ten_fwd | Mrs. Amelia Jessica Pond-Williams Cordially Invites You to Get Your Freak On {Blind Date Mixer!}

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Mrs. Amelia Jessica Pond-Williams Cordially Invites You to Get Your Freak On {Blind Date Mixer!}

In some wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey universe where it is a perfect Saturday night ~~and certainly not a Sunday afternoon~~, one can walk into a lounge out in the heart of space and see it made over with candles and linen tablecloths and red rose centerpieces. It's not anything quite as grand as what Q could do. Amy is using the romance of the room: windows looking out across the stars, soft lighting; she even has a trio in one corner playing flute, cello, and violin.

As you walk into Ten Forward, you'll see a sign which says ♥ BLIND DATING TONIGHT, 7PM ♥ and a redhead standing by with those name tags you stick on your shirt that say HELLO MY NAME IS ______ and a clipboard of seat assignments. Not all the tables are taken; even if Amy's first go at this had been that big of a success, the woman in charge, Guinan, insisted the room stay open for other patrons. She's taken mostly the tables around the outside of the room, where there is the best view of space and a little privacy, and each of those tables has a number on it.

If your name is on her list, you'll get a name tag and a little card with your table number on it. "Here you go. The bar's open while you wait, I bribed Guinan t' have out the real stuff, so you can tell her I sent you. No gettin' carried away, though. And no funny business, you treat your date with respect or I'll have you by the ear before night's out. I'll be round if you need anything."

Once everyone's been checked off her list, she's going to settle at the bar and have a drink. Match-making's hard business, but she truly thinks she outdid herself this time.

[ooc: So for everyone who's been on a blind date before, you know the drill. You and your partner will get a card with your table number, introductions can happen there and where it goes after that is up to you! The Date Gone Wrong scenarios are here if you need a refresher. You can mingle with other participants at the bar; after all, this is all about meeting new people! Threadhop, tag around, tag someone you might not otherwise meet, have fun with it. Again, you don't have to use this post, you can make your own locked posts for your dates, but this should give you a good idea of the setting you have to work with. Amy will be close by if anyone needs her, and I will be available all night if anyone needs me! HAVE FUN. :D]

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"The planet itself gives you its strength..." That wasn't too unbelievable. Perhaps all worlds were similar, that way. "I hope for your people's sake that you're right, then."

"It's how we are able to use magic too." Yuna held out her palm collecting ice in her hand as a quick display before letting it vanish back into air.

"Either way, we've been living like that for over a thousand years."

So they probably weren't in any immediate danger.

Philip tilted his head and gazed out over the Fuuto scenery. An idea came to him. "You should program a simulation of Spira!"

"I've thought about it and I tried once but I don't know where to describe." She looked over at him with a wide smile.

"It's a pretty big place.

"I suppose it must be." That's why he still hasn't gone and programmed the rest of Fuuto. It would be far too much of a hassle. "Well, perhaps Q will grant us the opportunity to see one another's worlds some day."

Yuna laughed softly. "I hope so. I think you'd like Spira. There are a lot of areas that when you think about it, don't make a lot of sense."

He appeared to be the type interested in that sort of thing but then she didn't know him very well. She smiled looking closer at the strange windmill. "What's this for?"

That did sound intriguing...

He followed her gaze upward. "Ah, that's a turbine. When the wind blows it, its kinetic energy is converted into electricity."

"Ah, I guess that is helpful." She looked back at him smiling. "Thank you for sharing this with me."

It was amazing. She hadn't expected anything like this.

"It's not a problem. The program is publicly accessible, after all." Because Fuuto is a great city and everyone should get to see it.

"...ah, yes, we were in the middle of dinner, weren't we..."

Yuna laughed. "We were but it's alright." Her hands swung at her sides as she walked in a circle looking out over the city.

"This was a lot fun. It's perfect."

"I'm glad." He smiled a bit smugly. His first date had been a rousing success, and he hadn't even intended to go on it in the first place. He doubted Shotaro had done as well.

Yuna didn't really have anything to compare it to since it was a first for her but she had fun which was all that really matter. She looked over at him with a nervous smile.

"But how do you know when a dates over? We didn't eat anything." They way it had been explained to her was it ended after dinner. Which was something they seemed to have skipped.

That was a very good question. Philip had never been on a date before. "Let me see... Other date activities include dancing, watching movies, kissing, and sharing dessert."

Yuna turned red waving a hand in the air. "But we can't do all of that can we? Is it suppose to be so long?"

She wished she knew what they were suppose to do next. She wished that she had asked about it when she signed up. Yuna paused lightly scratching her finger along her cheek. "What would you want to do next then?"

He tilted his head in thought. "Amy Pond mentioned a food called fondue. I've never had it before."

Yuna's head tilted to the side. "What is that?" It sounded like something fancy.

"Can we get it here?"

"It's a type of melted cheese that you can dip other foods into." He glanced around. "Apparently the holodeck can create food utilizing replicator technology. So we could very well eat here. If you'd like?"

Without waiting for a response, he addresses the computer. "Computer, make it nighttime, and add a table for two of the specifications found in Ten Forward right here." He gestured, and a table appeared as the sky dimmed and turned black.

Yuna smiled as the sky shifted to dark. She watched as the lights of the city went on one by one. It was a sight she wasn't used to and she felt a little giddy as she watched. After a moment she walked over to the table her smile wide as she sat.

"I didn't know you could do that here." She leaned her elbows on the table meeting Philips gaze. "What foods do you dip in cheese?" It sounded like a silly question but Yuna wasn't used to such complicated meals.

"Let's fine out." He grinned widely. "Computer, one fondue meal." When it started to ask for clarification, he shook his hand dismissively. "Of any sort."

A pot of melted cheese materialized on the table between them. Surrounding it were several small, fancy slices of bread, some fruits and vegetables -- both familiar and alien -- and some kind of little alien mollusks. A glass of wine for each of them appeared as well.

Well, this certainly was fancy. Philip couldn't wait to recount it to Shotaro.

Yuna smiled as her eyes looked down at the food that spread out in front of them. She took up an apple slice and ate it forgetting for a moment about the cheese.

"Oh. Your suppose to use this." She flushed slightly picking up the longer fork and then skewering a piece of bread onto it. "Like this?" She held it up to Philip before dipping it into the cheese.

"I assume so." He took his own long fork and skewered some fruit, then dipped it into the cheese pot. Good thing she'd gone first or he probably have just used his fingers.

She dipped her bread into the cheese and then spent a lot of time rotating the bread until the stringy cheese stopped being attached to her bread. Her smile was wide as she ate the piece and moved for another.

"It is really good." This time Yuna took an apple slice trying it with the cheese before taking a sip of her drink.

"Such a fascinating concept," he said. "Who could have come up with such a brilliant idea?"

Yuna laughed taking a sip of her wine before attempting to control the stringy cheese again. "I don't know but it tastes good." Not that you could go wrong with cheese and fruit.

"Thank you by the way."

He tilted his head, mouth full of fruit. As far as Philip was concerned, this was really all Amy Pond's doing.

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