date 1 - beach group b

[snackcakeordeath]

🍰 You're here at the beach🏖️ with some of the people YOU rated the 🔥hottest🔥 in town, so get ready for your chance to make a summer memory that'll last forever☀️!

🍰 It's up to you to create the 💖best date ever💖. Pick your special someone or someones and find an activity to really wow 'em!

🍰 If sun and surf🏄 doesn't float their boat, then make your move during that gorgeous sunset, or around a bonfire in the evening--timing and activities🦈 are up to you.

🍰 You'll need a public thread with all of your teammates where at least 1 thing is done as a group👫👬. Feel free to have any number of additional threads, public or private, with individual or groups of teammates; the extra effort should pay off with both your datemates and your hosts. Assume that everyone has opportunities to be 💑alone👩‍❤️‍👩🏽 with each other person.

🍰 At the end of the dates💕, you'll play Marry💍/Kiss💋/Kill☠️ on your datemates. Rate your dates✌️🖕 and you're free to go--but remember, they'll be rating you, too😨🤞. Hopefully you pulled out all the stops for all your dates!😎⚰️

🍰 Need some activity suggestions?
+ Swimming, snorkeling, or surfing🏄
+ Kite flying, beach volleyball, or burying someone into a sand castle🐚
+ Scary stories, sparklers, or s'mores over the bonfire🎆
+ Don't forget suntan lotion, you wouldn't want your poor datemates to burn!👒

🍰 At the end of the day, vote here.

Comments

[you_like_ike]

Soren? He's seen me pierced by lances. I don't think he'll be upset.

[Nods, though.]

Alright.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Perhaps he won't be upset with you.

[whirls off dramatically, as one does. and then returns in a few minutes dragging a large cooler behind him]

Here.

[he drops a bottled water and a towel into Ike's lap, as well as a pair of swim trunks and some band-aids with dragons on them. in the meantime he gingerly attempts to get the li'l shark into said cooler]

[you_like_ike]

[Grunts as items are dropped onto him.]

You... didn't have to get all of this for me. But I appreciate it, thank you.

[Turns the bottle and bandages around in his hands, patiently figuring out how to open them. After a bit, he pours water over the bites.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Contrary to popular belief, I can actually be nice to other people when I feel like it. ...Though really, some fresh water really isn't much to ask for. You should have higher expectations.

[you_like_ike]

...Hm. [Glances at Kaiba and smiles a bit.]

If you're really only trying to "convince" me... you're very good at it.

[Peels bandaids open.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...

[they have adorable dragons on them they are kinda kid-sized but very cute]

...You don't have to wrestle any more sea life, unless you're just in the mood. But I can attempt to assist next time if you give me fair warning.

[you_like_ike]

Then I'll keep that in mind. I would be glad to have you at my side in battle. ...Even if, in hindsight, what I just did was pretty stupid.

[Sticks them on. His leg is going to look so cute.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...Playing devil's advocate, given that fighting is your livelihood, one assumes that you know what you can handle, and what experiences are going to help you in the future, correct?

[you_like_ike]

Mostly. But I've only been in real battles for a year. I was just training before then. There's things I'm still figuring out.

[Examining the dragon pictured on one of the leftover bandages.]

...Is this what the dragons look like in your country?

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Such as when to walk away from a fight?

[glances again at the bandages]

Some of them. European dragons tend to have larger wings and bodies, and longer limbs. Eastern dragons are longer and thinner, like snakes, and can fly from their own magic. Where I'm from, we tend to lean more towards the European influence, though you can find a mishmash of both. You have different dragons?

[you_like_ike]

I didn't realize there were so many dragon tribes. The ones I know of are black, red, and white dragons. Their country is isolationist, so it's rare to see them, but I've met a few. The Prince was very generous to us when our ship ran aground by their shore, but he couldn't actually allow us in because of the King's decree.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...You met a dragon? In real life?

[you_like_ike]

Yes. Their natural forms are at least twice as tall as me, and very strong... we were lucky to have one fight with us for a short time. In their form that looks like us, they don't have many distinguishing features like Ranulf does, but I hear they have incredibly long lifespans. The Prince was apparently over a hundred years old, but he looked younger and smaller than me, and had dark hair and red eyes.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[obviously thinking of something--then obviously nipping that thought in the bud and shaking his head]

That's an incredible opportunity, though. Such noble creatures...

[hesitates, then]

I met the spirit of a dragon, once. ...Possibly. It was probably some mass hallucination or some other trick. Even so, it left an impression on me.

[you_like_ike]

That sounds incredible, too. What sort of impression?

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Well, there was some of the old chosen one-reincarnation-fated warrior BS, but setting that aside... Dream or no, I just got a sense of power, but with grace and finesse. Intelligence and wisdom. It was...inspiring.

[you_like_ike]

Real or not, that is a fortunate experience.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

You're awfully generous. Most people would just say I was insane. If I wasn't so intimate with the situation, I'd agree with them.

[you_like_ike]

It sounds more like inspiration than insanity. You seem happy when you talk about it.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[shifts a bit]

...Whatever it was, it wasn't a bad memory. More importantly, how's your leg? No need to amputate?

[you_like_ike]

It's not bad. I don't think I even need a healer.

...I should change now. Like you said. Mind if I do it right here? I don't see anyone else nearby.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Doesn't matter to me. You probably haven't got anything I haven't seen before.

[you_like_ike]

[Stands and brushes sand off, stretching his leg to test it on the injury. Then gets to changing into swim trunks. He's faced away from Kaiba as he does. So if Kaiba is getting an eyefull, Ike doesn't even notice.]

...That's better. Maybe I'll go back into the water.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[He can neither confirm nor deny such an action taking place. He CAN (and does) check out the water for Jaws 2: the Return]

Go for it. Seems like no more unwanted visitors for now. Could be a good time for a float.

[you_like_ike]

Feel free to join me when you can. I could use a hand if anything else does come up.

[Wades back in. This time going deeper.]