Operation: Amy Pond's Blind Dating Service is a go!

[and_she_waited]

The redhead has been sitting at a table for a while now.

She hasn't made a fuss or otherwise stood out too much, but the keen eye will know she's been looking more gutted as the minutes tick on. Not so long ago, her husband left the ship* — all fine and well, he's gone off to find the Doctor and their way back home, though why Amy couldn't go with him is still beyond her. She's actually hoping that Q character shows up so she can punch him in the nose.

He doesn't, though. But you know what does start happening? Happy, smiling faces. People falling in love (like really in love, what's that about?). Romance, dinners. Is it Valentine's Day?

"Oh, bollocks," she mutters, because now she misses Stupid Face even more.

She can't be the only one, though. Lots of people here have been taken far from home, lots more even who don't have anyone they know by their side. For a moment she takes some comfort in that, but then it gets her thinking. What about that lot? What are we supposed to do when all these people are mooning over each other in plain view?

She looks to the left. She looks to the right. And then Mrs. Amelia Jessica Pond-Williams climbs up on her chair and stands on the table and shouts so the whole room can hear her.

"All right, everyone! Listen up! Lots of us spent Christmas on this boat away from home, so I say if we're gonna be stuck here for another holiday while everyone's spoutin' love at each other, maybe we should get to know each other better. Those of us who're here alone or separated from our loved ones, that is. Well, anyone! Point is, Amy Pond's Dating Service is now open! If you want to meet someone, today's your lucky day," she says, with a grand sweep of her hand.

She dismounts and strides over to the bar to see if she can get some serviettes to write on. Oh, right. Paper isn't much of a thing here, is it? To the replicator it is.

A few minutes later, there's a sign sitting on her table in colourful reds and pinks, and she's holding a clipboard in her hands.

~*BLIND DATING SIGN-UPS*~


[ *There will be a PL posted soon with more info about that! ]

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[tanteiotaku]

Shotaro rolled his eyes and came over to Amy. "What the hell kind of half-baked scheme are you up to this time, you crazy woman?" He jabbed an accusing finger at her papers. "Amy's Dating Service?" Of all the unnecessary, ludicrous things to start on this ship, and for it to be in her hands? That was just trouble in the making.

[and_she_waited]

"Oi, it's a fully-baked scheme, I'll have you know," she fires right back, swatting away his finger.

She's left to assume you're interested, Shout-aro. Why else would you step up?

"And you better watch your mouth or I'll set you up with someone horrid," she says.

[tanteiotaku]

He looked at her, aghast. "You're not setting me up with anyone! Matchmaking isn't for detectives." He swept his fingers along his hat. "This life is far too dangerous for just any dame..."

[and_she_waited]

She tries to hold it in, she really does... except she isn't trying very hard. She laughs, making a soft "pah!" sound.

"Yeah, all right," she snickers, rolling her eyes.

"Some detective you are. You can't even find your own love-life."

[tanteiotaku]

He leaned in her face. "I can find it just fine! There's plenty of beautiful women waiting for me at home! I don't need something like this during one of the biggest cases of my life. It's just a distraction." He really ought to lie better for being a detective.

[1st_starfighter]

Alex headed for her after a long debate with himself, and swallowed. She was hot! And seemed like she was nice! And... well, living in the future, it felt like he was alone, a lot of the time.

He squared his shoulders, and nodded to her as he go to the table. "I'd ah... I'd like to sign up, ma'am." His face was very red.

[and_she_waited]

Aww, wasn't he precious? Lucky Amy knows his type. She married one of them, after all.

"Brilliant," she smiles, "Name?"

[1st_starfighter]

Alex stood up taller and when she asked that, for some reason he found himself giving his full name. He had no reason to know it might cause a reaction.

"Yes, ma'am. Alexander Rory Rogan." He hated that full name, but, well, there you go.

[and_she_waited]

She starts writing it down before he gets his reaction, pen pausing on that second 'R'.

"Alexander Rory Rogan?" she repeats, blinking up at him.

"Which name do you go by?"

[1st_starfighter]

"Nowadays Alex. Went by Rory when i was a kid, but when my father left... just didn't feel right anymore."

He nodded.

[immutablysam]

What in the world... between the shouting, the lights, and the apparent scheme, far as Sam can figure it, this isn't quite like anything 'he's' experienced before. And were it not for a certain Orion making sure Sam know they weren't exclusive, Sam'd probably just leave it be anyway, and take it as another weirdness of this time and place.

But, seeing as she did, well, now this is just... weird. And worth poking into.

"So what's all this, then?"

[and_she_waited]

Amy waves her hand about the sign on her table like a game show host.

"Amy Pond's Blind Datin' Service, at your service," she delivers smoothly, flashing a smile.

"Lookin' for someone to spend the season with? Romance? Companionship? A decent shag? You've come to the right place!"

[immutablysam]

"Blind datin', huh? Interesting. Ain't heard of nothing like that before."

[and_she_waited]

"Then you should give it a go," she says, leaning forward.

He's a pretty sort, he won't have any trouble charming somebody else, Amy's sure. Just so long as the personality matches what's on the outside.

"Where do you come from?" she asks.

[immutablysam]

"All over the place, I s'pose. But on this ship, guess you mean world or time or something, right? Earth, 1819."

[bestworstqunari]

The sign, and the woman sitting behind it, certainly drew attenton. Bull was still uncomfortable with this place, but he didn't let that show as he got a drink from someplace with some species or culture he had never heard of before and ambled over to see what this was all about.

"So, what is a 'blind date', exactly?" He had a few ideas, but it was always best to make sure of things like that before hand.

[and_she_waited]

"Hello, big boy," Amy blurts, looking up at him.

Not that she's off-put by him or anything like that, but he strikes a figure doesn't he? It's been a while since she's seen an alien with horns. She almost missed it.

"Blind datin'. You put your name down with me, I ask you a few questions, and I find someone to pair you up with," she explains, dropping her voice a moment later; "what happens next is up to you. Don't be cheeky, though; this is a respectable business."

[bestworstqunari]

Bull couldn't help but grin at the greeting he gets from her, and he gives her a wink, although with the missing eye, the effect is largely lost. "That's a new one on my, but sure, I'll give it a shot."

It sounded like fun, and the kind of person who would sign up for this was definitely his kind of person.

[and_she_waited]

He still gets a grin out of her, even if it's hard to tell he's winking. She can guess at what he was going for. Cheeky indeed.

"Great," she enthuses, getting out her clipboard; "what's your name, handsome?"

It's just lightly teasing. She's happily married, she's got the ring on her finger and all, but she calls them like she sees them.

[bestworstqunari]

"I'm the Iron Bull." He could tell it was harmless and light, and that was fine with him. Even if they were never going to do anything, it was still fun to get and receive that kind of attention.

"Put me down for anything."

[whereishe]

Yuna didn't know many here even though she has been on the ship for awhile now. She looked at the sign curiously and decide it would be worth checking out. The woman behind the table looked nice.

"Blind date sign-ups" She reread the sign out loud looking at the girl curiously. "What... for?" Yuna had never had luck in love. Everyone she had had affection for ended up disappearing and leaving her alone.

[and_she_waited]

"Because this ship can get far too big sometimes," she answers in her Highlands accent, made soft from her own feelings of loneliness.

It won't last. Her boys are coming for her, she knows it. But for right now, it helps poking her nose into everyone else's love lives for a distraction.

"Not everyone here knows somebody, so I figured maybe I'd change that," she says.

[whereishe]

Yuna clasped her hands together with a wide smile. "That sounds like a great idea." At least while they are here they should met each other.

"Do you mind if I ask what you do on a date?"

[and_she_waited]

Amy beams. Of course it's a brilliant idea, it's her idea, isn't it? Shotaro can just shut up with his complaints, she's doing this ship a service.

" 'What you do on a date'?" she repeats, blinking; "have you never been on one before?"

[whereishe]

"I haven't" She slowly shook her head. "Is that strange?"

Yuna was 20 something and she has never been on a date before.. it was weird but she didn't really know that. Her world wasn't like Earth.