week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[scooptimistic]

Well, when you're a journalist, you have to find ways to see through the bullshit, so to speak.

[ Wow.

She eats one of the pretzel bites, debating this. ]

But I have to admit, getting to see past the golden sheen of some of the people here... I feel like I like them better underneath all of that.

And you're just perfectly you. [ Thank god for Shoko. ]

[irreversal]

[ MAYA SAID A BAD WORD!! But also, Shoko likes this side of her so much, even if she's a little surprised by what she said. ]

Am I...?

[ Well. Compared to many of their colleagues here, maybe she's not doing so badly after all. ]

Well, I'm glad if that's your impression. [ lol ] I never properly thanked you for being there when I was... feeling my drinks last week, come to think of it. So thanks.

[ BUT ALSO THIS AIN'T ABOUT HER— ]

A confession, though, huh...? It kind of feels like we're high schoolers again or something, doesn't it?

[scooptimistic]

[ Maya waves off any thanks rather breezily, though that just... makes her laugh, softly. ]

It does! I don't remember getting any confessions as a high schooler, but I was running around just as much back then. Go figure, right?

[irreversal]

[ Shoko has to wonder how many confessions Maya actually got that she just... didn't realize were confessions. . . . ]

I'm not surprised... I also wouldn't be surprised if you just never realized that you were getting confessions, heh...

[scooptimistic]

And how's your love life going?

[ ABORT. ]

[irreversal]

I haven't gotten any confessions this week.

[ NO ESCAPE. ]

[scooptimistic]

There's more to romance than confessions!!

[ STOP ]

[irreversal]

[ heheh... ]

Ehh..? [ the flattest ehh to ever ehh. ] Going on dates has been more fun than I thought it would be.

[scooptimistic]

Not counting this one, what's been your favorite so far?

[ Of course this one wins, it's a beer garden. ]

[irreversal]

My favorite...?

[ To her credit, she does seem to put some thought into this. ]

It's hard to say... It might be a tie with Poppy and Mame-chan, honestly. And yours?

[scooptimistic]

Fondue with Odile was fun and delicious!

[ Can't beat cheese and chocolate. ]

And I did enjoy the aquarium a lot, with Luka.

[irreversal]

[ she's real for that, but only the cheese half. ]

Hoh? Then what about Aventurine? He was the one that chose you for the ceremony last weekend.

[scooptimistic]

That was also fun! We wound up at a fancy buffet.

[ Maya burned a lot of calories and ate a lot of calories. ]

[irreversal]

I ended up somewhere fancy with Serpilia, too. It was a rooftop bar with a pool. They really go all-out on these dates, huh?

Oh, and I went to a Pompompurin Cafe with Yi Sang.

[ imagine them. at the pompompurin cafe....... ]

[scooptimistic]

Seriously??

[ Whoa-- ]

Pompompurin's that popular??

[irreversal]

He totally is. And, honestly, the food at the cafe wasn't bad either. If you end up going there, too, try the curry...

[ Shoko smiles as she drinks some more of her beer. ]

We hardly ever have time to go to these kinds of things at home, huh?

[scooptimistic]

Who has the time? [ With a little hand flap. ]

But I'll have to look into it. I'd never turn down a good curry.