Love Springs Eternal (??)

[bright_and_blue]

Who: ERRYBODY
What: It's Valentine's Day, and there are matchmaking notices everywhere. Here's an open log for one and all to post their shenanigans, meet ups, freak outs, and whatever else they're going to do about this.
When: forward dated to Feb. 14
Where: All over Aqures Ixen
Warnings: Ridiculousness.

[Plastering the city are notices matching up all of the Heroes of Light with one another, both the best and the worst. Moogles are having a grand old time handing them out and hanging them up, and are encouraging Heroes to speak with their top matches.

Naturally, reactions to this are mixed. Some Heroes are intrigued, some annoyed, some offended. Despite their feelings or misgivings, the rest of the city is still celebrating Valentine's Day as well, and now the thoughts of love are everywhere.

OOC: This is an open log for everyone to use for Valentine's Day stuff! Feel free to make your own prompts.]

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[charming_jerk]

[Music is usually one of the only things Johnny has confidence in, but he really does get punches here. It's a little trying.]

Ya'd think that, until ya introduce people who never even heard rock music to some Megadeath songs.

[C'est le vie. Johnny can't sing like Dave Mustane anyway. He's got the idea that Duster must be a musician too, from this sort of talk.]

Guitar. Sing, too. D'you play anything?

[charming_jerk]

Never woulda took you for the husband 'n dad type. [He's a little afraid to ask why this was in the past tense, though.]

I really ain't that sort. Definitely don't ever wanna have kids. Last thing I'd wanna do is pass on these fucked-up genes to someone.

[charming_jerk]

Well, I mean-- Yeah I get that part, but where the hell'd this come from? I didn't sign up for anything like this. And someone's just plastering it to a wall in public?

[Johnny gets pretty easily riled up, but even this seems like a silly thing to get your feathers ruffled over.]

Damn moogles. This is them, isn't it?

[mindofathief]

Megadeath? [He knows what rock music is, but that's an unfamiliar band name.]

I used to play for DCMC. It was the only band on the Nowhere Islands, but were were pretty popular while we lasted. I was the bassist. [He smiles and straightens his back. A skiiny why with too much facial hair doesn't exactly scream "hottest musicians around".] If only I had enough money to buy a bass, I could give you a demonstration.

[charming_jerk]

Maybe we ain't from the same place, then. [As he's heard of neither.] Pretty nice that ya had a band, though. Closest I got was high school band. [He rolls his eyes heavily. He barely had friends, let alone people to play in a band with.]

You should save up for one. I don't make a ton of money, but I ain't just stuck playin' on street corners. There're some bars I play at, and I even play for some theaters sometimes when they need a guitarist. But considerin' they give us free housing here, I don't exactly have to worry about makin' rent with it.

[mindofathief]

That's what I'm thinking. If I keep on fighting those monsters, I'll eventually save enough for an instrument and a new outfit. [He's also considering asking Cid for his wig, but that will wait some other time.]

You know, I can't play at a club without someone else who needs backup. What do you think about teaming up sometime and drawing in a bigger crowd? It'll be easier to get a gig that way.

[zodiac_brave]

[Ramza chewed on his lower lip.] Perhaps justice would best be served if we asked the moogles to use the machine on themselves. See how it pairs them up. Then they might understand our feelings better.

[And if they understood, perhaps they would assist with taking the fliers down and never speaking of them again. One could hope.]

[zodiac_brave]

Ramza eyed the iced-over flier and sighed. Well, that one one page that would not be going anywhere until Spring.

"I think our hands will do a more thorough job than magic will. I can accompany you. Maybe we can save them for kindling for fires. Then, at least, some use will have come of them."

[chondriosome]

"I had a good thing going for me at the time, yeah. I was taking care of my little sister."

Granted, Eve was more of a daughter than her sister, being Aya's clone and all. That's similarly a long story, so she keeps it simple.

She waves a hand at him. "What about you? Got anybody back home, or in this place?"

[chondriosome]

"At least I know unfriendly monsters. I used to fight them back home."

The history of Aya's Earth being much different from the type that Sparks is from, no doubt.

She frowns when he mentions Halloween. Aya never had any negative association with the holiday, but something like that would definitely start a complex. "You're kidding." She scoffs. "So how did it go?"

[needsteaplz]

True, but maybe luck will be on your side and the paperwork will be light? Even then, I'm sure there'll be enough officers around for coverage for all of us to leave early if our boss allows it.

[There are some times when Saori was just as bad as Brigid. If she could duck out after this fast enough, she might be able to make that paper mountain in Sparks's inbox vanish if not cut down to a very minimal size for the day. Was it dangerous to get between Sparks Nevada and his one of two great loves? Quite possibility but she wanted her date time and as part of the Assassin's Creed would say "everything is permitted." It's why she always keeps a pint of gelato hidden in the break room for emergencies.]

[unyieldingspirit]

She nodded, letting out a sigh. "If they wished to encourage everyone to participate in the spirit of festivities, there are far better decorations they could choose." Almost anything else, really.

She didn't think so, but then the moogles of Crystallis didn't quite match up to the moogles of Eorzea- even if some did seem equally irresponsible, at times.

"Do the work of taking the fliers down for them, you mean?" she asked, eyebrows drawing in. Though certainly some of the others seemed bothered enough by the leaflets… "Perhaps we could fold them into other decorations, though."

[unyieldingspirit]

Whatever method they used, I can't imagine it was very reliable without anyone's actual input.

[she nods, the movement quick and short, frowning.]

None of these were up yesterday… so with the number of potential leaflet carriers and their speed at deliveries, they're the obvious candidates. Now- I've no objections to encouraging people to bring forth their feelings, but like this? [she shakes her head tail twitching.] What kind of encouragement do they think this is?

[forcegalactic]

Sparks Nevada. We got a hundred folks workin' on this. Takin' a day off ain't gonna do a dent in our progress.

Look, I wanna go back home, too, but that ain't gonna happen until we get outta here. I'll get the Force Galactic back, send you right to the point in the timeline you were taken, and it'll be like nothin' happened! Just...don't bring up home again, alright? Halloween was ruined enough for me.

[Serious look. Thanks for ruining the costume party.]

[red_planet_blues]

Taste of their own medicine. Could work. They could also be into it, though.

[Sparks hardly finishes that part before Red raises her paw.]

I'll do it, kupo!

There's a surprise. Surprise ya hadn't asked 'em already.

[red_planet_blues]

"Uuhh... we won?" Sparks was indisposed for most of the battle, but Rukia had filled him in on the outcome.

"It cheated. One second I'm standin' there, firin' at it; the next it uses some kinda death roulette move. And apparently I was the guy with all his money on black, cuz that's all I saw. Down I went, deader than a space doornail. Next thing I know, I'm wakin' up in the crystal ward and a whole week'd gone by."

that ahoge is the source of so much trouble

[forcegalactic]

"Uh...yeah. Calamity's more important than worryin' what Moogles think matchmakin' is supposed to work." Ramza was only trying to make himself feel better, Mordecai was sure of it. "Hey, what can a machine tell about what person's really like? Your match just ain't another Hero of Light. Could be livin' in another city at this moment!"

[red_planet_blues]

Eh, maybe. Some days 'r easier than others, I guess.

[An idea dawns on Sparks, and his eyes narrow at her.]

What's yer angle here, Nakagawa.

[red_planet_blues]

Okay, okay, if ya get off my back, then I'll--

Wait. What am I bein' browbeat into doin' here?

[Only half paying attention to this lecture, as usual.]

[forcegalactic]

You're gonna take a day off. Find somethin' to do that don't involve nothin' with the law. [Like dating, he implies with a jerk of a thumb towards the flyers.] You're still young, Sparks. Go have fun!

[zodiac_brave]

Ramza nodded. "Or use them for kindling for our fires," he muttered, not wanting his terrible results preserved in whatever form K'pandolu reshaped them into. She could fold her results, if they were more favorable than his.

[zodiac_brave]

Yes, please do. And see if your results are suited to you, or if they are as wild as ours. [And perhaps, when the moogles were faced with the inaccuracies of their computer program, they would be honor-bound to retract all of their faulty matches.]

[zodiac_brave]

"Perhaps I do not have a match at all. There is nothing to guarantee such a thing." Maybe his 'perfect match' was back in Ivalice, or perhaps he was simply meant to be alone. Barkeep seemed irrationally optimistic about his prospects.

[forcegalactic]

"Don't say that! What kinda attitude is that, beatin' yourself up over somethin' on a piece of paper?" With his other hand, he pulled Ramza around so that they faced each other. "What if I said that we'll never find a way home 'cause we ain't guaranteed that? That reason enough for me to give up?"

[cantante]

[ When the time came for Tear's arrival, she was a little surprised at the sight of the cadet sitting in the distance—if she was already here early, how long had he been waiting? Thinking about it made her reach up to fidget with the hood of the white cape protecting her from the cold, heartbeat steadily beginning to climb.

And to think she hadn't even spoken to him yet—how shameful.

What she needed were a few deep breaths, and that was exactly what she did, resting her free hand over her heart since the other was busy holding on to a small, ribboned parcel that she was keeping close to herself. It's only when she's sure her blush has subsided enough that she straightens up and presses forward. They had both agreed to this date of their own volition, and by the Crystals she had every intention of fulfilling it!

Luckily she's managed a tiny smile by the time she reaches him, kneeling down to try and get a look at his face through her bangs before stretching out a hand to brush away his own hair. ] Ace...? You didn't fall asleep, did you...?