estoria | [open] he ate my heart

Who: Leia & anyone, especially anyone bitten by the love bug (or even if they haven't been--)
When: 02/03 - 02/14 (Valentines' Day!) IC.
Where: Over the network/in front of the Game Center
What: Heart candies for everyone -- aka an IC hearts meme, modified from here! Come get 'em and give them out to anyone and everyone to tell them how you feel!
Rating/Warning: none

a.) actual tv star (video)

Hey, everyone! Wow, I'm really recording, huh...?

[Leia's face appears on the camera. She might look a little bit nervous, because wow--you can't take back something you say live on video as easily as you can on paper, but don't be fooled. She's determined, and since signing up for a blinde date, she's far more into this Valentine's thing than she ever expected.]

So I know there's a lot going on right now, with everyone recovering and exchanging information. The last thing I want to do is interrupt all that, but it's a new month, and I think Mabel's got the right idea. We need cheer in our lives again, and we need a little romance!

I'm going to be helping her out by selling these adorable heart candies I found. [She holds up one between her fingers before the camera pans to show a small bowl of various colors.] They're color-coded with meanings, so you can tell your friends and loved ones exactly how you feel--and you can even make up your own meanings if you want to.

I'll have them available starting today all the way up until the big day, so be sure to stop by the Game Center and see me! The name's Leia.

Thanks for listening!

[WIPES SWEAT drinks juice really fast. That was a lot of talking she just did. Hopefully she made sense.]

b.) but what if you're color-blind (action)

[Later on, just like she said, Leia can be found behind a booth near the gaming center. She's set up with little jars of the aforementioned heart candies, as well as small fancy-looking pouch bags coming in white, pink, and red. There are also two neat piles of tags with string attached so they can be tied to the pouches: with one side having the standard To: and From: labels, and the other containing a legend of various colors corresponding to the hearts.

In one pile, the meanings are spelled out; and on the other, they're blank, in case anyone wants to write their own, as she promised.

At the end of the table also, there's a copy of the latest issue of the Cerealia Times for anyone to pick up and read, as well as fliers for Mabel's blind dates. She hopes you've signed up! She isn't shy about inviting people over, either, so if you're passing by, even without having seen her video, you might hear her calling out to you.]

Hi! Need some special candies for your special someone? Maybe a friend?

[She'll give the explanation as many times as she needs to, and talk about all of the different meanings if that's what your character wants! Anyone is welcome to try a couple pieces from the free sample bowl as well, to see how they taste (spoilers: sweet as hell).]

(( ooc: Interact with Leia or amongst yourselves (top levels are welcome)! This mingle log is dated all the way up til Valentines' Day ICly. You can expect the booth to be set up for at least a couple hours almost every day, likely after her work shift (so if you want cat costume shenanigans, just say the word).

Backtagging and forward dating (with discretion) is encouraged! ))

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Look, it's not like it's her fault the tours had to happen right as February was incoming. Nevertheless, it's not like she can't see his side of things either. She notably deflates, but still seems determined. ]

I know... but I had to help cheer people up somehow, and Valentine's seemed perfect. Mabel's doing her thing, and now I'm doing mine, you know?

[ She finds it hard to watch his reaction, so her eyes glance off to the side. ]

You don't have to participate. I'm not trying to disturb anyone who's recovering, or still looking for information from the other groups.

I just wanted to do something nice.

[ He lets out a sigh, almost frustrated-sounding. (Mostly at his own social inadequacy..) ]

I'm not trying to offend you.

[ .. difficult as it might be, since Heung Soo seems pretty naturally grumpy and intimidating. It's the way his face is shaped, and his behaviour doesn't help half of the time. ]

It's just that people often seem to forget what's important in this place. People keep getting hurt since they think this is just some fun place to live. [ And stuff like that might only reinforce that feeling further - that's what bothers him, mostly. It's already been bothering him for a long while now, considering how long he's been stuck here. ]

[ Figuring that's the closest thing to an apology as she's going to get, she turns back to face the camera. It isn't like he's wrong, either, though she does think there are some things he's overlooking. ]

It's only a fun place to live because we make it that way. It can't always be like that, but... we do what we can.

It would be so miserable, if all we could think about was the latest terrible thing--about getting home. [A home that might not even be there.]

Are you saying you don't think about it anymore?

[ It's not an accusation - it's not sharp enough for it - as much as it's curiosity, maybe. Or maybe it's just that he thinks about it so much that it makes him feel sick at times, and he wonders if anyone else feels that way. Stuff he can't just tell Nam Soon, who'd just worry about him if he knew. ]

About going home.

It's not like I don't...

[ She doesn't take it as accusation, but feels defensive nonetheless. She misses her family, she misses her friends, even as she makes new ones. ]

I just can't let it ruin the life I've made here. Even if it's not Rieze Maxia, or Elympios, even if CERES does terrible things... I was brought here for a reason.

One way or another, I believe in seeing it through.

[ Her way. ]

[ At least he can see that they just believe in entirely different things. There's no way he can see things the way she does - no matter whether it's because he's just way less anime than she is or just since they've had different lives or have different personalities.. there's no way he can just say he was brought here for a reason and stick with it.

He just wants to go home, egocentrical as it might be. ]

Don't let CERES lie to you too much.

[ It's not saying she's wrong - just different, really - but even if she really wants to live up to some reason, she shouldn't let that reason be picked by people who obviously don't have their best interest in mind. ]

... Thanks.

[ Because she can sense that he's worried, or he cares... somewhere deep down. She'll believe it, with no one to say otherwise. She's always been decent with others' emotions, after all.

A pause, and her determination really shines. ]

As long as you're here, you should at least try one. [ And she'll take a few heart pieces from the free sample bowl, offering them up. ] Do you like sweets?

No.

[ And yet as he's saying it, he's still grabbing the heart pieces from her all the same, as if his answer was actually the opposite. It's not like he's lying - he doesn't like sweets that much, after all. But even so it's like he's not rejecting him as badly as he should, but that it's just a honest answer without any rejection in it.

He doesn't care for sweets, but he can feel something about him almost having hurt her feelings here (or maybe he has, he sucks at reading this lately), and he feels the need to make up for it. Because he's much more of a decent guy than he'd ever let on to. ]

Not at all. [ And yet there he goes, shoving one into his mouth... good job, Heung Soo. Seeming totally cool and smooth here. ]

[ ...And she laughs. Because they really are sweet, and this is coming from someone who likes that kind of thing. Not that she expects him to overreact to it or anything, but she does casually grab a bottle of water from beneath the booth where her legs stay when she sits.

If he suspects a stash, he'd be right.

He offers it to him. ]

Here, then. You might need it.

[ Wow, Leia, can you not point out the fact that he might need something since he ate them all the same - despite knowing they're sweet, because come on, those things look like sugar bombs just by sheer appearance..

But he'll at least take the water and down some of it to wash away the taste. It's hard when you're secretly nice but have trouble expressing it, okay. The hard life. ]

Thanks. [ He'll at least say that curtly as he ~~shoves~~ gives the bottle back to her. ]

I'll leave you to it then before I have to eat more of them.

[ LIKE ANYONE IS FORCING YOU, HEUNG SOO.. ]

[ What. What is she supposed to do with the bottle now? It isn't like she's going to drink from it after him...

Darn, right after she got him to say thanks, too. Seriously, that feels like an accomplishment. ]

Wait. Why don't you take it with you?

[ ...she holds up the bottle. ]

It's yours now.

[ She doesn't want it... ]

[ Wow, Leia, way to make things more difficult! You know, social interactions, it's terrible and all that.

But he at least stops at that, turning back and holding out his hand towards her. ]

Sure. Just give it.

[ Don't drag it out after he said thanks, gosh, how is he supposed to linger in an embarrassing situation? Asking a lot from him here. ]

[ Please, Heung Soo. She'll have the water bottle back in his hand within seconds, though she's not impolite enough to let him go without saying anything.

Sorry, not sorry. ]

Thanks for coming... See ya.

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