week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[scooptimistic]

... Right now?

[ help ]

[beatmatching]

Why not?

[ they're in public for one, but hey he's thought of that (barely). giant cylindrical fishtanks are good for hiding behind! he'll tug her behind one.

he should remember to see if there are any purple or pink fish in here after. ]

[scooptimistic]

[ Help. Maya lets out a surprised laugh, then shakes her head. ]

Fine. But just for a few seconds, okay?

[beatmatching]

Okay.

[ does he need to step back for this? does she need both her hands?

he'll step back after thinking about it and wait patiently. ]

[scooptimistic]

[ Probably wise. Maya extends an arm, concentrating--and a silvery arm lifts from it, a little translucent. A few more seconds and someone else emerges , fully. ]

This is Artemis.

[beatmatching]

[ luka wasn't sure what to expect, but his eyes light up when he sees the persona form. he's never seen anything like it, but in a way it does strike as familiar enough, being humanoid. the segyein come in all different shapes and sizes after all. ]

Artemis. [ he repeats, digging in his memory for where he's heard that name before. ]

Something about..the moon? [ give his brain a few more seconds to connect the moon shaped dots fully. also if he can he's going to try to poke artemis, hi! just in the arm but she can feel free to deck him so i can get bingo. ]

[scooptimistic]

[ She does not deck him.

But she does disappear immediately, so. Snubbed. ]

Exactly! She's the goddess of the moon and hunting. This Artemis isn't the exact same, but she's formed from that myth.

[beatmatching]

[ booo.

he's blinking at where she was. ]

Did you pick her? Or was she given to you? [ gods and myths are such a strange concept for him. ]

[scooptimistic]

She awakened in me one day. So no, I didn't pick the form she took.

[ And she had a different form before this one. ]

[beatmatching]

So she's really part of you.

[ if he's getting that right. ]

She's beautiful. [ he'll take her hand again so they can resume fish quest! ]

[scooptimistic]

Oh! Oh!!!

[ Oh, she's spotting a school of tiny bright purple fish, tugging Luka along with her. ]

Purple spotted!

[beatmatching]

[ he laughs in spite of himself. ]

Purple and yellow. You might be able to get extra points for that. [ it kinda looks like him tbh. ]

[scooptimistic]

It's a very you fish, now that I'm looking at them.

[ Wow. ]

[beatmatching]

Is it? How would you describe it? [ clearly playing because yeah, the colors.

maybe he just wants to hear her describe him as a fish. ]

[scooptimistic]

It looks very flashy but very solemn! Like it's seeing far beyond the present!

[ She's taking it seriously-- ]

[beatmatching]

[ pfft, not what he expected but he'll accept it with a smile. ]

I think I see it. Now it's my turn to find a beautiful pink one~ [ he did not forget the compliment he gave her just a bit ago!

let's see, let's see, there should be something here... ]

[scooptimistic]

It doesn't have to be beautiful! I accept cute pink fish, too!

[ And ugly ones, for that matter! ]

[beatmatching]

Found one!

[ not immediately, so hopefully she doesn't mind him taking her through the coral reef exhibit they're in. luka's Determined but he's also moving with a certain zeal and happiness.

behold a pink fish! several actually, darting in and out of their reef. ]

[scooptimistic]

Oh, they're cute!! [ She's delighted. ]

I like the traces of other colors, too.

[beatmatching]

And how bright they are.

[ that's how he spotted them in the reef even among the blur of other colors. ]

Now that we found them, do we both get a prize?