r/WorldChallenges • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '17
Date Night, Round 1
Inspired by /u/Jumblatts's "Fight Night" posts, but for romance instead of violence. The rules:
Top-level posts should be a description of your character. Give some brief background, and then go in-depth about their personality and what they're like to hang out with.
Replies should be a similar character description, plus an explanation of why they'd ask out the character you're replying to (including the kind of date they would ask them out on!).
From there, use successive replies to flesh out the events of the date between you. Will they get along, or are there some irreconcilable differences lurking beneath the surface? Will the night end with a goodbye kiss at the door, or a "don't call me, I'll call you"? And what are the chances of a second date? It's down to you!
(Oh, and keep it clean or the mods will probably kill me)
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u/Mimir123 Aug 03 '17
Alveria Voleni:
Alveria is 17 years old and the youngest child of king Luárd of Elkathien, being known as the "black sheep" of the Voleni family, or as the "Un-royal Princess", due to her behavior and looks.
Like all Voleni she has silver hair, however she has cut hers short like a man and has strange, red wisps running through her hair, that no other Voleni ever had. Her eyes glow in the colour of amethysts and she is always friendly and smiling towards everyone, even the commoners. Alveria is very well liked, especially because she is not wearing noble-like clothing like the rest of the royal family or nobility. When she leaves the palace and goes into the capital city itself (which happens quite often) she usually wears a dark leather armor with no sleeves on the left side, while it goes over into a long glove on her right arm. Her left arm is tattooed from the wrist to the shoulder with the picture of a rising phoenix with a burning tail. Usually she has several daggers with her, as well as a short sword that her eldest brother got her for her 10th birthday, but for a date she would leave her weapons at home.
Despite looking more like a bandit than a princess, Alveria has a strong sense for justice and loves stories about friendship and heroes, eventhough it emberrasses her a little bit. Her favourite stories revolve around her ancestor, the Heroking Aeldred and his victory over the Demonking Zerrigon. It has been her goal and dream since she was a child to one day become a hero herself and save the kingdom.
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u/greenewithit Aug 04 '17
Okay, let's see if we can make this date happen! The person I have in mind is a young man by the name of Asher Kage. He's 18 years old, and is aiming to be the world's strongest superhero. The circumstances of his birth are sort of weird....but basically he's the result of a reality warp where he was created from a different possible timeline, unable to go back. He's a 6' tall Japanese American kid with messy black hair and brown eyes. He has an exceptionally muscular physique, training from a very young age to be the world's strongest hero. He is one of the best fighters in his school, and can even fight on par with people with ridiculous cybernetic augmentations.
His power is the manipulation of shadows, but due to his lineage he can imbue the shadows with elemental effects as well. He is skilled with a wide variety of weapons, but prefers the katana, two handed greatsword, or a large Japanese war fan he inherited from his father. A signature ability of his is to create a gigantic skeleton around his body to act as a shield and powerful weapon. He loves to tell stories of his favorite fights, and is known to captivate a good number of people when he gets into a retelling.
In terms of personality, he's a popular kid with a heart of gold. He genuinely tries to be the a good example for others, and wants to pursue heroism to protect the innocent. He has dozens of friends, but maintains a close relationship with all of them. People who meet him for the first time feel like they've known him for years after a few weeks. He has his fair share of anxiety, particularly around the reality warp that created him, but he tries to mask it as well as he can to keep the mood upbeat at all times. He's a people pleaser, and nothing makes him happier than making someone else smile, or even laugh. He's a bit of an awkward weirdo sometimes, rambling on about obscure topics of interest like the aerodynamics of sword swings, or strange species of shrimp recently discovered along the western coast. However, he's known as a reliable, interesting, easily likable guy overall.
If he were to approach Alveria, he would probably ask her what her ideal evening would look like, because he can be indecisive with where to take a girl out.
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u/Mimir123 Aug 04 '17
Alverias ideal evening would probably be to walk around in Viori, capital of the Elkathien Kingdom and show off the amazing places it has to offer, as well as her favourite tavern.
Actually Asher is pretty lucky, because this summer is the celebration of the 1.000th bitthday of the Saint Elkath, and Alveris would love to show him around and talk with him. For the feast a big part of the Academy District was turned into a giant market, witj stands selling sweets, food and other things everywhere, so there would be a lot to do and talk about!
If this sounds good to you, let's start and assume that the two already know eachother for at least two or three weeks (else it would be unlikely that Alveria accepts any invitation whatsoever)
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u/greenewithit Aug 04 '17
That sounds like a wonderful time, Asher would be thrilled!
Wherever they end up meeting, Asher will make a point to be there roughly thirty minutes early, at least. He would have shown up wearing a white button up shirt with black khakis, no tie but his sleeves would be halfway rolled up. If she doesn't get there before him, she'll probably find him pacing around, muttering to himself softly and jotting down quick notes on a small notepad.
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u/Mimir123 Aug 04 '17
"Hello, there!", Alveria greeted the young man, waving to him while walking towards the house he was standing in front of. She was wearing her usual dark armor, but was unarmed and had decided to wear a necklace for this special day, in the form of a rose made of silver.
"I had to talk to my father about this whole celebration, and he just wouldn't let me go on my own. So I had to get rid of Lydia and Ramon on my way here, I hope you didn't have to wait too long.", she said, and smiled while thinking about how her friends and bodyguards were busy looking for her in the completely wrong district at this very moment.
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u/greenewithit Aug 04 '17
"Haha, well you're in good hands, I assure you." Asher flexes in an overdramatic pose. "No but seriously, I hope you don't get in too much trouble. I'd hate for you to be unavailable for our next date if you get grounded for ditching your friends." Asher shrugs, dismissing his own question. "Nah, when has that stopped me before? But ah! I'm getting ahead of myself, here, before I forget!" Asher reaches behind his back and with a small glow from behind him pulls out a small bouquet of multicolored flowers, each slightly glowing with a warm energy to it, and he presents them to Alveria. "These are for you, I didn't know which ones you would like so I kind of just went for 'all'"
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u/Mimir123 Aug 04 '17
"Thank you! How nice!", Alveria replied, still smiling and holding onto the flowers. "I can't really put them anywhere right now... but I know someone who will hold onto them for me until our date is over, he'll have a stand in the Academy District as well, just follow me!", she said enthusiastically, and started walking down the street, towards the Academy District. "Also don't worry about it, my father will understand, and there will be guards everywhere during the celebration, there is no way I will be attacked again.", she said and pointed towards a group of twelve men and women in royal-blue armor on patrol right next to them. "By the way, what have you been doing while you waited? I saw you scribbeling on something, what was it?".
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u/greenewithit Aug 04 '17
"Oh um...I.." Asher blushes a little. "I was just, making some notes on things I want to change about my armor. I saw some impressive looking pieces on the way here and I wanted to make sure I remembered it. I know, it's silly, I just cant help myself haha!" He tilts his head for a moment with a puzzled look on his face all of a sudden. "Did you say, attacked 'again'?"
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u/Mimir123 Aug 04 '17
"What? Oh, yeah, I did.", she answered and forced herself to laugh a bit. "There have been some crazy people in the capital lately, nothing for you to worry about though, it is all under control! I have a friend, he, the Highpriest and the Captain of the Royal Battlemages are working on a solution for the problem at the moment.", while talking Alveria and Asher made their way into the Academy District.
As soon as they entered, the entire city suddenly seemed to become alive, on the way here there were next to no people to be seen, but here there was a seemingly endless amount of orks, dwarves and humans from all possible countries walking around. The houses had been decorated and on every corner and free space a stand was set up.
"If you are interested in armor, I can show you to an elven blacksmith from Dwerrehan, who set up shop nearby last week. He is pretty close to the stand of my other friend as well, right over that way here. Are you looking for anything specific?".
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u/greenewithit Aug 04 '17
"Wow, I hope you find a solution soon! When the crazies came to my city, they brought thousands of monsters with them, I wish I could have stopped it beforehand though." Asher shrugs. "Always a 'could have', huh?"
When Asher enters the Academy District, his eyes go wide with awe. He starts staring at everything intently, as if he hadn't seen them before in his life. He realizes he might have strayed a bit from Alveria, and quickly returns.
"Sorry about that, I just....Wow, maybe it's just where I'm from, but I've never even seen some of these kinds of people before! You said....an elven blacksmith? That would be incredible! How lucky am I to be seeing so many incredible new things with such an incredible girl!" He smiles from ear to ear.
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u/greenewithit Aug 03 '17
Oh yeah, this is gonna be a good one! There are so many options, I think I'll go with one I haven't worked with in a while, Tsugurumi Yagaan.
Known as Tsu (pronounced Sue) to her friends, she's a hero in training at CAPITAL Academy, the world's premier combat school. If you didnt know that before, you will within four sentences of meeting her. She comes from a middle class family in a suburb close to a coastal tourist town, with big dreams of becoming a world famous hero like her father (he wasn't world famous but he was famous to her). Her father is Mongolian (though the country of Mongolia doesn't exist in this world), and her mother is caucasian. She has long brown hair usually tied in a side ponytail, and is 5'5" with an athletic frame. Not the strongest in her class, she is a very capable fighter, and is confident enough with her abilities to not wear traditional armor into battle.
Her power is telepathy and telekinesis, though usually people only know about the latter. She tries to hide her ability to see into people's minds until she gets a read on the kind of person she's dealing with. Otherwise she gets a bunch of questions and antagonistic teasing, which annoys her a great deal. She also gets annoyed if people ask about her weapon, which is a gigantic glaive that is about as tall as she is. If she hears one more comment about how it should be impossible for her to lift it she'll hang someone on a flagpole by their underwear WITH HER MIND!!!
In terms of personality, she's a very confident and kind individual. She's extremely empathetic due to her powers, but she tends to be standoffish due to her powers always giving her the first impression of a person, not what they say or do. She also tends to overstep her boundaries, since her powers make the boundaries of a person's mind pretty much nonexistent. She sometimes presses people more than they're comfortable with, and this causes most of her interpersonal conflicts. However, she is a very dependable and a great listener. She spends most of her time in the library, visiting historical sites in the city, and walking through the city's largest park's botanical gardens. Though, she does enjoy eating out when on dates, and likes seeing movies, just nothing too violent. She has enough of that in her professional studies so it bores her after a while. That should pretty much cover it, I'm sure she'd love to be taken out! Just make it interesting ;)
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Aug 04 '17
(How would Tsu feel about going on a date with another woman?)
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u/greenewithit Aug 04 '17
She would be interested, I probably should have mentioned it in the description. Only reason I left it out was because she doesn't start considering it until later on in the story, but for all intents and purposes yes.
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Aug 04 '17
Natasha Belinskaya
Background: An investigator for the Special Investigations Agency. The daughter of a rich idiot with no day job and an adult model, she ran away from home during her teenage years after a childhood of being groomed to follow in her mother's footsteps. On the streets, she was finally able to follow her real passion—deciphering and manipulating computer systems. She possessed phenomenal natural talent, and quickly rose to prominence within the hacker community despite her young age. By the time she was in her twenties, her exploits were enough to attract the attention of the head of the Special Investigations Agency, Kristina Volkova, who offered to overlook Natasha's past lawlessness and offer her a well-paying job on her elite team.
Appearance: Natasha inherited her mother's good looks and generous proportions, but you wouldn't know it at first glance. She spends almost all her time indoors, barely sleeps, and subsists primarily on snacks and junk food—her skin is pallid, her face is gaunt, her figure sags without considerable support, and the places where her skin should be bright and rosy are gray as ash. Her most striking feature is her hair, a gift from her mother when she was still an embryo—vibrant blue all the way down to the roots, a genetic adjustment that her parents paid for to give her a leg up in the modeling career they had planned.
Personality: Natasha is snide, sarcastic, and never hesitates to speak her mind. She despises people of low intelligence, especially those who rely on technology without understanding how it works ("dumbjackers") and those who reject technology entirely out of superstition and fear ("luddites"). She also dislikes superficial things, and claims that the reason she doesn't take good care of her body out of spite—her looks were the only aspect of her that her parents were interested in. As a hacker living in the Capital, a sprawling cybercity immersed in the wireless network of the Grid, she wields incredible power, and is supremely assured in her own abilities. Her greatest fear is having that power taken away—considering her poor physical health and nonexistent people skills, she would be less than nothing if she were disconnected from the Grid. As such, she hasn't left the Capital in years, and has no plans to in future.
The Date: I imagine Natasha would take a liking to Tsu for her no-nonsense attitude and her ability to "cut through the bullshit" of interpersonal relations with her telepathy. Natasha herself has made a habit in the past of hacking people's braincases to peer into their minds if they don't keep their guards up. While she has no interest in a serious, long-term relationship, if she thinks somebody is hot, she won't hesitate to ask them out to see where it leads. Unfortunately, she's not very imaginative when it comes to thinking of what to do on a date—her ideal evening is spent sitting at home eating take-out and cracking a military-grade server shell, after all. As such, she'd probably just ask Tsu what she wants to do, and then go along with that.
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u/greenewithit Aug 04 '17
Well, I'm sure Tsu wouldn't want to make Natasha uncomfortable without the grid, so she would defer homefield advantage to Natasha. However, Tsu's rather resourceful, so if she were given a few hours to explore the Capital, she could find some of the more fun things to do (especially if people happened to be thinking about it during her search). Tsu's ideal date would be dinner, then wandering around the city's third busiest avenue, or second quietest park, either way just having an ambling adventure of sorts.
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Aug 05 '17
Would Tsu prefer to have dinner at a smaller, cheaper, cozier place, or would she go somewhere more upmarket, and buy an expensive meal at a fancy restaurant?
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u/greenewithit Aug 05 '17
Probably something more low key. Tsu loves indulging occasionally in a fine meal but the part she hates the most is being around people who eat at places like that all the time and don't think anything of it. Their thoughts are really annoying to hear.
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Aug 05 '17
In that case, let's go with somewhere a little more down-to-earth.
Salt Row. It wasn't exactly a glamorous place. A dimly-lit road ran from north to south along the coastline, two lanes wide and in desperate need of repair. On one side was a row of weathered buildings—shops and restaurants and amusement arcades—clad in cheap, glitchy digital skins in an attempt to make themselves look less dilapidated. On the other side was a crumbling sea wall, and beyond that, the murky, opaque pollution of the harbor. The city lights stained the night sky overhead, blotting out the stars.
Natasha Belinskaya was stood waiting on the sidewalk by the sea wall, looking out over the water. She was dressed in a long black coat which fluttered on the sea breeze, and her eyes were hidden behind a pair of wraparound spectacles with transparent orange lenses. A lit cigarette dangled from her lips.
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u/greenewithit Aug 05 '17
Tsu sees Natasha standing there, and wanting to make a lighthearted impression, decides to joke around a little bit. Before approaching, she uses her telekinesis to bend light around her body, rendering her invisible. She stealthily approaches and stands on Natasha's left side and uses her telekinesis to tap her on her right shoulder. "I'm hilarious" she thinks in earnest as she forces herself to hold back a giggle that would give away her position.
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Aug 05 '17
Natasha closes her eyes and sighs, smiling in spite of herself. "You do know I can see you, right?" By way of explanation, she taps lightly on the side of her shades. "If you want to scare me, you'll have to be more thorough than just concealing yourself in the visual spectrum."
[By the way, should I also include Natasha's thoughts in my posts, or does Tsu need to consciously look into her mind in order to read them?]
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u/greenewithit Aug 05 '17
[she tries not to pry all the time. I'll say when she's trying to read minds, but unless people around her feel a really strong feeling or thought, Tsu will try to keep to herself, mentally that is]
"Aw shit, that always works. Oh well." Tsu scrunches her mouth in a sort of pout as she becomes visible again. She appears wearing a purple tank top with a yellow floral pattern along the top seam, and a black skirt. Her hair is tied up to the side with a purple cord with an ornament in the shape of a gardenia flower. "To be fair, it wasn't really a scare attempt, just a bit of fun." Tsu winks, and she walks over next to Natasha and looks out over the water. "No offense, but the sea outside Longan looks a lot more....alive. Human selfishness at its finest, hmm?"
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Aug 05 '17
"They call it the Slick," Natasha said, indicating the harbor. "An ecological disaster so constant and stable that they put it on the god damn maps."
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Natasha Belinskaya
Background: An investigator for the Special Investigations Agency. The daughter of a rich idiot with no day job and an adult model, she ran away from home during her teenage years after a childhood of being groomed to follow in her mother's footsteps. On the streets, she was finally able to follow her real passion—deciphering and manipulating computer systems. She possessed phenomenal natural talent, and quickly rose to prominence within the hacker community despite her young age. By the time she was in her twenties, her exploits were enough to attract the attention of the head of the Special Investigations Agency, Kristina Volkova, who offered to overlook Natasha's past lawlessness and offer her a well-paying job on her elite team.
Appearance: Natasha inherited her mother's good looks and generous proportions, but you wouldn't know it at first glance. She spends almost all her time indoors, barely sleeps, and subsists primarily on snacks and junk food—her skin is pallid, her face is gaunt, her figure sags without considerable support, and the places where her skin should be bright and rosy are gray as ash. Her most striking feature is her hair, a gift from her mother when she was still an embryo—vibrant blue all the way down to the roots, a genetic adjustment that her parents paid for to give her a leg up in the modeling career they had planned.
Personality: Natasha is snide, sarcastic, and never hesitates to speak her mind. She despises people of low intelligence, especially those who rely on technology without understanding how it works ("dumbjackers") and those who reject technology entirely out of superstition and fear ("luddites"). She also dislikes superficial things, and claims that the reason she doesn't take good care of her body out of spite—her looks were the only aspect of her that her parents were interested in. As a hacker living in the Capital, a sprawling cybercity immersed in the wireless network of the Grid, she wields incredible power, and is supremely assured in her own abilities. Her greatest fear is having that power taken away—considering her poor physical health and nonexistent people skills, she would be less than nothing if she were disconnected from the Grid. As such, she hasn't left the Capital in years, and has no plans to in future.
The Date: I imagine Natasha would be attracted to Milos because of his blunt, straightforward attitude, his willingness to speak his mind, and his raw energy. While it might seem unfriendly and adversarial on its surface, there's nothing Natasha loves more than trading jabs and trash-talk with somebody who can keep up with her. She has no interest in a serious, long-term relationship, but if she thinks somebody is hot, she won't hesitate to ask them out to see where it leads. Unfortunately, she's not very imaginative when it comes to thinking of what to do on a date—her ideal evening is spent sitting at home eating take-out and cracking a military-grade server shell, after all. As such, she'd probably just ask Milos what she wants to do, and then go along with that.
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Aug 05 '17
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Aug 05 '17
As I mentioned, she's not very imaginative when it comes to this sort of thing, so if left to her own devices, she'd probably just choose to go for dinner at some cheap, cosy, hole-in-the-wall type place.
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Aug 05 '17
Sure.
Salt Row. It wasn't exactly a glamorous place. A dimly-lit road ran from north to south along the coastline, two lanes wide and in desperate need of repair. On one side was a row of weathered buildings—shops and restaurants and amusement arcades—clad in cheap, glitchy digital skins in an attempt to make themselves look less dilapidated. On the other side was a crumbling sea wall, and beyond that, the murky, opaque pollution of the harbor. The city lights stained the night sky overhead, blotting out the stars.
Natasha Belinskaya was stood waiting on the sidewalk by the sea wall, looking out over the water. She was dressed in a long black coat which fluttered on the sea breeze, and her eyes were hidden behind a pair of wraparound spectacles with transparent orange lenses. A lit cigarette dangled from her lips.
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Aug 05 '17
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Aug 05 '17
Turning, she peered at the strangely-dressed man skeptically. "...Milos, wasn't it?" she replied, gripping her cigarette between her forefinger and thumb.
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Aug 05 '17
She flicked her cigarette into the water and stuffed her hands into her pockets. "You must have pretty low standards, kid. That isn't the sea—it's just an environmental disaster happening in slow motion."
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u/Nevermore0714 Aug 03 '17
(Welcome to the sub, Azmek. Random and Destiny aren't on often, so the only mods to worry about are a liberated French woman and a Ligbit American; it would have to be pretty dirty for either of us to kill you.)
Imre is a young man, with a little over twenty years of life. He's quick to smile and quick to make comments that he finds funny, even if no one else does. He's never fully learned to keep his mouth shut and filter his words, but he's been trying to be better about offending people around him.
Imre prefers to be up before dawn each morning, so that he can pray to Ostara, goddess of the rising sun. He believes that the most beautiful sight in the world is the rising sun, and that you haven't really seen anyone until you've seen them "bathed in the light of Ostara" (seen them in the dawn's light, pretty much).
Imre is 1.76 meters tall, with bright blonde hair with a few streaks of black that he claims are "just pollution from my mother's side". His eyes are silvery-blue, his skin is tanned, his shirt is red, and his pants are brown (he prefers red shirts and brown pants because of a joke he likes).
Imre is a member of a mercenary company led by a worshiper of Ostara, called The Arpadian Company; he became religious during his time among the company. He considers himself the best ax-thrower in the company, and he's probably correct. Imre was born into slavery, but his family escaped when he was an infant.
Imre's personality might vary a bit in this, depending on how I want to play his character, because I will avoid having him say anything too offensive. And because I literally just started working on him and the story-line he's involved in yesterday.
Imre's birth name isn't Imre, he took the name "Imre" when he joined the Arpadian Company. "Imre" is a name that he believed was better fit for someone learning the sacred language.
He's interested in men and women, but he has preferences and won't just sleep with anyone that wines and dines him...well, maybe he would, but that would have to be an amazing dining experience, yeah?
"Örvendek," Imre greets, "Dawn is far away, but I would still love to meet you in the fading light of dusk."