BLIND DATE LOG Y'all can thank Corey for this being up

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Characters: The Blind Date People and anyone who wants to stalk the threads, I suppose.
Location: All over Vatheon
Time: Presumably spread out over 3 days
Style: Any!
Status: Semi-open?

[Okay guys here's how it will go down:

♥ Each match-up will have it's own thread. You've also been given time and place prompts, so work with the setting! You're

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SELPHIE & AXEL

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Date Place: I heard a really nice new restaurant just opened with a beautiful view of the park. It's called the Black Order-- they say the food and the atmosphere are simply amazing!
Date Time: Evening (presumably on a different day than Kanda and Allen's date, for obvious reasons.)

Re: SELPHIE & AXEL

[dystopiadreams]

Selphie was looking forward to this, regardless of who she ended up with - after all, the evening was just all about having lots of fun! Still, she'd put a little effort into the elegant red dress that she wore, and she'd had some fun putting her hair up nicely and picking nice jewellery to wear.

Having pampered herself all day, Selphie grew steadily more nervous as she fluttered around the entrance to the restaurant.

SELPHIE & AXEL

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Axel was going to kill Xigbar. Xigbar was the only person who could have possibly signed him up for a blind date of all things. Sure, Demyx might have laughed at the hilarity of the idea, but in the end, Demyx's fear of being burnt alive was probably more persuasive than the need for a giggle. Xigbar, however, feared nothing, and that was dangerous because that meant nothing Axel threatened to do by means of revenge would make a difference.

Well, at least most things were free in town--it wasn't like he would get roped into buying someone an expensive dinner or something. He supposed maybe he could be arsed to at least go. Roxas probably would have yelled at him for standing a girl up, after all

[dystopiadreams]

Selphie had her back turned, tilting her head very carefully to peer through the window of the restaurant. What if her date was already inside? Or what if he just chose not to turn up? It was a blind date, sure, but what if they had heard who they were matched with? Or what if

[got_it_memorizd]

Why did she look so awkward? This was a good thing, right? Now they didn't have to spend the evening with someone they couldn't stand, at least. The real implications of a "date" were mostly lost on Axel--even when he'd had a heart he hadn't really used it in the pursuit of romance, and even if he had used it to those ends once upon a time, his brief stint with Larxene surely would have taught him better than to ever try it again.

Axel rubbed the back of his neck and gave her a half shrug.

"Something like that," he admitted. "I didn't even sign up for this gig--I'm gonna strangle Xigbar with his own ponytail." He gave a helpless chuckle. "I guess if it's you it's okay; I had a portal all ready to go in case it turned out to be someone awful." Like Larxene. He suppressed the urge to shudder at the very idea. Glancing down at his coat and then at Selphie's dress, he tilted his head a bit. "Admittedly I'm feeling a tad underdressed now, though."

[dystopiadreams]

Oh... so he didn't even really want to be there. Selphie lowered her head and flushed gently, narrowing her eyes at her choice of dress and shoes. It was painfully obvious that she had tried to look as pretty as possible. But she'd come off just feeling stupid.

"You know what? We don't have to do this. We'll just catch up with icecream some other time, right?"

Selphie wrung her hands together: he had said that it was at least okay if it was her. But still...

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Axel made a face. "Hah?" How had she somehow made him feel like a jerk without saying it? Waving one hand, he shook his head. "Well we're here, we might as well do something, right?" He gestured vaguely at her. "I mean, you got yourself all dolled up for this; it'd be a waste to just go home."

He didn't really have anything better to do, but he had a feeling if he added that part it would hurt her feelings. Sure, he hadn't signed up for this, but he liked Selphie well enough; might as well make the best of it. He tilted his head toward the restaurant.

"Come on, we should at least have dinner; I'm starved, how about you?" He glanced through the big front windows. "This place looks pretty swanky--good thing most stuff is free, huh? I doubt I could afford this place on an Organization salary."

[dystopiadreams]

"Okay!" She knew too well that Axel could just disappear whenever he chose. But then... he also could have avoided her as soon as he saw her, and headed back. He might only be acting out of sheer politeness, to keep her happy, but that was definitely good enough. And besides, he was right - she'd put in way too much effort to decide to just quit.

"It does look really good. And I bet the desserts are delicious!" Selphie, being ever the gentleman, stepped forward and pushed open the door, holding it open for Axel. To anyone else, that might look a bit odd, but what did Selphie know about what was and wasn't supposed to happen on dates. She drifted into the restaurant, open mouthed and amazed at how beautiful it was.

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What anyone who knew Axel well learned very quickly was that he... really wasn't terribly polite. If he did something, it was either because he wanted to, because he felt obligated (read: because Roxas had pouted at him), or because it benefited him somehow. It was really only the second option that had brought Axel to the meeting place for this potentially ill-fated death, but it was the former that made him stay. Boisterous as she was, he liked Selphie well enough, and ditching her would have made her sad and him a total jerk. And while Axel was pretty okay with being a jerk most of the time, that was a level of jerk he rarely engaged in deliberately.

Fighting the urge to chuckle when she opened the door for him, Axel reached out to hold it as she followed him inside, and he shook two fingers at the hostess. They followed the hostess as she led them toward some open tables near the back, and Axel mostly tuned out her nattering about the day's specials. He was more interested in the way the ceiling looked like it had stars

[dystopiadreams]

Selphie too would have been clueless if anyone had asked her what the specials were. Really, they could have been anything. The woman could have asked Selphie a question and she wouldn't have noticed - the place really was spectacular, and Selphie flushed to be there. She wondered if she'd ever had dinner anywhere so pretty; dinner usually was a hot dog and icecream affair at a cafe.

Selphie laughed as Axel took his seat; it was more amusing than anything - she was hardly one to turn her nose up and anyone's behaviour. She, on the other hand, was too busy staring at the ceiling, so that she tripped on the table leg and fell into her seat.

She hid behind the menu, lowering it so that she could look at him as she spoke, and she nodded brightly, her eyes also going to the ceiling, "This place is so awesome! I bet the food is super yummy!"