IC Speed Dating Meme

[fairbrook]

IC Speed Dating Meme

Rules:
1. Post with your character by creating a "card" with your name, sex, and preferences.
2. Tag to others.
3. You supposedly only have seven minutes, but that's up to the muns how many comments. [To hell with that, let's not put a limit on how many comments]
4. Have fun.

Comments

[atoned]

Name: Zuko.
Gender: Male.
Preference: Female. Stilettos. Dark hair. Angry. Hates the world. Fire Nation.

[sangilak]

Well, I... fit two of those requirements, at least.

[atoned]

[ he's not looking for a specific date or anything ... ]

You don't hate the world. [ no one could hate it in the way mai does ♥_♥ ] That's the biggest requirement. [ other than, you know, being mai. ]

[sangilak]

Well, it's kinda my job NOT to hate the world.

[atoned]

[ that's a lame excuse. live a little, korra. be fire nation. ]

[ distractedly, ] I'm sure you do a good job. [ an excellent one, at that. not that he knooooows. ] I mustn't hate it too much if I do all these things you guys say I do.

[ after a moment, ] Future me still hates it. [ just to save face. zuko can't preach he hates the world and finds that attractive in a stiletto wielding, monotone, dark-haired, and statuesque girl when it's a bold-faced lie. ]

[powerful]

Well, I'm female, and I wear stilettos... ( awkward. ) And I can do stuff with fire?

[atoned]

[ zuko has no idea what stiletto shoes are. he looks at her critically, ] You don't have stilettos. [ because apparently they aren't shoes, but he would appreciate them on a nice, slender leg. ]

[powerful]

( cassie stares back because -- then she juts her leg out to demonstrate the stupidity of the boots she's wearing because she sure as fuck does. ) I'm wearing them right now.

[atoned]

[ he looks down ...

... to look back up. ]

They're not it.

[powerful]

... Right, so, do you even know what a stiletto is?

( derp )

[atoned]

Yes. [ there's a dramatic pause because it's zuko. ] Blades.

[powerful]

.... No. ( she lifts her leg a little higher. ) Shoes.

[atoned]

[ he looks again; yes, those are shoes, and he's certain ty lee would love them. ] They're heels. Stilettos are blades. [ he holds his arm out and flicks it, as though he can somehow summon mai's weaponry to unsheath itself from his own sleeves. ] Like arrows, but knives.

[ he puts his arm down. ] My girlfriend always used them.

[powerful]

Occasionally I think half the people here are totally delusional. ( she's muttering this, almost, with a roll of her eyes. )

So if you have a girlfriend, why are you speed-dating?

[atoned]

She's not here. [ which makes this sound ten times worse, but it really isn't like that! if mai were here, he wouldn't even be here. dating is for nerds. ] I've been told it's a good way to meet people.

[powerful]

Oh. So... You're coming into dating... For friends. Allies -- networking in general. Sure. That makes tons of sense. ( who's bitter cassie's not bitter )

[atoned]

Does it? [ he has a feeling he's doing this wrong. it's like juggling; he tosses the plates but he doesn't know the forms to shift his body into to catch them. speed dating is like juggling, except it's merely conversation, something he can't do too well without screwing up. ] Isn't the point to this thing to meet new people?

[powerful]

To date them. It's to meet people to date.

[atoned]

[ this is jin all over again. that was a good date. she was cute. but iroh's tea shop wasn't speed dating ... was it? ] But can't you use it just to meet people?

[powerful]

( ...... ) You can, I guess, but... It's kind of misleading, I guess.

[atoned]

[ you can meet people here! but he doesn't understand how it can be — ] ... Misleading? [ — because no one really wants to date him. ]

[powerful]

Yeah. Because what if someone thought you were really cute or something and wanted to date you, here, but then you come up and say you're just looking to make new friends. You can make new friends other ways. Not with the word "dating" attached... ( you're adorable dammit and you suck dammit )

1/2

[atoned]

[ sages, that's what jin called him before she messed up his hair uncle had spent ten minutes on! is cassie going to wreck his hair? he didn't even brush it! ]

I'm not cute. Aang's cute. [ he's small and stuff, so. and he has that annoying childlike laugh that no one but his own family would be able to resist. but have you seen the scar, dude? zuko may be proud of what it represents when he's not having an off-day, but it's still not an attractive feature. ] No one wants to date me. [ it probably sounds sulky, and it sort of is, but: ] I don't do that. [ except he does, dumbass. ]

[atoned]

I'll put it on my card next time. [ problem solved? ]

[powerful]

Okay. Not cute. ( she sighs ) Attractive. And - ( now she's getting frustrated ) Maybe I do. Maybe I think you're interesting. And maybe I think you're dateable. Maybe I want to go to dinner or something, or get coffee, and talk about where you're from and tell you about where I'm from and maybe I want to spend time with you and eventually maybe I want to find out what your lips are like or - ( she huffs frustratedly and totally exasperated. )

Forget it.