BLIND DATES: A TABLES

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Who: We shall see.
What: BLIND DATES
Where: Restaurant off-campus.
When: 29th November, 2013.
Warnings: It is a mystery.
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[This restaurant is known for its seafood, steak, and sushi selection. The food is cooked in the open for the costumers to watch being prepared, the odd sound of fire flaring up on the grill heard as certain dishes are put together!

Despite the fancy entertainment the décor is simple and spacious, but not unsightly.There's a Japanese feel to the place, the colours of red and black dominating the furnishings. People are simply dressed, and invited diners are told to dress the same; not too formal, not too casual.

The music played matches the laid-back atmosphere, catchy but not distracting. Chatter mingles in with it, and may help to ease some dates this tonight. Or not.

The candles on the table here are-- candles? There are no candles here! But on the tables reserved for the academy, there's a card. Each card has a different letter-number combination. Find your table!]

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TABLE A1: Character whose name starts with G posts first

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[roses_are_blue]

The last time Garry did this, he had a lot of fun. He got the opportunity to dress and to eat a lovely meal. Plus, he made a new friend! Even though he left by now, this friend was wonderful to have around.

So now, he can do it all over again!

This place wasn't as classy, he was probably dressing too formal in a very sleek but simple navy blue button top, black dress slacks, and brown boots with a small heel.

[punchthedoritos]

Sonny, unfortunately, had not taken quite the amount of time to dress nicely as his Date had. He was in his regular blue shirt, grey undershirt and khaki shorts.

"Hiiii!" he sang out to the person sitting at A1. "Hey, our table number is A1! That's pretty cool, because this place serves really big steaks!"

He extended a hand, grinning. "I'm Sonny Moe! It's nice to meet you."

[the_blue_rose]

What a delightful man! Very casual and jolly. This was the reason why he signed up willingly. He could get a chance to meet someone nice to just be with. Meet new people. His luck seemed to turn for the good today. Though compared to him, Garry seemed overly gay dressed for the occasion. A bit of a bugger on Garry's part he would say, he took every opportunity to dress.

Garry politely and calmly took the hand.

"Garry, I'm the art teacher," he said in a very friendly greeting. Chuckling at his joke, "Haha, if I hadn't been here a while to see the A1 sauce, I probably would have seemed silly. So good on you for that joke!"

TABLE A2: Character whose name starts with F posts first

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[planking]

Flint didn't know why he kept getting signed up for these things... or why he always bothered to show up. This was definitely not his kind of place. They spent too much time making the food look fancy, you had to wonder if they remembered to make it taste good.

Oh well, he's survived these before. May as well sit down and get it over with.

[flowerofmtsilver]

A sweet smelling Venusaur wandered over to the table not too long after. Even if meeting new people did sometimes lead to pretty good experiences on these excursions, Vinnie really wasn't into the fancy restaurant scene himself, either.

He eyed the table, then Flint up and down for a second, before sitting down - it wasn't the first time he'd gotten paired with a guy, and the cowboy looked like he fit in just as much as Vinnie did. "Guess y'got me," he shrugged.

TABLE A3: Character whose name starts with E posts first

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[tearfulpartings]

Oh gosh. Oh gosh, oh gosh. What a neat place! There were so many things on the menu that Elizabeth had never heard of, she didn't know where to start. She had no idea why she was invited to a mystery dinner, but she wasn't the sort to really say no.

When her date arrived, however, they'd find that their spot at the hibachi table was next to an empty seat. Elizabeth had scooted away to look at other things in the restaurant while she waited, watching the other meals get made and oggling the sushi posters and generally being a giant tourist.

[itsjustrats]

The only reason he was here was because he was promised free food. Whether or not the free food was worth putting up with this pretentious dive remained to be seen. Garrett honestly did not care who his "date" was, or that she had run off, he was just waiting for someone to give him a drink.

TABLE A4: Character whose name starts with J posts first

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[jonny_talbain]

These again. Well, frankly, he didn't mind too much. The place was apparently known for it's steak and fish and if nothing else, a nice meal in bad company was better than just bad company.

He took his seat and rested his chin on his hand and waited. He was wearing his whitest T'shirt and some normal, non-purple trousers. The first one of these he went to was where he'd met Eli, and she'd become a friend to him so there was always some hope that this evening would be likewise pleasant.

He ordered a glass of water to keep himself occupied while he waited for whoever it was to show up.

[hawkhearsyou]

This had become routine at this place. Ulki almost wondered that if he deliberately signed up next year, maybe he wouldn't get an invitation. Practically everybody he'd gotten set up with was also roped in against their wishes. Maybe this was an event only for the unwilling.

With measured steps, Ulki arrived at table A4 and took a seat in front of Jon, his wings spanning out and folding back in in a practiced motion.

"...Hello."

TABLE A5: Character whose name stats with P posts first

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[pitticus]

Pit had gotten into the swing of doing this every year. While it released butterflies into his chest at the prospect of 'dating' someone, even if just for a night, his past one with Cilan had been pleasant, and finding out who your partner was for the night filled him with eager anticipation. Plus, who could say no to free grub?

He showed up first to his table, like he often did, and sat down, glancing up at his environment every now and then while scanning the menu for words he recognized to pass the time.

[blazebottom]

Riwane wouldn't be too far behind. At first she had been hesistant, not having remembered ever putting in for a blind date, but as most knew, she never backed out of a challenge... Even if this wasn't technically a challenge!

Nonetheless, she came through looking around to try and find where she'd be dining at. The place was pretty cool and she was smiling the moment she saw flame erupt every now and then at the preparation of some meals. One she spotted her table and noticed her date had arrived before her, Riwane smiled and moved towards it as she waved with a big, amiable smile.

"'Ey there!"

TABLE A6: Character whose name starts with M posts first

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Whoever got this human failure as a date, I'm kind of sorry.

[butterbelieveamanspromise]

He'd signed up on a whim. It was like the posters were nagging him, constantly reminding him of the idea every time he passed down the halls until the notion wouldn't leave him alone and he kept holding onto the prospect of going out for one night on a date with a cute girl. That was something he'd always wanted, and now that he was what, 19 years old, he found himself often stewing in the internal crisis of having burned up his youth without actually getting to be the one behind the wheel of those experiences that should have been unforgettable ones he would carry on into the rest of his life. One of those experiences he yearned for was love.

...Not that he was any good at it and he knew it well. Any time he tried to ask a girl out, he wound up sounding more like he was threatening them. It was such a persistent problem that he was beginning to lose hope in ever getting laid. This weird alien planet of a city may not be what he knew, and the chicks here might be a little quirky sometimes, but that didn't mean he wasn't willing to give the dice a roll.

Mondo showed up and found himself at a place that was a little reminiscent of home. He never thought the mere sight of paper screens would be so welcome to him. It looked like a weird mix-match of a sushi restaurant and a teppanyaki place, though, but he didn't think too hard about it as he sat down and glanced around nervously, mentally preparing himself (but failing) every time a customer filed in. He'd actually cleaned up his look a little and wore a dress shirt, though he popped the buttons down on it enough to show off his man cleavage. He waged an internal fight with himself that he was losing- the urge to succumb to his anxiety and completely throw all his chances to the wind. And his date wasn't even here yet!

Hahaha this is awesome :p

[punchtheboner]

It'd be fun! they said... You need to go out more! they said... It's only one night, you'll be fine, just have fun!... Well she wasn't having it! Nope, no, she had things to do and none of them included this tomfoolery! And yet at the responsibility of having been put in by whoever (Which if she ever found out they'd be having a bad time once she caught them,) Mawrow found herself having to fulfill the arrangement.

Mainly because she always felt sorry or sad whenever someone got stood up in her novelas. It sucked, and she wasn't about to let anyone go through that. So, dolling herself up a little and taking her wide behind to the restaurant, the tailed humanoid finally came through the doors. She took a second to look around and the take the surroundings in. Not her cup of tea, but she figured she could learn a few new things from the food here to maybe experiment at home later.

Mawrow made her way to the assigned table, a small smile in place as to not be rude of course and finally reached her date... Okay, so his choice of hairstyle was odd and it reminded her more of maybe a Charmeleon who got his horn grown backwards, or an Axew, but at least he was fit which was always a good thing.

"Hello," was pretty much all she would say for now.

TABLE A7: Character whose name starts with C posts first

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[makesitcool]

If it wasn't for a fun night out meeting someone new, signing up for a blind date was for a healthy distraction from his own disturbed thoughts. From meeting ghosts of both a brother he killed and a lover he lost, to conquering his inadequacies but falling short of even that and finding himself longing for home, Cress was a troubled guy.

Dressed sharply, he made his way over to his table and sat down to wait, finding his train of thoughts dipping back down into uneasy territory. The placid smile he wore like a decoration alone faded fast as he sunk his eyes into the table to wish that this date could be one with Celes. His shoulders felt cold suddenly, a weight that was like an iceberg sinking down into his being. He regretted not bringing another layer.

In the meantime, though, he got a text from Chili to pass the time. Better not text while on your date, though, Cress!

[iksb]

It's not like Mukuro would have minded anyway. In one of the moments that Cress was distracted looking at his phone, Mukuro had snuck in and managed to seat herself down in the chair across from Cress. She was dressed in a black dress that clung to her - but was still relatively modest and was long enough to conceal the survival knife Mukuro kept strapped to her inner thigh out of force of habit.

Now to wait... until her date put his phone down.

TABLE A8: Character whose name starts with I posts first

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it's k you butts

[forgetbeam]

It was around this time last year that Kiyotaka unwittingly got himself involved in his first blind date. Of course, when he got a note with a time and location on it this time around, he thought nothing of it - until he actually arrived at the restaurant and saw the card on the table.

This time he knew what was up immediately, and he had half a mind to leave. But it would be unfair to just leave whoever his date was meant to be just hanging like that, so the least he could was wait so he could explain it to him in person. Maybe there'd be a chance they didn't want to be signed up for the whole thing to begin with, and then they could both enjoy their free meal without any pressure and head back to the school.

While he waited, he read over the menu, pausing at every other sushi item, because what the hell was that, that was not sushi, why were there avocados.

the butt is actually me

[star_punched]

Maybe you won't feel so bad? Well because, today you are gonna see someone you know. And not a total stranger.

Mac signed up willingly just so he could get a chance to hang out with someone new or someone he already knew (new knew). He dressed casually and went into the restaurant with the note. And casual for Mac was a good pair of jeans and a decent shirt. It was a sushi place and Mac had sushi...once or twice. But uh, fancier food.

He was excited. Little did he know his "date" was a fellow student, a fellow boxing club attendee, and fellow leader of the discipline committee that he even entered.

He knew this was it from the get go, might as well make it official. He greeted Ishimaru how he usually does with everyone.

"Ishimaru! Hey!" Mac exclaimed with a grin.