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maskormenacelogs2016-04-22 11:45 pm
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Entry tags:
- marceline abadeer | the vampire queen,
- † aerith gainsborough | the ancient,
- † barnaby brooks jr. | n/a,
- † betty ross | n/a,
- † bruce banner | hulk,
- † carl grimes | n/a,
- † dick grayson | nightwing,
- † duv galeni | n/a,
- † felix dawkins | n/a,
- † flynn scifo | n/a,
- † ivan vorpatril | innocent bystander,
- † jesse pinkman | diesel,
- † joaquin mondragon | n/a,
- † junpei iori | jun★p,
- † kanaya maryam-lalonde | psychopomp,
- † karen starr | power girl,
- † kasumi goto | n/a,
- † keith goodman | sky high,
- † keladry of mindelan | lady knight,
- † ken kaneki | one eyed king,
- † khada jhin | n/a,
- † komasan | the youkai king,
- † l'arachel | n/a,
- † leon camillia | n/a,
- † lexa | n/a,
- † marian hawke | andraste's mabari,
- † matthew lynch | n/a,
- † mina | n/a,
- † norman | n/a,
- † qubit | n/a,
- † rikki barnes | nomad,
- † riku | darkeater,
- † rincewind | n/a,
- † santo vaccarro | rockslide,
- † tetsuo shima | n/a,
- † yuri petrov | lunatic
I made you a match!
WHO: The lucky souls signed up for the matchmaking event
WHERE: Various locations in various cities!
WHEN: The 22nd-24th
WHAT: Romance
WARNINGS: N/A for now! If hanky panky or violence happens I'll edit this
[Today's the day! Mabel, after days of matching, unmatching, and then re-matching, has finally wrestled the final dating forms away from the pigs assisting her and decided to make magic happen. Everyone will have found a message or two in their communicator's inbox on the 22nd from Mabel herself:
Gooood morning! Mabel here, with good news for you-- your match has been MADE! Your all-expenses paid date is just waiting for you to find true love. Enjoy the company and the free gift included, and thanks for participating!
Included in the message is the exact location and time of the date(s) in question. Transportation is provided, so no worries there, and the gift bags are... okay? Enjoy all the free candy, glitter, and lip smackers in various flavors. For all the smooching they're gonna do, get it?]
[1. Crusty Weirdoughs in De Chima is a cute retro throwback to those arcades of old— which is to say it’s crawling with punk kids and has a charming level of grime. At least there’s a snack bar! Which lets all the lucky couples order whatever they want on the house. The menu covers anything and everything a gamer could need: pizza slices, onion rings, fries, and every flavor of DESERT THIRST!!, the popular energy drink/soda, a person could ask for (today’s special is a lovely red color).
Meanwhile there’s a wide variety of games and Mabel has provided everyone with enough tokens to try most of them. Get to know your special someone with a match on the Alley Puncher machine! Participate in the DDR contest, if you think you can take those mean looking twelve year olds in a fight on their own turf! Check out the claw machine and try to beat the long, long odds and win yourself a stuff animal that could be any number of species. Racing games, fighting games, something called Co-Op Tetris Invaders Part V. It’s all here. And there’s always a Pac-Man ripoff for anyone who needs to work their way up to the more modern games.
2. Popular (but not too popular) Nonah pizza joint Slice to Be Here is hopping, but Mabel’s made sure to reserve the best tables in the house for the matchmaking participants. What makes them the best tables? Why, they’re right up next to the stage— the stage where the animatronic band of singing animals performs every hour! The band has seen better days. Their movements are jerky, the fur is worn off enough that their scary Terminator skeletons are showing in places, plus the song they’re singing is just slightly familiar and just as creepy. And is that mouse staring at you?
The other patrons don’t seem to notice. They’re too busy ironically appreciating this reminder of their childhood nostalgia! And the waitstaff just doesn’t care anymore— unless you try to fight or otherwise poke around their technical abominations, in which case they’ll sigh at you until they give up and move along. At least the food is good! The pizza comes in many varieties, from basic pepperoni to more gourmet options like raspberries and marscapone. There’s salads and other non-pizza foods you can request from your aloof hipster waiter (flannel is apparently part of the uniform) but why would you? Be adventurous, order a pizza with quinoa and kale.
3. The Epicurious George Memorial Food Festival is a small but lively event going on outside of Heropa. Restaurants from all over the eastern seaboard are represented here and free samples abound! It’s possible to stuff yourself silly on all kinds of things, from gourmet candy to literally anything ever sold on a food truck. Mabel’s provided coupons to the couples for a few free meals and a candy bar or two, but they may not even be necessary considering all the stuff just sitting around, waiting for people to eat them or shove them in a purse.
There’s plenty to see besides the food, of course. Celebrity chef Guff Doldman from hit reality baking show Gluten for Punishment! is doing a demo where he builds a cake portrait of a lucky member of the audience (which somehow always ends up being an import—Mabel may have bribed a few people). There’s kale smoothie chugging contests and a gourmet hot dog eating contest. Couples are welcome to watch or participate,using the patented tag-team system to drink the most foul vegetable juice or eat the most phallic food for a fantastic prize: gift certificate to the restaurant of your choice and the coveted Golden Antacid bottle (real antacids not included).
4. Kit-Tea Cat Cafe is a small cat cafe just starting out in Nonah, but you wouldn’t know it from the interior. It’s cozy and cute, with small tables perfect for conversation and approximately a hundred different versions of the classic cat motivational poster hung on the walls. Mabel’s made sure that each couple gets vouchers for several free drinks and has a nice table reserved just for them. The menu’s extensive— the food stuff is mostly small sandwiches and pastries, but the drinks range from coffee of all kinds to milkshakes to fancy sodas and teas. Enjoy the quality drinks and appreciate the latte art— it’s a cute kitty face in every cup!
The place where the newness starts to show is in the cat wrangling skills of its employees. They’re not great at keeping the cats in the play area, which is mostly alright— the majority of the cats are sweethearts eager for attention and petting. But some are complete hellions that have mastered the art of attacking even the most aware imPort from behind, above, or below. There’s even one cat that takes particular joy in hopping up on tables and trying to knock cups and glasses off of tables while staring patrons right in the eyes. Adorable.
5. Cee-Me Rollin’! is a safe haven in Maurtia Falls for those who want to get away from hover technology and go back to the days when skates with wheels were king. The inside of the building is dominated by a giant roller rink, complete with a truly epic number of disco balls constantly spinning above the skaters. Mabel has done everyone a solid by paying off the DJ to play only the finest in pop music while people skate around and around in circles. Enjoy those earworms and 80s throwbacks!
Skates are rented out for free, and Mabel has made sure that participants can grab whatever they need from the snackbar to fuel their skate-tastic dates. Overall the place seems like it’s all about the pretty chill atmosphere... if you can avoid getting run over by the roller derby team that’s taking this opportunity to practice their moves. The Maurtia Falls Pterrordactyls are very sweet ladies as long as you avoid getting elbowed in the face. Team captain Miss Demeaner might even try to persuade couples to join up for the day and learn the fine art of kicking butt on roller-skates.
6. Quiet coffee joint Espresso Yourself in De Chima is almost impossible to find unless you already know where it is. They don’t believe in signs, or advertising, or putting themselves on search engine map functions. Luckily Mabel has provided a map as well as provided coupons for free drinks and pastries. Once people manage to get inside (talk to the man in front of the green door in the alleyway off of Beatonna Street, and tell him Mabel sent you!) they’re greeted by welcoming snaps from all kinds of black-clad poets and beatniks. There are more berets and sunglasses in here than should be legally allowed.
But the chairs are comfortable, the coffee is good, and it seems like a nice place to have a conversation! ...if you don’t mind talking around the poetry that’s happening. It’s open mike night and do these people have feelings and words to share. Some of it’s good, a lot of it is questionable, and that guy in the corner definitely just tried to rhyme “door hinge” with “orange” in his free verse poem about the existential angst he’s faced with. Make fun, talk around it, or even hop on stage and impress your date with your wordplay.]
WHERE: Various locations in various cities!
WHEN: The 22nd-24th
WHAT: Romance
WARNINGS: N/A for now! If hanky panky or violence happens I'll edit this
[Today's the day! Mabel, after days of matching, unmatching, and then re-matching, has finally wrestled the final dating forms away from the pigs assisting her and decided to make magic happen. Everyone will have found a message or two in their communicator's inbox on the 22nd from Mabel herself:
Included in the message is the exact location and time of the date(s) in question. Transportation is provided, so no worries there, and the gift bags are... okay? Enjoy all the free candy, glitter, and lip smackers in various flavors. For all the smooching they're gonna do, get it?]
[1. Crusty Weirdoughs in De Chima is a cute retro throwback to those arcades of old— which is to say it’s crawling with punk kids and has a charming level of grime. At least there’s a snack bar! Which lets all the lucky couples order whatever they want on the house. The menu covers anything and everything a gamer could need: pizza slices, onion rings, fries, and every flavor of DESERT THIRST!!, the popular energy drink/soda, a person could ask for (today’s special is a lovely red color).
Meanwhile there’s a wide variety of games and Mabel has provided everyone with enough tokens to try most of them. Get to know your special someone with a match on the Alley Puncher machine! Participate in the DDR contest, if you think you can take those mean looking twelve year olds in a fight on their own turf! Check out the claw machine and try to beat the long, long odds and win yourself a stuff animal that could be any number of species. Racing games, fighting games, something called Co-Op Tetris Invaders Part V. It’s all here. And there’s always a Pac-Man ripoff for anyone who needs to work their way up to the more modern games.
2. Popular (but not too popular) Nonah pizza joint Slice to Be Here is hopping, but Mabel’s made sure to reserve the best tables in the house for the matchmaking participants. What makes them the best tables? Why, they’re right up next to the stage— the stage where the animatronic band of singing animals performs every hour! The band has seen better days. Their movements are jerky, the fur is worn off enough that their scary Terminator skeletons are showing in places, plus the song they’re singing is just slightly familiar and just as creepy. And is that mouse staring at you?
The other patrons don’t seem to notice. They’re too busy ironically appreciating this reminder of their childhood nostalgia! And the waitstaff just doesn’t care anymore— unless you try to fight or otherwise poke around their technical abominations, in which case they’ll sigh at you until they give up and move along. At least the food is good! The pizza comes in many varieties, from basic pepperoni to more gourmet options like raspberries and marscapone. There’s salads and other non-pizza foods you can request from your aloof hipster waiter (flannel is apparently part of the uniform) but why would you? Be adventurous, order a pizza with quinoa and kale.
3. The Epicurious George Memorial Food Festival is a small but lively event going on outside of Heropa. Restaurants from all over the eastern seaboard are represented here and free samples abound! It’s possible to stuff yourself silly on all kinds of things, from gourmet candy to literally anything ever sold on a food truck. Mabel’s provided coupons to the couples for a few free meals and a candy bar or two, but they may not even be necessary considering all the stuff just sitting around, waiting for people to eat them or shove them in a purse.
There’s plenty to see besides the food, of course. Celebrity chef Guff Doldman from hit reality baking show Gluten for Punishment! is doing a demo where he builds a cake portrait of a lucky member of the audience (which somehow always ends up being an import—Mabel may have bribed a few people). There’s kale smoothie chugging contests and a gourmet hot dog eating contest. Couples are welcome to watch or participate,using the patented tag-team system to drink the most foul vegetable juice or eat the most phallic food for a fantastic prize: gift certificate to the restaurant of your choice and the coveted Golden Antacid bottle (real antacids not included).
4. Kit-Tea Cat Cafe is a small cat cafe just starting out in Nonah, but you wouldn’t know it from the interior. It’s cozy and cute, with small tables perfect for conversation and approximately a hundred different versions of the classic cat motivational poster hung on the walls. Mabel’s made sure that each couple gets vouchers for several free drinks and has a nice table reserved just for them. The menu’s extensive— the food stuff is mostly small sandwiches and pastries, but the drinks range from coffee of all kinds to milkshakes to fancy sodas and teas. Enjoy the quality drinks and appreciate the latte art— it’s a cute kitty face in every cup!
The place where the newness starts to show is in the cat wrangling skills of its employees. They’re not great at keeping the cats in the play area, which is mostly alright— the majority of the cats are sweethearts eager for attention and petting. But some are complete hellions that have mastered the art of attacking even the most aware imPort from behind, above, or below. There’s even one cat that takes particular joy in hopping up on tables and trying to knock cups and glasses off of tables while staring patrons right in the eyes. Adorable.
5. Cee-Me Rollin’! is a safe haven in Maurtia Falls for those who want to get away from hover technology and go back to the days when skates with wheels were king. The inside of the building is dominated by a giant roller rink, complete with a truly epic number of disco balls constantly spinning above the skaters. Mabel has done everyone a solid by paying off the DJ to play only the finest in pop music while people skate around and around in circles. Enjoy those earworms and 80s throwbacks!
Skates are rented out for free, and Mabel has made sure that participants can grab whatever they need from the snackbar to fuel their skate-tastic dates. Overall the place seems like it’s all about the pretty chill atmosphere... if you can avoid getting run over by the roller derby team that’s taking this opportunity to practice their moves. The Maurtia Falls Pterrordactyls are very sweet ladies as long as you avoid getting elbowed in the face. Team captain Miss Demeaner might even try to persuade couples to join up for the day and learn the fine art of kicking butt on roller-skates.
6. Quiet coffee joint Espresso Yourself in De Chima is almost impossible to find unless you already know where it is. They don’t believe in signs, or advertising, or putting themselves on search engine map functions. Luckily Mabel has provided a map as well as provided coupons for free drinks and pastries. Once people manage to get inside (talk to the man in front of the green door in the alleyway off of Beatonna Street, and tell him Mabel sent you!) they’re greeted by welcoming snaps from all kinds of black-clad poets and beatniks. There are more berets and sunglasses in here than should be legally allowed.
But the chairs are comfortable, the coffee is good, and it seems like a nice place to have a conversation! ...if you don’t mind talking around the poetry that’s happening. It’s open mike night and do these people have feelings and words to share. Some of it’s good, a lot of it is questionable, and that guy in the corner definitely just tried to rhyme “door hinge” with “orange” in his free verse poem about the existential angst he’s faced with. Make fun, talk around it, or even hop on stage and impress your date with your wordplay.]
Enid + Carl Grimes
A partially amused smile took to her face, and her head tilted just slightly up at him. The place they were assigned to meet was called Climbing Rocks! and she was okay (actually pretty cool) with that, but the idea of it being attached to a strange date had her a little hesitant before, however now she was thinking it could maybe fun. Of course doing this with Carl felt more like hanging out.]
So you're my mysterious date, then? [She teased.]
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But it's Enid, so he has nothing to worry about. Carl shows up, grateful at least it's a climbing class and not something sappy with hands in his pockets. ]
Looks that way.
[ Carl looks up at the store sign. ]
Got any ideas who tried to hook us up?
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Thought you would know. You're the one with fans.
[As far as she is aware. She hasn't seen any more recognition of her than just one time with his fan. That said, she eyes the store front for a moment as well, before deciding to go on in.]
Come on then.
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[ He follows her into the building. He sees various fake rock walls, peppered with brightly colored hand-and footholds. Carl has done his time climbing trees in his childhood, but he hasn't done much of climbing since then. The fake walks have their own, rightly colored signs: BEGINNER, ADVANCED, EXPERT, and WILDERNESS.
He glances aside at Enid. ]
Ever tried rock climbing before?
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She stops and turns back to Carl though, thinking on his question. Never had she rock climbed before, but she had climbed the walls of Alexandria enough to assume she would be okay at this... THEY both have (in her time back home), so she honestly says:]
No, but I'm sure we got this. It can't be any different than climbing the wall at home.
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Oh. So a beginner class, then.
[ Carl waves down an instructor, who leads them to a wall labelled BEGINNER. He points out all the ropes and shows Carl and Enid how to put them on and get ready to climb the wall. ]
Ready?
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[Enid doesn't think for one second that will be beginners necessarily, however it'll give them a chance to get the hang of it so she goes along with it. She does everything the instructor says, and then turns to Carl.]
Ready when you are.
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[ But no matter what, Carl makes his first step by putting his foot on one hold, put both hands on two other holds and hoisted himself up. ]
See? Easy.
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[Although yes, really, it was. Honestly now that he put the idea in her head, she just wants to see how he'll react to the challenge all in good fun.
Likewise, she follows his example, grabbing holds of her own but pulling herself a little higher then looking at him.]
Yeah. I think I see.
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Okay, it's not so easy as scaling up Alexandria's walls. ]
Well, one of us look like a pro.
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Heh. You're doing good yourself. Think you can make it to the top?
[Which may as well be a 'race you to the top' with the way she says it.]
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[ Of course, the moment he said that, his grip slips and Carl scrambles to regain his footing. ]
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I see that.
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[ He gets his footing back and does a huge climb up, to catch up with Edith. ]
This really is harder than it looks.
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At least you're honest. [Compared to how she refuses to say that.]
You wanna quit?
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[ He climbs ahead of Enid. ]
It's about as high as the wall back in Alexandria.
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[Yeah, she's confident. But he goes and says why she believes she should be anyway with how it's about as tall as the wall Alexandria.
She climbs up just as high to meet him again, pauses long enough to add:] About as high, yeah. [THEN continues onward. Rock by rock, foot hold by foot hold, and so on.
As she gets higher maybe it's a little bit more obvious she's struggling too, but trying and working to not show it carefully. This is a race now, after all, okay. She's not going easy.]
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[ Carl's concentrating hard, but he's still clumsy. He reached too high with his foot and lost his footing as a result. He scrambles as he starts to slide down before grabbing another hold by the tips of his fingers. ]
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Carl! [Escapes a slight shout, before she loosens the rope the way they were shown to move down quickly but safely to where he stops.]
Hey, are you okay?
[She eyes his fingers when she asks, looking to see if they were fine or not after that fall.]
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Yeah. I'm fine.
I keep forgetting I can't see things the way I used too.
Gimme a second. [ He looks up, trying to take note of all the grips above him. He really didn't think it will be this hard. ]
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[She's not going to suggest they quit, even if she would like to because first it'd be obvious why and secondly she doesn't see him at all as disabled. He's more than able as far she's still concerned, so she waits.
She just takes hold of the rocks level to her again as she steadies herself from her decent down.]
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He sometimes wonder if he hadn't spared Ron, he might not be in this predicament. ]
Alright. I'm good.
[ He starts climbing again. One by one, he begins to climb up. ]
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Okay, let's just take our time this time though. To be honest, I don't want that to be a repeat occurrence. With me or you.
It's not as easy as it looks.
[And that's as far as she's going to admit it was starting to wear on her, too. For his sake.]
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[ Carl's still determined to finish this race. He takes another "step" forward. ]
Tiny steps. Just tiny steps.
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[This time it may seem a little like she is following just behind him since she takes her time rather "racing" ahead.]
What do you wanna do when we're done? [She asks up at him.]
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