any reason will find a local approaching them, hyping up some aspect of the party that might appeal to them. The lights, the music, the dancing! The chance for gossip! Here, if your date goes poorly, we'll treat you to a drink. If your date goes well, we'll treat you to a drink. If you just want a drink for the sake of it... hey, you get the picture! It's something for both the single and taken alike, and the people of the city seem to be more than happy reminding you of this fact whenever they can.

✗ When it hits noon, all characters who have signed up for blind dates will receive an anonymous text. They will be wished a Happy Valentine's Day, congratulated on their upcoming date, and be asked to arrive at the host club between 5:30 and 6:00 pm. They will be given more instructions upon their arrival. And wear something flattering~! <3

✗ On their arrival to the club, blind date participants will be given a mask to wear. Once they put it on (and ONLY when they put it on), they will be given a number and escorted inside. The tables are covered in tableclothes of varying shades of white, red, and pink, elaborate flower arrangements in the center. While you are waiting for your date, feel free to enjoy the berries and chocolates set at each table, all appropriately cut into hearts and fish.

The meal itself will be three courses - an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert. The menus offered will be quite broad, noting quite well for allergies. Everything just seems to be very... pink. Even well-cooked meat and dark chocolate delicacies has been given a splash of decorative color in favor of the holiday. Is that candy on the top? Oh well. It doesn't look like a "CALL ME XOXO" heart will really kill you.

Masks will be difficult to take off until at least one course of food has been consumed. It seems like someone wants you to enjoy the spirit of your "blind date"!

A NOTE: The masks will block both identity AND, in some cases, a person's gender, until they are removed. Gender identification will be up to the players!

✗ At 6:30, the club is opened for everyone else. Feel free to adventure up to the bar or glance around at the couples. They might be a little unrecognizable, what, with those strange masks on. They look so familiar, but you just can't place who is who. Oh well. Mingle a bit and solve the mystery with those around you! Have a drink. Talk about your love life or lack thereof. A bartender is always there to lend you an ear.

✗ At 7:00, the tables are cleared, the lighting is dimmed down, music is turned up, and the center of the club becomes a dance floor! Plush red couches line the edges for those that have had a rough night, and small tables of chocolates, sweets, heart-shaped h'orderves and various colors of roses dot the area. Locals are working alongside the host club and maid cafe to make sure things are kept in stock. No getting close to the bar if you're under-aged or we may just have to end your evening right here and now!

Comments

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[She was rather stunned to say the least. That didn't sound good, that didn't sound good at all.]

While that is indeed horrible what they did, making them repay in whatever way you did, though I must admit doesn't sound good, it still doesn't make things better.

[martelapproves]

[ Oh, it wasn't. His master plan included genocide to harvest human souls to artificially turn everyone into the same emotionless, zombie-like race so that prejudiced not only didn't exist anymore, but was literally impossible. Millions of humans are now dead because of him. ]

My sister wanted a world without discrimination. But that won't ever happen voluntarily. The only way to get people to accept each other is to force them to.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Forcing someone is pretty much taking away free will and that's just not right. A person force loses who they are and that's unfair. [She would't of liked to be a mindless zombie like all the rest, that's just a horrible thought.]

[martelapproves]

Anything is better than what they were doing before.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

But there are also better ways than that.

[Thankfully the first meals had finally came out. Minako was kind of relieved, she was getting hungry.]

[martelapproves]

[ Mithos looks down at the food. He never had much of an appetite, and his Cruxis Crystal meant he didn't even have to eat to live. But, for appearance's sake... he picked up his fork and knife, and began cutting into it. ]

So what about you?

[ He hasn't asked a whole lot about her, yet. ]

What do you do? Where are you from?

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[You would think after what they were just talking about, Minako wouldn't eat, but it's far from that as she picks up the fork and started eating. In between bites she at least talks, making sure to swallow before then.]

I don't do anything, I was a student where I was from, but I'm planning on becoming an idol. [She smiles, tilting her head.] As for where I'm from, Tokyo, Japan.

[martelapproves]

[ It takes a conscious effort not to watch. But, at least she's at least trying to be polite. Mithos eats much slower, more poking at his food with the silverware than eating it. ]

What kind of idol?

[ That sounds vaguely arrogant. Of course, he doesn't know there's more than one meaning to the word 'idol.' ]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[She stops eating for just a moment, putting the silverware down before a slight smirk spreads across her face. it#'s nice to know she knows something others might not. It was fun to explain.]

An idol is a star, so to speak. They are very well known in Japan for singing, dancing and acting. Even modelling.

[martelapproves]

Vanity is a good thing to humans?

[ Yes, Minako. Sorry. That is literally all he took away from what you just said. He sighs, and finally cuts off a piece of food, biting it off of his fork. ]

That kind of thing doesn't exist in my world.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Some people have it and some don't. You can't help what you have. [She thinks so anyway. Can't help if you got the good looks and someone else didn't.]

What?! Then what do you do for entertainment?

[martelapproves]

Yeah, well... I don't even know what it is you have at all. These damn masks must be enchanted or something. [ He takes another bite of his food, but he's going really slow. It might get cold at this rate. ]

I don't need it. I just want my sister back.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[She'll just happily finish her off. Enchanted masks, well she hadn't really tired getting her off so she doesn't know, but it does make who the person in front of her harder to figure out.]

Well as you said, she was killed right? So unless she can magically come here, can you really get your sister back?

[martelapproves]

I was going to resurrect her myself. And I didn't care what it would cost. [ He sighs. ]



You're right, though... I wait every month to see if she'll be brought here.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

You mean you were planning on make her a zombie?! [that's a horrifying thought, honestly.]

Though I'm glad you are waiting patiently here.

[martelapproves]

W-What? No! I found her a new body!

[ A scoff, and an angry sigh. ]

Y-Yeah, well... she's the only one who ever really cared about me.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

A new body? [Head tilt. What are you on about man.]

Well, I'm sure there are others here that care as well. Have you made friends?

[martelapproves]

One that matched her mana signature.

[ A sigh. ] They left.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Mana signature? What is that? Is it like what you see in video games that they call MP?

[She hasn't a clue if that's right or not, possibly not.]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[martelapproves]

V-Video games, what? [ Konata mentioned video games a long time ago, and wanted him to play with her. He never got around to it. ] No, it's... just something you're born with.

[ A sigh. ] Yeah, well... I'm used to it at this point.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Oh! [Well that was a bummer somewhat.]

It's still sad either way.

[martelapproves]

I don't need pity. [ Thank God for this mask. He's blushing. ]

... so what about you? What do you do in your world?

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

I'm a high school student. [And by night she fights the forces of evil, but currently that side wasn't necessary.]

[martelapproves]

What's a 'high school?'

[ He knows what school is, but. ]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

High school is the last type of school before college or university.

[She was only in her first year so she had a ways to go.]