[Free for all] E~very February, you'll be my Valenti~ne

[its_game_time]

[Hope you all enjoyed recovering from injuries and/or humiliation and/or trauma your idle time since December. Yes?

Well, there's something of a treat this month. To celebrate the hard-to-ignore Valentine's Day, you'll find yourself suddenly and inexplicably in a very nice restaurant--you know the kind. Expensive. Foreign music. Covered tables and

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FEAR NOT!! The ~NEW CLASS IDOL~ won't keep you waiting any longer!!

[aureate_ly]

Staring across the table at a brand-new LOVELY face! Learning how another person will react to the all things you say and do! And don't forget, since you're eating dinner with a stranger, you get to talk about all the amazing things that make knowing you such an incredible experience!

--AND YET!--

Not knowing if the other person will truly appreciate the KILLER ONE-TWO COMBO of your dashing good looks and your undeniable gift with words! Worrying if they'll turn out to be too quiet or so boring that they only want to talk about their six cats and their eighty-five-year-old grandmother and their part-time job stocking shelves and sweeping floors and moving boxes around at the corner store and homework and school projects! Ahhh, could there ever be anything more terribly wonderful and wonderfully terrible than a blind date?

[These are the inner thoughts of one Kida Masaomi...though they've obviously just become the outer thoughts of one Kida Masaomi, too. Talking is a way to break the ice, and it's something Kida is very good at

...BD /had to take the opportunity presented

[souledge_knight]

O-Oh. Um-- [Flustered Chloe is flustered because what is this this looks like... some kind of da--NO it's not because she just showed up here, so it's not really...! DDDX And not that she hates her dress, but she hasn't worn anything even remotely like it ever since she cut her hair way back when and so how is this even--ahhhh DX

She's blushing, but this young man certainly seems nice, if not a little... enthusiastic, but really, how do you reply with something equal to that in enthusiasm? :|] I--um--I'm afraid I'm not really that--interesting, ah...

[NAME, CHLOE. Start with YOUR NAME.] Oh--! I'm Chloe Valens-- [And where she normally added Knight of Gadoria in the past--which is now a moot point on top of a partial lie--she adds (a little official-sounding, because she IS stating her position and she's really not sure how to put it informally |D;;;),] --Imperial Knight, Scifo Brigade. Pleased to meet you.

Well SOMEone had to take one for the team & end up with Kida... X'D

[aureate_ly]

[Usually Kida's (VERY Japanese) tongue would end up pronouncing her name something like ~KUURORI~ buuuut this place is MAGIC anyway, so we'll give him a pass on that tonight, shall we?]

Aha, Chloe--a beautiful, exotic name for a beautiful, exotic-looking lady~ And eeeeeeeeh, a knight no less?? That's more than interesting or just charming--that is something SUPER-COOL!! Only English people really get knighted these days, don't they, so is that where you're from? What does a knight do these days I wonder, hmmm~?

[He's been leaning forward on the table a bit, because like many teenage boys, the idea of knights in shining armour and such are ~WAY COOL~]Forgive me for failing to introduce myself right away, Chloe-chan! But at times love speaks without words, and what's in a name anyway? After all, what someone is named doesn't change what you feel for them! BUT~ it's only polite to give your name, and it's convenient, too! So! You have three options as to what you can call me: ONE--Kida Masaomi! TWO--Kida Masaomi! THREE--Kida

......lmao I swear his responses are the best thing ever X'D

[souledge_knight]

[Oh, well--

Uh--

Okay, then--

Well, isn't that--

UH--

HOLY CRAP WHAT DOES SHE RESPOND TO FIRST? 8|;;;;; Sweet Nerifes wth]

....Ahm. It's--a pleasure to meet you, Kida Masaomi. [She offers a slight, swift incline of her head at that] I come from Gadoria, although--few seem to have heard of it here.

[lol kinda... overlooking that class idol bit because A) wut B) he said so much that she can only keep up so well. :|]

IKR?? |D But if you think I'M good, you should see how he is on the actual show. X'D <33

[aureate_ly]

The pleasure is all mine, Chloe-chan! Though actually, in this case I guess it isn't entirely, since there has to be some pleasure for you in the fact that your blind date is such a curiously good-looking high school student who was smitten at the very sight of you, and wants nothing more than to make this the best, most unforgettable night of your life! Eating, drinking, singing, dancing, an intense fight-scene in the rain, even running away to Okinawa together and opening up our very own beachside cafe--anything and everything you could ever dream of, we can do! All you need do is say the word!

Ah, and of course, since we're getting to know each other so well, you can call me 'Kida-kun'! In fact I insist on it! [leaning very suddenly forward, he'll try to capture and clutch at least one of her hands] Please, don't deny what you're feeling, and don't crush the sweet, tender love blossoming in my heart and growing stronger and stronger with its every beat by refusing!

If I had more time, I'd definitely look into it. But ffff I can't even finish Firefly, orz

[souledge_knight]

[Aaaand that blush goes up another six or seven notches when he takes her hand, but she doesn't pull back (although she does lean back some, but in surprise). She's honestly never received this kind of attention before, and while it's not -- bad, he's still kinda... full of himself, isn't he...]

That's--ahh--all right--I wouldn't ask something like that of you, Kida--uhm--kun. [lol SUFFIXES WHAT ARE THOSE] Especially when we--ah--just met. [A liiiittle bit of emphasis there, because what what WHAT did he say love WHAT :|;;;]

Aww~ WELL THEN, I shall wait and then bug you about both DRRR!! & Baccano! this summer. |3

[aureate_ly]

['Full of himself,' huh...well, he'd like you to think that, so GOOD, IS WORKING.]

Oh, but I WANT you to ask! Ask anything you like! You can't let go of your dreams so easily, Chloe-chan--sometimes you have to say what you feel and ask for what you want boldly! Of course, you face rejection each time you do that, but that's what second and third and fourth and fifth chances are all for, ne? ♥

[And, albeit somewhat unintentionally, he does tone down the excitement and babbling just a bit, letting go of her hand, sitting back in his chair, and giving her a friendly smile.]

And as for our just meeting...don't you believe in love at first sight, Chloe-chan?

lol I DID see that Baccano! is now streaming on Netflix...

[souledge_knight]

O-Oh--um... maybe. That is--it's--difficult to tell what kind of person someone is just by--looking at them--once--so... ah...

Ooh, that's nice--esp. 'cause I actually think the dub's quite a bit better than the sub. :D

[aureate_ly]

[The lull in dramatics was apparently only to let her fall into a false sense of...security, or something like it, because Kida's enthusiasm and florid hand-gestures are back, and better than before.]

Ahh, well in that case, you just need to see me more! We'll just have to go on lots of dates--five, ten, twenty a week even!--so that I can throw my heart at your feet hundreds of times, in the desperate hope that one of those times, you'll decide to pick it back up and finally accept what destiny has written in the stars for us both!

[...By now he's standing in his chair, one foot up on the table, one hand over his heart, the other pointing to the heavens Elvis Saturday Night Fever DISCO STYLE. Or in this case, a crystal chandelier

/DIDN'T FORGET THIS ONE, EITHER. ....KIND OF.

[souledge_knight]

[.........Seriously

some divine being

is laughing at her right now.

Because what were the odds she would end up with a wild one like this?

On the plus side, Chloe's getting used to the Spontaneous and Weird Factors, so she's not stammering as much.]

Oh -- I... suppose so, for... some people. I just -- well, talking is a little... friendlier, so...

[Translation: HEY I JUST MET YOU AND THIS IS CRAZY BUT I'M ALMOST TAKEN SO JUST FRIENDS, MAYBE AUGH STOP TALKING OF LOVE THAT IS A LITTLE AWKWARD OKAY CAN WE JUST BE FRIENDS RIGHT NOW]

...YOU MEAN LIKE I DIDN'T FORGET THE SYNC + JILL THREAD |D;;

[aureate_ly]

[WELL considering that Kida actually does have a girlfriend, more or less, even if she's been in the hospital for months and months now...your argument isn't gonna be very influential here, bb Flirting is Kida's Nindō Way Of Life--and he's used to getting more or less constantly shot down, which doesn't bother him because he's only rarely at all serious about that flirting. So don't worry, Chloe, he falls safely well within the bounds of 'annoying but harmless'...and he might be an ace street-fighter, but so long as you have that sword of yours + your artes...you would be the WINNAR in ANY sort of confrontation with Kida, however ridiculously unlikely one would be.TL;DR HE'S NOT A FIGHTER HE'S A LOVER~ okay he's a fighter too, but only when he has to be

...HOWEVER...he either doesn't know or doesn't care that his flirting can make some girls super-uncomfortable, but if Anri-chan from his canon is any indication, even knowing doesn't make him stop or back it off any. |D]Of course, you're right! Talking can be important, too! But

[2/2] OF COURSE...

[aureate_ly]

...Ahhhh, but in a true PASSIONATE RED-HOT ROMANCE, can just talking ever really be enough~?? If you know everything about the person and still love them anyway despite all their quirks and flaws and annoying little habits and social problems and medical history and serious family issues, won't you always want more and more~?

JILL-MUSE ASSURES YOU THAT IT'S TTLY OKAY FOR YOU TO NOT HURRY BACK TO THAT ONE. RLY.

[souledge_knight]

[.......OKAY the "less-stammering" train has officially hit the brakes and started to back up.]

I--oh--well, um--it--maybe, but that...

[NO WAIT]

N-Not always! Only if--two people are--well...

[ ._. ]

OH NO NO, I WOULDN"T DREAM OF MAKING HER WAIT ANY MORE, I'LL GET TO IT LATER TODAY~

[aureate_ly]

[Kida seems to be able to understand what she's saying, stammering on not...or, well, he's probably actually just putting his own words in her mouth. |3 Or maybe he's sort-of taking a tiny bit of pity on her, due to all that stuttering. 'Cause in reality, he is not nearly as airheaded or cluelessly dumb as he acts.]

Ahhh, that's a good point, too, Chloe-chan! Even if you do want everything and nothing and ALL THE THINGS in between from that one super-special person that you hold most dear, of course you don't ever want to rush things!

[His tone--and his smile--soften just a bit.]

True treasures are things that are meant to be earned and then cherished, after all, ne?

.........HOW.... *NICE*.....OF YOU...

[souledge_knight]

Oh--um--y-yes, I agree.

[Stable conversation: she will have one.]

O-Over time, that is... depending on -- how close two people become.

...I suppose.

I know right, I am such a *GIVER* B]

[aureate_ly]

And *I* suppose that suppositions are suspicious and senseless! You know what they say about assumptions and judging books by their covers and beauty only being skin deep, after all! When it's something as important as this, you can't simply SUPPOSE things! You have to KNOW! And the only way to really do that ~100-percent-for-sure~ is to let yourself fall in love as many times as it takes and put your heart on the line and your money where your mouth is and your head in the game and GO FOR IT *EVERY!* *SINGLE!* *TIME!*