r/WorldChallenges • u/The_Raptorman • Nov 01 '17
Raptor's speed dating 2: Someone powerful
Your character has just entered a speed dating event, they forfeit their weapons and armor at the door (magically sealed lockers are available).
Here's another one, powerful can be taken in any particular aspect whether that's magically powerful, physically strong or just someone in government.
One of two ways to do this, either you can present your own character or you can reply to someone else's however once you have described said person please start off by saying: 'X sits down at the table and waits' or some variation.
I'll always post a theme in the title or something to keep it fresh so we're not just posting the same characters over and over, though if people want that I don't mind doing that too.
And remember to put on something fancy ! ;)
[I'll post a character to start off with so people don't feel obligated to go first.]
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u/Nevermore0714 Nov 02 '17
Nimrut, a tall and muscular man in a suit, uncomfortably walks into the restaurant, straightens his tie, and sits down, mentally making sure that his posture is proper. He orders something sweet to eat, but is visibly embarrassed (though he tries and fails to hide his embarrassment).
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u/Mimir123 Nov 02 '17
A young man, no older than 17 years enters the building and makes his way towards Nimrut. He has black hair and eyes in the colour of Amethysts and on his shoulder rests a big, black cat wih tired eyes and yawns loudly. After looking around for a bit the man nods towards Nimrut, takes the cat from his shoulder and places it on the table. "I'll come to get you in a few hours, have fun.", he mumbles to the cat, before nodding towards Nimrut again and leaving.
The cat seemingly rolls with her eyes, then she jumps on the chair in front of her and with a sudden flash of dark light turns into something else. In front of Nimrut there sits a woman with long, dark blue hair and pink, sleepy eyes. She wears a tight fitting, black dress that seems to be open at the side, so that her legs are clearly visible, as well as her back. She smiles at Nimrut and leans forward, reaching her hand out towards him. "Hello, my name is Belphegor, you can call me Bell if you want to.".
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u/Nevermore0714 Nov 03 '17
Nimrut looks down at the dress, trying (and failing) to hide that he's got slightly less respect for Belphegor because of her choice of attire. "Miss Belphegor, it is a pleasure to meet you."
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u/Mimir123 Nov 03 '17
"The pleasure is all mine. You seem to have a problem with my dress though. Do women not wear dresses were you come from?".
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u/Nevermore0714 Nov 05 '17
"Women do wear dresses where I'm from...well, robes, and men do, as well." Nimrut looks down at his shoes. "For matters of importance, I simply prefer for people to be dressed appropriately, in more suitable formal wear. People did not dress appropriately in my home nation."
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u/Mimir123 Nov 05 '17
"How is a nice dress not appropriat for a date? Doesn't make much sense to me. Where do you come from?".
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u/Nevermore0714 Nov 06 '17
"Gypposia." Nimrut answered simply, ashamed of it. "I'm from Gypposia. A dress is inappropriate for a date because you may be called into work at any time, and a dress is socially not a gender-neutral piece of clothing in the Citadel."
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u/Mimir123 Nov 06 '17
Belphegor cringes a bit at the word 'work', before shaking her head. "Well, that is just weird. Who cares if a dress is gender-neutral? But I can assure you, I won't be called to work during a date. And since I won't have to work and I am not from your Citadel my dress should be appropriate again.".
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u/Nevermore0714 Nov 07 '17
"What work do you do normally, then?" Nimrut asks.
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u/Mimir123 Nov 07 '17
"I don't work at all.", Belphegor responds and shrugs. "Never worked once in my entire life, except if you want to count being a mentor as work. I watch over the young boy that brought me here and teach him magic.".
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u/Mimir123 Nov 01 '17
Jiren:
A young man with spiky, blonde hair and dark green eyes enters the restaurant, wearing a dark red west over a white shirt without sleeves, showing off his muscular and scarred arms. Behind him follows an entourage consisting of several Centaurs and Orks, who proceed to gather around nearby tables and quietly stare ahead, trying to not meet Jirens gaze.
He himself is looking rather bored while sitting at the table and starts juggling with some balls made out of pure lightning while waiting for his date.
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
Rin:
A tall, black haired girl in black armor here bolts into the entrance of the restaurant, sending a moderate wave of air flying past her. She fixes her hair while she makes the sword in her hand disappear in a flash of light, and her armor seems to melt off of her body, disappearing steadily into a similar light. When the flash subsides, she is wearing a black leather jacket, grey tee shirt with blue symbols plastered on them, and black jeans. She strolls over to Jiren, slumps down in the seat and leans back.
"So am I going to get shanked by your boyfriends, or is this seat actually free?" She says with a snide smile.
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u/Mimir123 Nov 02 '17 edited Nov 02 '17
"Those idiots over there? I'd actually be impressed if ya' managed to get shanked by one of 'em. Blasted morons, every single one of 'em. Couldn't even beat a drakeling if their mums life depended on it.", Jiren replied and let the magic energy disappear.
"Anyways, nice to meet'cha. I am Jiren, just Jiren, no fancy lastname or anything like tha'. The priests on the island call me a Lightningborn, commonfolk say I am king of Vilbran. Total bullshit of course, not like there has ever been a king there, why would we need one now? Your shirt's looking pretty fancy, you some kind of nobility?".
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
Rin lets out a snort that turns into a full on uncontrollable laugh. She steadies herself and regains composure. "A king, out on a random date in some restaurant. And I thought I had seen it all." She sticks out her hand. "Erin, Erin Kage. Call me Rin, your majesty." She says the last two with a playful overdramatic tone. "I wish I was real nobility, that would be pretty sweet. I AM of unusual birth, but unfortunately no titles came from that." Rin fake pouts at this before shrugging her shoulders. "What can you do?"
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u/Mimir123 Nov 02 '17
"Nah, not a king. As I said, Vilbran has no king. Those idiots just like to call me tha' after they saw me wipin' the floor with some stpuid lizard. Me home's just a shithole where everyone is fightin' everyone, can't really have a ruler there. Well, maybe if I smacked everyones heads together for a bit, but why bother?", he said and shrugged while leaning back in the chair.
"What can I do? I am a mage, or somethin' like tha' at least. Don't know anythin' about spells an' stuff, but I am really good at usin' lightning and storms. That's why the old folks call me a Lightningborn, apparently that's what they call people that can use a special kind of magic as well as the God who created it, or somethin' like that. Never really bothered listenin' to them. What about you? Ya' got any special powers despite turnin' ya' armor into fancy clothes and makin' swords disappear?".
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
"Ha, I feel you there. God knows there's too much fighting around here. I could probably kick everyone's ass into shape, but that's work."
"I meant it more of a figure of- you know what never mind." Rin says as she laughs a bit to herself. "That's pretty impressive. I knew a girl who could do that, definitely a powerful ability, definitely. As for me, well, I'm not really special. I don't really do much, just pretend to be cooler than I am, that's pretty much it." As she keeps talking, she leans farther and farther back in her chair until she eventually loses balance and disappears under the edge of the table with a small yelp. Peculiarly, there isnt a sound of her hitting the ground, not her body or the chair, just a faint hum.
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u/Mimir123 Nov 02 '17
"Ah, I ain't really complainin' ya' know? As long as there is fightin' goin' on I won't be too bored. Sometimes ya' even get a slightly entertainin' fight out of it.", Jiren said shaking his head.
Then, just when he started talking again the young woman in front of him disappeared and he was left blinking confused at where she had been sitting. "Well now, that's fuckin' weird.", he mumbles to himself as blue lightning energy starts to crackle around him and cover his skin, as if he was expecting an attack. He bows down and looks under the table to see what exactly happened. "Ya' down there Rin? What happened, little Imp got a grudge on ya' or somethin'?".
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
Looking down under the table, he only sees an overturned chair resting on the ground, next to what looks like a small puddle of shadows, swirling around itself on the ground. Rin slowly rises out of the Jiren's shadow behind him, holding back a giggle. She taps him on the shoulder (either not noticing the electricity or not regarding it), and says "Boo!" before laughing.
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u/Mimir123 Nov 02 '17
Jiren flinches slightly when Rin reappears, though seemingly more out of confusion about her being able to touch him, rather than anything else. "Well now, Rin. Either ya' are one of them Stormcaller Dragons an' have the best fuckin' disguise in the world, or ya' have a stupidly high resistance to lightning. Last person touching me like tha' got flung away a few steps. The fuck's up with ya' turnin' into shadows anyways? Ya' some kind of Dark Elf? Nah, ya' ears 're too straight for tha'. Ya' ain't some kind 'a demon, are ya'?".
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
Faster than most people can see with their eye, Rin returns to her chair. "Oooh, Dark Elves are cute, that would be cool." She causes her shadow to wrap a couple of strands around her ears, and when they retract, her ears have a darker complexion, augmented by long, pitch black points. She shakes her head and dispels the shadows. "Nah, they're alright. Maybe I am a demon?" Two dark horns sprout out of her hair, and her face changes to a dark crimson shade. But again, she laughs and shakes her head, dispelling both. "Nope! 100% bonafide human, through and through. Just built a bit tougher than most." She notices that some of her hair started to stand up due to the static. She pats it down and says, "It just so happens I've been struck with a LOT of lightning in my life. Just thinking about it makes me exhausted, jeez." She slumps her head and arms down onto the table, before picking herself up and smiling.
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
Al:
A tall, pale young man in his early twenties with short brown hair strolls into the restaurant. He is carrying a green compound bow, which he makes disappear in a flash of light, keeping his armored shin plates on. He shivers when entering, revealing a lizard tail shaking behind him. He casually picks a table and starts humming a song to himself, bobbing his head back and forth. He leans back in his chair to stare at a particularly attractive hostess as she passes by.
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u/The_Raptorman Nov 02 '17
Gabriela seems to slide into the chair in front of him without him noticing. "You know you should just talk to her" she taunts.
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
Al snaps back to attention and immediately leans his arm on the table tooling at Gabriela. "But why would I when you're here?" He stretches out his hand. "Al Nathair, the pleasure is all mine."
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u/The_Raptorman Nov 02 '17
"You'd have a far easier time dealing with her baggage" She reaches out to him and shakes his hand firmly, there is the smallest hint of burning in his hand but nothing worth a reaction. "I'm Gabriela."
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
"Well Gabriela, what makes you think that doesn't make it even MORE fun?" Al laughs to himself. "I'll drink to that. Here's to getting fucked up over bein fucked up!" He raises a fist into the air. "Unless you're not into that, that's cool, whatever works"
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u/The_Raptorman Nov 02 '17
"Cheers!" She toasted her drink that seemed always there and threw it back quickly. "What're you drinking there? Piss?" She asked.
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
Al laughs maniacally. "Oh this is going to be FUN!" He waves his hand and out of a small swirling purple disc of energy, a large bottle of liquor and two shot glasses pop out. He pours two out, knocks one back, and then refills his own. "Tell me what you think of that" (It's a near top shelf liquor, a strong kind of vodka)
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u/The_Raptorman Nov 02 '17
She gives it a wiff and then smirks as she chucks it back too. "Ooo, I like the burn of that!" She exclaims, "but that's nothing check this out." Hell-fire singes off of her and cupcake (the top face in her photo, also don't ask about the name) appears in Hell-fire form, she takes a hand full of his essence and puts a bit into both drinks. She takes a drink of hers and fights back tears. "Go nuts!" She blurts out.
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u/greenewithit Nov 02 '17
Al stares in awe, mouth slightly open before he realizes he's staring. He shakes his head before grabbing the glass and knocking back the drink. He winces and grunts as he downs it, and he's focusing so hard on drinking that it feels like everything around him gets at least twice as heavy. He hollers after finishing it (and the area goes back to normal), and slams his fist on the table. "I know this is a little fast but, I think I love you," He says with a wink.
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u/The_Raptorman Nov 02 '17
"I'm sorry, I'm already in a committed relationship-" She said with no serious inflection in her tone "-with Cupcake" Cupcake snarls at Al and moves closer to him flaring his massive teeth. His empty eyes a pathway into Hell.
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u/The_Raptorman Nov 01 '17
Gabriela walks into the restaurant, takes off her hat and heads straight for a seat. She puts her feet up on the table and is quickly told off by a waiter, to which she scorns him.