Happy Valentines! Your Love Is Toxic!

[iamtheeggman]

Who: EVERYONE
What: CUPIDBOTS
Where: EVERYWHERE
When: VALENTIMES DAY
Warnings: None yet, but will be updated if that changes

Ah, February 14th. A day for loving lovers to love... But at Smash Academy, it meant something else...

At the crack of dawn, they appeared. Tiny robotic cherubs wielding bows and arrows. Those who had been at the academy for some time knew what they were: The Cupidbots. Obnoxious, potentially life-ruining robots with one mission: Fire their arrows at unsuspecting passers-by, causing them to fall in love with the first person they saw for the next 24 hours. They would be gone by the next day, but still for the best to try and avoid them.

WHAT DO?

[[Go ahead and start up your own threads for random happenings, planned ships, or just throw your characters out and see who bites!]]

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[rivalappeared]

On a calmer day, Green might have seen what Blue was trying to say, cupid- bot or no. It made sense. However, with the sight of the ocean god raising an eyebrow with a toothy grin behind the stone faced trainer, Green's patience had snapped. He had just come here to warn her about the cupid- bots, goddammit. She was acting so level- headed, he never suspected it had been too late for her. And there was something else... of course the warning was the pretense, but he had been planning to ask her what her plans were for the day. A conversation that could easily be seen as banal, but for Green, on that particular day...

He didn't need this. The Gym Leader threw his hands up in frustration.

"Okay. You know what, fuck it. You're right. You're right. I should have told you. And because I didn't tell you, that makes Jaws over here completely free of suspicion. Whatever. You can do whatever you'd like, Blue, I don't give a shit. Have a lovely day. Take him to a seafood buffet, he'll like that. Just keep the conversation angled away from his psychotic fucking family."

He spun around, a bundle of irrationality, and knocked an errant pan off of a counter on his way out of the kitchen. The door slamming shut sounded like a gunshot.

[travelingbelle]

She'd expected to feel a bit down about it. That was the normal reaction, after all. No one liked their friends upset, especially not her, and she didn't like having things kept from her or getting her friends angry over... What? What had they even just been angry over? Even if she hadn't been trying to subtly keep Green from ruining whatever wonderful beginnings to something or another with Kyogre, she wouldn't have understood exactly what had gotten him upset. Well, no, she knew not believing him was one but...

Blue flinched when the pan clattered to the floor, and jolted worse at the door.

Feeling down wasn't a surprise. Having to quickly wipe her eyes with the back of her hand was. Stupid. He was stupid. Blue hurried over to pick up the pan, taking a deep breath before she turned her head to look at Kyogre.

"I... I'm really sorry about that, I don't know what got into him. He can be an asshole sometimes but he's really not... a bad guy... "

[oceanshaper]

Well, that had been quite an outburst. Kyogre shrugged, as if he understood, though he didn't really at all.

"It's okay. This day can send all kinds of people into all kinds of tizzies. I don't bla~me him though... my sister is a real bitch.."

He smiled wickedly, popping another dry pokeblok into his mouth.

"Liable to get any given dude into a sour mood, know what I mean? Didn't actually seem mad at you~"

[travelingbelle]

Blue crossed her arms over the pan, holding it against her chest as she glanced away. "I don't know..." She thought he had been. But maybe he wasn't? Who knew.

There was no use stewing on it, though. If Green was going to be upset, fine. He ran off before she could ask to talk to him privately anyway. Her day didn't have to be messed up, did it? Not entirely, at any rate. Kyogre was still there (HE WAS STILL THERE) and he was trying to smooth it over (OR SO IT SEEMED) and that was really... nice (REALLY NICE). Her heart ran a little faster at the realization and she nibbled her lower lip. What to do.

"I'll deal with it later," she mused out loud as she set the pan back on the counter where it had been. "I don't really want to think about his stupid face at the moment."

"Did you have any other plans for the day?"

[oceanshaper]

Kyogre leaned on the counter, eyes lingering on Blue's lips before meeting her eyes. He mirrored her nervous action, biting his own lip with disconcertingly teeth in contemplation. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he clapped with gloved hands.

"... Nope! You should let me repay you for the Pokebloks!"

[travelingbelle]

She blinked, her face immediately flushing pink once more.

"Huh? O-oh, you really don't have to! They're a gift!"

[oceanshaper]

He clasped his hands together, leaning forward just a bit.

"Oh, please? It would be my pleasure. The salary here might not be much, but it's more than a student makes. Ple~ase?"

[travelingbelle]

Oh now she was turning red. Blue tucked a bit of her hair behind her ear, her hand lingering near her cheek like the nervous school girl the little nano-pheromone-machines in her system was dictating her to be.

"W-well. How am I supposed to say no to that face? I guess you've won me over."

[oceanshaper]

"Perfect. Venue is your choice, of course."

[travelingbelle]

Blue gave it a bit of thought. "Actually, I think I'd prefer it if you picked. I'd like to see what kind of things you're interested in!"

She could have picked a thing, of course, but that would have been a waste of a good opportunity to get to know him better! That was pretty high up in her list of priorities at the moment, and the prospect made her a bit giddy.

[oceanshaper]

"Hmmm..." He brought a finger up to his chin in thought, as if he needed to think at all.

"Well, I'm always a fan of a good seafood meal. How do your thoughts range on that subject?"

[travelingbelle]

Huh, maybe suggesting a seafood buffet might have been a good idea after all. It was a passing thought that felt like it could have been a bit sour, but it was so fleeting compared to the prospect of getting to go somewhere with Kyogre that she hardly noticed.

She grinned. "They range in the positive spectrums! Some good blessings from the sea are always appreciated."

[oceanshaper]

He laughed out loud at that.

"I've never heard anything so true in my entire life! Perfect."

He offered his arm.

"Shaaa~ll we?"

[travelingbelle]

She glanced at his arm with stars in her eys and then-- WAIT hold up. "Oh! Just a second."

Blue made a quick movement to the counter, grabbing up the container of pokeblocks to shove into her bag. Starry eyed romance or no, she wasn't about to forget the treats she had made for her team out where anyone could gobble them up.

THEN she took his graciously offered arm, her grin a bit more sheepish as she chuckled. "Sorry. But yes, please, lead the way kind sir."