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]

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.]

[martelapproves]

Oh. Well... that doesn't exist in my world.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

What! Really? So lucky, school is boring after all.

[martelapproves]

I wouldn't know.

[ His food is almost gone. He takes a sip of his drink, and returns to looking at the masked Minako. ]

We can take the masks off after we finish this, right?

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Can we? [Someone hadn't been paying an awful lot of attention.] I'm not even sure I want to take mine off yet, there rather pretty, don't you think?

[martelapproves]

We're on a date and I haven't even seen your face yet.

[ ... well, at least he admitted they're on a date. That's progress, right? ] I think I should at least know what you look like.

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[She folded her arms. Thinking about it.] But wouldn't it defeat the purpose of it being a blind date to show before the end of the date.

[martelapproves]

It's only supposed to be blind at first, isn't it?

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

With blind dates back home, yes I suppose so. But here with the masks, you can make it last a while longer.

[martelapproves]

But what's the point of that?

[ Another bite of his food. He's almost done. ]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Excitement.

[Enough said as she takes another bite.]

[martelapproves]

Yeah, right. [ Another bite from him, as well. ]

So why did you sign up for this?

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

Because it sounded like fun. [Taking another bite.] And you never know if that special someone could of been here.

[martelapproves]

Wh-what makes you think it's me!?

[ If it wasn for this mask, she'd see how brightly he's blushing. Never mind the fact that that's not what she said. ]

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

How do you know you're not. You never know until you meet in person.

[Obviously.]