week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[scooptimistic]

I know how to drive a car! So maybe this isn't that different.

[ Popping her own helmet on. ]

[reverso]

[Surely that’s good enough and won’t end in disaster.]

And I don’t even know how to do that. The instructions for this thing sounded easy enough, at least.

[Their karts await them, and it’s a short stride over to the track’s starting line.]

Turn the wheel, push down on the accelerator. Try not to crash. Simple.

[scooptimistic]

Right! I hope you know, even if you don't have experience, I won't go easy on you!!

[ Out of respect! ]

[reverso]

I'd expect nothing less, Maya. Just don't cry when I'm suddenly two laps ahead of you, and you realize, "Mon dieu, that man really is so impressive, I was a fool to challenge him!"

[HEH.

With that closing remark, purposefully teasing, he's going to settle into his go-kart. What a very alien thing to him... fascinating.]

[scooptimistic]

[ Here's hoping he can even start it. But Maya scrunches her nose at him playfully before he departs, and she settles in her own go-kart.

They're giving the signal to start shortly after, and Maya revs it up, hits the pedal--

And majestically careens right into a pile of tires. ]

[reverso]

[Thankfully, he's so unfamiliar that he doesn't go zooming down the track as soon as the signals tells them to start. Just enough time to watch her crash straight into a big pile of tires.

Help.

Well of course he's getting out and jogging over, removing his helmet.]

M-maya?!

[GIRL?]

[scooptimistic]

[ Hilariously, the pile also.

Topples over onto her.

There's just a hand sticking out. ]

[reverso]

Putain-

[GIRL NO

Okay, well, that's worrisome. He drops his helmet outright as he begins to hurriedly move the tires aside. Somewhere in the background, the staff is scrambing, and there's an announcement over the tinny PA to pause the race.

You okay under there, Maya?]

[scooptimistic]

[ With his help, she'll be unearthed!

And, miraculously, be completely unscathed? ]

Whew--! That surprised me!

[reverso]

[THANKFULLY unscathed. He looks her up and down as he makes sure she steadies herself on her feet.]

Are you all right? You scared me!

[scooptimistic]

Sorry, sorry! The steering wheel got away from me and then it got all dark!

[ Flapping a hand. ]

No harm done!

[reverso]

[Well. She seems fine? Verso cautiously allows the tension to unspool from him.]

Got away from you? Was something wrong with the kart?

[Clearly she can’t be so bad a driver to immediately crash into the wall .5 seconds in right-]

[scooptimistic]

Clearly! Thank goodness it stopped when it did!

[ No. This is all Maya's fault. ]

[reverso]

[Yeah thank goodness-]

You mean thank goodness there were a pile of tires there and not a wall.

[Mental wheeze. It sure didn't look like it stopped.]

Are you still feeling up to another go, or...?

[He'd get it if not.]

[scooptimistic]

Of course I am! I have to defeat you in righteous go-kart combat!!

[ WE GOTTA. ]

[reverso]

Uh-huh. Well, try to make it at least one lap this time!

[She seems fine so it's probably okay. The staff members have finally run up to check on them, and Verso explains that it was likely a problem with the kart itself. They look momentarily dubious, but ultimately nod, and say they'll check it out — in the meantime, they'll sort them another kart and reset the race.

So, slight timeskip! Here they are again! Seated in the go-karts and about to start!!]

Remember: no crashing!

[scooptimistic]

Got it!!

[ And they're off!

To her credit, Maya does get at least halfway through a lap before she.

Crashes.

Gloriously. ]

[reverso]

[At least it's gloriously.

Did she crash into more tires again—?]

[scooptimistic]

[ She did not. But she managed to flip the car??

She's fine. Sincerely, she's fine-- ]

[reverso]

[IS SHE THO-

Second verse, same as the first. Except Verso is VERY MUCH running over to her once he's out of his vehicle, trying to prop hers back up. Carefully, assuming she isn't MANGLED in there-]

Maya!!

[GIRL WHY THIS]

[scooptimistic]

[ Truly, she is once again... miraculously unscathed.

Though she is stuck in there, so thanks for righting that vehicle. ]

Oof--! Maybe I'm rusty...

[reverso]

[And once again, the staff can be seen scrambling panickedly in the background.

Up goes the vehicle, and he's gonig to help her out anyway.]

Are you sure that's just it? Maybe... go-karting isn't really your thing.

[scooptimistic]

Oh, come on--I'm fine! Third time's the charm!

[ Except a staff member, volunteered by their peers, is slowly coming over to politely ask Maya to leave the track. She understands, surely. ]